2002 Cleveland Indians season

The 2002 Cleveland Indians season was the 102nd season for the franchise and the 9th season at Jacobs Field. The season began on March 31, 2002. The team finished third in the American League Central behind the Minnesota Twins and the Chicago White Sox, and suffered their first losing season since 1993.

2002 Cleveland Indians
League	American League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Jacobs Field
City	Cleveland, Ohio
Record	74–88 (.457)
Divisional place	3rd
Owners	Larry Dolan
General managers	Mark Shapiro
Managers	Charlie Manuel (fired July 11) Joel Skinner (interim, July 11-September 29)
Television	FSN Ohio John Sanders, Mike Hegan, Rick Manning
Radio	WTAM Tom Hamilton, Matt Underwood, Mike Hegan
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Offseason

• November 7, 2001: Chris Coste was signed as a free agent by the Indians.^[1]
• November 7, 2001: Jason Beverlin was signed as a free agent by the Indians.^[2]
• November 26, 2001: Donzell McDonald was signed as a free agent by the Indians.^[3]
• December 11, 2001: Roberto Alomar, Mike Bacsik and Danny Peoples (minors) were traded by the Indians to the New York Mets for Matt Lawton, Alex Escobar, Jerrod Riggan and players to be named later. The Mets completed the deal by sending Earl Snyder and Billy Traber to the Indians on December 13.^[4]
• December 18, 2001: John Rocker was traded by the Indians to the Texas Rangers for Dave Elder.^[5]
• February 9, 2002: Bruce Aven was signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Indians.^[6]
• March 28, 2002: Donzell McDonald was assigned by the Indians to the Kansas City Royals.^[3]

Regular season

Opening Day starters

• Matt Lawton – RF
• Omar Vizquel – SS
• Ellis Burks – DH
• Jim Thome – 1B
• Travis Fryman – 3B
• Ricky Gutiérrez – 2B
• Milton Bradley – CF
• Russell Branyan – LF
• Einar Díaz – C
• Bartolo Colón – SP^[7]

Season standings

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AL Central

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Minnesota Twins	94	67	.584	—	54‍–‍27	40‍–‍40
Chicago White Sox	81	81	.500	13½	47‍–‍34	34‍–‍47
Cleveland Indians	74	88	.457	20½	39‍–‍42	35‍–‍46
Kansas City Royals	62	100	.383	32½	37‍–‍44	25‍–‍56
Detroit Tigers	55	106	.342	39	33‍–‍47	22‍–‍59

American League Wild Card

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Division leaders

Team	W	L	Pct.
New York Yankees	103	58	.640
Minnesota Twins	94	67	.584
Oakland Athletics	103	59	.636

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Wild Card team
(Top team qualifies for postseason)

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
Anaheim Angels	99	63	.611	—
Boston Red Sox	93	69	.574	6
Seattle Mariners	93	69	.574	6
Chicago White Sox	81	81	.500	18
Toronto Blue Jays	78	84	.481	21
Cleveland Indians	74	88	.457	25
Texas Rangers	72	90	.444	27
Baltimore Orioles	67	95	.414	32
Kansas City Royals	62	100	.383	37
Detroit Tigers	55	106	.342	43½
Tampa Bay Devil Rays	55	106	.342	43½

Record vs. opponents

2002 American League record Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2002 v t e
Team	ANA	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Anaheim	—	7–2	3–4	6–3	6–3	8–1	6–3	4–5	3–4	9–11	9–10	8–1	12–7	7–2	11–7
Baltimore	2–7	—	6–13	3–4	1–5	2–4	7–0	5–1	6–13	4–5	5–4	10–9	3–6	4–15	9–9
Boston	4–3	13–6	—	2–4	5–4	5–4	4–2	3–3	9–10	6–3	4–5	16–3	4–3	13–6	5–13
Chicago	3–6	4–3	4–2	—	9–10	12–7	11–8	8–11	2–4	2–7	5–4	4–3	5–4	4–2	8–10
Cleveland	3–6	5–1	4–5	10–9	—	10–9	9–10	8–11	3–6	2–5	3–4	4–2	4–5	3–3	6–12
Detroit	1–8	4–2	4–5	7–12	9–10	—	9–10	4–14	1–8	1–6	2–5	2–4	5–4	0–6	6–12
Kansas City	3–6	0–7	2–4	8–11	10–9	10–9	—	5–14	1–5	1–8	3–6	4–2	7–2	3–4	5–13
Minnesota	5–4	1–5	3–3	11–8	11–8	14–4	14–5	—	0–6	3–6	5–4	5–2	6–3	6–1	10–8
New York	4–3	13–6	10–9	4–2	6–3	8–1	5–1	6–0	—	5–4	4–5	13–5	4–3	10–9	11–7
Oakland	11–9	5–4	3–6	7–2	5–2	6–1	8–1	6–3	4–5	—	8–11	8–1	13–6	3–6	16–2
Seattle	10–9	4–5	5–4	4–5	4–3	5–2	6–3	4–5	5–4	11–8	—	5–4	13–7	6–3	11–7
Tampa Bay	1–8	9–10	3–16	3–4	2–4	4–2	2–4	2–5	5–13	1–8	4–5	—	4–5	8–11	7–11
Texas	7–12	6–3	3–4	4–5	5–4	4–5	2–7	3–6	3–4	6–13	7–13	5–4	—	8–1	9–9
Toronto	2–7	15–4	6–13	2–4	3–3	6–0	4–3	1–6	9–10	6–3	3–6	11–8	1–8	—	9–9

