1997 Cleveland Indians Roster (40-man)

1996 Season 1998 Season

Record: 86-75-0, Finished 1st in AL_Central (Schedule and Results)

Postseason:
    Lost World Series (4-3) to Florida Marlins
    Won AL Championship Series (4-2) over Baltimore Orioles
    Won AL Division Series (3-2) over New York Yankees

Manager: Mike Hargrove (86-75)

General Manager: John Hart

Scouting Director: Lee MacPhail IV

Ballpark: Jacobs Field

Attendance: 3,404,750 (2nd of 14)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 102
One-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 98

Pythagorean W-L: 85-76, 868 Runs, 815 Runs Allowed

American League Pennant

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Full-Season Roster & Games by Position

Full-Season Roster & Games by Position
Name	Age		B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	PH	PR	WAR	Salary
Sandy Alomar	31	pr PR	R	R	6' 5"	200	Jun 18, 1966	10	125	116	125	119	0	119	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	0	3.9	$2,600,000	All-Star
Brian Anderson	25	us US	L	L	6' 1"	190	Apr 26, 1972	5	8	8	0	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.4
Paul Assenmacher	36	us US	L	L	6' 3"	195	Dec 10, 1960	12	75	0	4	75	75	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	$875,000
Bruce Aven	25	us US	R	R	5' 9"	180	Mar 4, 1972	1st	13	3	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	1	2	13	0	0	2	-0.1
Pat Borders	34	us US	R	R	6' 2"	190	May 14, 1963	10	55	45	55	53	0	53	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.3	$400,000
Jeff Branson	30	us US	L	R	6' 0"	180	Jan 26, 1967	6	29	19	29	25	0	0	0	19	6	2	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0.1
Casey Candaele	36	us US	B	R	5' 9"	160	Jan 12, 1961	9	14	4	14	9	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	0.2
Sean Casey	22	us US	L	R	6' 4"	215	Jul 2, 1974	1st	6	2	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0.0
Terry Clark	36	us US	R	R	6' 2"	195	Oct 18, 1960	6	4	4	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1
Bartolo Colón	24	do DO	R	R	5' 11"	285	May 24, 1973	1st	19	17	1	19	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2	$150,000
Chad Curtis	28	us US	R	R	5' 10"	175	Nov 6, 1968	6	22	6	22	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	12	4	19	0	2	7	0.2	$900,000
Einar Díaz	24	pa PA	R	R	5' 10"	165	Dec 28, 1972	2	5	1	5	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1
Tony Fernández	35	do DO	B	R	6' 2"	165	Jun 30, 1962	14	120	102	120	116	0	0	0	109	0	10	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	2.2	$1,550,000
Julio Franco	38	do DO	R	R	6' 0"	160	Aug 23, 1958	15	78	76	78	35	0	0	1	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	42	1	0	0.6	$3,292,404
Brian Giles	26	us US	L	L	5' 11"	195	Jan 20, 1971	3	130	103	130	115	0	0	0	0	0	0	82	20	25	115	9	17	2	2.0	$175,000
Danny Graves	23	vn VN	R	R	5' 11"	200	Aug 7, 1973	2	5	0	0	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1
Marquis Grissom	30	us US	R	R	5' 11"	190	Apr 17, 1967	9	144	144	144	144	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	144	0	144	0	0	0	1.9	$4,850,000
Orel Hershiser	38	us US	R	R	6' 3"	190	Sep 16, 1958	15	32	32	2	32	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.3	$3,100,000
Trent Hubbard	33	us US	R	R	5' 8"	180	May 11, 1964	4	7	3	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	6	0	1	1	0.0
Damian Jackson	23	us US	R	R	5' 10"	160	Aug 16, 1973	2	8	2	8	6	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	-0.1
Michael Jackson	32	us US	R	R	6' 1"	185	Dec 22, 1964	12	71	0	5	71	71	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	$2,000,000
Jason Jacome	26	us US	L	L	6' 1"	155	Nov 24, 1970	4	21	4	1	21	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1
