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2008 Cleveland Indians (Franchise Encyclopedia: 2007)
81-81, 3rd place in AL Central Division
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Scored 805 runs, Allowed 761 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 85-77
Managed by Eric Wedge

Ballpark: Jacobs Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 2,169,760 (9th of 14)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 103, Pitching - 102
  (one-year): Batting - 100, Pitching - 100
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Kelly Shoppach      28  112  352   67   92  27  0  21   55  36  133  .261  .348  .517   0   0   7  11   3   1   3  123
1B  Ryan Garko          27  141  495   61  135  21  1  14   90  45   86  .273  .346  .404   0   0  10  15   0   8   1   97
2B #Asdrubal Cabrera    22  114  352   48   91  20  0   6   47  46   77  .259  .346  .366   4   4   8   4  11   5   2   88
3B  Casey Blake         34   94  325   46   94  24  0  11   58  33   68  .289  .365  .465   2   0   3   7   1   2   6  116
SS  Jhonny Peralta      26  154  605  104  167  42  4  23   89  48  126  .276  .331  .473   3   1  26   4   2   5   2  108
LF  Ben Francisco       26  121  447   65  119  32  0  15   54  40   86  .266  .332  .438   4   3  10   6   2   4   0  100
CF *Grady Sizemore      25  157  634  101  170  39  5  33   90  98  130  .268  .374  .502  38   5   5  11   0   2  14  128
RF  Franklin Gutierrez  25  134  399   54   99  26  2   8   41  27   87  .248  .307  .383   9   3  10   8   4   2   1   80
DH *Travis Hafner       31   57  198   21   39  10  0   5   24  27   55  .197  .305  .323   1   1   4   5   0   3   6   65
    Jamey Carroll       34  113  347   60   96  13  4   1   36  34   65  .277  .355  .346   7   3   2   9  10   2   0   85
   *David Dellucci      34  113  336   41   80  19  2  11   47  24   76  .238  .307  .405   3   2  12  11   0   4   1   85
   *Shin-Soo Choo       25   94  317   68   98  28  3  14   66  44   78  .309  .397  .549   4   3   5   5   0   4   4  146
   #Victor Martinez     29   73  266   30   74  17  0   2   35  24   32  .278  .337  .365   0   0  12   1   0   3   4   85
    Andy Marte          24   80  235   21   52  11  1   3   17  14   52  .221  .268  .315   1   2   5   1   7   0   0   53
    Jason Michaels      32   21   58    3   12   4  0   0    9   4   13  .207  .258  .276   1   1   0   1   1   3   0   40
    Sal Fasano          36   15   46    5   12   4  0   0    6   3   17  .261  .340  .348   0   0   1   3   1   1   0   81
   *Michael Aubrey      26   15   45    2    9   0  0   2    3   5    5  .200  .280  .333   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   60
    Josh Barfield       25   12   33    3    6   1  0   0    2   0   10  .182  .182  .212   0   0   0   0   0   0   0    3
    Andy Gonzalez       26   10   24    3    5   0  0   1    2   6    5  .208  .367  .333   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   86
    Jorge Velandia      33    7    8    1    3   1  0   0    0   1    2  .375  .444  .500   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  148
   *Jason Tyner         31    1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .333  .000   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   -2