Notable transactions

• June 4, 2002: Jeremy Guthrie was drafted by the Indians in the 1st round (22nd pick) of the 2002 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed on October 3, 2002.^[8]
• June 7, 2002: Russell Branyan was traded by the Indians to the Cincinnati Reds for Ben Broussard.^[9]
• June 25, 2002: Bruce Aven was traded by the Indians to the Philadelphia Phillies for Jeff D'Amico.^[6]
• June 27, 2002: Bartolo Colón and Tim Drew were traded by the Indians to the Montreal Expos for Grady Sizemore, Cliff Lee, Brandon Phillips, and Lee Stevens.^[10]
• July 28, 2002: Paul Shuey was traded by the Indians to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Ricardo Rodríguez, Terry Mulholland, and Francisco Cruceta.^[11]
• August 16, 2002: Jason Beverlin was selected off waivers from the Indians by the Detroit Tigers.^[2]

Roster

2002 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers 55 Danys Báez 49 Jason Beverlin 34 Dave Burba 40 Bartolo Colón 64 Jason Davis 56 Sean DePaula 57 Ryan Drese 47 Dave Elder 31 Chuck Finley 49 Alex Herrera 65 Cliff Lee 50 Dave Maurer 45 Terry Mulholland 58 Heath Murray 41 Charles Nagy 16 Chad Paronto 59 Jason Phillips 51 Jerrod Riggan 73 Ricardo Rincón 54 David Riske 49 Nerio Rodríguez 46 Ricardo Rodríguez 52 CC Sabathia 53 Carl Sadler 53 Paul Shuey 48 Roy Smith 60 Brian Tallet 37 Jake Westbrook 26 Bob Wickman 39 Mark Wohlers 27 Jaret Wright		Catchers 44 Josh Bard  2 Einar Díaz 63 Víctor Martínez 38 Eddie Pérez Infielders 28 Ben Broussard 17 Travis Fryman 12 Ricky Gutiérrez 62 Greg LaRocca  8 John McDonald 61 Brandon Phillips 36 Bill Selby  9 Lee Stevens 25 Jim Thome 13 Omar Vizquel		Outfielders  9 Chad Allen  9 Brady Anderson 20 Bruce Aven 24 Milton Bradley 28 Russell Branyan 23 Ellis Burks 10 Jolbert Cabrera 30 Wil Cordero 10 Coco Crisp 44 Todd Dunwoody 20 Karim García 11 Matt Lawton 30 Chris Magruder 22 Earl Snyder		Manager 32 Charlie Manuel 35 Joel Skinner Coaches 45 Mike Brown (Pitching)  1 Al Bumbry (First Base)[12] 29 Jeff Datz (Bench, Third Base)[12]  4 Luis Isaac (Bullpen) 87 Dave Keller (Bullpen Catcher) 33 Eddie Murray (Hitting) 35 Joel Skinner (Third Base)[12]  6 Robby Thompson (First Base, Bench)[12] 43 Dan Williams (Bullpen Catcher)

