2000 Cleveland Indians season

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2000  Cleveland Indians
League American League
Division Central Division
Ballpark Jacobs Field
City Cleveland, Ohio
Record90–72 (.556)
Divisional place2nd
Owners Richard Jacobs
General managers John Hart
Managers Charlie Manuel
Television WUAB
Jack Corrigan, Mike Hegan
FSN Ohio
John Sanders, Rick Manning
Radio WTAM
Tom Hamilton, Matt Underwood, Mike Hegan
  1999 Seasons 2001  

The 2000 Cleveland Indians season was the 100th season for the franchise, within the American Major League Baseball organization. For the season two new players were signed; Chris Coste and Mark Whiten. The results of the season consisted of 90 wins and 72 losses.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Sox 95670.58646–3549–32
Cleveland Indians 90720.556548–3342–39
Detroit Tigers 79830.4881643–3836–45
Kansas City Royals 77850.4751842–3935–46
Minnesota Twins 69930.4262636–4533–48

Record vs. opponents


Source: AL Standings Head-to-Head
TeamANABALBOSCWSCLEDETKC MINNYYOAKSEATB TEXTORNL 
Anaheim 7–55–44–63–65–56–67–35–55–85–86–67–55–712–6
Baltimore 5–75–74–65–46–43–76–35–74–83–78–56–67–67–11
Boston 4–57–57–56–67–54–68–26–75–55–56–67–34–89–9
Chicago 6–46–45–78–59–35–77–58–46–37–56–45–55–512–6
Cleveland 6–34–56–65–86–75–75–85–56–67–28–26–48–413–5
Detroit 5–54–65–73–97–65–77–68–46–47–24–55–53–910–8
Kansas City 6–67–36–47–57–57–57–52–84–84–85–53–74–68–10
Minnesota 3–73–62–85–78–56–75–75–55–73–94–68–45–47–11
New York 5–57–57–64–85–54–88–25–56–34–66–610–25–711–6
Oakland 8–58–45–53–66–64–68–47–53–69–47–25–77–311–7
Seattle 8–57–35–55–72–72–78–49–36–44–99–37–58–211–7
Tampa Bay 6–65–86–64–62–85–45–56–46–62–73–95–75–79–9
Texas 5–76–63–75–54–65–57–34–82–107–55–77–54–67–11
Toronto 7–56–78–45–54–89–36–44–57–53–72–87–56–49–9