    Paul Byrd           37    2    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Cliff Lee           29    2    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    4  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Fausto Carmona      24    1    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *C.C. Sabathia       27    1    3    1    1   0  0   1    1   0    2  .333  .333 1.333   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  311
   *Aaron Laffey        23    1    2    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .500  .500  .500   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  164
   *Jeremy Sowers       25    2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    1  .000  .500  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   47
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.6  162 5543  805 1455 339 22 171  772 560 1213  .262  .339  .424  77  29 123 103  43  49  44   99
    Rank among 14 AL teams        10    6   11   3 11   8        6    3    12     7     7  12  11       1            
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP *Cliff Lee           29  31   2.54  22   3  0  31   0   4   2  223.3  214   68   63  12   34  170  891   4   5  0   1 175
SP  Paul Byrd           37  22   4.53   7  10  0  22   0   1   0  131.0  146   70   66  23   24   56  553   0   5  0   0  98
SP  Fausto Carmona      24  22   5.44   8   7  0  22   0   1   1  120.7  126   80   73   7   70   58  549   8   9  1   0  82
SP *Jeremy Sowers       25  22   5.58   4   9  0  22   0   0   0  121.0  141   84   75  18   39   64  533   3   3  1   1  80
SP *C.C. Sabathia       27  18   3.83   6   8  0  18   0   3   2  122.3  117   54   52  13   34  123  507   1   3  2   1 116
SP *Aaron Laffey        23  16   4.23   5   7  0  16   0   0   0   93.7  103   52   44  10   31   43  409   5   9  1   1 105
SP *Zach Jackson        25   9   5.60   2   3  0   9   0   0   0   54.7   64   36   34   7   14   30  238   1   3  0   0  79
SP  Anthony Reyes       26   6   1.83   2   1  0   6   0   0   0   34.3   31    7    7   2   12   15  142   0   1  0   0 242
SP  Jake Westbrook      30   5   3.12   1   2  0   5   0   1   0   34.7   33   13   12   5    7   19  139   1   1  0   0 143

CL  Jensen Lewis        24  51   3.82   0   4 13   0  28   0   0   66.0   68   29   28   8   27   52  292   0   5  0   3 116
RP *Rafael Perez        26  73   3.54   4   4  2   0  14   0   0   76.3   67   32   30   8   23   86  313   3   2  0   3 126
RP  Rafael Betancourt   33  69   5.07   3   4  4   0  20   0   0   71.0   76   41   40  11   25   64  309   2   0  0   5  88
RP  Masahide Kobayashi  34  57   4.53   4   5  6   0  31   0   0   55.7   65   30   28   8   14   35  244   4   1  0   2  98
RP  Edward Mujica       24  33   6.75   3   2  0   0  13   0   0   38.7   46   29   29   5   10   27  168   1   1  0   3  66

