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Cleveland Indians All-Time Roster

Updated 03/23/2020

This is the Cleveland Indians all-time roster. The roster consists of one starter and one bench player for each infield position and one starter and one bench player for each outfield position. Hitters had to have a minimum of 1,500 plate appearances. For pitching, I selected five starting pitchers and three relief pitchers. Starting pitchers had to start at least 75 games during their time with the franchise to qualify. Relief pitchers had to accumulate a minimum of 150 innings pitched to be eligible.


  • Catcher – Victor Martinez
    • Age: 23 – 30
    • Years: 2002 – 2009

    Victor Martinez
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    19.2 119 821 3449 3035 413 900 191 2 103 518 1 3 347 407 .297 .374 .463 .837

  • First Base – Jim Thome
    • Age: 20 – 31, 40
    • Years: 1991 – 2002, 2011

    Jim Thome
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    48 150 1399 5805 4711 928 1353 263 20 337 937 18 14 1008 1400 .287 .417 .566 .983

  • Second Base – Nap Lajoie
    • Age: 27 – 39
    • Years: 1902 – 1914

    Nap Lajoie
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    80 152 1614 6695 6034 865 2046 424 78 34 919 240 15 408 32 .339 .378 .452 .830

  • Third Base – Al Rosen
    • Age: 23 – 32
    • Years: 1947 – 1956

    Al Rosen
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    32.5 138 1044 4374 3725 603 1063 165 20 192 717 39 33 587 385 .285 .386 .495 .881

  • Shortstop – Lou Boudreau
    • Age: 20 – 32
    • Years: 1938 – 1950

    Lou Boudreau
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    61.8 124 1560 6707 5754 823 1706 367 65 63 740 50 50 766 297 .296 .373 .416 .789

  • Right Field – “Shoeless” Joe Jackson
    • Age: 22 – 27
    • Years: 1910 – 1915

    Shoeless Joe Jackson
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    35.1 176 674 2852 2502 474 937 168 89 24 353 138 25 267 71 .375 .434 .542 .976

  • Center Field – Tris Speaker
    • Age: 28 – 38
    • Years: 1916 – 1926

    Tris Speaker
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    74.5 158 1519 6628 5546 1079 1965 486 108 73 884 151 66 857 146 .354 .432 .520 .952

  • Left Field – Albert Belle
    • Age: 22 – 29
    • Years: 1989 – 1996

    Albert Belle
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    27.3 145 913 3922 3441 592 1014 223 16 242 751 61 25 396 622 .295 .373 .580 .953

  • Designated Hitter – Travis Hafner
    • Age: 26 – 35
    • Years: 2003 – 2012

    Travis Hafner
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    25 135 1078 4406 3734 582 1039 238 11 200 688 9 6 558 882 .278 .384 .509 .893

  • Starting Pitcher – Bob Feller
    • Age: 17 – 22, 26 – 37
    • Years: 1936 – 1941, 1945 – 1956
    Bob Feller
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    65.4 82 570 484 266 162 3.25 3827 279 44 21 1557 1384 1764 2581 16.% 1.32

  • Starting Pitcher – Stan Coveleski
    • Age: 26 – 34
    • Years: 1916 – 1924
    Stan Coveleski
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    55.3 77 360 305 172 123 2.80 2502.1 194 31 20 972 779 616 856 8.3% 1.23

  • Starting Pitcher – Sam McDowell
    • Age: 18 – 28
    • Years: 1961 – 1971
    Sam McDowell
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    42.3 85 336 295 122 109 2.99 2109.2 97 22 11 805 702 1072 2159 24.3% 1.27

  • Starting Pitcher – Addie Joss
    • Age: 22 – 30
    • Years: 1902 – 1910
    Addie Joss
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    45.9 70 286 260 160 97 1.89 2327 234 45 5 729 488 364 920 .% 0.97

  • Starting Pitcher – Gaylord Perry
    • Age: 33 – 36
    • Years: 1972 – 1975
    Gaylord Perry
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    29 74 134 133 70 57 2.71 1130.2 96 17 1 377 340 330 773 17.1% 1.10

  • Relief Pitcher – Steve Gromek
    • Age: 21 – 33
    • Years: 1941 – 1953
    Steve Gromek
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    14.3 91 309 137 78 67 3.22 1340.2 57 10 16 559 479 440 595 10.6% 1.23

  • Relief Pitcher – Doug Jones
    • Age: 29 – 34, 41
    • Years: 1986 – 1991, 1998
    Doug Jones
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    9.5 73 295 4 27 34 3.06 452.1 0 0 129 181 154 104 367 19.3% 1.23

  • Relief Pitcher – Eric Plunk
    • Age: 28 – 34
    • Years: 1992 – 1998
    Eric Plunk
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    9.9 72 373 0 36 23 3.25 462 0 0 26 185 167 217 460 23.3% 1.32

Bench

  • Catcher – John Romano, 1960 – 1964
  • First Base – Hal Trosky, 1933 – 1941
  • Second Base – Roberto Alomar, 1999 – 2001
  • Third Base – Bill Bradley, 1901 – 1910
  • Shortstop – Joe Sewell, 1920 – 1930
  • Right Field – Manny Ramirez, 1993 – 2000
  • Center Field – Larry Doby, 1947 – 1955, 1958
  • Left Field – Jeff Heath, 1936 – 1945
  • Starting Pitcher – Corey Kluber, 2011 – 2019
  • Starting Pitcher – Mel Harder, 1928 – 1947
  • Starting Pitcher – Early Wynn, 1949 – 1957, 1963
  • Relief Pitcher – Jose Mesa, 1992 – 1998

2 Comments »

  1. So, wait. I’m confused.

    Manny Ramirez is ranked higher on the Indians’ all-time Top 20 list than Albert Belle, but gets placed on the bench behind Belle for the Indians all-time roster?

    To top it off Travis Hafner gets pencilled in as the DH while Manny sits on the bench with a hand full of big league chew.

    Hafner didn’t even make the Top 20 Indians list.

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    • I can’t agree more, Hubert McDavis.

      It’d be nice to have Omar Vizquel coming off the bench in late game situations to flash his leather.

      Same thing with Grady Sizemore.

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