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Major League Baseball team season
2002 Cleveland Indians
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionCentral
BallparkJacobs Field
CityCleveland, Ohio
Record74–88 (.457)
Divisional place3rd
OwnersLarry Dolan
General managersMark Shapiro
ManagersCharlie Manuel (fired July 11) Joel Skinner (interim, July 11-September 29)
TelevisionFSN Ohio
John Sanders, Mike Hegan, Rick Manning
RadioWTAM
Tom Hamilton, Matt Underwood, Mike Hegan
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The 2002 Cleveland Indians season was the 102nd season for the franchise and the 9th season at Jacobs Field. The season began on March 31, 2002. The team finished third in the American League Central behind the Minnesota Twins and the Chicago White Sox, and suffered their first losing season since 1993.

Offseason

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Season standings

AL Central
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Minnesota Twins 94 67 .584 — 54‍–‍27 40‍–‍40
Chicago White Sox 81 81 .500 13½ 47‍–‍34 34‍–‍47
Cleveland Indians 74 88 .457 20½ 39‍–‍42 35‍–‍46
Kansas City Royals 62 100 .383 32½ 37‍–‍44 25‍–‍56
Detroit Tigers 55 106 .342 39 33‍–‍47 22‍–‍59

American League Wild Card

Division leaders
Team W L Pct.
New York Yankees 103 58 .640
Minnesota Twins 94 67 .584
Oakland Athletics 103 59 .636
Wild Card team
(Top team qualifies for postseason)
Team W L Pct. GB
Anaheim Angels 99 63 .611 —
Boston Red Sox 93 69 .574 6
Seattle Mariners 93 69 .574 6
Chicago White Sox 81 81 .500 18
Toronto Blue Jays 78 84 .481 21
Cleveland Indians 74 88 .457 25
Texas Rangers 72 90 .444 27
Baltimore Orioles 67 95 .414 32
Kansas City Royals 62 100 .383 37
Detroit Tigers 55 106 .342 43½
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 55 106 .342 43½

Record vs. opponents

2002 American League record
Sources:
Team ANA BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL 
Anaheim — 7–2 3–4 6–3 6–3 8–1 6–3 4–5 3–4 9–11 9–10 8–1 12–7 7–2 11–7
Baltimore 2–7 — 6–13 3–4 1–5 2–4 7–0 5–1 6–13 4–5 5–4 10–9 3–6 4–15 9–9
Boston 4–3 13–6 — 2–4 5–4 5–4 4–2 3–3 9–10 6–3 4–5 16–3 4–3 13–6 5–13
Chicago 3–6 4–3 4–2 — 9–10 12–7 11–8 8–11 2–4 2–7 5–4 4–3 5–4 4–2 8–10
Cleveland 3–6 5–1 4–5 10–9 — 10–9 9–10 8–11 3–6 2–5 3–4 4–2 4–5 3–3 6–12
Detroit 1–8 4–2 4–5 7–12 9–10 — 9–10 4–14 1–8 1–6 2–5 2–4 5–4 0–6 6–12
Kansas City 3–6 0–7 2–4 8–11 10–9 10–9 — 5–14 1–5 1–8 3–6 4–2 7–2 3–4 5–13
Minnesota 5–4 1–5 3–3 11–8 11–8 14–4 14–5 — 0–6 3–6 5–4 5–2 6–3 6–1 10–8
New York 4–3 13–6 10–9 4–2 6–3 8–1 5–1 6–0 — 5–4 4–5 13–5 4–3 10–9 11–7
Oakland 11–9 5–4 3–6 7–2 5–2 6–1 8–1 6–3 4–5 — 8–11 8–1 13–6 3–6 16–2
Seattle 10–9 4–5 5–4 4–5 4–3 5–2 6–3 4–5 5–4 11–8 — 5–4 13–7 6–3 11–7
Tampa Bay 1–8 9–10 3–16 3–4 2–4 4–2 2–4 2–5 5–13 1–8 4–5 — 4–5 8–11 7–11
Texas 7–12 6–3 3–4 4–5 5–4 4–5 2–7 3–6 3–4 6–13 7–13 5–4 — 8–1 9–9
Toronto 2–7 15–4 6–13 2–4 3–3 6–0 4–3 1–6 9–10 6–3 3–6 11–8 1–8 — 9–9


