1996 Cleveland Indians Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 99-62
Finished 1st in the AL's Central Division
Attendance: 3,318,174, Avg. 42,026
Ballpark: Jacobs Field
Won Division
American League Division Series - Lost to Baltimore Orioles 3-1
Manager: Mike Hargrove (99-62)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio

1996 Cleveland Indians Roster
1996 Cleveland Indians Results

The Cleveland Indians of the American League ended the 1996 season with a record of 99 wins and 62 losses, finishing first in the AL's Central Division.

The Indians topped the circuit with just 769 runs allowed. Cleveland scored 952 runs. Albert Belle walloped 48 home runs for the team, while Manny Ramirez and Jim Thome added 20 or more also. Albert Belle drove in 148 runs. Kenny Lofton led all regular hitters by hitting .317. Charles Nagy paced the team with 17 wins, and Orel Hershiser also contributed 15 or more wins also Charles Nagy recorded a 3.41 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Mike Hargrove coached the team. The 1996 Cleveland Indians qualified for the playoffs as a division winner.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Charles Nagy	17	5	.773	3.41	32	32	0	5	0	0	222.0	217	89	84	21	61	2	167	3	0	7	921
Orel Hershiser	15	9	.625	4.24	33	33	0	1	0	0	206.0	238	115	97	21	58	4	125	12	1	11	908
Jack McDowell	13	9	.591	5.11	30	30	0	5	1	0	192.0	214	119	109	22	67	2	141	4	0	5	846
Chad Ogea	10	6	.625	4.79	29	21	2	1	1	0	146.7	151	82	78	22	42	3	101	5	0	2	620
Dennis Martinez	9	6	.600	4.50	20	20	0	1	1	0	112.0	122	63	56	12	37	2	48	2	0	0	483
Paul Shuey	5	2	.714	2.85	42	0	18	0	0	4	53.7	45	19	17	6	26	3	44	0	1	3	225
Albie Lopez	5	4	.556	6.39	13	10	0	0	0	0	62.0	80	47	44	14	22	1	45	2	0	2	282
Jim Poole	4	0	1.000	3.04	32	0	8	0	0	0	26.7	29	15	9	3	14	4	19	0	0	2	121
Paul Assenmacher	4	2	.667	3.09	63	0	25	0	0	1	46.7	46	18	16	1	14	5	44	4	0	2	201
Julian Tavarez	4	7	.364	5.36	51	4	13	0	0	0	80.7	101	49	48	9	22	5	46	1	0	1	353
Brian Anderson	3	1	.750	4.91	10	9	0	0	0	0	51.3	58	29	28	9	14	1	21	0	0	2	215
Eric Plunk	3	2	.600	2.43	56	0	12	0	0	2	77.7	56	21	21	6	34	2	85	3	1	4	318
Danny Graves	2	0	1.000	4.55	15	0	5	0	0	0	29.7	29	18	15	2	10	0	22	0	0	1	129
Jose Mesa	2	7	.222	3.73	69	0	60	0	0	39	72.3	69	32	30	6	28	4	64	3	0	4	304
Kent Mercker	1	0	1.000	3.09	10	0	2	0	0	0	11.7	10	4	4	1	3	1	7	0	0	0	46
Alan Embree	1	1	.500	6.39	24	0	2	0	0	0	31.0	30	26	22	10	21	3	33	0	0	3	141
Greg Swindell	1	1	.500	6.59	13	2	1	0	0	0	28.7	31	21	21	8	8	0	21	0	0	0	121
Joe Roa	0	0		10.80	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.7	4	2	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	11
Totals	99	62	.615	4.34	543	161	148	13	3	46	1452.3	1530	769	701	173	484	42	1033	39	3	49	6245

