2003 Cleveland Indians season

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 behind the Minnesota Twins, Chicago White Sox and Kansas City Royals

2003 Cleveland Indians
League	American League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Jacobs Field
City	Cleveland, Ohio
Record	68–94 (.420)
Divisional place	4th
Owners	Larry Dolan
General managers	Mark Shapiro
Managers	Eric Wedge
Television	FSN Ohio John Sanders, Mike Hegan, Rick Manning
Radio	WTAM Tom Hamilton, Matt Underwood, Mike Hegan
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Offseason

• December 6, 2002: Travis Hafner was traded by the Texas Rangers with Aaron Myette to the Cleveland Indians for Einar Díaz and Ryan Drese.^[1]
• December 19, 2002: Jason Bere was signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Indians.^[2]
• December 23, 2002: AJ Hinch was signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Indians.^[3]
• January 14, 2003: Shane Spencer signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Indians.^[4]
• March 29, 2003: AJ Hinch was purchased by the Detroit Tigers from the Cleveland Indians.^[3]

Regular season

Season standings

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AL Central

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Minnesota Twins	90	72	.556	—	48‍–‍33	42‍–‍39
Chicago White Sox	86	76	.531	4	51‍–‍30	35‍–‍46
Kansas City Royals	83	79	.512	7	40‍–‍40	43‍–‍39
Cleveland Indians	68	94	.420	22	38‍–‍43	30‍–‍51
Detroit Tigers	43	119	.265	47	23‍–‍58	20‍–‍61

Record vs. opponents

2003 American League record Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2003 v t e
Team	ANA	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Anaheim	—	1–8	3–6	3–4	6–3	6–1	6–3	5–4	3–6	8–12	8–11	6–3	9–10	2–7	11–7
Baltimore	8–1	—	9–10	2–4	3–3	3–3	3–4	3–4	6–13–1	2–7	4–5	8–11	7–2	8–11	5–13
Boston	6–3	10–9	—	5–4	4–2	8–1	5–1	2–4	9–10	3–4	5–2	12–7	5–4	10–9	11–7
Chicago	4–3	4–2	4–5	—	11–8	11–8	11–8	9–10	4–2	4–5	2–7	3–3	3–4	6–3	10–8
Cleveland	3–6	3–3	2–4	8–11	—	12–7	6–13	9–10	2–5	3–6	3–6	5–2	4–5	2–4	6–12
Detroit	1–6	3–3	1–8	8–11	7–12	—	5–14	4–15	1–5	3–6	1–8	2–4	1–6	2–7	4–14
Kansas City	3–6	4–3	1–5	8–11	13–6	14–5	—	11–8	2–4	2–7	4–5	4–3	7–2	1–5	9–9
Minnesota	4–5	4–3	4–2	10–9	10–9	15–4	8–11	—	0–7	8–1	3–6	6–0	5–4	3–3	10–8
New York	6–3	13–6–1	10–9	2–4	5–2	5–1	4–2	7–0	—	3–6	5–4	14–5	4–5	10–9	13–5
Oakland	12–8	7–2	4–3	5–4	6–3	6–3	7–2	1–8	6–3	—	7–12	6–3	15–4	5–2	9–9
Seattle	11–8	5–4	2–5	7–2	6–3	8–1	5–4	6–3	4–5	12–7	—	4–5	10–10	3–4	10–8
Tampa Bay	3–6	11–8	7–12	3–3	2–5	4–2	3–4	0–6	5–14	3–6	5–4	—	3–6	11–8	3–15
Texas	10–9	2–7	4–5	4–3	5–4	6–1	2–7	4–5	5–4	4–15	10–10	6–3	—	5–4	4–14
Toronto	7–2	11–8	9–10	3–6	4–2	7–2	5–1	3–3	9–10	2–5	4–3	8–11	4–5	—	10–8

Notable transactions

• June 3, 2003: Kevin Kouzmanoff was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 6th round of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed June 3, 2003.
• July 18, 2003: Shane Spencer was traded by the Cleveland Indians with Ricardo Rodríguez to the Texas Rangers for Ryan Ludwick.^[4]