Notable transactions

Roster

2002 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Game log

2002 Game Log: 74–88 (Home: 39–42; Away: 35–46)
March: 1–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 1–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak
1 March 31 @ Angels 6–0 Colón (1–0) Washburn (0–1) — Edison International Field of Anaheim 42,697 1–0 W1
April: 12–13 (Home: 7–4; Away: 5–9)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak
2 April 2 @ Angels 5–7 Weber (1–0) Riske (0–1) Percival (1) Edison International Field of Anaheim 20,055 1–1 L1
3 April 3 @ Angels 6–5 Drese (1–0) Sele (0–1) Wickman (1) Edison International Field of Anaheim 18,194 2–1 W1
4 April 5 @ Tigers 10–1 Báez (1–0) Redman (0–1) — Comerica Park 41,248 3–1 W2
5 April 6 @ Tigers 5–3 Colón (2–0) Cornejo (0–1) Wickman (2) Comerica Park 19,754 4–1 W3
6 April 7 @ Tigers 5–1 Sabathia (1–0) Weaver (0–1) Wickman (3) Comerica Park 14,749 5–1 W4
7 April 8 Twins 9–5 Drese (2–0) Milton (1–1) — Jacobs Field 42,441 6–1 W5
8 April 9 Twins 5–4 Finley (1–0) Mays (0–2) Wickman (4) Jacobs Field 23,760 7–1 W6
9 April 10 Twins 9–3 Báez (2–0) Reed (1–1) — Jacobs Field 25,420 8–1 W7
10 April 11 Twins 8–4 Colón (3–0) Lohse (0–1) — Jacobs Field 25,582 9–1 W8
11 April 12 Royals 3–1 Sabathia (2–0) Suppan (1–1) Wickman (5) Jacobs Field 29,970 10–1 W9
12 April 13 Royals 8–7 Shuey (1–0) Bailey (0–2) — Jacobs Field 28,455 11–1 W10
– April 14 Royals Postponed (rain, makeup May 18)
13 April 16 @ White Sox 5–10 Marte (1–0) Finley (1–1) — Comiskey Park 23,502 11–2 L1
14 April 17 @ White Sox 2–7 Buehrle (4–0) Báez (2–1) — Comiskey Park 15,561 11–3 L2
15 April 18 @ White Sox 1–7 Ritchie (1–1) Colón (3–1) — Comiskey Park 13,880 11–4 L3
16 April 19 @ Twins 3–12 Lohse (1–1) Sabathia (2–1) — Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 23,491 11–5 L4
17 April 20 @ Twins 2–6 Kinney (1–0) Drese (2–1) — Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 30,146 11–6 L5
18 April 21 @ Twins 2–4 Reed (2–1) Finley (1–2) Guerrero (8) Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 22,264 11–7 L6
19 April 22 White Sox 4–2 Báez (3–1) Buehrle (4–1) Wickman (6) Jacobs Field 24,519 12–7 W1
20 April 23 White Sox 1–5 Ritchie (2–1) Colón (3–2) — Jacobs Field 25,284 12–8 L1
21 April 24 White Sox 2–9 Wright (2–2) Sabathia (2–2) — Jacobs Field 25,935 12–9 L2
22 April 25 White Sox 3–6 Garland (3–1) Drese (2–2) Foulke (6) Jacobs Field 29,046 12–10 L3
23 April 26 @ Rangers 7–4 Davis (2–2) Finley (2–2) — The Ballpark in Arlington 33,243 13–10 W1
24 April 27 @ Rangers 2–4 Bell (1–0) Báez (3–2) Irabu (4) The Ballpark in Arlington 43,353 13–11 L1
25 April 28 @ Rangers 1–2 Valdez (2–3) Colón (3–3) Irabu (5) The Ballpark in Arlington 24,118 13–12 L2
26 April 30 Angels 2–21 Ortiz (2–3) Sabathia (2–3) — Jacobs Field 24,286 13–13 L3
May: 13–15 (Home: 8–8; Away: 5–7)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak
27 May 1 Angels 2–7 Washburn (3–2) Drese (2–3) — Jacobs Field 23,536 13–14 L4
28 May 2 Angels 0–8 Appier (3–1) Finley (2–3) — Jacobs Field 26,068 13–15 L5
29 May 3 Rangers 2–4 Davis (3–2) Báez (3–3) Irabu (7) Jacobs Field 32,846 13–16 L6
30 May 4 Rangers 3–0 Colón (4–3) Valdez (2–4) Wickman (7) Jacobs Field 33,788 14–16 W1