Game log

2002 Game Log: 74–88 (Home: 39–42; Away: 35–46)
March: 1–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 1–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 1 March 31 @ Angels 6–0 Colón (1–0) Washburn (0–1) — Edison International Field of Anaheim 42,697 1–0 W1
April: 12–13 (Home: 7–4; Away: 5–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 2 April 2 @ Angels 5–7 Weber (1–0) Riske (0–1) Percival (1) Edison International Field of Anaheim 20,055 1–1 L1 3 April 3 @ Angels 6–5 Drese (1–0) Sele (0–1) Wickman (1) Edison International Field of Anaheim 18,194 2–1 W1 4 April 5 @ Tigers 10–1 Báez (1–0) Redman (0–1) — Comerica Park 41,248 3–1 W2 5 April 6 @ Tigers 5–3 Colón (2–0) Cornejo (0–1) Wickman (2) Comerica Park 19,754 4–1 W3 6 April 7 @ Tigers 5–1 Sabathia (1–0) Weaver (0–1) Wickman (3) Comerica Park 14,749 5–1 W4 7 April 8 Twins 9–5 Drese (2–0) Milton (1–1) — Jacobs Field 42,441 6–1 W5 8 April 9 Twins 5–4 Finley (1–0) Mays (0–2) Wickman (4) Jacobs Field 23,760 7–1 W6 9 April 10 Twins 9–3 Báez (2–0) Reed (1–1) — Jacobs Field 25,420 8–1 W7 10 April 11 Twins 8–4 Colón (3–0) Lohse (0–1) — Jacobs Field 25,582 9–1 W8 11 April 12 Royals 3–1 Sabathia (2–0) Suppan (1–1) Wickman (5) Jacobs Field 29,970 10–1 W9 12 April 13 Royals 8–7 Shuey (1–0) Bailey (0–2) — Jacobs Field 28,455 11–1 W10 – April 14 Royals Postponed (rain, makeup May 18) 13 April 16 @ White Sox 5–10 Marte (1–0) Finley (1–1) — Comiskey Park 23,502 11–2 L1 14 April 17 @ White Sox 2–7 Buehrle (4–0) Báez (2–1) — Comiskey Park 15,561 11–3 L2 15 April 18 @ White Sox 1–7 Ritchie (1–1) Colón (3–1) — Comiskey Park 13,880 11–4 L3 16 April 19 @ Twins 3–12 Lohse (1–1) Sabathia (2–1) — Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 23,491 11–5 L4 17 April 20 @ Twins 2–6 Kinney (1–0) Drese (2–1) — Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 30,146 11–6 L5 18 April 21 @ Twins 2–4 Reed (2–1) Finley (1–2) Guerrero (8) Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 22,264 11–7 L6 19 April 22 White Sox 4–2 Báez (3–1) Buehrle (4–1) Wickman (6) Jacobs Field 24,519 12–7 W1 20 April 23 White Sox 1–5 Ritchie (2–1) Colón (3–2) — Jacobs Field 25,284 12–8 L1 21 April 24 White Sox 2–9 Wright (2–2) Sabathia (2–2) — Jacobs Field 25,935 12–9 L2 22 April 25 White Sox 3–6 Garland (3–1) Drese (2–2) Foulke (6) Jacobs Field 29,046 12–10 L3 23 April 26 @ Rangers 7–4 Davis (2–2) Finley (2–2) — The Ballpark in Arlington 33,243 13–10 W1 24 April 27 @ Rangers 2–4 Bell (1–0) Báez (3–2) Irabu (4) The Ballpark in Arlington 43,353 13–11 L1 25 April 28 @ Rangers 1–2 Valdez (2–3) Colón (3–3) Irabu (5) The Ballpark in Arlington 24,118 13–12 L2 26 April 30 Angels 2–21 Ortiz (2–3) Sabathia (2–3) — Jacobs Field 24,286 13–13 L3
May: 13–15 (Home: 8–8; Away: 5–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 27 May 1 Angels 2–7 Washburn (3–2) Drese (2–3) — Jacobs Field 23,536 13–14 L4 28 May 2 Angels 0–8 Appier (3–1) Finley (2–3) — Jacobs Field 26,068 13–15 L5 29 May 3 Rangers 2–4 Davis (3–2) Báez (3–3) Irabu (7) Jacobs Field 32,846 13–16 L6 30 May 4 Rangers 3–0 Colón (4–3) Valdez (2–4) Wickman (7) Jacobs Field 33,788 14–16 W1 31 May 5 Rangers 9–2 Sabathia (3–3) Rogers (3–1) — Jacobs Field 31,990 15–16 W2 32 