1996 Cleveland Indians Roster (40-man)

1995 Season 1997 Season

Record: 99-62-0, Finished 1st in AL_Central (Schedule and Results)

Postseason: Lost AL Division Series (3-1) to Baltimore Orioles

Manager: Mike Hargrove (99-62)

General Manager: John Hart

Scouting Director: Jay Robertson

Ballpark: Jacobs Field

Attendance: 3,318,174 (2nd of 14)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 97
One-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 102

Pythagorean W-L: 96-65, 952 Runs, 769 Runs Allowed

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Full-Season Roster & Games by Position

Full-Season Roster & Games by Position
Name	Age	Birth	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	PH	PR	WAR	Salary
Sandy Alomar	30	pr PR	R	R	6' 5"	200	Jun 18, 1966	9	127	111	127	125	0	124	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1.0	$2,575,000	All-Star
Brian Anderson	24	us US	L	L	6' 1"	190	Apr 26, 1972	4	10	9	0	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.7
Paul Assenmacher	35	us US	L	L	6' 3"	195	Dec 10, 1960	11	63	0	0	63	63	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	$871,400
Carlos Baerga	27	pr PR	B	R	5' 11"	165	Nov 4, 1968	7	100	99	100	100	0	0	0	100	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.8	$4,750,000
Albert Belle	29	us US	R	R	6' 1"	190	Aug 25, 1966	8	158	158	158	152	0	0	0	0	0	0	152	0	0	152	6	0	0	5.7	$5,700,000	All-Star
Jeromy Burnitz	27	us US	L	R	6' 0"	190	Apr 15, 1969	4	71	27	71	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	5	15	30	15	32	3	1.2	$190,000
Casey Candaele	35	us US	B	R	5' 9"	160	Jan 12, 1961	8	24	6	24	15	0	0	0	11	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	5	0.0	$150,000
Mark Carreon	32	us US	R	L	6' 0"	170	Jul 19, 1963	10	38	35	38	36	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	4	1	5	2	2	0	0.6
Einar Díaz	23	pa PA	R	R	5' 10"	165	Dec 28, 1972	1st	4	0	4	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Alan Embree	26	us US	L	L	6' 2"	185	Jan 23, 1970	3	24	0	0	24	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.5	$155,000
Álvaro Espinoza	34	ve VE	R	R	6' 0"	170	Feb 19, 1962	11	59	25	59	57	0	0	18	5	20	16	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0.0	$400,000
Julio Franco	37	do DO	R	R	6' 0"	160	Aug 23, 1958	14	112	109	112	97	0	0	97	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	3	0	3.0	$2,401,972
Brian Giles	25	us US	L	L	5' 11"	195	Jan 20, 1971	2	51	28	51	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	5	16	21	16	2	1.4	$110,000
Danny Graves	22	vn VN	R	R	5' 11"	200	Aug 7, 1973	1st	15	0	0	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Orel Hershiser	37	us US	R	R	6' 3"	190	Sep 16, 1958	14	33	33	0	33	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.6	$1,750,000
Damian Jackson	22	us US	R	R	5' 10"	160	Aug 16, 1973	1st	5	2	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.2
Jeff Kent	28	us US	R	R	6' 1"	185	Mar 7, 1968	5	39	28	39	33	0	0	19	9	7	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	1	0.7
Wayne Kirby	32	us US	L	R	5' 11"	185	Jan 22, 1964	6	27	1	27	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	10	18	3	6	6	-0.1	$437,500
Scott Leius	30	us US	R	R	6' 3"	180	Sep 24, 1965	7	27	9	27	21	0	0	7	6	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	0	-0.6	$300,000
Kenny Lofton	29	us US	L	L	6' 0"	180	May 31, 1967	6	154	153	154	152	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	152	0	152	0	1	0	5.5	$3,575,000	All-Star
Albie Lopez	24	us US	R	R	6' 2"	240	Aug 18, 1971	4	13	10	0	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2	$132,000