    Juan Rincon         29  23   5.60   1   1  0   0   9   0   0   27.3   34   18   17   3    8   19  121   2   1  0   0  79
   *Scott Lewis         24   4   2.63   4   0  0   4   0   0   0   24.0   20    9    7   4    6   15   97   1   0  0   0 169
    Matt Ginter         30   4   5.14   1   3  0   4   0   0   0   21.0   25   12   12   3    3   12   87   2   0  0   1  86
    Tom Mastny          27  14  10.80   2   2  0   1   4   0   0   20.0   28   24   24   6   11   19  100   0   0  0   2  41
    Jorge Julio         29  15   5.60   0   0  0   0   6   0   0   17.7   18   11   11   3   11   15   78   3   0  0   1  79
    Joe Borowski        37  18   7.56   1   3  6   0  14   0   0   16.7   24   14   14   4    8    9   82   0   0  0   2  59
    Scott Elarton       32   8   3.52   0   1  0   0   4   0   0   15.3   16    7    6   0    9   15   70   2   0  0   2 126
    Bryan Bullington    27   3   4.91   0   2  0   2   0   0   0   14.7   15    9    8   4    2   12   60   1   1  0   0  91
    Brendan Donnelly    36  15   8.56   1   0  0   0   3   0   0   13.7   20   13   13   2   10    8   69   0   0  0   0  52
   *Craig Breslow       27   7   3.24   0   0  0   0   3   0   0    8.3   10    3    3   1    5    7   40   0   0  0   0 137
    Rick Bauer          31   4  13.50   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    6.0   10    9    9   1    3    4   30   0   0  0   0  33
   *Rich Rundles        27   8   1.80   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    5.0    5    1    1   0    3    6   22   0   0  0   0 247
    Jonathan Meloan     23   2   0.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    2.0    0    0    0   0    1    2    6   0   0  0   0    
    Brian Slocum        27   2  27.00   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    2.0    8    6    6   2    0    1   15   0   1  0   0  16
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.3 162   4.46  81  81 31 162 152  10   5 1437.0 1530  761  712 170  444  986 6164  44  51  5  28 100
    Rank among 14 AL teams          9   8   7 14           2   1     11    9    9       10    2   12
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- KShoppach 872 94 110 586 34 7 2 .989 8 37 10 VMartinez 447 54 55 328 16 3 1 .991 2 22 13 SFasano 117 14 15 102 9 2 1 .982 3 8 4 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1437 162 162 1016 59 12 4 .989 13 0 67 27 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .994 *9.26 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RGarko 1058 121 121 1039 80 4 123 .996 9.51 CBlake 160 17 27 171 10 1 20 .995 10.18 MAubrey 94 11 12 99 6 0 14 1.000 10.02 VMartinez 82 9 10 82 4 1 9 .989 9.44 AGonzalez 38 4 7 39 0 2 4 .951 9.24 SFasano 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 AMarte 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 1.000 27.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1437 162 162 1432 101 8 171 .995 9.60 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 *5.01 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ACabrera 776 87 94 202 281 3 83 .994 5.60 JCarroll 580 66 74 105 192 3 46 .990 4.61 JBarfield 71 8 9 26 24 0 9 1.000 6.34 JVelandia 9 1 1 3 4 0 1 1.000 7.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1437 162 162 336 501 6 139 .993 5.24 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 *2.74 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CBlake 635 74 77 39 141 12 15 .937 2.55 AMarte 581 68 76 43 155 6 19 .971 3.07 JCarroll 199 18 43 12 55 6 5 .918 3.02 AGonzalez 12 1 2 1 1 1 1 .667 1.50 JPeralta 9 1 1 1 2 0 1 1.000 3.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1437 162 162 96 354 25 41 .947 2.82 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 *4.39 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JPeralta 1271 143 146 217 427 14 104 .979 4.56 ACabrera 154 18 20 38 59 5 17 .951 5.64 JVelandia 9 1 2 1 4 0 2 1.000 5.00 CBlake 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1437 162 162 256 491 19 123 .975 4.68 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 *2.05 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BFrancisco 643 71 83 150 7 2 2 .987 2.20 DDellucci 383 46 56 75 1 0 0 1.000 1.79 SChoo 223 25 26 40 3 1 0 .977 1.74 JMichaels 97 11 15 23 2 0 0 1.000 2.32 FGutierrez 78 8 11 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.62 JTyner 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 JCarroll 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1437 162 162 302 13 3 2 .991 1.97 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 *2.71 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GSizemore 1338 151 151 382 2 2 1 .995 2.58 FGutierrez 97 11 12 30 1 1 0 .969 2.88 BFrancisco 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1437 162 162 412 3 3 1 .993 2.60 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 *2.15 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FGutierrez 763 85 97 224 4 2 0 .991 2.69 SChoo 398 45 51 88 1 1 0 .989 2.01 BFrancisco 230 27 32 46 5 2 1 .962 2.00 JMichaels 45 5 6 15 1 1 0 .941 3.20 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1437 162 162 373 11 6 1 .985 2.41 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .952 *1.60 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CLee 223 31 31 16 14 1 2 .968 1.21 PByrd 131 22 22 4 10 1 0 .933 0.96 CSabathia 122 18 18 2 10 0 1 1.000 0.88 JSowers 121 22 22 7 18 2 2 .926 1.86 FCarmona 120 22 22 14 16 2 4 .937 2.24 ALaffey 93 16 16 3 11 1 0 .933 1.34 RPerez 76 0 73 2 16 1 2 .947 2.12 RBetancourt 71 0 69 2 6 1 0 .889 1.01 JLewis 66 0 51 6 9 0 0 1.000 2.05 MKobayashi 55 0 57 8 3 0 0 1.000 1.78 ZJackson 54 9 9 5 11 2 2 .889 2.63 EMujica 38 0 33 1 3 0 0 1.000 0.93 JWestbrook 34 5 5 3 8 1 1 .917 2.85 AReyes 34 6 6 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.31 JRincon 27 0 23 0 4 0 1 1.000 1.32 SLewis 24 4 4 3 3 0 0 1.000 2.25 MGinter 21 4 4 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.29 TMastny 20 1 14 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 JJulio 17 0 15 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.02 JBorowski 16 0 18 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 SElarton 15 0 8 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.94 BBullington 14 2 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.61 BDonnelly 13 0 15 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.97 CBreslow 8 0 7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 RBauer 6 0 4 1 1 0 1 1.000 3.00 RRundles 5 0 8 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 JMeloan 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 BSlocum 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1437 162 162 88 156 12 16 .953 1.53 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Des. Hitter G ------------+--- THafner 54 DDellucci 46 RGarko 13 SChoo 11 BFrancisco 9 JPeralta 6 GSizemore 6 VMartinez 5 MAubrey 1 AGonzalez 1 KShoppach 1 ------------+---