May 6 @ Orioles 9–4 Drese (3–3) Groom (1–1) — Oriole Park at Camden Yards 24,976 16–16 W3 33 May 7 @ Orioles 3–4 (10) Julio (2–0) Wohlers (0–1) — Oriole Park at Camden Yards 26,455 16–17 L1 34 May 8 @ Orioles 6–2 Báez (4–3) Erickson (3–3) — Oriole Park at Camden Yards 29,361 17–17 W1 35 May 9 @ Royals 3–5 Suppan (3–4) Rincón (0–1) Hernandez (2) Kauffman Stadium 12,555 17–18 L1 36 May 10 @ Royals 0–9 Reichert (1–3) Sabathia (3–4) — Kauffman Stadium 24,279 17–19 L2 – May 11 @ Royals Postponed (rain, makeup July 20) 37 May 12 @ Royals 1–4 Byrd (6–2) Finley (2–4) Hernandez (3) Kauffman Stadium 10,820 17–20 L3 38 May 14 Orioles 6–5 Shuey (2–0) Julio (2–2) — Jacobs Field 30,447 18–20 W1 39 May 15 Orioles 3–1 Colón (5–3) Bauer (1–1) Wickman (8) Jacobs Field 26,315 19–20 W2 – May 16 Orioles Postponed (rain, makeup June 13) 40 May 17 Royals 2–6 Byrd (7–2) Finley (2–5) — Jacobs Field 32,593 19–21 L1 41 May 18 (1) Royals 2–4 Reichert (2–4) Wickman (0–1) Hernandez (4) Jacobs Field 29,388 19–22 L2 42 May 18 (2) Royals 4–1 Drese (4–3) May (0–1) Wickman (9) Jacobs Field 32,110 20–22 W1 43 May 19 Royals 4–5 Grimsley (2–2) Wickman (0–2) Hernandez (5) Jacobs Field 31,105 20–23 L1 44 May 20 @ Tigers 3–4 Santana (3–0) Rincón (0–2) Walker (1) Comerica Park 12,851 20–24 L2 45 May 21 @ Tigers 1–5 Redman (1–5) Nagy (0–1) — Comerica Park 14,442 20–25 L3 46 May 22 @ Tigers 0–2 Weaver (4–5) Finley (2–6) — Comerica Park 14,396 20–26 L4 47 May 24 @ Blue Jays 5–2 Drese (5–3) Miller (3–2) Wickman (10) SkyDome 16,385 21–26 W1 48 May 25 @ Blue Jays 3–0 Sabathia (4–4) Loaiza (2–1) Wickman (11) SkyDome 21,589 22–26 W2 49 May 26 @ Blue Jays 3–1 Colón (6–3) Prokopec (2–7) — SkyDome 22,380 23–26 W3 50 May 27 Tigers 1–4 Redman (2–5) Báez (4–4) — Jacobs Field 40,652 23–27 L1 51 May 28 Tigers 4–2 Finley (3–6) Weaver (4–6) Wickman (12) Jacobs Field 25,028 24–27 W1 52 May 29 Tigers 5–9 Sparks (3–5) Riske (0–2) Acevedo (7) Jacobs Field 26,156 24–28 L1 53 May 30 Tigers 11–7 Riske (1–2) Lima (1–3) — Jacobs Field 25,689 25–28 W1 54 May 31 White Sox 7–0 Colón (7–3) Glover (1–1) — Jacobs Field 33,756 26–28 W2
June: 11–15 (Home: 6–6; Away: 5–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 55 June 1 White Sox 8–4 Báez (5–4) Ritchie (3–7) — Jacobs Field 37,707 27–28 W3 56 June 2 White Sox 4–3 Finley (4–6) Wright (5–6) Wickman (13) Jacobs Field 37,760 28–28 W4 57 June 4 @ Twins 2–23 Reed (6–2) Drese (5–4) — Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 14,029 28–29 L1 58 June 5 @ Twins 6–4 Sabathia (5–4) Milton (7–5) Riske (1) Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 15,617 29–29 W1 59 June 6 @ Twins 3–8 Lohse (6–3) Colón (7–4) — Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 15,553 29–30 L1 60 June 7 Mets 3–4 Leiter (6–5) Báez (5–5) Benitez (12) Jacobs Field 39,986 29–31 L2 61 June 8 Mets 6–8 Trachsel (4–6) Finley (4–7) Benitez (13) Jacobs Field 41,474 29–32 L3 62 June 9 Mets 8–3 Drese (6–4) Estes (2–5) — Jacobs Field 39,436 30–32 W1 63 June 10 Phillies 1–3 Adms (3–4) Sabathia (5–5) Mesa (18) Jacobs Field 28,440 30–33 L1 64 June 11 Phillies 5–1 Colón (8–4) Wolf (3–5) Wickman (14) Jacobs Field 30,238 31–33 W1 65 June 12 Phillies 3–7 Padilla (9–4) Paronto (0–1) — Jacobs Field 35,783 