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Kenny Lofton	154	736	662	132	210	35	4	14	67	75	17	61	82	.317	.372	.446	.817	295	7	0	7	6	3
Albert Belle	158	715	602	124	187	38	3	48	148	11	0	99	87	.311	.410	.623	1.033	375	20	7	0	7	15
Manny Ramirez	152	647	550	94	170	45	3	33	112	8	5	85	104	.309	.399	.582	.981	320	18	3	0	9	8
Omar Vizquel	151	623	542	98	161	36	1	9	64	35	9	56	42	.297	.362	.417	.779	226	10	4	12	9	0
Jim Thome	151	636	505	122	157	28	5	38	116	2	2	123	141	.311	.450	.612	1.062	309	13	6	0	2	8
Julio Franco	112	499	432	72	139	20	1	14	76	8	8	61	82	.322	.407	.470	.877	203	14	3	0	3	2
Carlos Baerga	100	453	424	54	113	25	0	10	55	1	1	16	25	.267	.302	.396	.698	168	15	7	2	4	0
Sandy Alomar	127	444	418	53	110	23	0	11	50	1	0	19	42	.263	.299	.397	.696	166	20	3	2	2	0
Eddie Murray	88	374	336	33	88	9	1	12	45	3	0	34	45	.262	.326	.402	.728	135	13	0	0	4	2
Jose Vizcaino	48	191	179	23	51	5	2	0	13	6	2	7	24	.285	.310	.335	.645	60	2	0	4	1	0
Mark Carreon	38	156	142	16	46	12	0	2	14	1	1	11	9	.324	.385	.451	.835	64	4	3	0	0	0
Brian Giles	51	143	121	26	43	14	1	5	27	3	0	19	13	.355	.434	.612	1.045	74	6	0	0	3	4
Jeromy Burnitz	71	155	128	30	36	10	0	7	26	2	1	25	31	.281	.406	.523	.930	67	3	2	0	0	1
Tony Pena	67	195	174	14	34	4	0	1	27	0	1	15	25	.195	.255	.236	.491	41	8	0	3	3	0
Kevin Seitzer	22	98	83	11	32	10	0	1	16	0	0	14	11	.386	.480	.542	1.022	45	2	1	0	0	1
Jeff Kent	39	116	102	16	27	7	0	3	16	2	1	10	22	.265	.328	.422	.749	43	1	1	0	3	0
Alvaro Espinoza	59	125	112	12	25	4	2	4	11	1	1	6	18	.223	.279	.402	.680	45	4	3	3	1	0
Casey Candaele	24	45	44	8	11	2	0	1	4	0	0	1	9	.250	.267	.364	.630	16	0	0	0	0	0
Ryan Thompson	8	23	22	2	7	0	0	1	5	0	0	1	6	.318	.348	.455	.802	10	0	0	0	0	0
Scott Leius	27	46	43	3	6	4	0	1	3	0	0	2	8	.140	.178	.302	.480	13	1	0	1	0	0
Wayne Kirby	27	18	16	3	4	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	.250	.333	.313	.646	5	1	0	0	0	0
Damian Jackson	5	11	10	2	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.300	.364	.500	.864	5	0	0	0	0	0
Nigel Wilson	10	13	12	2	3	0	0	2	5	0	0	1	6	.250	.308	.750	1.058	9	0	0	0	0	0
Geronimo Pena	5	10	9	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	4	.111	.200	.444	.644	4	2	0	0	0	0
Herbert Perry	7	13	12	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	.083	.154	.167	.321	2	0	0	0	0	0
Einar Diaz	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Shuey	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Greg Swindell	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Jack McDowell	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Kent Mercker	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Alan Embree	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Assenmacher	63	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Brian Anderson	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Danny Graves	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Roa	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Orel Hershiser	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Poole	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Eric Plunk	56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Albie Lopez	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Chad Ogea	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Charles Nagy	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Dennis Martinez	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Jose Mesa	69	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Julian Tavarez	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	2248	6486	5681	952	1665	335	23	218	904	160	50	671	844	.293	.369	.475	.844	2700	164	43	34	57	44