31 May 5 Rangers 9–2 Sabathia (3–3) Rogers (3–1) — Jacobs Field 31,990 15–16 W2
32 May 6 @ Orioles 9–4 Drese (3–3) Groom (1–1) — Oriole Park at Camden Yards 24,976 16–16 W3
33 May 7 @ Orioles 3–4 (10) Julio (2–0) Wohlers (0–1) — Oriole Park at Camden Yards 26,455 16–17 L1
34 May 8 @ Orioles 6–2 Báez (4–3) Erickson (3–3) — Oriole Park at Camden Yards 29,361 17–17 W1
35 May 9 @ Royals 3–5 Suppan (3–4) Rincón (0–1) Hernandez (2) Kauffman Stadium 12,555 17–18 L1
36 May 10 @ Royals 0–9 Reichert (1–3) Sabathia (3–4) — Kauffman Stadium 24,279 17–19 L2
– May 11 @ Royals Postponed (rain, makeup July 20)
37 May 12 @ Royals 1–4 Byrd (6–2) Finley (2–4) Hernandez (3) Kauffman Stadium 10,820 17–20 L3
38 May 14 Orioles 6–5 Shuey (2–0) Julio (2–2) — Jacobs Field 30,447 18–20 W1
39 May 15 Orioles 3–1 Colón (5–3) Bauer (1–1) Wickman (8) Jacobs Field 26,315 19–20 W2
– May 16 Orioles Postponed (rain, makeup June 13)
40 May 17 Royals 2–6 Byrd (7–2) Finley (2–5) — Jacobs Field 32,593 19–21 L1
41 May 18 (1) Royals 2–4 Reichert (2–4) Wickman (0–1) Hernandez (4) Jacobs Field 29,388 19–22 L2
42 May 18 (2) Royals 4–1 Drese (4–3) May (0–1) Wickman (9) Jacobs Field 32,110 20–22 W1
43 May 19 Royals 4–5 Grimsley (2–2) Wickman (0–2) Hernandez (5) Jacobs Field 31,105 20–23 L1
44 May 20 @ Tigers 3–4 Santana (3–0) Rincón (0–2) Walker (1) Comerica Park 12,851 20–24 L2
45 May 21 @ Tigers 1–5 Redman (1–5) Nagy (0–1) — Comerica Park 14,442 20–25 L3
46 May 22 @ Tigers 0–2 Weaver (4–5) Finley (2–6) — Comerica Park 14,396 20–26 L4
47 May 24 @ Blue Jays 5–2 Drese (5–3) Miller (3–2) Wickman (10) SkyDome 16,385 21–26 W1
48 May 25 @ Blue Jays 3–0 Sabathia (4–4) Loaiza (2–1) Wickman (11) SkyDome 21,589 22–26 W2
49 May 26 @ Blue Jays 3–1 Colón (6–3) Prokopec (2–7) — SkyDome 22,380 23–26 W3
50 May 27 Tigers 1–4 Redman (2–5) Báez (4–4) — Jacobs Field 40,652 23–27 L1
51 May 28 Tigers 4–2 Finley (3–6) Weaver (4–6) Wickman (12) Jacobs Field 25,028 24–27 W1
52 May 29 Tigers 5–9 Sparks (3–5) Riske (0–2) Acevedo (7) Jacobs Field 26,156 24–28 L1
53 May 30 Tigers 11–7 Riske (1–2) Lima (1–3) — Jacobs Field 25,689 25–28 W1
54 May 31 White Sox 7–0 Colón (7–3) Glover (1–1) — Jacobs Field 33,756 26–28 W2
June: 11–15 (Home: 6–6; Away: 5–9)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak
55 June 1 White Sox 8–4 Báez (5–4) Ritchie (3–7) — Jacobs Field 37,707 27–28 W3
56 June 2 White Sox 4–3 Finley (4–6) Wright (5–6) Wickman (13) Jacobs Field 37,760 28–28 W4
57 June 4 @ Twins 2–23 Reed (6–2) Drese (5–4) — Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 14,029 28–29 L1
58 June 5 @ Twins 6–4 Sabathia (5–4) Milton (7–5) Riske (1) Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 15,617 29–29 W1
59 June 6 @ Twins 3–8 Lohse (6–3) Colón (7–4) — Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 15,553 29–30 L1
60 June 7 Mets 3–4 Leiter (6–5) Báez (5–5) Benitez (12) Jacobs Field 39,986 29–31 L2
61 June 8 Mets 6–8 Trachsel (4–6) Finley (4–7) Benitez (13) Jacobs Field 41,474 29–32 L3
62 June 9 Mets 8–3 Drese (6–4) Estes (2–5) — Jacobs Field 39,436 30–32 W1
63 June 10 Phillies 1–3 Adms (3–4) Sabathia (5–5) Mesa (18) Jacobs Field 28,440 30–33 L1
64 June 11 Phillies 5–1 Colón (8–4) Wolf (3–5) Wickman (14) Jacobs Field 30,238 31–33 W1