31–34 L1 66 June 13 Orioles 2–1 (10) Riggan (1–0) Roberts (3–2) — Jacobs Field 26,745 32–34 W1 67 June 14 @ Rockies 5–3 Drese (7–4) Thomson (6–6) Wickman (15) Coors Field 40,156 33–34 W2 68 June 15 @ Rockies 4–7 Jones (1–1) Paronto (0–2) Jimenez (18) Coors Field 41,870 33–35 L1 69 June 16 @ Rockies 5–4 Colón (9–4) Neagle (4–4) Wickman (16) Coors Field 40,792 34–35 W1 70 June 18 @ Marlins 0–4 Dempster (5–6) Finley (4–8) — Pro Player Stadium 9,724 34–36 L1 71 June 19 @ Marlins 1–2 Tavarez (5–3) Riggan (1–1) Nunez (16) Pro Player Stadium 9,428 34–37 L2 72 June 20 @ Marlins 0–3 (6) Burnett (8–5) Drese (7–5) — Pro Player Stadium 8,045 34–38 L3 73 June 21 @ Expos 1–3 Vazquez (5–3) Sabathia (5–6) Stewart (8) Olympic Stadium 7,494 34–39 L4 74 June 22 @ Expos 5–4 Colón (10–4) Day (2–1) Wickman (17) Olympic Stadium 10,180 35–39 W1 75 June 23 @ Expos 2–7 Armas (7–7) Finley (4–9) — Olympic Stadium 13,557 35–40 L1 76 June 25 @ Red Sox 4–2 Báez (6–5) Castillo (5–8) Wickman (18) Fenway Park 34,064 36–40 W1 77 June 26 @ Red Sox 4–7 Martinez (9–2) Drese (7–6) Urbina (21) Fenway Park 32,255 36–41 L1 – June 27 @ Red Sox Postponed (rain, makeup September 16) 78 June 28 Diamondbacks 8–2 Sabathia (6–6) Batista (4–5) — Jacobs Field 42,586 37–41 W1 79 June 29 Diamondbacks 2–4 Anderson (3–7) Finley (4–10) Kim (20) Jacobs Field 42,466 37–42 L1 80 June 30 Diamondbacks 2–5 Schilling (13–3) Báez (6–6) — Jacobs Field 42,221 37–43 L2
July: 10–16 (Home: 5–8; Away: 5–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 81 July 2 @ Yankees 5–10 Mendoza (6–2) Rincón (0–3) — Yankee Stadium 45,589 37–44 L3 82 July 3 @ Yankees 8–11 Wells (9–5) Sabathia (6–7) Rivera (20) Yankee Stadium 39,879 37–45 L4 83 July 4 @ Yankees 1–7 Mussina (12–3) Finley (4–11) — Yankee Stadium 42,909 37–46 L5 84 July 5 @ White Sox 4–2 Báez (7–6) Garland (7–6) Wickman (19) Comiskey Park 29,085 38–46 W1 85 July 6 @ White Sox 3–7 Buehrle (12–6) Phillips (0–1) Marte (1) Comiskey Park 25,016 38–47 L1 86 July 7 @ White Sox 9–3 Drese (8–6) Ritchie (5–11) — Comiskey Park 22,104 39–47 W1 – July 9 73nd All-Star Game American League vs. National League (Miller Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin) 87 July 11 Yankees 4–7 Pettitte (3–3) Sabathia (6–8) Rivera (22) Jacobs Field 41,192 39–48 L1 88 July 12 Yankees 2–1 (10) Wohlers (1–1) Karsay (3–4) — Jacobs Field 42,518 40–48 W1 89 July 13 Yankees 5–14 Wells (10–5) Drese (8–7) — Jacobs Field 42,631 40–49 L1 90 July 14 Yankees 10–7 Rincón (1–3) Rivera (1–4) — Jacobs Field 42,573 41–49 W1 91 July 15 White Sox 7–1 Phillips (1–1) Glover (3–5) — Jacobs Field 30,025 42–49 W2 92 July 16 White Sox 4–5 Osuna (5–1) Wickman (0–3) Marte (2) Jacobs Field 30,754 42–50 L1 93 July 17 Twins 5–8 Reed (7–5) Báez (7–7) Guerrero (30) Jacobs Field 33,324 42–51 L2 94 July 18 Twins 6–8 Fiore (8–2) Rincón (1–4) Guerrero (31) Jacobs Field 33,573 42–52 L3 95 July 19 @ Royals 5–8 Mullen (2–2) Murray (0–1) Ro. Hernandez (18) Kauffman Stadium 20,922 42–53 L4 96 July 20 (1) @ Royals 5–7 Ru. Hernandez (1–0) Wright (0–1) Ro. Hernandez (19) Kauffman Stadium N/A 42–54 L5 97 July 20 (2) @ Royals 5–3 (10) Shuey (3–0) Voyles (0–2) Wickman (20) Kauffman Stadium 36,277 43–54 W1 98 July 21 @ Royals 12–13 (10) Mullen (3–2) Murray (0–2) — Kauffman Stadium 15,637 43–55 L1 99 July 23 Yankees 9–3 Báez (8–7) Pettitte (4–4) — Jacobs Field 38,520 44–55 W1 100 July 24 Yankees 7–14 Wells (11–5) Drese (8–8) — Jacobs Field 38,081 44–56 L1 101 July 26 Tigers 5–8 Powell (1–0) Nagy (0–2) Henriquez (2) Jacobs Field 38,738 44–57 L2 102 July 27 Tigers 1–5 Sparks (5–10) Sabathia (6–9) — Jacobs Field 38,622 44–58 L3 103 July 28 Tigers 9–6 DePaula (1–0) Acevedo (1–5) — Jacobs Field 35,076 45–58 W1 104 July 29 @ Athletics 8–6 Mulholland (1–0) Magnante (0–2) Wohlers (1) Network Associates Coliseum 18,297 46–58 W2 105 July 30 @ Athletics 5–4 Drese (9–8) Lidle (3–9) Wohlers (2) Network Associates Coliseum 14,737 47–58 W3 106 July 31 @ Athletics 4–6 Mulder (12–6) Westbrook (0–1) Koch (26) Network Associates Coliseum 47,574 47–59 L1
August: 12–16 (Home: 8–10; Away: 4–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 107 August 1 @ Mariners 6–10 Nelson (2–2) DePaula (1–1) — Safeco Field 45,590 47–60 L2 108 August 2 @ Mariners 1–3 Moyer (11–4) Báez (8–8) Sasaki (29) Safeco Field 45,995 47–61 L3 109 August 3 @ Mariners 4–12 Garcia (12–7) Wright (0–2) — Safeco Field 46,219 47–62 L4 110 August 4 @ Mariners 10–8 Westbrook (1–1) Sasaki (2–5) Wohlers (3) Safeco Field 46,120 48–62 W1 111 August 6 Devil Rays 4–2 Nagy (1–2) Sosa (1–5) Wohlers (4) Jacobs Field 35,302 49–62 W2 112 August 7 Devil Rays 6–2 Sabathia (7–9) Sturtze (1–12) — Jacobs Field 37,888 50–62 W3 113 August 8 Devil Rays 2–4 Wilson (5–7) Báez (8–9) Yan (15) Jacobs Field 29,973 50–63 L1 114 August 9 Rangers 2–3 Rogers (12–6) Wohlers (1–2) Cordero (4) Jacobs Field 41,019 50–64 L2 115 August 10 Rangers 4–3 Wickman (1–3) Kolb (2–1) — Jacobs Field 37,753 51–64 W1 116 August 11 Rangers 5–11 Myette (1–4) Nagy (1–3) — Jacobs Field 36,789 51–65 L1 117 August 13 @ Devil Rays 9–5 Sabathia (8–9) Sturtze (1–13) Wohlers (5) Tropicana Field 11,779 52–65 W1 118 August 14 @ Devil Rays 6–4 Báez (9–9) Wilson (5–8) Wohlers (6) Tropicana Field 10,455 53–65 W2 119 August 15 @ Devil Rays 3–4 Harper (5–6) Wohlers (1–3) — Tropicana Field 10,778 53–66 L1 120 August 16 @ Angels 4–5 Lackey (5–2) Drese (9–9) Percival (29) Edison International Field of Anaheim 41,356 53–67 L2 121 August 17 @ Angels 9–4 Sadler (1–0) Washburn (15–4) — Edison International Field of Anaheim 39,866 54–67 W1 122 August 18 @ Angels 1–4 Appier (11–9) Sabathia (8–10) Percival (30) Edison International Field of Anaheim 41,059 54–68 L1 123 August 19 Athletics 1–8 Hudson (10–9) Báez (9–10) — Jacobs Field 27,696 54–69 L2 124 August 20 Athletics 3–6 Harang (5–3) Westbrook (1–2) Koch (32) Jacobs Field 27,527 54–70 L3 125 August 21 Athletics 0–6 Lidle (7–9) Rodríguez (0–1) — Jacobs Field 26,916 54–71 L4 126 August 22 Athletics 3–9 Mulder (15–7) Phillips (1–2) Bradford (2) Jacobs Field 27,759 54–72 L5 127 August 23 Mariners 4–2 Wohlers (2–3) Baldwin (7–10) — Jacobs Field 33,525 55–72 W1 128 August 24 Mariners 5–3 Mulholland (2–0) Creek (2–2) — Jacobs Field 38,086 56–72 W2 129 August 25 Mariners 4–12 Garcia (14–9) Westbrook (1–3) — Jacobs Field 36,402 56–73 L1 130 August 26 Tigers 8–2 Rodríguez (1–1) Sparks (8–13) — Jacobs Field 24,344 57–73 W1 131 August 27 Tigers 5–8 Redman (8–12) Phillips (1–3) Acevedo (27) Jacobs Field 24,375 57–74 L1 132 August 28 Tigers 2–1 Sabathia (9–10) Powell (1–4) Báez (1) Jacobs Field 25,158 58–74 W1 133 August 30 Red Sox 5–15 Lowe (18–6) Wright (0–3) — Jacobs Field 31,986 58–75 L1 134 August 31 Red Sox 8–7 Báez (10–10) Howry (3–4) — Jacobs Field 37,908 59–75 W1