Roster

2003 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers 31 Brian Anderson 55 Danys Báez 46 Jason Bere 63 Rafael Betancourt 36 Nick Bierbrodt 57 Jason Boyd 47 David Cortés 27 Jack Cressend 50 Jason Davis 49 Chad Durbin 49 Dave Elder 59 Alex Herrera 34 Cliff Lee 47 David Lee 34 Dan Miceli 45 Terry Mulholland 38 Aaron Myette 16 Chad Paronto 59 Jason Phillips 51 Jerrod Riggan 54 David Riske 56 Ricardo Rodríguez 52 CC Sabathia 53 Carl Sadler 48 José Santiago 61 Jason Stanford 30 Brian Tallet 40 Billy Traber 37 Jake Westbrook		Catchers 44 Josh Bard 15 Tim Laker 20 Víctor Martínez Infielders  1 Casey Blake 28 Ben Broussard 12 Ricky Gutiérrez 32 Travis Hafner 62 Greg LaRocca  8 John McDonald 60 Jhonny Peralta  7 Brandon Phillips 56 Ángel Santos 36 Bill Selby  2 Zach Sorensen 13 Omar Vizquel		Outfielders 24 Milton Bradley 23 Ellis Burks 10 Coco Crisp  6 Alex Escobar 20 Karim García  9 Jody Gerut 11 Matt Lawton 38 Ryan Ludwick 30 Chris Magruder 47 Shane Spencer		Manager 22 Eric Wedge Coaches 25 Buddy Bell (bench) 57 Carl Willis (pitching) 29 Jeff Datz (first base)  4 Luis Isaac (bullpen) 33 Eddie Murray (hitting) 35 Joel Skinner (third base)