Dennis Martínez	42	ni NI	R	R	6' 1"	160	May 14, 1954	21	20	20	0	20	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	$3,816,766
Jack McDowell	30	us US	R	R	6' 5"	180	Jan 16, 1966	9	30	30	0	30	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.4	$4,800,000
Kent Mercker	28	us US	L	L	6' 1"	175	Feb 1, 1968	8	10	0	0	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.3
José Mesa	30	do DO	R	R	6' 3"	170	May 22, 1966	8	69	0	0	69	69	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.4	$1,872,223	All-Star
Eddie Murray HOF	40	us US	B	R	6' 2"	190	Feb 24, 1956	20	88	86	88	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	87	2	0	-0.5	$2,000,000
Charles Nagy	29	us US	L	R	6' 3"	200	May 5, 1967	7	32	32	0	32	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.6	$3,487,500	All-Star
Chad Ogea	25	us US	R	R	6' 2"	200	Nov 9, 1970	3	29	21	0	29	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.8	$145,000
Geronimo Pena	29	do DO	B	R	6' 1"	170	Mar 29, 1967	7	5	2	5	3	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	-0.1
Tony Peña	39	do DO	R	R	6' 0"	175	Jun 4, 1957	17	67	50	67	67	0	67	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.5	$558,333
Herbert Perry	26	us US	R	R	6' 2"	210	Sep 15, 1969	3	7	3	7	6	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	-0.1
Eric Plunk	32	us US	R	R	6' 5"	210	Sep 3, 1963	11	56	0	0	56	56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	$750,000
Jim Poole	30	us US	L	L	6' 2"	190	Apr 28, 1966	7	32	0	0	32	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	$500,000
Manny Ramirez	24	do DO	R	R	6' 0"	225	May 30, 1972	4	152	149	152	149	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	149	149	3	3	0	4.2	$1,100,000
Joe Roa	24	us US	R	R	6' 1"	195	Oct 11, 1971	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1
Kevin Seitzer	34	us US	R	R	5' 11"	180	Mar 26, 1962	11	22	22	22	5	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	1.1
Paul Shuey	25	us US	R	R	6' 3"	215	Sep 16, 1970	3	42	0	0	42	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	$138,000
Greg Swindell	31	us US	R	L	6' 2"	225	Jan 2, 1965	11	13	2	0	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2
Julián Tavárez	23	do DO	L	R	6' 2"	165	May 22, 1973	4	51	4	0	51	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	$391,666
Jim Thome HOF	25	us US	L	R	6' 4"	250	Aug 27, 1970	6	151	145	151	150	0	0	0	0	150	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	1	7.5	$1,600,000
Ryan Thompson	28	us US	R	R	6' 3"	200	Nov 4, 1967	5	8	4	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	8	0	2	0	0.1	$275,000
José Vizcaíno	28	do DO	B	R	6' 1"	150	Mar 26, 1968	8	48	47	48	47	0	0	0	45	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.3
Omar Vizquel	29	ve VE	B	R	5' 9"	180	Apr 24, 1967	8	151	149	151	150	0	0	0	0	0	150	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3.3	$3,050,000
Nigel Wilson	26	ca CA	L	L	6' 1"	185	Jan 12, 1970	3	10	1	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	9	0	0.1	$125,000
Name	Age	Birth	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	PH	PR	WAR	Salary

Coaching Staff

Coaching Staff
Name	Age	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date
Mike Hargrove	46	us US	Oct 26, 1949	Manager	Apr 2	Sep 29
Mark Wiley	48	us US	Feb 28, 1948	Pitching	Apr 2	Sep 29
Luis Isaac	50	pr PR	Jun 19, 1946	Bullpen	Apr 2	Sep 29
Dave Nelson	52	us US	Jun 20, 1944	First base	Apr 2	Sep 29
Toby Harrah	47	us US	Oct 26, 1948	Third base	Apr 2	Sep 29
Charlie Manuel	52	us US	Jan 4, 1944		Apr 2	Sep 29
Jeff Newman	47	us US	Sep 11, 1948	Coach	Apr 2	Sep 29
Name	Age	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date