September: 15–13 (Home: 5–6; Away: 10–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 135 September 1 Red Sox 1–7 Wakefield (8–5) Nagy (1–4) — Jacobs Field 34,799 59–76 L1 136 September 2 @ Tigers 11–1 Sabathia (10–10) Powell (1–5) — Comerica Park 18,722 60–76 W1 137 September 3 @ Tigers 0–4 Van Hekken (1–0) Mulholland (2–1) — Comerica Park 11,635 60–77 L1 138 September 4 @ Tigers 9–3 Wright (1–3) Maroth (5–7) — Comerica Park 12,715 61–77 W1 139 September 5 @ White Sox 11–6 Rodríguez (2–1) Glover (7–7) — Comiskey Park 12,667 62–77 W2 140 September 6 @ White Sox 9–7 Burba (5–5) Buehrle (17–10) Báez (2) Comiskey Park 17,131 63–77 W3 141 September 7 @ White Sox 4–2 Sabathia (11–10) Garland (10–11) Wohlers (7) Comiskey Park 16,622 64–77 W4 142 September 8 @ White Sox 6–7 Osuna (8–2) Báez (10–11) — Comiskey Park 15,067 64–78 L1 143 September 9 Blue Jays 9–11 Bowles (1–1) Sadler (1–1) Escobar (30) Jacobs Field 28,567 64–79 L2 144 September 10 Blue Jays 4–5 Bowles (2–1) Wohlers (2–4) Escobar (31) Jacobs Field 24,312 64–80 L3 145 September 11 Blue Jays 5–6 (11) Cassidy (1–4) Elder (0–1) Kershner (1) Jacobs Field 26,609 64–81 L4 146 September 12 Twins 5–4 Riggan (2–1) Mays (3–7) Báez (3) Jacobs Field 28,649 65–81 W1 147 September 13 Twins 12–5 Mulholland (3–1) Milton (13–9) — Jacobs Field 30,421 66–81 W2 148 September 14 Twins 2–3 Reed (15–7) Sadler (1–2) Guerrero (41) Jacobs Field 32,330 66–82 L1 149 September 15 Twins 0–5 Lohse (13–8) Lee (0–1) — Jacobs Field 28,061 66–83 L2 150 September 16 (1) @ Red Sox 1–6 Martinez (19–4) Rodríguez (2–2) — Fenway Park 30,023 66–84 L3 151 September 16 (2) @ Red Sox 7–1 Tallet (1–0) Castillo (5–15) — Fenway Park 31,203 67–84 W1 152 September 17 @ Red Sox 2–4 Wakefield (11–5) Sabathia (11–11) Urbina (36) Fenway Park 31,760 67–85 L1 153 September 18 @ Red Sox 6–4 Riske (2–2) Embree (3–6) Báez (4) Fenway Park 31,829 68–85 W1 154 September 20 @ Royals 6–2 Davis (1–0) Obermueller (0–1) Báez (5) Kauffman Stadium 13,271 69–85 W2 155 September 21 @ Royals 2–3 Grimsley (4–6) Mulholland (3–2) — Kauffman Stadium 15,446 69–86 L1 156 September 22 @ Royals 6–5 Sabathia (12–11) Grimsley (4–7) Báez (6) Kauffman Stadium 11,177 70–86 W1 157 September 24 @ Twins 3–4 Hawkins (5–0) Elder (0–2) — Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 21,634 70–87 L1 158 September 25 @ Twins 5–7 (12) Romero (9–2) Maurer (0–1) — Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 15,314 70–88 L2 159 September 26 @ Twins 8–4 Drese (10–9) Jackson (2–3) — Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 17,772 71–88 W1 160 September 27 Royals 4–3 Sabathia (13–11) Obermueller (0–2) — Jacobs Field 27,706 72–88 W2 161 September 28 Royals 6–5 (10) Wohlers (3–4) MacDougal (0–1) — Jacobs Field 31,428 73–88 W3 162 September 29 Royals 7–3 Wright (2–3) Mullen (4–5) — Jacobs Field 32,018 74–88 W4
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Indians team member