Game log

2003 Game Log: 68–94 (Home: 38–43; Away: 30–51)
March: 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–1) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 1 March 31 @ Orioles 5–6 (13) Ryan (1–0) Westbrook (0–1) — Oriole Park at Camden Yards 46,257 0–1 L1
April: 7–19 (Home: 3–9; Away: 4–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 2 April 2 @ Orioles 4–2 Rodríguez (1–0) Daal (0–1) Báez (1) Oriole Park at Camden Yards 27,658 1–1 W1 3 April 3 @ Orioles 3–0 Anderson (1–0) Helling (0–1) Báez (2) Oriole Park at Camden Yards 18,470 2–1 W2 4 April 4 @ Royals 1–5 George (1–0) Davis (0–1) — Kauffman Stadium 15,241 2–2 L1 5 April 5 @ Royals 1–3 Hernandez (2–0) Sabathia (0–1) MacDougal (3) Kauffman Stadium 19,912 2–3 L2 – April 6 @ Royals Postponed (rain, makeup June 30) – April 7 White Sox Postponed (snow, makeup April 8) 6 April 8 White Sox 3–5 (10) Koch (1–0) Paronto (0–1) — Jacobs Field 42,301 2–4 L3 7 April 9 White Sox 5–2 Anderson (2–0) Garland (0–1) Báez (3) Jacobs Field 14,841 3–4 W1 8 April 10 White Sox 2–7 Buehrle (2–1) Davis (0–2) — Jacobs Field 15,916 3–5 L1 9 April 11 Royals 0–1 Hernandez (3–0) Westbrook (0–2) MacDougal (6) Jacobs Field 17,931 3–6 L2 10 April 12 Royals 2–5 George (2–0) Sabathia (0–2) Carrasco (1) Jacobs Field 18,168 3–7 L3 11 April 13 Royals 6–1 Rodríguez (2–0) May (0–1) — Jacobs Field 19,335 4–7 W1 12 April 14 Royals 4–12 Affeldt (2–0) Anderson (2–1) — Jacobs Field 15,875 4–8 L1 13 April 15 Orioles 8–3 Davis (1–2) Daal (0–2) — Jacobs Field 17,015 5–8 W1 14 April 16 Orioles 3–4 Groom (1–0) Báez (0–1) Julio (2) Jacobs Field 15,674 5–9 L1 15 April 17 Orioles 4–6 (12) Roberts (1–1) Paronto (0–2) Julio (3) Jacobs Field 17,368 5–10 L2 16 April 18 @ White Sox 3–5 Colon (2–0) Traber (0–1) — U.S. Cellular Field 13,015 5–11 L3 17 April 19 @ White Sox 3–12 Stewart (1–1) Anderson (2–2) — U.S. Cellular Field 18,907 5–12 L4 18 April 20 @ White Sox 7–4 Davis (2–2) Buehrle (2–2) — U.S. Cellular Field 14,975 6–12 W1 19 April 21 @ White Sox 9–2 Westbrook (1–2) Garland (0–2) — U.S. Cellular Field 15,424 7–12 W2 20 April 22 @ Mariners 5–8 Carrara (1–0) Báez (0–2) — Safeco Field 25,231 7–13 L1 21 April 23 @ Mariners 0–4 Meche (2–1) Rodríguez (2–1) — Safeco Field 26,036 7–14 L2 22 April 24 @ Mariners 2–4 Moyer (3–1) Traber (0–2) Nelson (1) Safeco Field 26,263 7–15 L3 23 April 25 @ Athletics 2–5 Lilly (2–0) Davis (2–3) Foulke (5) Network Associates Coliseum 11,178 7–16 L4 24 April 26 @ Athletics 3–6 Bradford (2–2) Mulholland (0–1) Foulke (6) Network Associates Coliseum 36,346 7–17 L5 25 April 27 @ Athletics 3–4 Rincon (2–1) Báez (0–3) — Network Associates Coliseum 26,414 7–16 L6 26 April 29 Angels 1–10 Ortiz (4–2) Rodríguez (2–2) — Jacobs Field 16,667 7–19 L7 27 April 30 Angels 2–6 Washburn (2–3) Anderson (2–3) — Jacobs Field 15,761 7–20 L8
May: 14–12 (Home: 9–5; Away: 5–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak – May 1 Angels Postponed (rain, makeup August 9) 28 May 2 Rangers 6–5 Elder (1–0) Cordero (1–3) Báez (4) Jacobs Field 19,823 8–20 W1 29 May 3 Rangers 5–6 Powell (1–0) Santiago (0–1) Urbina (9) Jacobs Field 23,030 8–21 L1 30 May 4 Rangers 3–1 Sabathia (1–2) Thomson (2–3) Báez (5) Jacobs Field 20,866 9–21 W1 31 May 6 @ Angels 1–6 Washburn (3–3) Rodríguez (2–3) — Edison International Field of Anaheim 25,043 9–22 L1 32 May 7 @ Angels 5–6 Shields (2–1) Elder (1–1) Percival (4) Edison International Field of Anaheim 24,063 9–23 L2 33 May 8 @ Angels 1–7 Appier (2–2) Davis (2–4) — Edison International Field of Anaheim 27,957 9–24 L3 34 May 9 @ Rangers 9–5 Westbrook (2–2) Thomson (2–4) — The Ballpark in Arlington 25,106 10–24 W1 35 May 10 @ Rangers 6–4 Sabathia (2–2) Benes (0–1) Báez (6) The Ballpark in Arlington 43,484 11–24 W2 36 May 11 @ Rangers 10–17 Benoit (1–0) Rodríguez (2–4) — The Ballpark in Arlington 23,407 11–25 L1 37 May 13 Mariners 3–8 Pineiro (3–3) Anderson (2–4) — Jacobs Field 16,721 11–26 L2 38 May 14 Mariners 7–2 Davis (3–4) Garcia (3–5) — Jacobs Field 17,324 12–26 W1 39 May 15 Mariners 1–9 Carrara (2–0) Westbrook (2–3) — Jacobs Field 17,889 12–27 L1 40 May 16 Athletics 3–2 Traber (1–2) Mulder (6–2) Báez (7) Jacobs Field 22,357 13–27 W1 41 May 17 Athletics 4–2 