65 June 12 Phillies 3–7 Padilla (9–4) Paronto (0–1) — Jacobs Field 35,783 31–34 L1
66 June 13 Orioles 2–1 (10) Riggan (1–0) Roberts (3–2) — Jacobs Field 26,745 32–34 W1
67 June 14 @ Rockies 5–3 Drese (7–4) Thomson (6–6) Wickman (15) Coors Field 40,156 33–34 W2
68 June 15 @ Rockies 4–7 Jones (1–1) Paronto (0–2) Jimenez (18) Coors Field 41,870 33–35 L1
69 June 16 @ Rockies 5–4 Colón (9–4) Neagle (4–4) Wickman (16) Coors Field 40,792 34–35 W1
70 June 18 @ Marlins 0–4 Dempster (5–6) Finley (4–8) — Pro Player Stadium 9,724 34–36 L1
71 June 19 @ Marlins 1–2 Tavarez (5–3) Riggan (1–1) Nunez (16) Pro Player Stadium 9,428 34–37 L2
72 June 20 @ Marlins 0–3 (6) Burnett (8–5) Drese (7–5) — Pro Player Stadium 8,045 34–38 L3
73 June 21 @ Expos 1–3 Vazquez (5–3) Sabathia (5–6) Stewart (8) Olympic Stadium 7,494 34–39 L4
74 June 22 @ Expos 5–4 Colón (10–4) Day (2–1) Wickman (17) Olympic Stadium 10,180 35–39 W1
75 June 23 @ Expos 2–7 Armas (7–7) Finley (4–9) — Olympic Stadium 13,557 35–40 L1
76 June 25 @ Red Sox 4–2 Báez (6–5) Castillo (5–8) Wickman (18) Fenway Park 34,064 36–40 W1
77 June 26 @ Red Sox 4–7 Martinez (9–2) Drese (7–6) Urbina (21) Fenway Park 32,255 36–41 L1
– June 27 @ Red Sox Postponed (rain, makeup September 16)
78 June 28 Diamondbacks 8–2 Sabathia (6–6) Batista (4–5) — Jacobs Field 42,586 37–41 W1
79 June 29 Diamondbacks 2–4 Anderson (3–7) Finley (4–10) Kim (20) Jacobs Field 42,466 37–42 L1
80 June 30 Diamondbacks 2–5 Schilling (13–3) Báez (6–6) — Jacobs Field 42,221 37–43 L2
July: 10–16 (Home: 5–8; Away: 5–8)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak
81 July 2 @ Yankees 5–10 Mendoza (6–2) Rincón (0–3) — Yankee Stadium 45,589 37–44 L3
82 July 3 @ Yankees 8–11 Wells (9–5) Sabathia (6–7) Rivera (20) Yankee Stadium 39,879 37–45 L4
83 July 4 @ Yankees 1–7 Mussina (12–3) Finley (4–11) — Yankee Stadium 42,909 37–46 L5
84 July 5 @ White Sox 4–2 Báez (7–6) Garland (7–6) Wickman (19) Comiskey Park 29,085 38–46 W1
85 July 6 @ White Sox 3–7 Buehrle (12–6) Phillips (0–1) Marte (1) Comiskey Park 25,016 38–47 L1
86 July 7 @ White Sox 9–3 Drese (8–6) Ritchie (5–11) — Comiskey Park 22,104 39–47 W1
– July 9 73nd All-Star Game American League vs. National League (Miller Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
87 July 11 Yankees 4–7 Pettitte (3–3) Sabathia (6–8) Rivera (22) Jacobs Field 41,192 39–48 L1
88 July 12 Yankees 2–1 (10) Wohlers (1–1) Karsay (3–4) — Jacobs Field 42,518 40–48 W1
89 July 13 Yankees 5–14 Wells (10–5) Drese (8–7) — Jacobs Field 42,631 40–49 L1
90 July 14 Yankees 10–7 Rincón (1–3) Rivera (1–4) — Jacobs Field 42,573 41–49 W1
91 July 15 White Sox 7–1 Phillips (1–1) Glover (3–5) — Jacobs Field 30,025 42–49 W2
92 July 16 White Sox 4–5 Osuna (5–1) Wickman (0–3) Marte (2) Jacobs Field 30,754 42–50 L1
93 July 17 Twins 5–8 Reed (7–5) Báez (7–7) Guerrero (30) Jacobs Field 33,324 42–51 L2
94 July 18 Twins 6–8 Fiore (8–2) Rincón (1–4) Guerrero (31) Jacobs Field 33,573 42–52 L3
95 July 19 @ Royals 5–8 Mullen (2–2) Murray (0–1) Ro. Hernandez (18) Kauffman Stadium 20,922 42–53 L4
96 July 20 (1) @ Royals 5–7 Ru. Hernandez (1–0) Wright (0–1) Ro. Hernandez (19) Kauffman Stadium N/A 42–54 L5
97 July 20 (2) @ Royals 5–3 (10) Shuey (3–0) Voyles (0–2) Wickman (20) Kauffman Stadium 36,277 43–54 W1
