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Major League Baseball team season
1996 Cleveland Indians
American League Central Champions
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionCentral
BallparkJacobs Field
CityCleveland, Ohio
Record99–62 (.615)
Divisional place1st
OwnersRichard Jacobs
General managersJohn Hart
ManagersMike Hargrove
TelevisionWUAB
Jack Corrigan, Mike Hegan
SportsChannel
John Sanders, Rick Manning
RadioWKNR (1220 AM)
Herb Score, Tom Hamilton, Matt Underwood
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The 1996 Cleveland Indians season was the 96th season for the franchise and the third season at Jacobs Field. 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. Between May 30 and August 19, the Indians hit at least one double in each of 75 games, the longest such streak in MLB since 1901.

Offseason

  • November 9, 1995: Rubén Amaro Jr. was released by the Cleveland Indians.
  • December 6, 1995: Casey Candaele was signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Indians.
  • December 7, 1995: Julio Franco was signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Indians.
  • December 14, 1995: Jack McDowell signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Indians.
  • January 4, 1996: Mario Díaz was signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Indians.
  • March 31, 1996: Mark Clark was traded by the Cleveland Indians to the New York Mets for Reid Cornelius and Ryan Thompson.

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.

Season standings

AL Central
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cleveland Indians 99 62 .615 — 51‍–‍29 48‍–‍33
Chicago White Sox 85 77 .525 14½ 44‍–‍37 41‍–‍40
Milwaukee Brewers 80 82 .494 19½ 38‍–‍43 42‍–‍39
Minnesota Twins 78 84 .481 21½ 39‍–‍43 39‍–‍41
Kansas City Royals 75 86 .466 24 37‍–‍43 38‍–‍43

Record vs. opponents

1996 American League record
Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore — 7–6 6–6 4–8 5–7 11–2 9–3 9–3 7–5 3–10 9–4 7–5 3–10–1 8–5
Boston 6–7 — 8–4 6–6 1–11 12–1 3–9 7–5 6–6 7–6 8–5 7–6 6–6 8–5
California 6–6 4–8 — 6–6 4–9 6–6 4–8 7–5 4–8 7–6 6–7 5–8 4–9 7–5
Chicago 8–4 6–6 6–6 — 5–8 10–3 7–6 6–7 6–7 6–7 5–7 5–7 8–4 7–5
Cleveland 7–5 11–1 9–4 8–5 — 12–0 7–6 7–6 10–3 3–9 6–6 8–4 4–8 7–5
Detroit 2–11 1–12 6–6 3–10 0–12 — 6–6 4–8 6–6 5–8 4–8 6–6 4–9 6–7
Kansas City 3–9 9–3 8–4 6–7 6–7 6–6 — 4–9 6–7 4–8 5–7 7–5 6–6 5–8
Milwaukee 3–9 5–7 5–7 7–6 6–7 8–4 9–4 — 9–4 6–6 7–5 4–9 6–7 5–7
Minnesota 5–7 6–6 8–4 7–6 3–10 6–6 7–6 4–9 — 5–7 6–7 6–6 7–5 8–5
New York 10–3 6–7 6–7 7–6 9–3 8–5 8–4 6–6 7–5 — 9–3 3–9 5–7 8–5
Oakland 4–9 5–8 7–6 7–5 6–6 8–4 7–5 5–7 7–6 3–9 — 8–5 7–6 4–8
Seattle 5–7 6–7 8–5 7–5 4–8 6–6 5–7 9–4 6–6 9–3 5–8 — 10–3 5–7
Texas 10–3–1 6–6 9–4 4–8 8–4 9–4 6–6 7–6 5–7 7–5 6–7 3–10 — 10–2
Toronto 5–8 5–8 5–7 5–7 5–7 7–6 8–5 7–5 5–8 5–8 8–4 7–5 2–10 —