Mulholland (1–1) Rincon (2–3) Báez (8) Jacobs Field 23,958 14–27 W2 42 May 18 Athletics 5–8 Foulke (2–0) Báez (0–4) — Jacobs Field 25,421 14–28 L1 43 May 19 Tigers 10–9 Traber (2–2) Walker (1–1) Riske (1) Jacobs Field 16,492 15–28 W1 44 May 20 Tigers 6–4 Riske (1–0) Roney (0–1) — Jacobs Field 15,499 16–28 W2 45 May 21 Tigers 4–0 Sabathia (3–2) Bonderman (2–7) — Jacobs Field 16,534 17–28 W3 46 May 22 Tigers 2–3 (11) German (2–2) Phillips (0–1) Sparks (2) Jacobs Field 18,347 17–29 L1 47 May 23 @ Red Sox 2–9 Lowe (4–3) Rodríguez (2–5) — Fenway Park 32,673 17–30 L2 48 May 24 @ Red Sox 3–12 Burkett (3–2) Anderson (2–5) — Fenway Park 32,643 17–31 L3 49 May 25 @ Red Sox 6–4 Davis (4–4) Fossum (4–3) Báez (9) Fenway Park 34,318 18–31 W1 50 May 26 @ Tigers 5–6 Avery (2–0) Boyd (0–1) German (2) Comerica Park 17,619 18–32 L1 51 May 27 @ Tigers 5–2 Miceli (1–2) Walker (1–2) Báez (10) Comerica Park 10,844 19–32 W1 52 May 28 @ Tigers 8–2 Rodríguez (3–5) Maroth (1–10) — Comerica Park 17,388 20–32 W2 53 May 30 White Sox 7–3 Sabathia (4–2) Wright (0–3) — Jacobs Field 24,666 21–32 W3 – May 31 White Sox Postponed (rain, makeup July 12)
June: 13–15 (Home: 6–8; Away: 7–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 54 June 1 White Sox 5–4 (10) Boyd (1–1) Koch (1–2) — Jacobs Field 22,681 22–32 W4 55 June 2 White Sox 5–2 Anderson (3–5) Colon (5–5) Báez (11) Jacobs Field 20,892 23–32 W5 56 June 3 @ Rockies 3–7 Elarton (2–1) Rodríguez (3–6) — Coors Field 22,326 23–33 L1 56 June 4 @ Rockies 1–2 Oliver (3–4) Traber (2–3) Jimenez (13) Coors Field 22,222 23–34 L2 56 June 5 @ Rockies 4–7 Jennings (4–5) Sabathia (4–3) Jimenez (14) Coors Field 25,221 23–35 L3 59 June 6 @ Diamondbacks 6–3 Davis (5–4) González (1–1) Báez (12) Bank One Ballpark 32,430 24–35 W1 60 June 7 @ Diamondbacks 3–5 Randolph (1–0) Anderson (3–6) Valverde (2) Bank One Ballpark 36,619 24–36 L1 61 June 8 @ Diamondbacks 3–13 Webb (3–1) Rodríguez (3–7) — Bank One Ballpark 42,956 24–37 L2 62 June 10 Padres 8–5 Westbrook (3–3) Tollberg (0–2) Báez (13) Jacobs Field 19,949 25–37 W1 63 June 11 Padres 3–2 Sabathia (5–3) Eaton (2–5) Báez (14) Jacobs Field 17,427 26–37 W2 64 June 12 Padres 4–9 Peavy (5–5) Davis (5–5) — Jacobs Field 17,983 26–38 L1 65 June 13 Dodgers 3–4 (10) Quantrill (1–2) Westbrook (3–4) Gagne (25) Jacobs Field 23,401 26–39 L2 66 June 14 Dodgers 2–5 Ashby (1–4) Tallet (0–1) Alvarez (1) Jacobs Field 25,426 26–40 L3 67 June 15 Dodgers 3–4 Nomo (7–6) Traber (2–4) Gagne (26) Jacobs Field 26,786 26–41 L4 68 June 17 @ Tigers 7–4 Sabathia (6–3) Bernero (1–9) Báez (15) Comerica Park 13,908 27–41 W1 69 June 18 @ Tigers 4–1 Davis (6–5) Bonderman (2–10) — Comerica Park 16,278 28–41 W2 70 June 19 @ Tigers 10–3 Anderson (4–6) Cornejo (3–5) — Comerica Park 19,098 29–41 W3 71 June 20 @ Pirates 4–5 (15) Torres (5–2) Báez (0–5) — PNC Park 26,305 29–42 L1 72 June 21 @ Pirates 6–7 (15) Sauerbeck (2–4) Miceli (1–3) — PNC Park 36,856 29–43 L2 73 June 22 @ Pirates 8–5 Sabathia (7–3) Vogelsong (0–1) Báez (16) PNC Park 37,803 30–43 W1 74 June 24 Royals 1–3 George (9–4) Davis (6–6) MacDougal (17) Jacobs Field 19,638 30–44 L1 75 June 25 Royals 1–3 (10) Gilfillan (2–0) Riske (1–1) MacDougal (18) Jacobs Field 18,527 30–45 L2 76 June 26 Royals 1–4 Lima (2–0) Rodríguez (3–8) MacDougal (19) Jacobs Field 17,494 30–46 L3 77 June 27 Reds 3–0 Traber (3–4) Graves (3–7) Báez (17) Jacobs Field 29,233 31–46 W1 78 June 28 Reds 4–5 Reitsma (7–2) Báez (0–6) Williamson (18) Jacobs Field 31,924 31–47 L1 79 June 29 Reds 3–1 Davis (7–6) Haynes (1–7) Báez (18) Jacobs Field 28,433 32–47 W1 80 June 30 (1) @ Royals 10–5 Lee (1–0) Voyles (0–1) — Kauffman Stadium N/A 33–47 W2 81 June 30 (2) @ Royals 8–5 Anderson (5–6) Walrond (0–2) Báez (19) Kauffman Stadium 14,645 34–47 W3
