1996 Cleveland Indians season

For the second consecutive season, the Indians had the best record in Major League Baseball. This was the first time in franchise history that the Indians had accomplished that feat.[1]

1996 Cleveland Indians
AL Central Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Richard Jacobs
General manager(s)John Hart
Manager(s)Mike Hargrove
Local televisionWUAB
Jack Corrigan, Mike Hegan
SportsChannel
John Sanders, Rick Manning
Local radioWKNR (1220 AM)
Herb Score, Tom Hamilton, Matt Underwood
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Offseason
  • November 9, 1995: Rubén Amaro Jr. was released by the Cleveland Indians.[2]
  • December 6, 1995: Casey Candaele was signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.[3]
  • December 7, 1995: Julio Franco was signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.[4]
  • December 14, 1995: Jack McDowell signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.[5]
  • January 4, 1996: Mario Díaz was signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.[6]
  • March 31, 1996: Mark Clark was traded by the Cleveland Indians to the New York Mets for Reid Cornelius and Ryan Thompson.[7]

Regular season

Once again, the Indians had a formidable offensive lineup. They led the Majors in hits (1,665), batting average (.293), on-base percentage (.369). They also struck out an MLB-low 844 times.[8]

Season standings
AL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cleveland Indians 9962 0.615 — 51–29 48–33
Chicago White Sox 8577 0.525 14½ 44–37 41–40
Milwaukee Brewers 8082 0.494 19½ 38–43 42–39
Minnesota Twins 7884 0.481 21½ 39–43 39–41
Kansas City Royals 7586 0.466 24 37–43 38–43

Record vs. opponents
1996 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —7–66–64–85–711–29–39–37–53–109–47–53–10–18–5
Boston 6–7—8–46–61–1112–13–97–56–67–68–57–66–68–5
California 6–64–8—6–64–96–64–87–54–87–66–75–84–97–5
Chicago 8–46–66–6—5–810–37–66–76–76–75–75–78–47–5
Cleveland 7–511–19–48–5—12–07–67–610–33–96–68–44–87–5
Detroit 2–111–126–63–100–12—6–64–86–65–84–86–64–96–7
Kansas City 3–99–38–46–76–76–6—4–96–74–85–77–56–65–8
Milwaukee 3–95–75–77–66–78–49–4—9–46–67–54–96–75–7
Minnesota 5–76–68–47–63–106–67–64–9—5–76–76–67–58–5
New York 10–36–76–77–69–38–58–46–67–5—9–33–95–78–5
Oakland 4–95–87–67–56–68–47–55–77–63–9—8–57–64–8
Seattle 5–76–78–57–54–86–65–79–46–69–35–8—10–35–7
Texas 10–3–16–69–44–88–49–46–67–65–77–56–73–10—10–2
Toronto 5–85–85–75–75–77–68–57–55–85–88–47–52–10—

Game log
1996 Game Log: 99–62 (Home: 51–29; Away: 48–33)
April: 16–8 (Home: 8–3; Away: 8–5)
May: 19–9 (Home: 8–2; Away: 11–7)
June: 14–14 (Home: 8–8; Away: 6–6)
July: 16–11 (Home: 7–6; Away: 9–5)
August: 15–13 (Home: 7–7; Away: 8–6)
September: 19–7 (Home: 13–3; Away: 6–4)
Legend:           = Win           = Loss
Bold = Indians team member

Detailed records

Notable transactions
  • May 14, 1996: Greg Cadaret was signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.[9]
  • June 15, 1996: Greg Swindell signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.[10]

Roster
1996 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CSandy Alomar Jr.127418110.2631150
1BJulio Franco112432139.3221476
2BCarlos Baerga100424113.2671055
SSOmar Vizquel151542161.297964
3BJim Thome151505157.31138116
LFAlbert Belle158602187.31148148
CFKenny Lofton154662210.3171467
RFManny Ramirez152550170.30933112
DHEddie Murray8833688.2621245

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
José Vizcaíno4817951.285013
Tony Peña6717434.195127
Mark Carreon3814246.324214
Jeromy Burnitz7112836.281726
Brian Giles5112143.355527
Álvaro Espinoza5911225.223411
Jeff Kent3910227.265316
Kevin Seitzer228332.386116
Casey Candaele244411.25014
Scott Leius27436.14013
Ryan Thompson8227.31815
Wayne Kirby27164.25001
Nigel Wilson10123.25025
Herbert Perry7121.08300
Damian Jackson5103.30001
Gerónimo Peña591.11112
Einar Díaz410.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Charles Nagy322221753.41167
Orel Hershiser332061594.24125
Jack McDowell301921395.11141
Chad Ogea29146.21064.79101
Dennis Martínez20112964.5048
Brian Anderson1051.1314.9121

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Albie Lopez1362546.3945
Greg Swindell1328.2116.5921

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
José Mesa6927393.7364
Paul Assenmacher634213.0944
Eric Plunk563222.4385
Julián Tavárez514705.3646
Paul Shuey425242.8544
Jim Poole324003.0419
Alan Embree241106.3933
Danny Graves152004.5522
Kent Mercker101003.097
Joe Roa100010.800

Award winners

All-Star Game

Postseason
Main article: 1996 American League Division Series

ALDS: Cleveland Indians vs. Baltimore Orioles

Baltimore wins the series, 3-1

GameScore (visitors listed first)DateLocationAttendance
1
Cleveland Indians – 4, Baltimore Orioles – 10October 1Oriole Park at Camden Yards47,644 [12]
2
Cleveland Indians – 4, Baltimore Orioles – 7October 2Oriole Park at Camden Yards48,970 [13]
3
Baltimore Orioles – 4, Cleveland Indians – 9October 4Jacobs Field44,250 [14]
4
Baltimore Orioles – 4, Cleveland Indians – 3 (12 innings)October 5Jacobs Field44,280 [15]

Minor league affiliates
Classification level Team League Season article
AAA Buffalo Bisons International League 1996 Buffalo Bisons season
AA Canton–Akron Indians Eastern League 1996 Canton–Akron Indians season
Advanced A Kinston Indians Carolina League
A Columbus RedStixx South Atlantic League
Short Season A Watertown Indians New York–Penn League
Rookie Burlington Indians Appalachian League

References
  1. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 371, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  2. Ruben Amaro Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/candaca01.shtml
  4. Julio Franco Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  5. Jack McDowell Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/diazma01.shtml
  7. Mark Clark Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  8. https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/1996.shtml
  9. https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cadargr01.shtml
  10. Greg Swindell Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  11. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/awards/aw_hut.shtml
  12. "1996 ALDS – Baltimore Orioles vs. Cleveland Indians – Game 1". Retrosheet. Retrieved June 16, 2008.
  13. "1996 ALDS – Baltimore Orioles vs. Cleveland Indians – Game 2". Retrosheet. Retrieved June 16, 2008.
  14. "1996 ALDS – Baltimore Orioles vs. Cleveland Indians – Game 3". Retrosheet. Retrieved June 16, 2008.
  15. "1996 ALDS – Baltimore Orioles vs. Cleveland Indians – Game 4". Retrosheet. Retrieved June 16, 2008.
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