Game log

1996 Game Log: 99–62 (Home: 51–29; Away: 48–33)
April: 16–8 (Home: 8–3; Away: 8–5)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
1 April 2 Yankees 1–7 Cone Martinez (0–1) — 42,289 0–1
2 April 3 Yankees 1–5 Pettitte McDowell (0–1) Nelson 41,843 0–2
3 April 5 Blue Jays 1–7 Guzman Hershiser (0–1) — 41,782 0–3
4 April 6 Blue Jays 5–3 Nagy (1–0) Hanson Mesa (1) 41,852 1–3
5 April 7 Blue Jays 8–3 Martinez (1–1) Quantrill — 41,689 2–3
6 April 10 @ Orioles 2–3 (10) Orosco Tavarez (0–1) — 45,097 2–4
7 April 11 @ Orioles 4–14 Erickson Hershiser (0–2) Rhodes 43,189 2–5
8 April 12 @ Red Sox 3–1 Nagy (2–0) Sele Mesa (2) 26,703 3–5
9 April 13 @ Red Sox 14–2 Martinez (2–1) Moyer — 31,827 4–5
10 April 14 @ Red Sox 7–6 (11) Tavarez (1–1) Stanton Mesa (3) 31,796 5–5
11 April 15 @ Red Sox 8–0 McDowell (1–1) Wakefield — 32,861 6–5
12 April 16 @ Twins 7–2 Hershiser (1–2) Radke — 13,103 7–5
13 April 17 @ Twins 8–9 Hansell Shuey (0–1) Stevens 11,276 7–6
14 April 19 Red Sox 9–4 Martinez (3–1) Gordon — 40,521 8–6
15 April 20 Red Sox 2–1 McDowell (2–1) Wakefield Mesa (4) 40,498 9–6
16 April 21 Red Sox 11–7 Ogea (1–0) Pennington — 42,256 10–6
17 April 22 Orioles 6–3 Nagy (3–0) Erickson Mesa (5) 42,236 11–6
18 April 23 Orioles 9–8 Ogea (2–0) Mussina Mesa (6) 40,770 12–6
19 April 24 @ Yankees 8–10 Kamieniecki Martinez (3–2) — 20,187 12–7
20 April 25 @ Yankees 4–3 Poole (1–0) Pettitte Mesa (7) 18,580 13–7
21 April 26 @ Blue Jays 6–3 Hershiser (2–2) Hanson Mesa (8) 30,227 14–7
22 April 27 @ Blue Jays 6–11 Castillo Nagy (3–1) — 40,140 14–8
23 April 28 @ Blue Jays 17–3 Lopez (1–0) Viola — 31,143 15–8
24 April 30 White Sox 5–3 Martinez (4–2) Tapani Mesa (9) 40,268 16–8
May: 19–9 (Home: 8–2; Away: 11–7)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
25 May 1 White Sox 9–5 McDowell (3–1) McCaskill Plunk (1) 40,447 17–8
26 May 2 @ Mariners 6–4 Hershiser (3–2) Wolcott Mesa (10) 21,711 18–8
27 May 3 @ Mariners 5–2 Nagy (4–1) Hitchcock Mesa (11) 38,086 19–8
28 May 4 @ Mariners 1–5 Menhart Lopez (1–1) — 57,133 19–9
29 May 5 @ Mariners 2–0 Martinez (5–2) Bosio Mesa (12) 56,883 20–9
30 May 6 @ Athletics 3–5 Taylor Assenmacher (0–1) Mohler 47,313 20–10
31 May 7 @ Athletics 4–8 Johns Hershiser (3–3) — 10,126 20–11
32 May 8 @ Athletics 7–3 Nagy (5–1) Reyes — 9,288 21–11
33 May 10 @ Angels 8–13 Boskie Lopez (1–2) — 23,522 21–12
34 May 11 @ Angels 6–5 McDowell (4–1) Sanderson Mesa (13) 32,102 22–12
35 May 12 @ Angels 4–1 Poole (2–0) Percival Mesa (14) 22,768 23–12
36 May 14 Tigers 5–1 Nagy (6–1) Gohr — 40,765 24–12
37 May 15 Tigers 5–2 Martinez (6–2) Lima Mesa (15) 42,259 25–12
38 May 16 Tigers 8–3 McDowell (5–1) Williams — 42,330 26–12
39 May 17 Rangers 12–10 Embree (1–0) Heredia Mesa (16) 41,225 27–12
40 May 18 Rangers 3–6 Oliver Anderson (0–1) Henneman 40,973 27–13
41 May 19 Rangers 8–5 Nagy (7–1) Witt Mesa (17) 43,299 28–13
42 May 21 Brewers 6–5 Tavarez (2–1) Boze — 39,974 29–13
43 May 22 Brewers 8–10 Karl McDowell (5–2) Fetters 41,027 29–14
44 May 23 Brewers 5–1 Hershiser (4–3) Miranda — 42,395 30–14
45 May 24 @ Tigers 6–3 Plunk (1–0) Veres Mesa (18) 26,967 31–14
46 May 25 @ Tigers 7–6 Nagy (8–1) Lewis Mesa (19) 41,527 32–14
47 May 26 @ Tigers 5–0 Martinez (7–2) Williams — 39,056 33–14
48 May 27 @ Rangers 2–3 Pavlik McDowell (5–3) — 46,521 33–15
49 May 28 @ Rangers 3–11 Oliver Hershiser (4–4) — 35,727 33–16
50 May 29 @ Rangers 4–5 Cook Tavarez (2–2) Henneman 35,893 33–17
51 May 30 @ Brewers 2–0 Nagy (9–1) Bones Mesa (20) 11,543 34–17
52 May 31 @ Brewers 10–4 Martinez (8–2) McDonald — 24,050 35–17
June: 14–14 (Home: 8–8; Away: 6–6)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
53 June 1 @ Brewers 1–2 Garcia McDowell (5–4) Fetters 22,004 35–18
54 June 2 @ Brewers 11–6 Poole (3–0) Karl — 21,150 36–18