July: 11–16 (Home: 7–5; Away: 4–11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 82 July 1 @ Royals 3–6 Lima (3–0) Rodríguez (3–9) MacDougal (21) Kauffman Stadium 12,831 34–48 L1 83 July 2 @ Royals 2–8 May (2–4) Traber (3–5) — Kauffman Stadium 12,918 34–49 L2 84 July 3 @ Twins 4–1 Sabathia (8–3) Rogers (7–4) — Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 15,064 35–49 W1 85 July 4 @ Twins 2–9 Reed (4–8) Davis (7–7) — Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 21,328 35–50 L1 86 July 5 @ Twins 13–2 Anderson (6–6) Mays (8–6) — Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 20,273 36–50 W1 87 July 6 @ Twins 5–3 (10) Riske (2–1) Guardado (1–4) Báez (20) Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 20,549 37–50 W2 88 July 8 Yankees 4–0 Traber (4–5) Weaver (4–7) — Jacobs Field 26,540 38–50 W3 89 July 9 Yankees 2–6 Wells (11–3) Sabathia (8–4) — Jacobs Field 25,058 38–51 L1 90 July 10 Yankees 3–2 (10) Boyd (2–1) Hitchcock (0–2) — Jacobs Field 30,167 39–51 W1 91 July 11 White Sox 12–5 Anderson (7–6) Wright (0–4) — Jacobs Field 27,712 40–51 W2 92 July 12 (1) White Sox 4–7 (10) Marte (3–1) Mulholland (1–2) Gordon (2) Jacobs Field 24,163 40–52 L1 93 July 12 (2) White Sox 4–2 Westbrook (4–4) Porzio (0–1) Báez (21) Jacobs Field 27,165 41–52 W1 94 July 13 White Sox 4–7 Marte (4–1) Betancourt (0–1) Gordon (3) Jacobs Field 26,467 41–53 L1 – July 15 74nd All-Star Game National League vs. American League (U.S. Cellular Field, Chicago, Illinois) 95 July 17 @ Yankees 4–5 Rivera (4–0) Riske (2–2) — Yankee Stadium 46,401 41–54 L2 96 July 18 @ Yankees 4–10 Clemens (9–6) Anderson (7–7) — Yankee Stadium 47,341 41–55 L3 97 July 19 @ Yankees 4–7 Wells (12–3) Sabathia (8–5) Rivera (17) Yankee Stadium 54,981 41–56 L4 98 July 20 @ Yankees 4–7 Mussina (11–6) Westbrook (4–5) Rivera (18) Yankee Stadium 51,891 41–57 L5 99 July 21 @ White Sox 3–4 Porzio (1–1) Tallet (0–2) Gordon (5) U.S. Cellular Field 31,776 41–58 L6 100 July 22 @ White Sox 2–5 Colon (7–9) Davis (7–8) Marte (6) U.S. Cellular Field 20,667 41–59 L7 101 July 23 Tigers 4–1 Anderson (8–7) Roney (1–5) Báez (22) Jacobs Field 21,202 42–59 W1 102 July 24 Tigers 4–7 Cornejo (5–8) Sabathia (8–6) Mears (5) Jacobs Field 20,857 42–60 L1 103 July 25 Twins 5–6 Hawkins (8–2) Báez (0–7) Guardado (24) Jacobs Field 23,444 42–61 L2 104 July 26 Twins 9–2 Traber (5–5) Lohse (6–9) — Jacobs Field 25,077 43–61 W1 105 July 27 Twins 3–2 (14) Betancourt (1–1) Rincon (2–4) — Jacobs Field 24,318 44–61 W2 106 July 29 @ Athletics 2–6 Mulder (14–7) Anderson (8–8) Foulke (27) Network Associates Coliseum 19,260 44–62 L1 107 July 30 @ Athletics 4–2 Sabathia (9–6) Lilly (6–9) Báez (23) Network Associates Coliseum 29,792 45–62 W1 108 July 31 @ Athletics 1–3 Harden (2–0) Westbrook (4–6) Foulke (28) Network Associates Coliseum 25,011 45–63 L1
August: 16–13 (Home: 10–9; Away: 6–4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 109 August 1 @ Rangers 3–10 Thomson (9–10) Traber (5–6) — The Ballpark in Arlington 24,143 45–64 L2 110 August 2 @ Rangers 7–9 Ramirez (3–0) Stanford (0–1) Cordero (4) The Ballpark in Arlington 49,290 45–65 L3 111 August 3 @ Rangers 5–8 Dickey (5–5) Anderson (8–9) Cordero (5) The Ballpark in Arlington 19,133 45–66 L4 112 August 5 Mariners 1–2 Moyer (15–5) Sabathia (9–7) Hasegawa (8) Jacobs Field 22,300 45–67 L5 113 August 6 Mariners 10–6 Westbrook (5–6) Pineiro (13–6) — Jacobs Field 23,282 46–67 W1 114 August 7 Mariners 3–0 Traber (6–6) Garcia (9–12) Báez (24) Jacobs Field 21,141 47–67 W2 115 August 8 Angels 2–5 Washburn (9–11) Davis (7–9) — Jacobs Field 26,175 47–68 L1 116 August 9 (1) Angels 3–2 (13) Cressend (1–0) Weber (2–1) — Jacobs Field 26,391 48–68 W1 117 August 9 (2) Angels 3–2 Boyd (3–1) Shields (2–3) Báez (25) Jacobs Field 20,116 49–68 W2 118 August 10 Angels 3–1 Sabathia (10–7) Lackey (7–11) Betancourt (1) Jacobs Field 23,576 50–68 W3 119 August 11 @ Twins 3–5 Lohse (9–9) Westbrook (5–7) Hawkins (1) Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 23,291 50–69 L1 120 August 12 @ Twins 9–6 Betancourt (2–1) Baldwin (0–1) — Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 25,834 51–69 W1 121 August 13 @ Twins 5–0 (14) Mulholland (2–2) Rincon (3–5) — Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 30,082 52–69 W2 122 August 14 @ Twins 8–3 Anderson (9–9) Radke (8–10) — Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 24,273 53–69 W3 123 August 15 Devil Rays 1–0 Sabathia (11–7) Harper (2–7) — Jacobs Field 19,679 54–69 W4 124 August 16 Devil Rays 3–5 Malaska (2–1) Lee (1–1) Carter (21) Jacobs Field 23,397 54–70 L1 125 August 17 Devil Rays 5–4 (12) Mulholland (3–2) Colome (3–6) — Jacobs Field 21,097 55–70 W1 126 August 18 Devil Rays 4–7 (13) Carter (7–3) Mulholland (3–3) — Jacobs Field 18,685 55–71 L1 127 August 19 Twins 2–8 Santana (7–3) Davis (7–10) — Jacobs Field 21,239 55–72 L2 128 August 20 Twins 3–4 Radke (9–10) Anderson (9–10) Guardado (28) Jacobs Field 20,197 55–73 L3 129 August 22 @ Devil Rays 8–3 Lee (2–1) Kennedy (3–10) — Tropicana Field 11,979 56–73 W1 130 August 23 @ Devil Rays 7–5 Sabathia (12–7) Backe (1–1) Riske (2) Tropicana Field 18,805 57–73 W2 131 August 24 @ Devil Rays 7–5 Westbrook (6–7) Gonzalez (6–6) Riske (3) Tropicana Field 14,507 58–73 W3 132 August 26 Tigers 4–5 Cornejo (6–13) Traber (6–7) Walker (3) Jacobs Field 16,972 58–74 L1 133 August 27 Tigers 9–7 Cressend (2–0) Spurling (1–3) Riske (4) Jacobs Field 16,457 59–74 W1 134 August 28 Tigers 8–3 Lee (3–1) Bonderman (6–18) — Jacobs Field 16,282 60–74 W2 135 August 29 Blue Jays 3–7 Escobar (10–8) Sabathia (12–8) — Jacobs Field 21,008 60–75 L1 136 August 30 Blue Jays 3–9 Lidle (12–11) Westbrook (6–8) Towers (1) Jacobs Field 21,806 60–76 L2 137 August 31 Blue Jays 5–4 Báez (1–7) Kershner (0–3) — Jacobs Field 20,866 61–76 W1
September: 7–18 (Home: 3–7; Away: 4–11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 138 September 1 @ Tigers 7–4 Santiago (1–1) Walker (3–3) Riske (5) Comerica Park 10,986 62–76 W2 139 September 2 @ Tigers 6–8 Schmack (1–0) Durbin (0–1) Rodney (1) Comerica Park 9,318 62–77 L1 140 September 3 @ Tigers 5–6 (11) Walker (4–3) Santiago (1–2) — Comerica Park 10,234 62–78 L2 141 September 4 @ Tigers 1–2 Knotts (3–5) Westbrook (6–9) Patterson (3) Comerica Park 11,371 62–79 L3 142 September 5 @ White Sox 3–5 Garland (11–10) Traber (6–8) Gordon (9) U.S. Cellular Field 27,196 62–80 L4 143 September 6 @ White Sox 5–8 Loaiza (19–6) Cressend (2–1) Gordon (10) U.S. Cellular Field 24,796 62–81 L5 144 September 7 @ White Sox 3–7 Schoeneweis (3–2) Báez (1–8) — U.S. Cellular Field 19,999 62–82 L6 145 September 9 @ Royals 7–1 Davis (8–10) Gobble (3–4) — Kauffman Stadium 12,389 63–82 W1 146 September 10 @ Royals 7–9 Wilson (6–3) Santiago (1–3) Affeldt (4) Kauffman Stadium 21,581 63–83 L1 147 September 11 @ Royals 6–5 Báez (2–8) Grimsley (2–6) Riske (6) Kauffman Stadium 13,188 64–83 W1 148 September 12 Twins 4–3 Sabathia (13–8) Rogers (11–8) Riske (7) Jacobs Field 20,679 65–83 W2 149 September 13 Twins 0–2 Lohse (13–11) Stanford (0–2) Guardado (35) Jacobs Field 20,440 65–84 L1 150 September 14 Twins 3–5 Rincon (5–6) Báez (2–9) Guardado (36) Jacobs Field 19,452 65–85 L2 151 September 15 Twins 6–13 Santana (11–3) Davis (8–11) — Jacobs Field 16,967 65–86 L3 152 September 16 Royals 8–12 May (9–7) Traber (6–9) — Jacobs Field 16,145 65–87 L4 153 September 17 Royals 9–1 Westbrook (7–9) Abbott (1–2) — Jacobs Field 16,363 66–87 W1 154 September 18 Royals 2–3 Lima (8–1) Sabathia (13–9) Leskanic (2) Jacobs Field 17,275 66–88 L1 155 September 19 Red Sox 0–2 Burkett (11–8) Stanford (0–3) Embree (1) Jacobs Field 20,374 66–89 L2 156 September 20 Red Sox 13–4 Lee (1–0) Lowe (16–7) — Jacobs Field 23,242 67–89 W1 157 September 21 Red Sox 0–2 Martinez (14–4) Lee (3–2) Kim (15) Jacobs Field 27,655 67–90 L1 158 September 23 @ Twins 1–4 Rogers (13–8) Westbrook (7–10) Guardado (40) Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 33,650 67–91 L2 159 September 24 @ Twins 2–3 Orosco (2–1) Betancourt (2–2) Guardado (41) Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 32,986 67–92 L3 160 September 26 @ Blue Jays 2–1 Stanford (1–3) Lidle (12–15) Riske (8) SkyDome 13,861 68–92 W1 161 September 27 @ Blue Jays 4–5 Halladay (22–7) Mulholland (3–4) — SkyDome 21,504 68–93 L1 162 September 28 @ Blue Jays 2–6 Towers (8–1) Lee (3–3) — SkyDome 22,014 68–94 L2
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	Josh Bard	91	303	25	74	13	1	8	36	.244	0
1B	Ben Broussard	116	386	53	96	21	3	16	55	.249	5
2B	Brandon Phillips	112	370	36	77	18	1	6	33	.208	4
3B	Casey Blake	152	557	80	143	35	0	17	67	.257	7
SS	Jhonny Peralta	77	242	24	55	10	1	4	21	.227	1
LF	Matt Lawton	99	374	57	93	19	0	15	53	.249	10
CF	Milton Bradley	101	377	61	121	34	2	10	56	.321	17
RF	Jody Gerut	127	480	66	134	33	2	22	75	.279	4
DH	Ellis Burks	55	198	27	52	11	1	6	28	.263	1