Notable transactions

Roster

2000 Cleveland Indians
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Game log

2000 Game Log
April
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 3@ Orioles 4 – 1 Colón (1-0) Mussina (0-1) Karsay (1)46,9021-0
2April 5@ Orioles 11 – 7 Ryan (1-0) Kamieniecki (0-1)33,8331-1
3April 6@ Orioles 6 – 2 Rapp (1-0) Nagy (0-1) Groom (1)35,1811-2
4April 7@ Devil Rays 14 – 5 Wright (1-0) Guzmán (0-1)40,3292-2
5April 8@ Devil Rays 6 – 4 Burba (1-0) Trachsel (1-1) Karsay (2)30,1773-2
6April 9@ Devil Rays 17 – 4 Colón (2-0) Rupe (0-1)21,3574-2
7April 10@ Athletics 9 – 4 Kamieniecki (1-1) Tam (0-1)9,1235-2
8April 11@ Athletics 5 – 1 Nagy (1-1) Olivares (1-1)8,6386-2
9April 12@ Athletics 5 – 0 Wright (2-0) Heredia (0-1)14,6837-2
10April 14 Rangers 7 – 2 Helling (2-0) Burba (1-1)42,7277-3
11April 15 Rangers 6 – 4 Clark (2-0) Colón (2-1) Wetteland (1)40,5437-4
12April 16 Rangers 2 – 1 Finley (1-0) Wetteland (0-1)40,6268-4
13April 18 Athletics 8 – 5 Mulder (1-0) Nagy (1-2) Isringhausen (3)40,5518-5
14April 19 Athletics 10 – 5 Appier (3-1) Wright (2-1)40,5318-6
15April 20 Athletics 9 – 5 Burba (2-1) Hudson (1-2)42,1349-6
16April 24@ Mariners 6 – 0 Finley (2-0) Meche (0-2)30,35410-6
17April 25@ Mariners 8 – 5 Halama (2-0) Nagy (1-3)27,57910-7
18April 26@ Mariners 5 – 3 (10) Shuey (1-0) Rhodes (1-2)37,08611-7
19April 28 Red Sox 4 – 3 Burba (3-1) Schourek (1-2) Karsay (3)42,88512-7
20April 29 Red Sox 3 – 2 Finley (3-0) Martínez (1-2) Karsay (4)42,45313-7
21April 30 Red Sox 2 – 1 Martínez (5-0) Nagy (1-4) Lowe (5)42,06513-8
May
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
22May 1 Yankees 2 – 1 Mendoza (3-2) Wright (2-2) Rivera (8)42,71113-9
23May 2 Yankees 4 – 2 Pettitte (1-1) Witt (0-1) Rivera (9)42,80113-10
24May 3 Yankees 6 – 5 Grimsley (1-0) Karsay (0-1) Rivera (10)42,83713-11
25May 4@ Blue Jays 8 – 1 Wells (5-1) Finley (3-1)16,63713-12
26May 5@ Blue Jays 11 – 10 Koch (2-0) Shuey (1-1)19,19113-13
27May 6@ Blue Jays 8 – 6 Rincón (1-0) Quantrill (0-1) Karsay (5)23,73014-13
28May 7@ Blue Jays 10 – 8 (12) Shuey (2-1) Gunderson (0-1) Karsay (6)19,16115-13
29May 8@ Twins 3 – 2 (10) Rincón (2-0) Wells (0-3) Karsay (7)7,30916-13
30May 9@ Twins 6 – 5 Hawkins (1-1) Finley (3-2) Miller (1)7,77716-14
31May 10@ Twins 10 – 9 Guardado (3-1) Karsay (0-2)9,50516-15
32May 11 Royals 16 – 0 Wright (3-2) Durbin (1-2)41,90517-15
33May 12 Royals 7 – 3 Colón (3-1) Batista (1-1)42,80118-15
34May 13 Royals 7 – 6 (12) Reed (1-0) Reichert (1-2)40,68919-15
35May 14 Royals 5 – 4 Suzuki (1-0) Finley (3-3) Spradlin (1)40,53019-16
36May 16 Tigers 11 – 9 Nagy (2-4) Nomo (1-3) Karsay (8)40,63320-16
37May 17 Tigers 7 – 2 Colón (4-1) Nitkowski (2-7)40,65221-16
38May 19 Yankees 11 – 7 Mendoza (4-2) Kamieniecki (1-2)42,64221-17
39May 20 Yankees 3 – 2 Shuey (3-1) Nelson (6-1)42,58322-17
40May 21 Yankees 6 – 1 Rigdon (1-0) Hernández (4-4)42,58723-17
41May 23@ Tigers 10 – 4 Blair (2-0) Colón (4-2)27,03923-18
42May 24@ Tigers 10 – 9 Patterson (2-0) Watson (0-1) Jones (13)27,27423-19
43May 25@ Tigers 4 – 1 Burba (4-1) Moehler (1-3) Karsay (9)30,10324-19
44May 26@ White Sox 5 – 3 Eldred (5-2) Finley (3-4) Foulke (8)18,22524-20
45May 27@ White Sox 14 – 3 Parque (4-2) Wright (3-3)30,25024-21
46May 28@ White Sox 12 – 3 Colón (5-2) Wells (3-4)24,19225-21
47May 29 Angels 3 – 2 (10) Hasegawa (4-0) Karsay (0-3) Percival (15)42,88825-22
48May 30 Angels 6 – 1 Burba (5-1) Schoeneweis (5-3)42,91026-22
49May 31 Angels 7 – 3 Finley (4-4) Etherton (0-1) Karsay (10)41,63727-22
June
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
50June 2@ Cardinals 5 – 1 Kile (8-3) Wright (3-4)41,68527-23
51June 3@ Cardinals 4 – 2 Colón (6-2) Stephenson (8-1) Karsay (11)48,25228-23
52June 4@ Cardinals 3 – 2 Martin (1-0) Morris (0-1) Karsay (12)44,59429-23
53June 5@ Brewers 8 – 4 Burba (6-1) D'Amico (2-4)13,74930-23
54June 6@ Brewers 4 – 2 Finley (5-4) Snyder (0-2)24,59531-23