55 June 4 Mariners 7–10 Carmona Mesa (0–1) Charlton 42,179 36–19
56 June 5 Mariners 13–5 Plunk (2–0) Milacki — 42,274 37–19
57 June 6 Mariners 2–5 Wells Martinez (8–3) Charlton 42,236 37–20
58 June 7 Angels 4–3 McDowell (6–4) Boskie Mesa (21) 42,260 38–20
59 June 8 Angels 5–0 Hershiser (5–4) Finley — 42,267 39–20
60 June 9 Angels 6–8 (13) Hancock Tavarez (2–3) — 42,237 39–21
61 June 10 Athletics 5–4 Nagy (10–1) Johns Mesa (22) 42,167 40–21
62 June 11 Athletics 6–5 (13) Ogea (3–0) Reyes — 42,249 41–21
63 June 12 Athletics 6–9 Montgomery McDowell (6–5) Mohler 40,673 41–22
64 June 13 @ Yankees 6–2 Hershiser (6–4) Rogers Shuey (1) 30,707 42–22
65 June 14 @ Yankees 3–4 Gooden Ogea (3–1) Wetteland 32,580 42–23
66 June 15 @ Yankees 10–3 Nagy (11–1) Boehringer — 42,032 43–23
67 June 16 @ Yankees 4–5 Pettitte Martinez (8–4) Wetteland 51,180 43–24
68 June 18 Red Sox 9–7 Swindell (1–0) Sele Mesa (23) 42,209 44–24
69 June 19 Red Sox 11–4 Hershiser (7–4) Gordon — 42,276 45–24
70 June 20 Red Sox 5–4 Shuey (1–1) Stanton — 42,306 46–24
71 June 21 Yankees 7–8 (10) Nelson Mesa (0–2) Wetteland 42,176 46–25
72 June 21 Yankees 3–9 Mendoza Tavarez (2–4) — 42,454 46–26
73 June 22 Yankees 9–11 Brewer Martinez (8–5) Wetteland 42,461 46–27
74 June 23 Yankees 5–6 Gooden McDowell (6–6) Wetteland 41,767 46–28
75 June 25 @ Red Sox 4–0 Hershiser (8–4) Gordon — 33,576 47–28
76 June 26 @ Red Sox 4–6 (15) Garces Embree (1–1) — 33,727 47–29
77 June 27 @ White Sox 10–15 Fernandez Swindell (1–1) — 27,782 47–30
78 June 28 @ White Sox 2–4 Baldwin Tavarez (2–5) Hernandez 33,136 47–31
79 June 29 @ White Sox 3–2 (10) Shuey (2–1) Karchner — 43,601 48–31
80 June 30 @ White Sox 4–2 Hershiser (9–4) Tapani Mesa (24) 30,351 49–31
July: 16–11 (Home: 7–6; Away: 9–5)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
81 July 1 Royals 2–4 Haney Nagy (11–2) — 40,814 49–32
82 July 2 Royals 3–2 Poole (4–0) Belcher — 42,283 50–32
83 July 3 Royals 6–4 Tavarez (3–5) Magnante Shuey (2) 42,470 51–32
84 July 4 White Sox 5–6 (10) Karchner Mesa (0–3) Hernandez 42,355 51–33
85 July 5 White Sox 0–7 Alvarez Hershiser (9–5) — 42,536 51–34
86 July 6 White Sox 2–3 Karchner Shuey (2–2) Hernandez 42,454 51–35
87 July 7 White Sox 6–1 Ogea (4–1) Fernandez Assenmacher (1) 42,343 52–35
88 July 11 @ Twins 11–7 McDowell (7–6) Radke — 16,438 53–35
89 July 12 @ Twins 7–5 Mesa (1–3) Stevens Shuey (3) 18,246 54–35
90 July 13 @ Twins 19–11 Ogea (5–1) Aguilera — 31,552 55–35
91 July 14 @ Twins 4–5 Guardado Plunk (2–1) — 25,312 55–36
92 July 15 @ Royals 3–6 Magnante Tavarez (3–6) Montgomery 22,294 55–37
93 July 16 @ Royals 10–4 McDowell (8–6) Haney — 16,871 56–37
94 July 17 @ Royals 2–3 Belcher Hershiser (9–6) Montgomery 19,532 56–38
95 July 18 Twins 5–4 Graves (1–0) Guardado — 40,934 57–38
96 July 19 Twins 2–3 Rodriguez Nagy (11–3) Naulty 42,373 57–39
97 July 20 Twins 6–5 (11) Shuey (3–2) Stevens — 43,433 58–39
98 July 21 Twins 7–5 McDowell (9–6) Radke Shuey (4) 42,341 59–39
99 July 22 @ Blue Jays 4–2 Hershiser (10–6) Hanson Mesa (25) 35,517 60–39
100 July 23 @ Blue Jays 1–3 Hentgen Ogea (5–2) Timlin 35,194 60–40
101 July 24 @ Blue Jays 10–0 Martinez (9–5) Janzen — 35,218 61–40
102 July 25 @ Orioles 10–7 Nagy (12–3) Coppinger — 47,025 62–40
103 July 26 @ Orioles 14–9 Assenmacher (1–1) Mussina — 46,751 63–40
104 July 27 @ Orioles 2–14 Wells Hershiser (10–7) — 47,360 63–41
105 July 28 @ Orioles 6–3 (13) Mesa (2–3) Stephenson — 46,273 64–41
106 July 30 Blue Jays 1–3 Flener Martinez (9–6) Timlin 42,355 64–42
107 July 31 Blue Jays 4–2 Assenmacher (2–1) Timlin — 42,301 65–42
August: 15–13 (Home: 7–7; Away: 8–6)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
108 August 1 Blue Jays 3–5 Hanson Lopez (1–3) Timlin 42,249 65–43
