1996 Cleveland Indians roster: 99-62

Team stats and league rank

Counts are season totals; percentages and ratings as they stand. Ranked among the 28 clubs that season.

1996 Guardians roster: batting

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1996 Cleveland Indians batting

Player↓	Pos↓	GP↓iGP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.	AB↓iAB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.	R↓iR: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.	H↓iH: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.	HR↓iHR: Home runs hit.	RBI↓iRBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.	SB↓iSB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.	AVG↓iAVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.	OBP↓iOBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.	OPS↓iOPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
KLKenny Lofton	LF	154	662	132	210	14	67	75	.317	.372	.817
ABAlbert Belle	LF	158	602	124	187	48	148	11	.311	.410	1.033
Manny Ramirez	LF	152	550	94	170	33	112	8	.309	.399	.981
Omar Vizquel	2B	151	542	98	161	9	64	35	.297	.362	.779
Jim Thome	DH	151	505	122	157	38	116	2	.311	.450	1.062
JFJulio Franco	1B	112	432	72	139	14	76	8	.322	.407	.877
BGBrian Giles	RF	51	121	26	43	5	27	3	.355	.434	1.045
Casey Candaele	2B	24	44	8	11	1	4	0	.250	.267	.630
SLScott Leius	1B	27	43	3	6	1	3	0	.140	.178	.480
RTRyan Thompson	LF	8	22	2	7	1	5	0	.318	.348	.802
NWNigel Wilson	DH	10	12	2	3	2	5	0	.250	.308	1.058
HPHerbert Perry	DH	7	12	1	1	0	0	1	.083	.154	.321
DJDamian Jackson	CF	5	10	2	3	0	1	0	.300	.364	.864
GPGeronimo Pena	3B	5	9	1	1	1	2	0	.111	.200	.644
Einar Diaz	C	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1996 Guardians roster: pitching

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1996 Cleveland Indians pitching

Player↓	Pos↓	GP↓iGP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.	GS↓iGS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.	W↓iW: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.	L↓iL: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.	ERA↓iERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.	IP↓iIP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.	K↓iK: Batters this pitcher struck out.	WHIP↓iWHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.	SV↓iSV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Charles Nagy	RP	32	32	17	5	3.41	222.0	167	1.25	0
OHOrel Hershiser	SP	33	33	15	9	4.24	206.0	125	1.44	0
JMJack McDowell	SP	30	30	13	9	5.11	192.0	141	1.46	0
COChad Ogea	SP	29	21	10	6	4.79	146.2	101	1.32	0
DMDennis Martinez	RP	20	20	9	6	4.50	112.0	48	1.42	0
JTJulian Tavarez	RP	51	4	4	7	5.36	80.2	46	1.52	0
EPEric Plunk	RP	56	0	3	2	2.43	77.2	85	1.16	2
JMJose Mesa	RP	69	0	2	7	3.73	72.1	64	1.34	39
ALAlbie Lopez	RP	13	10	5	4	6.39	62.0	45	1.65	0
PSPaul Shuey	RP	42	0	5	2	2.85	53.2	44	1.32	4
BABrian Anderson	SP	10	9	3	1	4.91	51.1	21	1.40	0
PAPaul Assenmacher	RP	63	0	4	2	3.09	46.2	44	1.29	1
AEAlan Embree	RP	24	0	1	1	6.39	31.0	33	1.65	0
DGDanny Graves	RP	15	0	2	0	4.55	29.2	22	1.31	0
JRJoe Roa	RP	1	0	0	0	10.80	1.2	0	4.20	0