98 July 21 @ Royals 12–13 (10) Mullen (3–2) Murray (0–2) — Kauffman Stadium 15,637 43–55 L1
99 July 23 Yankees 9–3 Báez (8–7) Pettitte (4–4) — Jacobs Field 38,520 44–55 W1
100 July 24 Yankees 7–14 Wells (11–5) Drese (8–8) — Jacobs Field 38,081 44–56 L1
101 July 26 Tigers 5–8 Powell (1–0) Nagy (0–2) Henriquez (2) Jacobs Field 38,738 44–57 L2
102 July 27 Tigers 1–5 Sparks (5–10) Sabathia (6–9) — Jacobs Field 38,622 44–58 L3
103 July 28 Tigers 9–6 DePaula (1–0) Acevedo (1–5) — Jacobs Field 35,076 45–58 W1
104 July 29 @ Athletics 8–6 Mulholland (1–0) Magnante (0–2) Wohlers (1) Network Associates Coliseum 18,297 46–58 W2
105 July 30 @ Athletics 5–4 Drese (9–8) Lidle (3–9) Wohlers (2) Network Associates Coliseum 14,737 47–58 W3
106 July 31 @ Athletics 4–6 Mulder (12–6) Westbrook (0–1) Koch (26) Network Associates Coliseum 47,574 47–59 L1
August: 12–16 (Home: 8–10; Away: 4–6)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak
107 August 1 @ Mariners 6–10 Nelson (2–2) DePaula (1–1) — Safeco Field 45,590 47–60 L2
108 August 2 @ Mariners 1–3 Moyer (11–4) Báez (8–8) Sasaki (29) Safeco Field 45,995 47–61 L3
109 August 3 @ Mariners 4–12 Garcia (12–7) Wright (0–2) — Safeco Field 46,219 47–62 L4
110 August 4 @ Mariners 10–8 Westbrook (1–1) Sasaki (2–5) Wohlers (3) Safeco Field 46,120 48–62 W1
111 August 6 Devil Rays 4–2 Nagy (1–2) Sosa (1–5) Wohlers (4) Jacobs Field 35,302 49–62 W2
112 August 7 Devil Rays 6–2 Sabathia (7–9) Sturtze (1–12) — Jacobs Field 37,888 50–62 W3
113 August 8 Devil Rays 2–4 Wilson (5–7) Báez (8–9) Yan (15) Jacobs Field 29,973 50–63 L1
114 August 9 Rangers 2–3 Rogers (12–6) Wohlers (1–2) Cordero (4) Jacobs Field 41,019 50–64 L2
115 August 10 Rangers 4–3 Wickman (1–3) Kolb (2–1) — Jacobs Field 37,753 51–64 W1
116 August 11 Rangers 5–11 Myette (1–4) Nagy (1–3) — Jacobs Field 36,789 51–65 L1
117 August 13 @ Devil Rays 9–5 Sabathia (8–9) Sturtze (1–13) Wohlers (5) Tropicana Field 11,779 52–65 W1
118 August 14 @ Devil Rays 6–4 Báez (9–9) Wilson (5–8) Wohlers (6) Tropicana Field 10,455 53–65 W2
119 August 15 @ Devil Rays 3–4 Harper (5–6) Wohlers (1–3) — Tropicana Field 10,778 53–66 L1
120 August 16 @ Angels 4–5 Lackey (5–2) Drese (9–9) Percival (29) Edison International Field of Anaheim 41,356 53–67 L2
121 August 17 @ Angels 9–4 Sadler (1–0) Washburn (15–4) — Edison International Field of Anaheim 39,866 54–67 W1
122 August 18 @ Angels 1–4 Appier (11–9) Sabathia (8–10) Percival (30) Edison International Field of Anaheim 41,059 54–68 L1
123 August 19 Athletics 1–8 Hudson (10–9) Báez (9–10) — Jacobs Field 27,696 54–69 L2
124 August 20 Athletics 3–6 Harang (5–3) Westbrook (1–2) Koch (32) Jacobs Field 27,527 54–70 L3
125 August 21 Athletics 0–6 Lidle (7–9) Rodríguez (0–1) — Jacobs Field 26,916 54–71 L4
126 August 22 Athletics 3–9 Mulder (15–7) Phillips (1–2) Bradford (2) Jacobs Field 27,759 54–72 L5
127 August 23 Mariners 4–2 Wohlers (2–3) Baldwin (7–10) — Jacobs Field 33,525 55–72 W1
128 August 24 Mariners 5–3 Mulholland (2–0) Creek (2–2) — Jacobs Field 38,086 56–72 W2
129 August 25 Mariners 4–12 Garcia (14–9) Westbrook (1–3) — Jacobs Field 36,402 56–73 L1
130 August 26 Tigers 8–2 Rodríguez (1–1) Sparks (8–13) — Jacobs Field 24,344 57–73 W1