109 August 2 Orioles 11–1 Hershiser (11–7) Erickson — 42,465 66–43
110 August 3 Orioles 4–9 Orosco Ogea (5–3) — 42,448 66–44
111 August 4 Orioles 14–2 Anderson (1–1) Coppinger — 42,349 67–44
112 August 5 Orioles 10–13 Wells Assenmacher (2–2) — 40,863 67–45
113 August 6 @ Mariners 4–3 Lopez (2–3) Wells Mesa (26) 31,472 68–45
114 August 7 @ Mariners 5–4 Tavarez (4–6) Charlton Mesa (27) 30,431 69–45
115 August 8 @ Mariners 2–1 Ogea (6–3) Mulholland Mesa (28) 36,822 70–45
116 August 9 @ Athletics 10–4 McDowell (10–6) Telgheder — 20,122 71–45
117 August 10 @ Athletics 1–5 Adams Nagy (12–4) — 30,238 71–46
118 August 11 @ Athletics 3–9 Wasdin Lopez (2–4) — 21,914 71–47
119 August 12 @ Angels 5–4 Hershiser (12–7) Finley Mesa (29) 19,499 72–47
120 August 13 @ Angels 2–4 Boskie Ogea (6–4) Percival 19,569 72–48
121 August 14 @ Angels 7–8 Gohr McDowell (10–7) Percival 23,887 72–49
122 August 16 Tigers 3–1 (12) Assenmacher (3–2) Lewis — 42,485 73–49
123 August 17 Tigers 6–3 Hershiser (13–7) Thompson Mesa (30) 42,511 74–49
124 August 18 Tigers 11–3 Ogea (7–4) Williams — 42,337 75–49
125 August 19 Rangers 3–10 Pavlik McDowell (10–8) — 42,393 75–50
126 August 20 Rangers 10–4 Lopez (3–4) Witt — 42,370 76–50
127 August 21 Rangers 8–10 (10) Vosberg Tavarez (4–7) — 42,345 76–51
128 August 23 Brewers 5–6 (11) Jones Mesa (2–4) Fetters 42,405 76–52
129 August 24 Brewers 3–4 (10) Wickman Plunk (2–2) Fetters 42,437 76–53
130 August 25 Brewers 8–5 Shuey (4–2) Miranda Mesa (31) 42,335 77–53
131 August 26 @ Tigers 2–1 Nagy (13–4) Lira — 22,349 78–53
132 August 27 @ Tigers 12–2 Lopez (4–4) Thompson — 19,602 79–53
133 August 28 @ Tigers 9–3 Hershiser (14–7) Sager — 21,091 80–53
134 August 30 @ Rangers 3–5 Pavlik Ogea (7–5) Russell 40,383 80–54
135 August 31 @ Rangers 3–6 Oliver McDowell (10–9) Vosberg 46,319 80–55
September: 19–7 (Home: 13–3; Away: 6–4)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
136 September 1 @ Rangers 8–2 Nagy (14–4) Burkett — 46,084 81–55
137 September 2 @ Brewers 6–7 Jones Mesa (2–5) — 18,015 81–56
138 September 3 @ Brewers 2–8 Karl Hershiser (14–8) — 10,599 81–57
139 September 4 @ Brewers 7–0 Ogea (8–5) D'Amico — 12,666 82–57
140 September 8 Mariners 2–1 Nagy (15–4) Mulholland — 42,307 83–57
141 September 8 Mariners 5–6 Charlton Mesa (2–6) — 42,217 83–58
142 September 9 Angels 4–3 Shuey (5–2) Holtz Mesa (32) 42,208 84–58
143 September 10 Angels 7–5 Assenmacher (4–2) Percival — 42,181 85–58
144 September 11 Angels 2–0 McDowell (11–9) Finley Mesa (33) 42,264 86–58
145 September 12 Angels 11–2 Anderson (2–1) Boskie — 42,244 87–58
146 September 14 Athletics 9–2 Nagy (16–4) Wengert — — 88–58
147 September 14 Athletics 9–8 Plunk (3–2) Small Mesa (34) 42,233 89–58
148 September 15 Athletics 9–10 (10) Reyes Mesa (2–7) — 42,226 89–59
149 September 16 @ White Sox 4–3 McDowell (12–9) Alvarez — 25,392 90–59
150 September 17 @ White Sox 9–4 Anderson (3–1) Fernandez Plunk (2) 18,763 91–59
151 September 18 @ White Sox 4–3 Lopez (5–4) Baldwin Mesa (35) 20,289 92–59
152 September 19 Royals 9–1 Ogea (9–5) Appier — 42,297 93–59
153 September 20 Royals 4–6 Bevil Nagy (16–5) Bluma 42,358 93–60
154 September 21 Royals 13–4 Hershiser (15–8) Rosado — 42,339 94–60
155 September 22 Royals 6–5 McDowell (13–9) Jacome Mesa (36) 42,291 95–60
156 September 23 Twins 7–6 Graves (2–0) Parra Mesa (37) 42,299 96–60
157 September 24 Twins 7–5 Ogea (10–5) Rodriguez Mesa (38) 42,272 97–60
158 September 25 Twins 6–3 Nagy (17–5) Robertson — 42,469 98–60
159 September 27 @ Royals 6–11 Rosado Hershiser (15–9) — 15,939 98–61
160 September 28 @ Royals 5–4 Mercker (1–0) Scanlan Mesa (39) 19,820 99–61
161 September 29 @ Royals 1–4 Belcher Ogea (10–6) Pichardo 14,556 99–62
Legend:        = Win        = Loss
Bold = Indians team member

