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Record	8862 - 8560 (.509)
Home +/-	+43.7
Away +/-	+105.4

	#	Last	Since
World Series	2	1948	65 yrs
League	5	1997	16 yrs
Division	7	2007	6 yrs
Wild Card	0		19 yrs

Baseball-Reference Links		Links
Team Encyclopedia	Batting Stats	Retrosheet
Starters Positional	Pitching Stats	Baseball-Almanac
Starters Pitching	Batting Leaders	Baseball America Execs
Opening Day Starters	Pitching Leaders	Wikipedia / BR Bullpen
Managers	Team Batting	SportsLogos.net
Amateur Drafts	Team Pitching	Official Site

Cleveland Indians All-Time Team

WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

Left Field	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Albert Belle	8	1989	1996	27.3
Jeff Heath	10	1936	1945	24.9
Charlie Jamieson	14	1919	1932	24.0
Dale Mitchell	11	1946	1956	19.1
Joe Vosmik	7	1930	1936	16.6

Center Field	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Tris Speaker	11	1916	1926	74.3
Kenny Lofton	10	1992	2007	48.5
Earl Averill	11	1929	1939	48.0
Larry Doby	10	1947	1958	43.3
Grady Sizemore	8	2004	2011	27.6

Right Field	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Joe Jackson	6	1910	1915	34.9
Elmer Flick	9	1902	1910	31.2
Manny Ramirez	8	1993	2000	29.9
Rocky Colavito	8	1955	1967	23.1
Shin-Soo Choo	7	2006	2012	21.8

Shortstop	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Lou Boudreau	13	1938	1950	60.8
Joe Sewell	11	1920	1930	45.7
Terry Turner	15	1904	1918	38.8
Omar Vizquel	11	1994	2004	30.1
Ray Chapman	9	1912	1920	29.0

Second Base	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Nap Lajoie	13	1902	1914	79.8
Bobby Avila	10	1949	1958	27.7
Roberto Alomar	3	1999	2001	20.3
Carlos Baerga	8	1990	1999	19.6
Joe Gordon	4	1947	1950	19.5

Third Base	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Bill Bradley	10	1901	1910	34.8
Ken Keltner	12	1937	1949	33.8
Al Rosen	10	1947	1956	32.4
Buddy Bell	7	1972	1978	24.3
Toby Harrah	5	1979	1983	18.5

First Base	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Jim Thome	13	1991	2011	47.9
Hal Trosky	9	1933	1941	29.9
Ed Morgan	6	1928	1933	14.3
George Burns	7	1920	1928	13.9
Mike Hargrove	7	1979	1985	13.8

Manager	Yrs	First	Last	mPts
Mike Hargrove	9	1991	1999	35.3
Al Lopez	6	1951	1956	23.8
Lou Boudreau	9	1942	1950	23.3
Tris Speaker	8	1919	1926	22.2
Eric Wedge	7	2003	2009	10.7

Catcher	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Steve O'Neill	13	1911	1923	23.2
Victor Martinez	8	2002	2009	19.3
Johnny Romano	5	1960	1964	14.6
Sandy Alomar	11	1990	2000	13.3
Carlos Santana	4	2010	2013	11.3

Designated Hitter	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Travis Hafner	10	2003	2012	25.0
Andre Thornton	10	1977	1987	18.9
Rico Carty	4	1974	1977	7.8

Starting Pitcher	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Bob Feller	18	1936	1956	63.6
Stan Coveleski	9	1916	1924	51.8
Bob Lemon	15	1941	1958	48.7
Mel Harder	20	1928	1947	43.8
Addie Joss	9	1902	1910	43.7
Sam McDowell	11	1961	1971	41.6
Early Wynn	10	1949	1963	39.5
George Uhle	11	1919	1936	37.5
Wes Ferrell	7	1927	1933	36.3
Willis Hudlin	15	1926	1940	33.4
Jim Bagby	7	1916	1922	30.7
Mike Garcia	12	1948	1959	30.3
Gaylord Perry	4	1972	1975	29.2
C.C. Sabathia	8	2001	2008	28.1
Luis Tiant	6	1964	1969	26.1
Charles Nagy	13	1990	2002	25.4
Bartolo Colon	6	1997	2002	22.6
Tom Candiotti	7	1986	1999	22.0

Swingman	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Al Benton	2	1949	1950	5.7
Harry Eisenstat	4	1939	1942	4.8
Sarge Connally	4	1931	1934	3.8
Bobby Locke	3	1959	1961	3.4
Stan Thomas	1	1976	1976	3.0

Relief Pitcher	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Ray Narleski	5	1954	1958	12.2
Doug Jones	7	1986	1998	10.9
Jose Mesa	7	1992	1998	10.7
Eric Plunk	7	1992	1998	10.2
Don Mossi	5	1954	1958	9.3
Dan Spillner	7	1978	1984	9.0
Sid Monge	5	1977	1981	7.9
Rafael Betancourt	7	2003	2009	7.9
Paul Shuey	9	1994	2002	7.4
Jim Kern	6	1974	1986	6.9
Steve Karsay	4	1998	2001	6.3
Mike Jackson	3	1997	1999	6.2
Bob Wickman	6	2000	2006	5.6
Dave LaRoche	3	1975	1977	5.4
Derek Lilliquist	3	1992	1994	5.2
Chris Perez	5	2009	2013	5.1
David Riske	6	1999	2005	5.0
Ed Klieman	6	1943	1948	4.9

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Wins Above Replacement data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com.

Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

The transaction and player splits data used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
Images can also be viewed at the Hall of Fame online exhibit Dressed to the Nines

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James