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
Coco Crisp	99	414	55	110	15	6	3	27	.266	15
Alex Escobar	28	99	16	27	2	0	5	14	.273	1
Karim García	24	93	8	18	1	0	5	14	.194	0
Ricky Gutiérrez	16	50	2	13	3	0	0	3	.260	0
Travis Hafner	91	291	35	74	19	3	14	40	.254	2
Greg LaRocca	5	9	3	3	1	0	0	0	.333	0
Tim Laker	52	162	17	39	11	0	3	21	.241	2
Ryan Ludwick	39	136	14	36	7	1	7	26	.265	2
Chris Magruder	9	26	3	9	2	1	1	3	.346	0
Víctor Martínez	49	159	15	46	4	0	1	16	.289	1
John McDonald	82	214	21	46	9	1	1	14	.215	3
Ángel Santos	32	76	9	17	3	1	3	6	.224	1
Bill Selby	27	39	3	4	1	0	0	5	.103	0
Zach Sorensen	36	37	2	5	1	0	1	2	.135	0
Shane Spencer	64	210	23	57	10	0	8	26	.271	2
Omar Vizquel	64	250	43	61	13	2	2	19	.244	8

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	9	3.60	30	30	197.2	190	85	79	66	141
Jason Davis	8	11	4.68	27	27	165.1	172	101	86	47	85
Brian Anderson	9	10	3.71	25	24	148.0	162	88	61	32	72
Ricardo Rodríguez	3	9	5.73	15	15	81.2	89	57	52	28	41
Cliff Lee	3	3	3.61	9	9	52.1	41	28	21	20	44
Jason Bere	0	0	4.05	2	2	6.2	5	3	3	2	1