Detailed records

American League
Opponent W L WP RS RA
AL East
Baltimore Orioles 7 5 0.583 92 86
Boston Red Sox 11 1 0.917 87 42
Detroit Tigers 12 0 1.000 79 28
New York Yankees 3 9 0.250 61 73
Toronto Blue Jays 7 5 0.583 66 45
Total 40 20 0.667 385 274
AL Central
Chicago White Sox 8 5 0.615 63 58
Cleveland Indians
Kansas City Royals 7 6 0.538 70 58
Milwaukee Brewers 7 6 0.538 74 58
Minnesota Twins 10 3 0.769 96 70
Total 32 20 0.615 303 244
AL West
California Angels 9 4 0.692 71 56
Oakland Athletics 6 6 0.500 72 72
Seattle Mariners 8 4 0.667 54 46
Texas Rangers 4 8 0.333 67 77
Total 27 22 0.551 264 251
Season Total 99 62 0.615 952 769
Month Games Won Lost Win % RS RA
April 24 16 8 0.667 152 118
May 28 19 9 0.679 154 126
June 28 14 14 0.500 165 149
July 27 16 11 0.593 152 128
August 28 15 13 0.536 167 135
September 26 19 7 0.731 162 113
Total 161 99 62 0.615 952 769
Games Won Lost Win % RS RA
Home 80 51 29 0.638 488 389
Away 81 48 33 0.593 464 380
Total 161 99 62 0.615 952 769