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

Team Leaders
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Batting Average Peralta .276

On-base % Sizemore .374

Slugging % Sizemore .502

OPS Sizemore .876

Games Sizemore 157

At Bats Sizemore 634

Plate Appearances (approx.) Sizemore 745

Runs Peralta 104

Hits Sizemore 170

Total Bases Sizemore 318

Doubles Peralta 42

Triples Sizemore 5

Home Runs Sizemore 33

RBI Garko and Sizemore 90

Bases on Balls Sizemore 98

Strikeouts Shoppach 133

Stolen Bases Sizemore 38

Singles Garko 99

Adjusted OPS+ Sizemore 128

Runs Created Sizemore 131

Adjusted Batting Runs Sizemore 27

Batting Wins Sizemore 2.5

Extra-Base Hits Sizemore 77

Times on Base Sizemore 279

Offensive Win% Sizemore .673

Hit By Pitch Garko 15

Sac. Hits Cabrera 11

Sac. Flies Garko 8

Intentional Walks Sizemore 14

Grounded into Double Plays Peralta 26

Caught Stealing Sizemore 5

Power/Speed Number Sizemore 35.3

At Bats per Strikeout Garko 5.8

At Bats per Home Run Sizemore 19.2

Outs Sizemore 476

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Lee 2.54

Wins Lee 22

Won-Loss % Lee .880

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Lee 1.110

Hits Allowed/9IP Lee 8.62

Bases on Balls/9IP Lee 1.37

Strikeouts/9IP Lee 6.85

Games Perez 73

Saves Lewis 13

Innings Lee 223.3

Strikeouts Lee 170

Games Started Lee 31

Comp. Games Lee 4

Shutouts Lee and Sabathia 2

Home Runs Allow. Byrd 23

Bases On Balls Allow. Carmona 70

Hits Allowed Lee 214

SO to Walk Lee 5.00

Losses Byrd 10

Earned Runs Allow. Sowers 75

Wild Pitches Carmona 8

Hit Batsmen Carmona and Laffey 9

Batters Faced Lee 891

Games Finished Kobayashi 31

Adjusted ERA+ Lee 175

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Salaries

C.C. Sabathia $ 11,000,000

Jake Westbrook $ 10,000,000

Travis Hafner $ 8,050,000

Paul Byrd $ 7,500,000

Casey Blake $ 6,100,000

Victor Martinez $ 4,450,000

Joe Borowski $ 4,000,000

Cliff Lee $ 4,000,000

David Dellucci $ 3,750,000

Grady Sizemore $ 3,166,666

Masahide Kobayashi $ 3,000,000

Jhonny Peralta $ 2,500,000

Juan Rincon $ 2,475,000

Jason Michaels $ 2,200,000

Jamey Carroll $ 2,150,000

Rafael Betancourt $ 2,050,000

Jorge Julio $ 1,000,000

Fausto Carmona $ 457,800

Ryan Garko $ 420,100

Rafael Perez $ 406,700

Franklin Gutierrez $ 404,400

Kelly Shoppach $ 404,100

Asdrubal Cabrera $ 393,300

Jensen Lewis $ 393,000

Craig Breslow $ 392,000

Andy Marte $ 391,600

Shin-Soo Choo $ 390,400

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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