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Results

1. Apr 2, 1996vs NYYL 1-7
2. Apr 3, 1996vs NYYL 1-5
3. Apr 5, 1996vs TORL 1-7
4. Apr 6, 1996vs TORW 5-3
5. Apr 7, 1996vs TORW 8-3
6. Apr 10, 1996@ BALL 2-3
7. Apr 11, 1996@ BALL 4-14
8. Apr 12, 1996@ BOSW 3-1
9. Apr 13, 1996@ BOSW 14-2
10. Apr 14, 1996@ BOSW 7-6
11. Apr 15, 1996@ BOSW 8-0
12. Apr 16, 1996@ MINW 7-2
13. Apr 17, 1996@ MINL 8-9
14. Apr 19, 1996vs BOSW 9-4
15. Apr 20, 1996vs BOSW 2-1
16. Apr 21, 1996vs BOSW 11-7
17. Apr 22, 1996vs BALW 6-3
18. Apr 23, 1996vs BALW 9-8
19. Apr 24, 1996@ NYYL 8-10
20. Apr 25, 1996@ NYYW 4-3
21. Apr 26, 1996@ TORW 6-3
22. Apr 27, 1996@ TORL 6-11
23. Apr 28, 1996@ TORW 17-3
24. Apr 30, 1996vs CHWW 5-3
25. May 1, 1996vs CHWW 9-5
26. May 2, 1996@ SEAW 6-4
27. May 3, 1996@ SEAW 5-2
28. May 4, 1996@ SEAL 1-5
29. May 5, 1996@ SEAW 2-0
30. May 6, 1996@ ATHL 3-5
31. May 7, 1996@ ATHL 4-8
32. May 8, 1996@ ATHW 7-3
33. May 10, 1996@ LAAL 8-13
34. May 11, 1996@ LAAW 6-5
35. May 12, 1996@ LAAW 4-1
36. May 14, 1996vs DETW 5-1
37. May 15, 1996vs DETW 5-2
38. May 16, 1996vs DETW 8-3
39. May 17, 1996vs TEXW 12-10
40. May 18, 1996vs TEXL 3-6
41. May 19, 1996vs TEXW 8-5
42. May 21, 1996vs MILW 6-5
43. May 22, 1996vs MILL 8-10
44. May 23, 1996vs MILW 5-1
45. May 24, 1996@ DETW 6-3
46. May 25, 1996@ DETW 7-6
47. May 26, 1996@ DETW 5-0
48. May 27, 1996@ TEXL 2-3
49. May 28, 1996@ TEXL 3-11
50. May 29, 1996@ TEXL 4-5
51. May 30, 1996@ MILW 2-0
52. May 31, 1996@ MILW 10-4
53. Jun 1, 1996@ MILL 1-2
54. Jun 2, 1996@ MILW 11-6
55. Jun 4, 1996vs SEAL 7-10
56. Jun 5, 1996vs SEAW 13-5
57. Jun 5, 1996vs SEAW 13-5
58. Jun 6, 1996vs SEAL 2-5
59. Jun 7, 1996vs LAAW 4-3
60. Jun 8, 1996vs LAAW 5-0
61. Jun 9, 1996vs LAAL 6-8
62. Jun 10, 1996vs ATHW 5-4
63. Jun 11, 1996vs ATHW 6-5
64. Jun 12, 1996vs ATHL 6-9
65. Jun 13, 1996@ NYYW 6-2
66. Jun 14, 1996@ NYYL 3-4
67. Jun 15, 1996@ NYYW 10-3
68. Jun 16, 1996@ NYYL 4-5
69. Jun 18, 1996vs BOSW 9-7
70. Jun 19, 1996vs BOSW 11-4
71. Jun 20, 1996vs BOSW 5-4
72. Jun 21, 1996vs NYYL 7-8
73. Jun 21, 1996vs NYYL 3-9
74. Jun 22, 1996vs NYYL 9-11
75. Jun 23, 1996vs NYYL 5-6
76. Jun 25, 1996@ BOSW 4-0
77. Jun 26, 1996@ BOSL 4-6
78. Jun 27, 1996@ CHWL 10-15
79. Jun 28, 1996@ CHWL 2-4
80. Jun 29, 1996@ CHWW 3-2
81. Jun 30, 1996@ CHWW 4-2
82. Jul 1, 1996vs KCL 2-4
83. Jul 2, 1996vs KCW 3-2
84. Jul 3, 1996vs KCW 6-4