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
C	Einar Díaz	102	320	34	66	19	0	2	16	.206	0
1B	Jim Thome	147	480	101	146	19	2	52	118	.304	1
2B	Ricky Gutiérrez	94	353	38	97	13	0	4	38	.275	0
3B	Travis Fryman	118	397	42	86	14	3	11	55	.217	0
SS	Omar Vizquel	151	582	85	160	31	5	14	72	.275	18
LF	Russell Branyan	50	161	16	33	4	0	8	17	.205	1
CF	Milton Bradley	98	325	48	81	18	3	9	38	.249	6
RF	Matt Lawton	114	416	71	98	19	2	15	57	.236	8
DH	Ellis Burks	138	518	92	156	28	0	32	91	.301	2

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

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
Chad Allen	5	10	0	1	1	0	0	0	.100	0
Brady Anderson	34	80	4	13	4	0	1	5	.163	4
Bruce Aven	7	17	1	2	0	0	0	0	.118	1
Josh Bard	24	90	9	20	5	0	3	12	.222	0
Ben Broussard	39	112	10	27	4	0	4	9	.241	0
Jolbert Cabrera	38	72	5	8	1	0	0	7	.111	1
Wil Cordero	6	18	1	4	0	0	0	1	.222	0
Coco Crisp	32	127	16	33	9	2	1	9	.260	4
Todd Dunwoody	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Karim García	51	197	29	59	8	0	16	52	.299	0
Greg LaRocca	21	52	12	14	3	1	0	4	.269	1
Chris Magruder	87	258	34	56	15	1	6	29	.217	2
Víctor Martínez	12	32	2	9	1	0	1	5	.281	0
John McDonald	93	264	35	66	11	3	1	12	.250	3
Eddie Pérez	42	117	6	25	9	0	0	4	.214	0
Brandon Phillips	11	31	5	8	3	1	0	4	.258	0
Bill Selby	65	159	15	34	7	2	6	21	.214	0
Earl Snyder	18	55	5	11	2	0	1	4	.200	0
Lee Stevens	53	153	22	34	7	1	5	26	.222	0

Note: Pitchers' hitting stats 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; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
CC Sabathia	13	11	4.37	33	33	210.0	198	109	102	88	149
Ryan Drese	10	9	6.55	26	26	137.1	176	104	100	62	102
Bartolo Colón	10	4	2.55	16	16	116.1	104	37	33	31	75
Chuck Finley	4	11	4.44	18	18	105.1	114	56	52	48	91
Jason Phillips	1	3	4.97	8	6	41.2	41	24	23	20	23
Ricardo Rodríguez	2	2	5.66	7	7	41.1	40	27	26	18	24
Jaret Wright	2	3	15.71	8	6	18.1	40	34	32	19	12
Brian Tallet	1	0	1.50	2	2	12.0	9	3	2	4	5
Cliff Lee	0	1	1.74	2	2	10.1	6	2	2	8	6

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; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Danys Báez	10	11	4.41	39	26	6	165.1	160	84	81	82	130
Charles Nagy	1	4	8.88	19	7	0	48.2	76	51	48	13	22
Terry Mulholland	3	2	4.60	16	3	0	47.0	56	27	24	14	21
Jake Westbrook	1	3	5.83	11	4	0	41.2	50	30	27	12	20
Dave Burba	1	0	4.50	12	3	0	34.0	30	20	17	17	25
Jason Davis	1	0	1.84	3	2	0	14.2	12	3	3	4	11
Roy Smith	0	0	3.00	4	1	0	6.0	9	4	2	5	2

Relief pitchers

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

Player	W	L	ERA	G	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Bob Wickman	1	3	4.46	36	20	34.1	42	22	17	10	36
Mark Wohlers	3	4	4.79	64	7	71.1	71	41	38	26	46
David Riske	2	2	5.26	51	1	51.1	49	32	30	35	65
Ricardo Rincón	1	4	4.79	46	0	35.2	36	21	19	8	30
Paul Shuey	3	0	2.41	39	0	37.1	31	11	10	10	39
Chad Paronto	0	2	4.04	29	0	35.2	34	19	16	11	23
Jerrod Riggan	2	1	7.64	29	0	33.0	53	28	28	18	22
Dave Elder	0	2	3.13	15	0	23.0	18	10	8	14	23
Carl Sadler	1	2	4.43	24	0	20.1	15	10	10	11	23
Heath Murray	0	2	7.50	9	0	12.0	12	10	10	7	11
Jason Beverlin	0	0	7.36	4	0	7.1	9	7	6	4	9
Sean DePaula	1	1	12.79	5	0	6.1	11	9	9	3	8
Alex Herrera	0	0	0.00	5	0	5.1	3	0	0	1	5
Dave Maurer	0	1	13.50	2	0	1.1	3	2	2	0	0
Nerio Rodríguez	0	0	0.00	1	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0

Awards and honors

• Jim Thome, Roberto Clemente Award

All-Star Game

Minor league affiliates

Classification level	Team	League
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