55June 7@ Brewers 9 – 5 Brewington (1-0) Bere (3-5)15,51832-23
56June 8@ Red Sox 3 – 0 Martínez (9-2) Colón (6-3) Lowe (13)31,43832-24
57June 9 Reds 7 – 4 Brower (1-0) Neagle (5-1) Karsay (13)43,10533-24
58June 10 Reds 6 – 5 Burba (7-1) Parris (2-9) Karsay (14)43,08434-24
59June 11 Reds 7 – 5 (13) Aybar (1-2) Kamieniecki (1-3)43,03634-25
60June 12 White Sox 8 – 7 Eldred (7-2) Rigdon (1-1) Foulke (15)43,22934-26
61June 13 White Sox 4 – 3 (10) Simas (1-1) Speier (0-1) Howry (2)43,23334-27
62June 14 White Sox 11 – 4 Beirne (1-0) Brower (1-1)43,28434-28
63June 16@ Tigers 5 – 2 Moehler (4-3) Burba (7-2) Jones (19)39,07234-29
64June 17@ Tigers 8 – 6 Brocail (3-3) Karsay (0-4)39,56934-30
65June 18@ Tigers 9 – 4 Speier (1-1) Patterson (2-1)39,12335-30
66June 19@ White Sox 6 – 1 Wells (4-5) Colón (6-4)43,06235-31
67June 20@ White Sox 4 – 1 Brower (2-1) Sirotka (6-6) Karsay (15)20,00536-31
68June 21@ White Sox 8 – 6 Burba (8-2) Baldwin (10-2) Karsay (16)23,51637-31
69June 22@ White Sox 6 – 0 Eldred (9-2) Finley (5-5)23,37437-32
70June 23 Tigers 7 – 6 Blair (4-1) Navarro (0-1) Jones (20)43,09537-33
71June 24 Tigers 8 – 1 Colón (7-4) Sparks (0-1)43,08138-33
72June 24 Tigers 14 – 8 Nitkowski (4-7) Mohler (0-1)43,08338-34
73June 25 Tigers 2 – 1 Karsay (1-4) Anderson (3-1)43,06239-34
74June 26 Tigers 13 – 2 Moehler (5-4) Burba (8-3)43,19139-35
75June 27@ Royals 12 – 1 Finley (6-5) Suzuki (3-2)16,90840-35
76June 28@ Royals 8 – 1 Witasick (2-7) Davis (0-1)19,52240-36
77June 29@ Royals 6 – 1 Durbin (2-3) Colón (7-5)25,29540-37
78June 30 Twins 7 – 2 Redman (5-3) Brower (2-2) Hawkins (3)43,12440-38
July
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
79July 1 Twins 4 – 3 (10) Guardado (4-2) Karsay (1-5) Wells (6)43,18540-39
80July 2 Twins 7 – 1 Finley (7-5) Mays (4-10)43,18141-39
81July 4 Blue Jays 9 – 4 Colón (8-5) Frascatore (1-3)43,22242-39
82July 5 Blue Jays 15 – 7 Brewington (2-0) Quantrill (0-4)43,14143-39
83July 6 Blue Jays 9 – 6 Carpenter (7-7) Burba (8-4) Koch (19)43,23743-40
84July 7@ Reds 2 – 1 Neagle (8-2) Finley (7-6) Graves (14)53,50943-41
85July 8@ Reds 14 – 5 Parris (5-11) Davis (0-2)54,33543-42
86July 9@ Reds 5 – 3 Colón (9-5) Williamson (2-6) Karsay (17)51,18144-42
87July 13 Pirates 4 – 3 (10) Karsay (2-5) Sauerbeck (3-1)43,22545-42
88July 14 Pirates 9 – 3 Finley (8-6) Benson (8-7)43,04646-42
89July 15 Pirates 6 – 4 Brewington (3-0) Silva (5-4) Karsay (18)43,04947-42
90July 16 Astros 5 – 1 Elarton (9-3) Colón (9-6)43,03147-43
91July 17 Astros 8 – 6 Drew (1-0) Miller (0-2) Karsay (19)43,08148-43
92July 18 Astros 8 – 2 Burba (9-4) Reynolds (6-7)43,13549-43
93July 19 Royals 10 – 5 Suzuki (5-4) Finley (8-7)43,24849-44
94July 20 Royals 10 – 6 Suppan (4-6) Brower (2-3)43,22249-45
95July 21@ Twins 2 – 1 Redman (8-4) Colón (9-7) Hawkins (7)19,23149-46
96July 22@ Twins 10 – 6 Santana (2-2) Davis (0-3) Wells (7)14,10849-47
97July 23@ Twins 8 – 3 Burba (10-4) Radke (7-11)13,62350-47
98July 25@ Blue Jays 10 – 3 Finley (10-7) Escobar (7-10)28,67251-47
99July 26@ Blue Jays 8 – 1 Wells (16-3) Colón (9-8)31,18351-48
100July 29@ Orioles 14 – 3 Bere (1-0) Rapp (6-7)47,71552-48
101July 29@ Orioles 4 – 0 Mercedes (6-4) Woodard (0-1)47,35552-49
102July 30@ Orioles 10 – 7 Parrish (1-1) Finley (9-8)47,06552-50
August
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
103August 1@ Devil Rays 6 – 5 Creek (1-1) Wickman (0-1)24,48152-51
104August 2@ Devil Rays 5 – 3 Karsay (3-5) Creek (1-2) Wickman (1)16,90953-51
105August 3@ Devil Rays 5 – 1 Bere (2-0) Lopez (8-8)21,70354-51
106August 4 Angels 11 – 10 Wickman (1-1) Percival (4-5)43,18255-51
107August 5 Angels 6 – 3 Speier (2-1) Schoeneweis (5-6)43,16256-51
108August 6 Angels 5 – 2 Colón (10-8) Cooper (4-7) Wickman (2)43,13357-51
109August 7 Rangers 2 – 0 Reed (2-0) Helling (13-8) Wickman (3)43,25858-51
110August 8 Rangers 11 – 2 Rogers (11-9) Bere (2-1)43,23858-52
111August 9 Rangers 6 – 4 Speier (3-1) Perisho (2-4) Wickman (4)43,33359-52