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Julio Franco	1B	97	96	833.7	852	77	9	89	.990	1.029	9.577	0	0	0
Mark Carreon	1B	34	32	275.3	305	19	2	23	.994	1.591	9.529	0	0	0
Jeff Kent	1B	20	12	119.0	112	9	1	13	.992	9.151	6.050	0	0	0
Alvaro Espinoza	1B	18	8	104.3	97	8	0	10	1.000	9.058	5.833	0	0	0
Kevin Seitzer	1B	5	5	44.0	31	9	0	1	1.000	8.182	8.000	0	0	0
Scott Leius	1B	7	4	37.0	39	2	1	1	.976	9.973	5.857	0	0	0
Herbert Perry	1B	5	3	29.0	29	2	0	3	1.000	9.621	6.200	0	0	0
Eddie Murray	1B	1	1	9.0	10	1	0	0	1.000	11.000	11.000	0	0	0
Sandy Alomar	1B	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Carlos Baerga	2B	100	99	880.3	191	308	15	63	.971	5.101	4.990	0	0	0
Jose Vizcaino	2B	45	45	391.7	79	125	4	27	.981	4.688	4.533	0	0	0
Casey Candaele	2B	11	6	67.0	20	30	0	11	1.000	6.716	4.545	0	0	0
Jeff Kent	2B	9	7	65.0	11	30	0	2	1.000	5.677	4.556	0	0	0
Alvaro Espinoza	2B	5	2	20.3	5	11	1	5	.941	7.082	3.200	0	0	0
Scott Leius	2B	6	1	19.0	3	8	0	2	1.000	5.211	1.833	0	0	0
Geronimo Pena	2B	1	1	9.0	2	3	0	1	1.000	5.000	5.000	0	0	0
Jim Thome	3B	150	144	1278.3	86	262	17	24	.953	2.450	2.320	0	0	0
Alvaro Espinoza	3B	20	7	72.0	7	11	1	1	.947	2.250	.900	0	0	0
Jeff Kent	3B	6	5	43.0	2	7	0	1	1.000	1.884	1.500	0	0	0
Scott Leius	3B	8	4	41.0	3	6	0	0	1.000	1.976	1.125	0	0	0
Geronimo Pena	3B	3	1	10.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Casey Candaele	3B	3	0	6.0	1	3	0	1	1.000	6.000	1.333	0	0	0
Herbert Perry	3B	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Sandy Alomar	C	124	111	992.0	724	48	9	5	.988	7.004	6.226	7	76	35	31.5
Tony Pena	C	67	50	456.3	336	27	3	6	.992	7.159	5.418	4	28	17	37.8
Einar Diaz	C	4	0	4.0	4	0	0	0	1.000	9.000	1.000	0	0	0
Albert Belle	OF	152	152	1343.0	309	11	10	0	.970	2.144	2.105	0	0	0
Kenny Lofton	OF	152	153	1334.0	376	13	10	3	.975	2.624	2.559	0	0	0
Manny Ramirez	OF	149	146	1303.3	272	19	9	4	.970	2.009	1.953	0	0	0
Jeromy Burnitz	OF	30	16	171.7	44	0	0	0	1.000	2.307	1.467	0	0	0
Brian Giles	OF	16	8	85.0	26	0	0	0	1.000	2.753	1.625	0	0	0
Ryan Thompson	OF	8	4	46.0	5	0	0	0	1.000	.978	.625	0	0	0
Wayne Kirby	OF	18	1	37.0	8	0	0	0	1.000	1.946	.444	0	0	0
Mark Carreon	OF	5	2	28.0	6	0	0	0	1.000	1.929	1.200	0	0	0
Nigel Wilson	OF	1	1	9.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Charles Nagy	P	32	32	222.0	29	35	0	3	1.000	2.595	2.000	0	0	0
Orel Hershiser	P	33	33	206.0	20	47	2	3	.971	2.927	2.030	0	0	0
Jack McDowell	P	30	30	192.0	20	27	1	0	.979	2.203	1.567	0	0	0
Chad Ogea	P	29	21	146.7	4	16	2	1	.909	1.227	.690	0	0	0
Dennis Martinez	P	20	20	112.0	10	26	1	1	.973	2.893	1.800	0	0	0
Julian Tavarez	P	51	4	80.7	6	8	0	0	1.000	1.562	.275	0	0	0
Eric Plunk	P	56	0	77.7	4	7	0	0	1.000	1.275	.196	0	0	0
Jose Mesa	P	69	0	72.3	5	3	1	1	.889	.995	.116	0	0	0
Albie Lopez	P	13	10	62.0	1	9	2	0	.833	1.452	.769	0	0	0
Paul Shuey	P	42	0	53.7	3	5	0	1	1.000	1.342	.190	0	0	0
Brian Anderson	P	10	9	51.3	3	13	2	1	.889	2.805	1.600	0	0	0
Paul Assenmacher	P	63	0	46.7	0	5	0	0	1.000	.964	.079	0	0	0
Alan Embree	P	24	0	31.0	1	2	0	0	1.000	.871	.125	0	0	0
Danny Graves	P	15	0	29.7	2	2	0	0	1.000	1.213	.267	0	0	0
Greg Swindell	P	13	2	28.7	1	6	0	1	1.000	2.198	.538	0	0	0
Jim Poole	P	32	0	26.7	1	6	0	1	1.000	2.363	.219	0	0	0
Kent Mercker	P	10	0	11.7	3	0	0	0	1.000	2.314	.300	0	0	0
Joe Roa	P	1	0	1.7	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Omar Vizquel	SS	150	149	1312.3	226	447	20	91	.971	4.615	4.487	0	0	0
Alvaro Espinoza	SS	16	8	96.0	16	29	1	12	.978	4.219	2.813	0	0	0
Jose Vizcaino	SS	4	2	21.0	3	10	0	4	1.000	5.571	3.250	0	0	0
Damian Jackson	SS	5	2	21.0	3	13	0	4	1.000	6.857	3.200	0	0	0
Casey Candaele	SS	1	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	4.500	1.000	0	0	0
Totals		2001	1449	13071.0	4357	1765	124	420	.980	4.215	3.059	11	104	52	33.3