Jeff Juden	26	us US	R	R	6' 7"	245	Jan 19, 1971	6	8	5	0	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1
David Justice	31	us US	L	L	6' 3"	195	Apr 14, 1966	9	139	135	139	78	0	0	0	0	0	0	74	0	5	78	61	4	0	3.8	$6,300,000	All-Star
Steve Kline	24	us US	R	L	6' 2"	200	Aug 22, 1972	1st	20	1	0	20	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2	$150,000
Albie Lopez	25	us US	R	R	6' 2"	240	Aug 18, 1971	5	37	6	4	37	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1.2	$176,000
Jeff Manto	32	us US	R	R	6' 3"	210	Aug 23, 1964	6	16	5	16	13	0	0	6	0	7	0	1	0	0	1	0	5	0	0.0	$240,000
Jack McDowell	31	us US	R	R	6' 5"	180	Jan 16, 1966	10	8	6	0	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	$4,800,000
José Mesa	31	do DO	R	R	6' 3"	170	May 22, 1966	9	66	0	5	66	66	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	$1,947,223
Kevin Mitchell	35	us US	R	R	5' 10"	186	Jan 13, 1962	12	20	15	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	16	4	0	-0.5	$500,000
Alvin Morman	28	us US	L	L	6' 3"	210	Jan 6, 1969	2	34	0	4	34	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2	$165,000
Charles Nagy	30	us US	L	R	6' 3"	200	May 5, 1967	8	34	34	2	34	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.8	$3,437,500
Chad Ogea	26	us US	R	R	6' 2"	200	Nov 9, 1970	4	21	21	2	21	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.4	$533,333
Eric Plunk	33	us US	R	R	6' 5"	210	Sep 3, 1963	12	56	0	3	55	56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	$1,850,000
Manny Ramirez	25	do DO	R	R	6' 0"	225	May 30, 1972	5	150	149	150	146	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	146	146	4	0	0	4.6	$2,100,000
Bip Roberts	33	us US	B	R	5' 7"	150	Oct 27, 1963	11	23	21	23	22	0	0	0	13	0	0	10	0	0	10	0	1	0	0.2
Kevin Seitzer	35	us US	R	R	5' 11"	180	Mar 26, 1962	12	64	47	64	32	0	0	19	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	24	12	0	-0.4	$1,220,000
Richie Sexson	22	us US	R	R	6' 7"	205	Dec 29, 1974	1st	5	2	5	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	-0.1
Paul Shuey	26	us US	R	R	6' 3"	215	Sep 16, 1970	4	40	0	2	40	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.4	$197,000
John Smiley	32	us US	L	L	6' 4"	180	Mar 17, 1965	12	6	6	0	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2
Jim Thome HOF	26	us US	L	R	6' 4"	250	Aug 27, 1970	7	147	140	147	145	0	0	145	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	5.5	$2,625,000	All-Star
Omar Vizquel	30	ve VE	B	R	5' 9"	180	Apr 24, 1967	9	153	149	153	152	0	0	0	0	0	152	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3.5	$3,050,000
David Weathers	27	us US	R	R	6' 3"	205	Sep 25, 1969	7	9	1	0	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3
Matt Williams	31	us US	R	R	6' 2"	205	Nov 28, 1965	11	151	148	151	151	0	0	0	0	151	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4.3	$7,150,000
Enrique Wilson	23	do DO	B	R	5' 11"	160	Jul 27, 1973	1st	5	3	5	5	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Jaret Wright	21	us US	R	R	6' 2"	220	Dec 29, 1975	1st	16	16	2	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.3	$150,000
Name	Age		B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	PH	PR	WAR	Salary

Coaching Staff

Coaching Staff
Name	Age		DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date
Mike Hargrove	47	us US	Oct 26, 1949	Manager	Apr 2	Sep 28
Mark Wiley	49	us US	Feb 28, 1948	Pitching	Apr 2	Sep 28
Luis Isaac	51	pr PR	Jun 19, 1946	Bullpen	Apr 2	Sep 28
Dave Nelson	53	us US	Jun 20, 1944	First base	Apr 2	Sep 28
Johnny Goryl	63	us US	Oct 21, 1933		Apr 2	Sep 28
Charlie Manuel	53	us US	Jan 4, 1944		Apr 2	Sep 28
Jeff Newman	48	us US	Sep 11, 1948	Coach	Apr 2	Sep 28
Name	Age		DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date