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
Jake Westbrook	7	10	4.33	34	22	0	133.0	142	70	64	56	58
Billy Traber	6	9	5.24	33	18	0	111.2	132	67	65	40	88
Jason Stanford	1	3	3.60	13	8	0	50.0	48	20	20	16	30
Brian Tallet	0	2	4.74	5	3	0	19.0	23	14	10	8	9
Chad Durbin	0	1	7.27	3	1	0	8.2	18	12	7	3	8

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
Danys Báez	2	9	3.81	73	25	75.2	65	36	32	23	66
David Riske	2	2	2.29	68	8	74.2	52	21	19	20	82
Jason Boyd	3	1	4.30	44	0	52.1	38	25	25	26	31
Terry Mulholland	3	4	4.91	45	0	99.0	117	60	54	37	42
Rafael Betancourt	2	2	2.13	33	1	38.0	27	11	9	13	36
Jack Cressend	2	1	2.51	33	0	43.0	40	12	12	9	28
José Santiago	1	3	2.84	25	0	31.2	37	11	10	14	15
Dan Miceli	1	1	1.20	13	0	15.0	9	4	2	6	19
Carl Sadler	0	0	1.86	18	0	9.2	11	2	2	5	10
Nick Bierbrodt	0	0	6.75	5	0	8.0	5	6	6	4	9
David Lee	1	0	4.70	8	0	7.2	4	4	4	6	7
Alex Herrera	0	0	9.00	10	0	7.0	7	7	7	8	6
Chad Paronto	0	2	9.45	6	0	6.2	7	8	7	3	6
Jason Phillips	0	1	9.00	3	0	5.0	9	5	5	2	2
Jerrod Riggan	0	0	9.00	2	0	4.0	7	4	4	1	2
David Cortés	0	0	12.00	2	0	3.0	8	5	4	0	1
Aaron Myette	0	0	23.62	2	0	2.2	7	7	7	2	1
Dave Elder	1	1	19.29	4	0	2.1	5	5	5	4	3

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

• C. C. Sabathia, pitcher, reserve

Minor league affiliates

Classification level	Team	League
AAA	Buffalo Bisons	International League
AA	Akron Aeros	Eastern League
Advanced A	Kinston Indians	Carolina League
A	Lake County Captains	South Atlantic League
Short Season A	Mahoning Valley Scrappers	New York–Penn League
Rookie	Burlington Indians	Appalachian League