112August 11@ Mariners 7 – 1 Abbott (8-4) Finley (9-9) Paniagua (3)45,33559-53
113August 12@ Mariners 5 – 4 Colón (11-8) Halama (10-6) Wickman (5)45,35660-53
114August 13@ Mariners 10 – 4 Speier (4-1) García (4-3)45,38061-53
115August 14@ Athletics 8 – 1 Appier (11-9) Bere (2-2)12,79961-54
116August 15@ Athletics 5 – 3 Mulder (7-8) Burba (10-5) Isringhausen (26)18,69161-55
117August 16@ Athletics 7 – 6 Jones (3-1) Wickman (1-2)32,37661-56
118August 18 Mariners 9 – 8 Karsay (4-5) Rhodes (3-6)43,12662-56
119August 19 Mariners 10 – 4 Bere (3-2) Moyer (11-7)43,18763-56
120August 20 Mariners 12 – 4 Burba (11-5) Sele (13-8)43,14464-56
121August 22 Athletics 14 – 6 Finley (10-9) Heredia (13-9)43,29965-56
122August 23 Athletics 7 – 5 Shuey (4-1) Hudson (13-6) Wickman (6)43,23166-56
123August 24 Athletics 11 – 7 Zito (2-2) Woodard (0-2) Mecir (2)43,27666-57
124August 25@ Angels 4 – 1 Wise (3-1) Burba (11-6) Hasegawa (7)41,45266-58
125August 26@ Angels 9 – 5 Bere (4-2) Schoeneweis (6-7)37,69767-58
126August 27@ Angels 10 – 9 Levine (3-4) Finley (10-10) Hasegawa (8)31,50467-59
127August 28@ Rangers 5 – 2 Colón (12-8) Rogers (11-12) Wickman (7)22,13468-59
128August 29@ Rangers 12 – 1 Woodard (1-2) Glynn (3-3)22,38969-59
129August 30@ Rangers 5 – 3 Burba (12-6) Davis (5-5) Wickman (8)24,21570-59
130August 31@ Rangers 14 – 7 Venafro (3-1) Karsay (4-6)27,33370-60
September
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
131September 1 Orioles 5 – 2 Finley (11-10) Ponson (7-10) Wickman (9)42,64771-60
132September 2 Orioles 8 – 6 Rapp (7-10) Karsay (4-7) Kohlmeier (8)42,73671-61
133September 3 Orioles 12 – 11 (13) Cairncross (1-0) Trombley (4-5)42,63072-61
134September 4 Devil Rays 5 – 1 Burba (13-6) Lopez (11-10)42,62873-61
135September 5 Devil Rays 7 – 4 Bere (5-2) Fiore (1-1) Wickman (10)42,66074-61
136September 6 Devil Rays 6 – 2 Finley (12-10) Harper (0-1)42,74275-61
137September 7 Devil Rays 4 – 3 Rekar (6-9) Karsay (4-8) Hernández (29)42,70975-62
138September 8 White Sox 5 – 4 Buehrle (4-1) Woodard (1-3) Foulke (29)42,52675-63
139September 9 White Sox 9 – 3 Burba (14-6) Garland (3-6)42,56176-63
140September 12 Red Sox 8 – 6 Martinez (10-6) Finley (12-11) Lowe (33)42,71476-64
141September 13 Red Sox 10 – 3 Colón (13-8) Ohka (3-5)42,66777-64
142September 14 Red Sox 7 – 4 Martínez (17-5) Nagy (2-5) Lowe (34)42,70977-65
143September 15@ Yankees 11 – 1 Burba (15-6) Cone (4-12)48,44378-65
144September 16@ Yankees 6 – 3 Hernández (12-11) Bere (5-3)55,09778-66
145September 17@ Yankees 15 – 4 Finley (13-11) Neagle (7-5)50,17479-66
146September 18@ Yankees 2 – 0 Colón (14-8) Clemens (13-7)31,31780-66
147September 19@ Red Sox 7 – 4 Beck (2-0) Nagy (2-6) Lowe (37)32,51280-67
148September 20@ Red Sox 2 – 1 Woodard (2-3) Martínez (17-6) Wickman (11)33,00281-67
149September 20@ Red Sox 5 – 4 Karsay (5-8) Cormier (2-3) Wickman (12)32,75182-67
150September 21@ Red Sox 9 – 8 Ontiveros (1-1) Speier (4-2) Lowe (38)31,40482-68
151September 21@ Red Sox 8 – 5 Finley (14-11) Wakefield (6-10)32,74383-68
152September 22@ Royals 3 – 2 Bottalico (8-6) Karsay (5-9)15,03683-69
153September 23@ Royals 11 – 1 Colón (15-8) Reichert (8-9)20,25384-69
154September 24@ Royals 9 – 0 Stein (8-4) Nagy (2-7)12,60684-70
155September 25 White Sox 9 – 2 Burba (16-6) Garland (4-8)42,50085-70
156September 25 Twins 4 – 3 Miller (2-3) Shuey (4-2) Hawkins (13)42,85385-71
157September 26 Twins 4 – 2 Finley (15-11) Romero (2-7) Wickman (13)42,77386-71
158September 27 Twins 8 – 2 Bere (6-3) Radke (12-16)42,86487-71
159September 28 Twins 4 – 3 (10) Guardado (7-3) Wickman (1-3) Hawkins (14)42,82187-72
160September 29 Blue Jays 8 – 4 Speier (5-2) Trachsel (8-15) Karsay (20)42,76888-72
161September 30 Blue Jays 6 – 5 Finley (16-11) Loaiza (10-13) Wickman (14)42,67689-72
October
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
162October 1 Blue Jays 11 – 4 Woodard (3-3) Wells (20-8)42,59490-72