131 August 27 Tigers 5–8 Redman (8–12) Phillips (1–3) Acevedo (27) Jacobs Field 24,375 57–74 L1
132 August 28 Tigers 2–1 Sabathia (9–10) Powell (1–4) Báez (1) Jacobs Field 25,158 58–74 W1
133 August 30 Red Sox 5–15 Lowe (18–6) Wright (0–3) — Jacobs Field 31,986 58–75 L1
134 August 31 Red Sox 8–7 Báez (10–10) Howry (3–4) — Jacobs Field 37,908 59–75 W1
September: 15–13 (Home: 5–6; Away: 10–7)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak
135 September 1 Red Sox 1–7 Wakefield (8–5) Nagy (1–4) — Jacobs Field 34,799 59–76 L1
136 September 2 @ Tigers 11–1 Sabathia (10–10) Powell (1–5) — Comerica Park 18,722 60–76 W1
137 September 3 @ Tigers 0–4 Van Hekken (1–0) Mulholland (2–1) — Comerica Park 11,635 60–77 L1
138 September 4 @ Tigers 9–3 Wright (1–3) Maroth (5–7) — Comerica Park 12,715 61–77 W1
139 September 5 @ White Sox 11–6 Rodríguez (2–1) Glover (7–7) — Comiskey Park 12,667 62–77 W2
140 September 6 @ White Sox 9–7 Burba (5–5) Buehrle (17–10) Báez (2) Comiskey Park 17,131 63–77 W3
141 September 7 @ White Sox 4–2 Sabathia (11–10) Garland (10–11) Wohlers (7) Comiskey Park 16,622 64–77 W4
142 September 8 @ White Sox 6–7 Osuna (8–2) Báez (10–11) — Comiskey Park 15,067 64–78 L1
143 September 9 Blue Jays 9–11 Bowles (1–1) Sadler (1–1) Escobar (30) Jacobs Field 28,567 64–79 L2
144 September 10 Blue Jays 4–5 Bowles (2–1) Wohlers (2–4) Escobar (31) Jacobs Field 24,312 64–80 L3
145 September 11 Blue Jays 5–6 (11) Cassidy (1–4) Elder (0–1) Kershner (1) Jacobs Field 26,609 64–81 L4
146 September 12 Twins 5–4 Riggan (2–1) Mays (3–7) Báez (3) Jacobs Field 28,649 65–81 W1
147 September 13 Twins 12–5 Mulholland (3–1) Milton (13–9) — Jacobs Field 30,421 66–81 W2
148 September 14 Twins 2–3 Reed (15–7) Sadler (1–2) Guerrero (41) Jacobs Field 32,330 66–82 L1
149 September 15 Twins 0–5 Lohse (13–8) Lee (0–1) — Jacobs Field 28,061 66–83 L2
150 September 16 (1) @ Red Sox 1–6 Martinez (19–4) Rodríguez (2–2) — Fenway Park 30,023 66–84 L3
151 September 16 (2) @ Red Sox 7–1 Tallet (1–0) Castillo (5–15) — Fenway Park 31,203 67–84 W1
152 September 17 @ Red Sox 2–4 Wakefield (11–5) Sabathia (11–11) Urbina (36) Fenway Park 31,760 67–85 L1
153 September 18 @ Red Sox 6–4 Riske (2–2) Embree (3–6) Báez (4) Fenway Park 31,829 68–85 W1
154 September 20 @ Royals 6–2 Davis (1–0) Obermueller (0–1) Báez (5) Kauffman Stadium 13,271 69–85 W2
155 September 21 @ Royals 2–3 Grimsley (4–6) Mulholland (3–2) — Kauffman Stadium 15,446 69–86 L1
156 September 22 @ Royals 6–5 Sabathia (12–11) Grimsley (4–7) Báez (6) Kauffman Stadium 11,177 70–86 W1
157 September 24 @ Twins 3–4 Hawkins (5–0) Elder (0–2) — Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 21,634 70–87 L1
158 September 25 @ Twins 5–7 (12) Romero (9–2) Maurer (0–1) — Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 15,314 70–88 L2
159 September 26 @ Twins 8–4 Drese (10–9) Jackson (2–3) — Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 17,772 71–88 W1
160 September 27 Royals 4–3 Sabathia (13–11) Obermueller (0–2) — Jacobs Field 27,706 72–88 W2
161 September 28 Royals 6–5 (10) Wohlers (3–4) MacDougal (0–1) — Jacobs Field 31,428 73–88 W3
162 September 29 Royals 7–3 Wright (2–3) Mullen (4–5) — Jacobs Field 32,018 74–88 W4
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Indians team member

