⭐ Division Winner

1997 Cleveland Indians

86-75 • 0.534 Win% • 1st in AL C

📊 Season Record

86 Wins
75 Losses
0.534 Win %
1st Rank
868 R 815 RA
Diff +53

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⚡ Quick Stats

868 Runs Scored
815 Runs Allowed
+53 Run Diff
3,394K Attendance

📈 vs. 1997 AL Average

Batting Avg .285 6% above the 1997 league average (.270)
OBP .357 6% above the 1997 league average (.337)
SLG .404 11% above the 1997 league average (.365)
Team ERA 4.73 4% worse than the 1997 league average (4.57)
Runs Scored 868 9% above the 1997 league average (797 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 3,394,750
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Avg per Game 41,910

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 David Justice 0.329 2 Manny Ramirez 0.328 3 Sandy Alomar 0.324 4 Pat Borders 0.296 5 Jim Thome 0.286

Home Runs

1 Jim Thome 40 2 David Justice 33 3 Matt Williams 32 4 Manny Ramirez 26 5 Sandy Alomar 21

RBI

1 Matt Williams 105 2 Jim Thome 102 3 David Justice 101 4 Manny Ramirez 88 5 Sandy Alomar 83
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Matt Williams 151 596 86 157 0 0 32 105 34 108 12 0.263
Omar Vizquel 153 565 89 158 0 0 5 49 57 58 43 0.280
Manny Ramirez 150 561 99 184 0 0 26 88 79 115 2 0.328
Marquis Grissom 144 558 74 146 0 0 12 66 43 89 22 0.262
Jim Thome 147 496 104 142 0 0 40 102 120 146 1 0.286
David Justice 139 495 84 163 0 0 33 101 80 79 3 0.329
Sandy Alomar 125 451 63 146 0 0 21 83 19 48 0 0.324
Tony Fernandez 120 409 55 117 0 0 11 44 22 47 6 0.286
Brian Giles 130 377 62 101 0 0 17 61 63 50 13 0.268
Julio Franco 78 289 46 82 0 0 3 25 38 75 8 0.284
Kevin Seitzer 64 198 27 53 0 0 2 24 18 25 0 0.268
Pat Borders 55 159 17 47 0 0 4 15 9 27 0 0.296
Bip Roberts 23 85 19 23 0 0 3 8 7 14 3 0.271
Jeff Branson 29 72 5 19 0 0 2 7 7 17 0 0.264
Kevin Mitchell 20 59 7 9 0 0 4 11 9 11 1 0.153
Jeff Manto 16 30 3 8 0 0 2 7 1 10 0 0.267
Chad Curtis 22 29 8 6 0 0 3 5 7 10 0 0.207
Casey Candaele 14 26 5 8 0 0 0 4 1 1 1 0.308
Bruce Aven 13 19 4 4 0 0 0 2 1 5 0 0.211
Enrique Wilson 5 15 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0.333
Trent Hubbard 7 12 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 0.250
Richie Sexson 5 11 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.273
Sean Casey 6 10 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0.200
Damian Jackson 8 9 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.111
Einar Diaz 5 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0.143
Charles Nagy 34 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.200
Orel Hershiser 32 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Jaret Wright 16 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Chad Ogea 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Bartolo Colon 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Albie Lopez 37 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Alvin Morman 34 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Eric Plunk 56 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Paul Shuey 40 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Brian Anderson 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Paul Assenmacher 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Terry Clark 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Danny Graves 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Michael Jackson 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jason Jacome 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jeff Juden 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Steve Kline 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jack McDowell 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jose Mesa 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
John Smiley 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
David Weathers 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Jose Mesa 2.40 2 Paul Assenmacher 2.94 3 Michael Jackson 3.24 4 Charles Nagy 4.28 5 Jaret Wright 4.38

Wins

1 Charles Nagy 15 2 Orel Hershiser 14 3 Chad Ogea 8 4 Jaret Wright 8 5 Paul Assenmacher 5

Strikeouts

1 Charles Nagy 149 2 Orel Hershiser 107 3 Chad Ogea 80 4 Michael Jackson 74 5 Jose Mesa 69
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Charles Nagy 15 11 4.28 34 34 0 227.0 77 149
Orel Hershiser 14 6 4.47 32 32 0 195.1 69 107
Chad Ogea 8 9 4.99 21 21 0 126.1 47 80
Bartolo Colon 4 7 5.65 19 17 0 94.0 45 66
Jaret Wright 8 3 4.38 16 16 0 90.1 35 63
Jose Mesa 4 4 2.40 66 0 16 82.1 28 69
Albie Lopez 3 7 6.93 37 6 0 76.2 40 63
Michael Jackson 2 5 3.24 71 0 15 75.0 29 74
Eric Plunk 4 5 4.66 55 0 0 65.2 36 66
Paul Assenmacher 5 0 2.94 75 0 4 49.0 15 53
Brian Anderson 4 2 4.69 8 8 0 48.0 11 22
Paul Shuey 4 2 6.20 40 0 2 45.0 28 46
Jason Jacome 2 0 5.27 21 4 0 42.2 15 24
Jack McDowell 3 3 5.09 8 6 0 40.2 18 38
John Smiley 2 4 5.54 6 6 0 37.1 10 26
Jeff Juden 0 1 5.46 8 5 0 31.1 15 29
Terry Clark 0 3 6.15 4 4 0 26.1 13 13
Steve Kline 3 1 5.81 20 1 0 26.1 13 17
Alvin Morman 0 0 5.89 34 0 2 18.1 14 13
David Weathers 1 2 7.56 9 1 0 16.2 8 14
Danny Graves 0 0 4.76 5 0 0 11.1 9 4

🏆 Postseason Results

AL Championship
CLE def. BAL 4-2
AL Division Series
CLE def. NYA 3-2
World Series
Lost to FLO 4-3

👥 Roster (46)

Sandy Alomar Brian Anderson Paul Assenmacher Bruce Aven Pat Borders Jeff Branson Casey Candaele Sean Casey Terry Clark Bartolo Colon Chad Curtis Einar Diaz +34 more

46 players

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