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

PosPlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBIAVGSB
C Sandy Alomar Jr. 9735644103162742.2892
1B Jim Thome 15855710615033137106.2691
2B Roberto Alomar 1556101111894021989.31039
3B Travis Fryman 1555749318438422106.3211
SS Omar Vizquel 156613101176273766.28722
LF Richie Sexson 9132445831611644.2561
CF Kenny Lofton 1375431071512351573.27830
RF Manny Ramirez 1184399215434238122.3511
DH Russell Branyan 671933246721638.2380

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

PlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBIAVGSB
Jolbert Cabrera 100175274431215.2516
Wil Cordero 381481839112017.2640
Jacob Cruz 1129373005.2411
Einar Díaz 752502968142425.2724
David Justice 6824946661412158.2651
Ricky Ledée 176313142128.2220
John McDonald 99040000.4440
Chan Perry 1314110000.0710
Alex Ramírez 41112133251512.2861
Dave Roberts 1910120000.2001
David Segui 572234174130846.3320
Bill Selby 30468111004.2390
Mark Whiten 67221001.2860
Enrique Wilson 40117163890212.3252

Note: Pitchers' batting statistics 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; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

PlayerWLERAGGSIPHBBK
Chuck Finley 16114.173434218.0211101189
Dave Burba 1664.473232191.119991180
Bartolo Colón 1583.883030188.016398212
Charles Nagy 278.21111157.0712141
Jason Bere 636.63111154.1652644
Steve Woodard 335.67131154.0571135
Jaret Wright 344.709951.2442836
Tim Drew 1010.00339.01785

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; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

PlayerWLERAGGSSVIPHBBK
Jim Brower 236.241711062.0803132
Paul Rigdon 117.6454017.221915
Bobby Witt 017.6372015.12866
Jaime Navarro 017.9872014.22059
Kane Davis 0314.7352011.02082