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Pos Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG SB
C Einar Díaz 102 320 34 66 19 0 2 16 .206 0
1B Jim Thome 147 480 101 146 19 2 52 118 .304 1
2B Ricky Gutiérrez 94 353 38 97 13 0 4 38 .275 0
3B Travis Fryman 118 397 42 86 14 3 11 55 .217 0
SS Omar Vizquel 151 582 85 160 31 5 14 72 .275 18
LF Russell Branyan 50 161 16 33 4 0 8 17 .205 1
CF Milton Bradley 98 325 48 81 18 3 9 38 .249 6
RF Matt Lawton 114 416 71 98 19 2 15 57 .236 8
DH Ellis Burks 138 518 92 156 28 0 32 91 .301 2

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG SB
Chad Allen 5 10 0 1 1 0 0 0 .100 0
Brady Anderson 34 80 4 13 4 0 1 5 .163 4
Bruce Aven 7 17 1 2 0 0 0 0 .118 1
Josh Bard 24 90 9 20 5 0 3 12 .222 0
Ben Broussard 39 112 10 27 4 0 4 9 .241 0
Jolbert Cabrera 38 72 5 8 1 0 0 7 .111 1
Wil Cordero 6 18 1 4 0 0 0 1 .222 0
Coco Crisp 32 127 16 33 9 2 1 9 .260 4
Todd Dunwoody 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Karim García 51 197 29 59 8 0 16 52 .299 0
Greg LaRocca 21 52 12 14 3 1 0 4 .269 1
Chris Magruder 87 258 34 56 15 1 6 29 .217 2
Víctor Martínez 12 32 2 9 1 0 1 5 .281 0
John McDonald 93 264 35 66 11 3 1 12 .250 3
Eddie Pérez 42 117 6 25 9 0 0 4 .214 0
Brandon Phillips 11 31 5 8 3 1 0 4 .258 0
Bill Selby 65 159 15 34 7 2 6 21 .214 0
Earl Snyder 18 55 5 11 2 0 1 4 .200 0
Lee Stevens 53 153 22 34 7 1 5 26 .222 0