Postseason - Pitching:

Player	Rnd	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BF
Paul Assenmacher	ALDS1	1	0	1.000	0.00	3	0	0	1.7	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	6
Julian Tavarez	ALDS1	0	0		0.00	2	0	2	1.3	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	6
Chad Ogea	ALDS1	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0.3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2
Orel Hershiser	ALDS1	0	0		5.40	1	1	0	5.0	7	4	3	1	3	0	3	1	25
Jack McDowell	ALDS1	0	0		6.35	1	1	0	5.7	6	4	4	1	1	0	5	1	25
Alan Embree	ALDS1	0	0		9.00	3	0	0	1.0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	4
Paul Shuey	ALDS1	0	0		9.00	3	0	0	2.0	5	2	2	2	2	0	2	0	12
Jose Mesa	ALDS1	0	1	.000	3.86	2	0	1	4.7	8	2	2	1	0	0	7	0	21
Eric Plunk	ALDS1	0	1	.000	6.75	3	0	0	4.0	1	3	3	0	2	1	6	0	15
Charles Nagy	ALDS1	0	1	.000	7.15	2	2	0	11.3	15	9	9	4	5	0	13	1	56
Totals		1	3	.250	5.84	21	4	4	37.0	43	25	24	9	17	3	40	4	172

Postseason - Batting:

Player	Rnd	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Omar Vizquel	ALDS1	4	18	14	4	6	1	0	2	4	2	3	4	.429	.500	.500	1.000	7	0	0	0	1	0
Manny Ramirez	ALDS1	4	17	16	4	6	2	2	2	0	0	1	4	.375	.412	.875	1.287	14	1	0	0	0	0
Kevin Seitzer	ALDS1	4	19	17	1	5	1	0	4	1	0	2	4	.294	.368	.353	.721	6	1	0	0	0	0
Jose Vizcaino	ALDS1	3	13	12	1	4	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	.333	.385	.500	.885	6	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Thome	ALDS1	4	12	10	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.300	.417	.300	.717	3	0	1	0	0	0
Albert Belle	ALDS1	4	18	15	2	3	0	2	6	1	0	3	2	.200	.333	.600	.933	9	0	0	0	0	1
Kenny Lofton	ALDS1	4	21	18	3	3	0	0	1	5	0	2	3	.167	.250	.167	.417	3	0	0	1	0	0
Julio Franco	ALDS1	4	17	15	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	.133	.176	.133	.310	2	0	0	0	1	0
Sandy Alomar	ALDS1	4	16	16	0	2	0	0	3	0	1	0	2	.125	.125	.125	.250	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Kent	ALDS1	4	9	8	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.250	.375	2	0	0	1	0	0
Brian Giles	ALDS1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nigel Wilson	ALDS1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Assenmacher	ALDS1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Casey Candaele	ALDS1	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	0	0	0
Alan Embree	ALDS1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Orel Hershiser	ALDS1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Jack McDowell	ALDS1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Jose Mesa	ALDS1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Charles Nagy	ALDS1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Chad Ogea	ALDS1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Tony Pena	ALDS1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Eric Plunk	ALDS1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Shuey	ALDS1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Julian Tavarez	ALDS1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		65	163	143	20	35	7	4	20	11	3	15	32	.245	.317	.378	.694	54	2	1	2	2	1

Postseason - Fielding:

Player	Rnd	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
Julio Franco	ALDS1	1B	3	3	29.0	18	1	0	1	1.000	5.897	6.333
Kevin Seitzer	ALDS1	1B	1	1	7.0	7	1	1	1	.889	1.286	8.000
Jeff Kent	ALDS1	1B	1	0	1.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	9.000	1.000
Jose Vizcaino	ALDS1	2B	3	3	29.0	4	2	1	1	.857	1.862	2.000
Jeff Kent	ALDS1	2B	1	1	8.0	2	2	0	0	1.000	4.500	4.000
Jim Thome	ALDS1	3B	4	3	24.0	1	1	0	0	1.000	.750	.500
Jeff Kent	ALDS1	3B	2	1	13.0	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.385	1.000
Sandy Alomar	ALDS1	C	4	4	36.0	40	4	1	0	.978	11.000	11.000
Tony Pena	ALDS1	C	1	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	9.000	1.000
Kenny Lofton	ALDS1	CF	4	4	37.0	10	0	0	0	1.000	2.432	2.500
Albert Belle	ALDS1	LF	4	4	37.0	11	1	0	0	1.000	2.919	3.000
Charles Nagy	ALDS1	P	2	2	11.3	0	4	0	0	1.000	3.176	2.000
Jack McDowell	ALDS1	P	1	1	5.7	1	2	0	0	1.000	4.765	3.000
Orel Hershiser	ALDS1	P	1	1	5.0	1	1	0	1	1.000	3.600	2.000
Jose Mesa	ALDS1	P	2	0	4.7	0	0	0	0		.000	.000
Eric Plunk	ALDS1	P	3	0	4.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000
Paul Shuey	ALDS1	P	3	0	2.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000
Paul Assenmacher	ALDS1	P	3	0	1.7	0	1	0	0	1.000	5.400	.333
Julian Tavarez	ALDS1	P	2	0	1.3	0	0	0	0		.000	.000
Alan Embree	ALDS1	P	3	0	1.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000
Chad Ogea	ALDS1	P	1	0	0.3	0	0	0	0		.000	.000
Manny Ramirez	ALDS1	RF	4	4	37.0	8	2	0	0	1.000	2.432	2.500
Omar Vizquel	ALDS1	SS	4	4	37.0	6	10	0	2	1.000	3.892	4.000
Totals			57	36	333.0	111	34	3	6	.980	3.919	2.544

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