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerWLERAGSVIPHBBK
Steve Karsay 593.76722076.2792566
Steve Reed 204.3457056.0582139
Paul Shuey 423.3957063.2513069
Justin Speier 523.2947068.1572869
Ricardo Rincón 202.7035020.0171320
Jamie Brewington 305.3626045.1561934
Scott Kamieniecki 135.6726033.1422029
Tom Martin 104.0531033.1321521
Bob Wickman 133.38261426.2271211
Brian Williams 004.007018.02386
Sean DePaula 005.9413016.2201416
Andrew Lorraine 003.861009.1855
Cam Cairncross 103.861509.11138
Chris Nichting 007.00709.01357
Mark Watson 018.53606.11224
Willie Martínez 003.00103.0111
Alan Newman 0020.25101.1610
Chris Haney 009.00101.0110
Mike Mohler 019.00201.0102

Award winners

All-Star Game

Minor league affiliates

Classification levelTeamLeague
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

Notes

  1. Chris Coste at Baseball Reference
  2. Mark Whiten at Baseball Reference
  3. "Mike Mohler Stats".
  4. 1 2 Ricky Ledée at Baseball Reference
  5. Bob Wickman at Baseball Reference

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The 2006 New York Mets season was the 45th regular season for the Mets. They went 97-65 and won the NL East, a feat the team would not repeat until 2015. They were managed by Willie Randolph. They played home games at Shea Stadium. They used the marketing slogan of "The Team. The Time. The Mets." throughout the season.

The Texas Rangers2000 season involved the Rangers finishing 4th in the American League West with a record of 71 wins and 91 losses.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2000 Milwaukee Brewers season</span>

The Milwaukee Brewers' 2000 season involved the Brewers' finishing 3rd in the National League Central with a record of 73 wins and 89 losses.

The 1920 Brooklyn Robins, also known as the Dodgers, won 16 of their final 18 games to pull away from a tight pennant race and earn a trip to their second World Series against the Cleveland Indians. They lost the series in seven games.

The 2006 Cleveland Indians season was the 106th season for the franchise. It began with the Cleveland Indians attempting to win the AL Central and make the playoffs. The Indians finished with a mediocre 78-84 record and missed the playoffs. It was the final season before Progressive bought the naming rights to then-Jacobs Field.

The 1992 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 94th season. They finished with a record of 86–76, good enough for 3rd place in the American League West, 10 games behind the 1st place Oakland Athletics.

The 2006 Atlanta Braves season was the Braves' 136th for the franchise and 41st in Atlanta. During the season, the Braves attempted to win the NL East.

The 1998 Cleveland Indians season was the franchise's 98th season. The Indians hoped to improve upon their American League pennant-winning season of 1997, but succumbed to the New York Yankees in the ALCS in six games. The Indians would lead the AL Central wire-to-wire in 1998, becoming the first team in franchise history to do so.

The 1999 Cleveland Indians are the only team in Major League Baseball since 1950 to score over 1,000 runs during the regular season. They were shut out only three times in 162 games. Five Indians scored at least 100 runs and four drove in at least 100 runs. Right fielder Manny Ramirez drove in 165 runs, the most by any MLB player since Jimmie Foxx in 1938.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2001 Cleveland Indians season</span>

The 2001 Cleveland Indians season was the 101st season for the franchise.

The 1956 Cleveland Indians posted an 88-66 won-loss record, good for second place and 9 games behind the first place New York Yankees.

The 2002 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 120th season in the history of the franchise. The team failed to improve upon their 86-76 record from the previous season. However, this would be their last losing season until 2013.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1993 Cleveland Indians season</span>

The 1993 Cleveland Indians season was the 93rd season for the franchise and their final season playing at Cleveland Stadium before moving to Jacobs Field.

The 2002 Cleveland Indians season was the 102nd season for the franchise. The 2002 Major League Baseball season began on March 31, 2002.The team finished third in the American League Central Division behind the Minnesota Twins and the Chicago White Sox.

The 2003 Cleveland Indians season was the 103rd season for the franchise. The 2003 Major League Baseball season began on March 30, 2003. The team finished fourth in the American League Central Division behind the Minnesota Twins, Chicago White Sox and Kansas City Royals

The 2005 Cleveland Indians season was the 105th season for the franchise. It involved the Indians attempting to win the American League Central division. They had a very good September, and went into a season-closing series with the Chicago White Sox with a chance to tie the White Sox record and make it into the playoffs, but lost three close games to finish 6 games behind the White Sox, who were the eventual World Series winners, eliminating Cleveland from the possibility to go to the playoffs.

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