Note: Pitchers' hitting stats are not included above.

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB K
CC Sabathia 13 11 4.37 33 33 210.0 198 109 102 88 149
Ryan Drese 10 9 6.55 26 26 137.1 176 104 100 62 102
Bartolo Colón 10 4 2.55 16 16 116.1 104 37 33 31 75
Chuck Finley 4 11 4.44 18 18 105.1 114 56 52 48 91
Jason Phillips 1 3 4.97 8 6 41.2 41 24 23 20 23
Ricardo Rodríguez 2 2 5.66 7 7 41.1 40 27 26 18 24
Jaret Wright 2 3 15.71 8 6 18.1 40 34 32 19 12
Brian Tallet 1 0 1.50 2 2 12.0 9 3 2 4 5
Cliff Lee 0 1 1.74 2 2 10.1 6 2 2 8 6

Other pitchers

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB K
Danys Báez 10 11 4.41 39 26 6 165.1 160 84 81 82 130
Charles Nagy 1 4 8.88 19 7 0 48.2 76 51 48 13 22
Terry Mulholland 3 2 4.60 16 3 0 47.0 56 27 24 14 21
Jake Westbrook 1 3 5.83 11 4 0 41.2 50 30 27 12 20
Dave Burba 1 0 4.50 12 3 0 34.0 30 20 17 17 25
Jason Davis 1 0 1.84 3 2 0 14.2 12 3 3 4 11
Roy Smith 0 0 3.00 4 1 0 6.0 9 4 2 5 2

Relief pitchers

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched;SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G SV IP H R ER BB K
Bob Wickman 1 3 4.46 36 20 34.1 42 22 17 10 36
Mark Wohlers 3 4 4.79 64 7 71.1 71 41 38 26 46
David Riske 2 2 5.26 51 1 51.1 49 32 30 35 65
Ricardo Rincón 1 4 4.79 46 0 35.2 36 21 19 8 30
Paul Shuey 3 0 2.41 39 0 37.1 31 11 10 10 39
Chad Paronto 0 2 4.04 29 0 35.2 34 19 16 11 23
Jerrod Riggan 2 1 7.64 29 0 33.0 53 28 28 18 22
Dave Elder 0 2 3.13 15 0 23.0 18 10 8 14 23
Carl Sadler 1 2 4.43 24 0 20.1 15 10 10 11 23
Heath Murray 0 2 7.50 9 0 12.0 12 10 10 7 11
Jason Beverlin 0 0 7.36 4 0 7.1 9 7 6 4 9
Sean DePaula 1 1 12.79 5 0 6.1 11 9 9 3 8
Alex Herrera 0 0 0.00 5 0 5.1 3 0 0 1 5
Dave Maurer 0 1 13.50 2 0 1.1 3 2 2 0 0
Nerio Rodríguez 0 0 0.00 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Minor league affiliates

Classification level Team League
AAA Buffalo Bisons International League
AA Akron Aeros Eastern League
Advanced A Kinston Indians Carolina League
A Columbus RedStixx South Atlantic League
Short Season A Mahoning Valley Scrappers New York–Penn League
Rookie Burlington Indians Appalachian League

References

  1. Chris Coste at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Jason Beverlin at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Donzell McDonald at Baseball Reference
  4. Roberto Alomar at Baseball Reference
  5. John Rocker at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ "Bruce Aven Stats".
  7. "Cleveland Indians Opening Day Starters".
  8. Jeremy Guthrie at Baseball Reference
  9. Ben Broussard at Baseball Reference
  10. Grady Sizemore at Baseball Reference
  11. Paul Shuey at Baseball Reference
  12. ^ "Team notes - American League Central". USA Today. July 16, 2002. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
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