85. Jul 4, 1996vs CHWL 5-6
86. Jul 5, 1996vs CHWL 0-7
87. Jul 6, 1996vs CHWL 2-3
88. Jul 7, 1996vs CHWW 6-1
89. Jul 11, 1996@ MINW 11-7
90. Jul 12, 1996@ MINW 7-5
91. Jul 13, 1996@ MINW 19-11
92. Jul 14, 1996@ MINL 4-5
93. Jul 15, 1996@ KCL 3-6
94. Jul 16, 1996@ KCW 10-4
95. Jul 17, 1996@ KCL 2-3
96. Jul 18, 1996vs MINW 5-4
97. Jul 19, 1996vs MINL 2-3
98. Jul 20, 1996vs MINW 6-5
99. Jul 21, 1996vs MINW 7-5
100. Jul 22, 1996@ TORW 4-2
101. Jul 23, 1996@ TORL 1-3
102. Jul 24, 1996@ TORW 10-0
103. Jul 25, 1996@ BALW 10-7
104. Jul 26, 1996@ BALW 14-9
105. Jul 27, 1996@ BALL 2-14
106. Jul 28, 1996@ BALW 6-3
107. Jul 30, 1996vs TORL 1-3
108. Jul 31, 1996vs TORW 4-2
109. Aug 1, 1996vs TORL 3-5
110. Aug 2, 1996vs BALW 11-1
111. Aug 3, 1996vs BALL 4-9
112. Aug 4, 1996vs BALW 14-2
113. Aug 5, 1996vs BALL 10-13
114. Aug 6, 1996@ SEAW 4-3
115. Aug 7, 1996@ SEAW 5-4
116. Aug 8, 1996@ SEAW 2-1
117. Aug 9, 1996@ ATHW 10-4
118. Aug 10, 1996@ ATHL 1-5
119. Aug 11, 1996@ ATHL 3-9
120. Aug 12, 1996@ LAAW 5-4
121. Aug 13, 1996@ LAAL 2-4
122. Aug 14, 1996@ LAAL 7-8
123. Aug 16, 1996vs DETW 3-1
124. Aug 17, 1996vs DETW 6-3
125. Aug 18, 1996vs DETW 11-3
126. Aug 19, 1996vs TEXL 3-10
127. Aug 20, 1996vs TEXW 10-4
128. Aug 21, 1996vs TEXL 8-10
129. Aug 23, 1996vs MILL 5-6
130. Aug 24, 1996vs MILL 3-4
131. Aug 25, 1996vs MILW 8-5
132. Aug 26, 1996@ DETW 2-1
133. Aug 27, 1996@ DETW 12-2
134. Aug 28, 1996@ DETW 9-3
135. Aug 30, 1996@ TEXL 3-5
136. Aug 31, 1996@ TEXL 3-6
137. Sep 1, 1996@ TEXW 8-2
138. Sep 2, 1996@ MILL 6-7
139. Sep 3, 1996@ MILL 2-8
140. Sep 4, 1996@ MILW 7-0
141. Sep 8, 1996vs SEAW 2-1
142. Sep 8, 1996vs SEAL 5-6
143. Sep 9, 1996vs LAAW 4-3
144. Sep 10, 1996vs LAAW 7-5
145. Sep 11, 1996vs LAAW 2-0
146. Sep 12, 1996vs LAAW 11-2
147. Sep 14, 1996vs ATHW 9-2
148. Sep 14, 1996vs ATHW 9-8
149. Sep 15, 1996vs ATHL 9-10
150. Sep 16, 1996@ CHWW 4-3
151. Sep 17, 1996@ CHWW 9-4
152. Sep 18, 1996@ CHWW 4-3
153. Sep 19, 1996vs KCW 9-1
154. Sep 20, 1996vs KCL 4-6
155. Sep 21, 1996vs KCW 13-4
156. Sep 22, 1996vs KCW 6-5
157. Sep 23, 1996vs MINW 7-6
158. Sep 24, 1996vs MINW 7-5
159. Sep 25, 1996vs MINW 6-3
160. Sep 27, 1996@ KCL 6-11
161. Sep 28, 1996@ KCW 5-4
162. Sep 29, 1996@ KCL 1-4
163. Oct 1, 1996@ BALL 4-10playoffs
164. Oct 2, 1996@ BALL 4-7playoffs
165. Oct 4, 1996vs BALW 9-4playoffs
166. Oct 5, 1996vs BALL 3-4playoffs