1996 Cleveland Indians

99-62 • 0.615 Win% • 1st in AL C

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📊 Season Record

99 Wins

62 Losses

0.615 Win %

                        1st
                        Rank
                    

952 R 769 RA

Diff +183

📁 Franchise Info

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⚡ Quick Stats

952 Runs Scored

769 Runs Allowed

+183 Run Diff

3,320K Attendance

📈 vs. 1996 AL Average

Batting Avg .293 6% above the 1996 league average (.277)

OBP .367 6% above the 1996 league average (.348)

SLG .408 7% above the 1996 league average (.381)

Team ERA 4.34 13% better than the 1996 league average (4.99)

Runs Scored 952 9% above the 1996 league average (872 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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Home Games 80

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Total Attendance 3,320,078

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Avg per Game 41,500

⚾ Batting Leaders

Player	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
Kenny Lofton	154	662	132	210	14	67	61	82	75	0.317
Albert Belle	158	602	124	187	48	148	99	87	11	0.311
Manny Ramirez	152	550	94	170	33	112	85	104	8	0.309
Omar Vizquel	151	542	98	161	9	64	56	42	35	0.297
Jim Thome	151	505	122	157	38	116	123	141	2	0.311
Julio Franco	112	432	72	139	14	76	61	82	8	0.322
Carlos Baerga	100	424	54	113	10	55	16	25	1	0.267
Sandy Alomar	127	418	53	110	11	50	19	42	1	0.263
Eddie Murray	88	336	33	88	12	45	34	45	3	0.262
Jose Vizcaino	48	179	23	51	0	13	7	24	6	0.285
Tony Peña	67	174	14	34	1	27	15	25	0	0.195
Mark Carreon	38	142	16	46	2	14	11	9	1	0.324
Jeromy Burnitz	71	128	30	36	7	26	25	31	2	0.281
Brian Giles	51	121	26	43	5	27	19	13	3	0.355
Alvaro Espinoza	59	112	12	25	4	11	6	18	1	0.223
Jeff Kent	39	102	16	27	3	16	10	22	2	0.265
Kevin Seitzer	22	83	11	32	1	16	14	11	0	0.386
Casey Candaele	24	44	8	11	1	4	1	9	0	0.250
Scott Leius	27	43	3	6	1	3	2	8	0	0.140
Ryan Thompson	8	22	2	7	1	5	1	6	0	0.318
Wayne Kirby	27	16	3	4	0	1	2	2	0	0.250
Herbert Perry	7	12	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	0.083
Nigel Wilson	10	12	2	3	2	5	1	6	0	0.250
Damian Jackson	5	10	2	3	0	1	1	4	0	0.300
Geronimo Pena	5	9	1	1	1	2	1	4	0	0.111
Einar Diaz	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Brian Anderson	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Paul Assenmacher	63	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Alan Embree	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Danny Graves	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Orel Hershiser	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Albie Lopez	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Dennis Martinez	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Jack McDowell	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Kent Mercker	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Jose Mesa	69	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Charles Nagy	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Chad Ogea	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Eric Plunk	56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Jim Poole	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Joe Roa	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Paul Shuey	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Greg Swindell	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Julian Tavarez	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Eric Plunk 2.43 2 Paul Shuey 2.85 3 Paul Assenmacher 3.09 4 Charles Nagy 3.41 5 Jose Mesa 3.73

Wins

1 Charles Nagy 17 2 Orel Hershiser 15 3 Jack McDowell 13 4 Chad Ogea 10 5 Dennis Martinez 9

Strikeouts

1 Charles Nagy 167 2 Jack McDowell 141 3 Orel Hershiser 125 4 Chad Ogea 101 5 Eric Plunk 85

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BB	SO
Charles Nagy	17	5	3.41	32	32	0	222.0	61	167
Orel Hershiser	15	9	4.24	33	33	0	206.0	58	125
Jack McDowell	13	9	5.11	30	30	0	192.0	67	141
Chad Ogea	10	6	4.79	29	21	0	146.2	42	101
Dennis Martinez	9	6	4.50	20	20	0	112.0	37	48
Julian Tavarez	4	7	5.36	51	4	0	80.2	22	46
Eric Plunk	3	2	2.43	56	0	2	77.2	34	85
Jose Mesa	2	7	3.73	69	0	39	72.1	28	64
Albie Lopez	5	4	6.39	13	10	0	62.0	22	45
Paul Shuey	5	2	2.85	42	0	4	53.2	26	44
Brian Anderson	3	1	4.91	10	9	0	51.1	14	21
Paul Assenmacher	4	2	3.09	63	0	1	46.2	14	44
Alan Embree	1	1	6.39	24	0	0	31.0	21	33
Danny Graves	2	0	4.55	15	0	0	29.2	10	22
Greg Swindell	1	1	6.59	13	2	0	28.2	8	21
Jim Poole	4	0	3.04	32	0	0	26.2	14	19
Kent Mercker	1	0	3.09	10	0	0	11.2	3	7
Joe Roa	0	0	10.80	1	0	0	1.2	3	0

🏆 Postseason Results

AL Division Series

Lost to BAL 3-1

👥 Roster (44)

Sandy Alomar Brian Anderson Paul Assenmacher Carlos Baerga Albert Belle Jeromy Burnitz Casey Candaele Mark Carreon Einar Diaz Alan Embree Alvaro Espinoza Julio Franco +32 more

44 players