Notable transactions

  • May 14, 1996: Greg Cadaret was signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Indians.
  • June 15, 1996: Greg Swindell signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Indians.

Roster

1996 Cleveland Indians
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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
C Sandy Alomar Jr. 127 418 110 .263 11 50
1B Julio Franco 112 432 139 .322 14 76
2B Carlos Baerga 100 424 113 .267 10 55
SS Omar Vizquel 151 542 161 .297 9 64
3B Jim Thome 151 505 157 .311 38 116
LF Albert Belle 158 602 187 .311 48 148
CF Kenny Lofton 154 662 210 .317 14 67
RF Manny Ramirez 152 550 170 .309 33 112
DH Eddie Murray 88 336 88 .262 12 45

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 Vizcaíno 48 179 51 .285 0 13
Tony Peña 67 174 34 .195 1 27
Mark Carreon 38 142 46 .324 2 14
Jeromy Burnitz 71 128 36 .281 7 26
Brian Giles 51 121 43 .355 5 27
Álvaro Espinoza 59 112 25 .223 4 11
Jeff Kent 39 102 27 .265 3 16
Kevin Seitzer 22 83 32 .386 1 16
Casey Candaele 24 44 11 .250 1 4
Scott Leius 27 43 6 .140 1 3
Ryan Thompson 8 22 7 .318 1 5
Wayne Kirby 27 16 4 .250 0 1
Nigel Wilson 10 12 3 .250 2 5
Herbert Perry 7 12 1 .083 0 0
Damian Jackson 5 10 3 .300 0 1
Gerónimo Peña 5 9 1 .111 1 2
Einar Díaz 4 1 0 .000 0 0

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 Nagy 32 222.0 17 5 3.41 167
Orel Hershiser 33 206.0 15 9 4.24 125
Jack McDowell 30 192.0 13 9 5.11 141
Chad Ogea 29 146.2 10 6 4.79 101
Dennis Martínez 20 112.0 9 6 4.50 48
Brian Anderson 10 51.1 3 1 4.91 21

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 Lopez 13 62.0 5 4 6.39 45
Greg Swindell 13 28.2 1 1 6.59 21

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 Mesa 69 2 7 39 3.73 64
Paul Assenmacher 63 4 2 1 3.09 44
Eric Plunk 56 3 2 2 2.43 85
Julián Tavárez 51 4 7 0 5.36 46
Paul Shuey 42 5 2 4 2.85 44
Jim Poole 32 4 0 0 3.04 19
Alan Embree 24 1 1 0 6.39 33
Danny Graves 15 2 0 0 4.55 22
Kent Mercker 10 1 0 0 3.09 7
Joe Roa 1 0 0 0 10.80 0

Award winners

All-Star Game

Postseason

Game log

1996 Postseason Game Log
American League Division Series
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record
1 October 1 @ Orioles 4–10 Wells (1–0) Nagy (0–1) — Oriole Park at Camden Yards 47,644 0–1
2 October 2 @ Orioles 4–7 Benitez (1–0) Plunk (0–1) Myers (1) Oriole Park at Camden Yards 48,970 0–2
3 October 4 Orioles 9–4 Assenmacher (1–0) Orosco (0–1) — Jacobs Field 44,250 1–2
4 October 5 Orioles 3–4 (12) Benitez (2–0) Mesa (0–1) Myers (2) Jacobs Field 44,280 1–3
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Indians team member

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. "Team Batting Streak Finder: Consecutive games with Doubles >= 1, In the Regular Season, since 1901". Stathead Baseball. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
  3. Ruben Amaro Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  4. "Casey Candaele Stats".
  5. Julio Franco Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  6. Jack McDowell Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  7. "Mario Diaz Stats".
  8. Mark Clark Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  9. "1996 Major League Baseball Season Summary".
  10. "Greg Cadaret Stats".
  11. Greg Swindell Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  12. "Hutch Award | Baseball Almanac".
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