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Wednesday, September 13
Indians' year-by-year lineups


Every season since 1995 the Indians have made the playoffs, with '97 being their best postseason year when they advanced to the World Series, where they lost in seven games to the Florida Marlins.

How much has the roster changed through the years? Below is a rundown of the Indians' regular lineup for each year during this six-year stretch with final regular-season statistics included. For this season, the stats are through Tuesday.

1995 (100-44, 1st place AL Central)
Pos. Player AB R H HR RBI Avg.
C S. Alomar 203 32 61 10 35 .300
1B Sorrento 323 50 76 25 79 .235
2B Baerga 557 87 175 15 90 .314
3B Thome 452 92 142 25 73 .314
SS Vizquel 542 87 144 6 56 .266
LF Belle 546 121 173 50 126 .317
CF Lofton 481 93 149 7 53 .310
RF Ramirez 484 85 149 31 107 .308
DH Murray 436 68 141 21 82 .323
Pos. Pitcher G W-L S BB SO ERA
SP Nagy 29 16-6 0 61 139 4.55
SP Hershiser 26 16-6 0 51 111 3.87
SP Martinez 28 12-5 0 46 99 3.08
SP Clark 22 9-7 0 42 68 5.27
SP Ogea 20 8-3 0 29 57 3.05
CL Mesa 62 3-0 46 17 58 1.13

1996 (99-62, 1st place AL Central)
Pos. Player AB R H HR RBI Avg.
C S. Alomar 418 53 110 11 50 .263
1B Franco 432 72 139 14 76 .322
2B Baerga 424 54 113 10 55 .267
3B Thome 505 122 157 38 116 .311
SS Vizquel 542 98 161 9 64 .297
LF Belle 602 124 187 48 148 .311
CF Lofton 662 132 210 14 67 .317
RF Ramirez 550 94 170 33 112 .309
DH Murray 336 33 88 12 45 .262
Pos. Pitcher G W-L S BB SO ERA
SP Nagy 32 17-5 0 61 167 3.41
SP Hershiser 33 15-9 0 58 125 4.24
SP McDowell 30 13-9 0 67 141 5.11
SP Ogea 29 10-6 0 42 101 4.79
SP Martinez 20 9-6 0 37 48 4.50
CL Mesa 69 2-7 39 28 64 3.73

1997 (86-75, 1st place AL Central)
Pos. Player AB R H HR RBI Avg.
C S. Alomar 451 63 146 21 83 .324
1B Thome 496 104 142 40 102 .286
2B Fernandez 409 55 117 11 44 .286
3B Williams 596 86 157 32 105 .263
SS Vizquel 565 89 158 5 49 .280
LF Giles 377 62 101 17 61 .268
CF Grissom 558 74 146 12 66 .262
RF Ramirez 561 99 184 26 88 .328
DH Justice 495 84 163 33 101 .329
Pos. Pitcher G W-L S BB SO ERA
SP Nagy 34 15-11 0 77 149 4.28
SP Hershiser 32 14-6 0 69 107 4.47
SP Wright 16 8-3 0 35 63 4.38
SP Ogea 21 8-9 0 47 80 4.99
SP Colon 19 4-7 0 45 66 5.65
CL Mesa 66 4-4 16 28 69 2.40
CL Jackson 71 2-5 15 29 74 3.24

1998 (89-73, 1st place AL Central)
Pos. Player AB R H HR RBI Avg.
C S. Alomar 409 45 96 6 44 .235
1B Thome 440 89 129 30 85 .293
2B Bell 340 37 89 10 41 .262
3B Fryman 557 74 160 28 96 .287
SS Vizquel 576 86 166 2 50 .288
LF Giles 350 56 94 16 66 .269
CF Lofton 600 101 169 12 64 .282
RF Ramirez 571 108 168 45 145 .294
DH Justice 540 94 151 21 88 .280
Pos. Pitcher G W-L S BB SO ERA
SP Colon 31 14-9 0 79 158 3.71
SP Burba 32 15-10 0 69 132 4.11
SP Wright 32 12-10 0 87 140 4.72
SP Nagy 33 15-10 0 66 120 5.22
SP Gooden 23 8-6 0 51 83 3.76
CL Jackson 69 1-1 40 13 55 1.55

1999 (97-65, 1st place AL Central)
Pos. Player AB R H HR RBI Avg.
C Diaz 392 43 110 3 32 .281
1B Thome 494 101 137 33 108 .277
2B R. Alomar 563 138 182 24 120 .323
3B Fryman 322 45 82 10 48 .255
SS Vizquel 574 112 191 5 66 .333
LF Sexson 479 72 122 31 116 .255
CF Lofton 465 110 140 7 39 .301
RF Ramirez 522 131 174 44 165 .333
DH Justice 429 75 123 21 88 .287
Pos. Pitcher G W-L S BB SO ERA
SP Colon 32 18-5 0 76 161 3.95
SP Wright 26 8-10 0 77 91 6.06
SP Nagy 33 17-11 0 59 126 4.95
SP Burba 34 15-9 0 96 174 4.25
SP Gooden 26 3-4 0 67 88 6.26
CL Jackson 72 3-4 39 26 55 4.06

2000 (76-64, 2nd place AL Central)
Pos. Player AB R H HR RBI Avg.
C S. Alomar 301 36 88 6 35 .292
1B Thome 478 96 134 33 94 .280
2B R. Alomar 520 94 151 18 69 .290
3B Fryman 492 79 159 20 97 .323
SS Vizquel 534 86 149 7 57 .279
LF Cordero 496 64 137 16 68 .276
CF Lofton 457 88 128 13 61 .280
RF Ramirez 358 70 124 28 98 .346
DH Segui 504 80 169 15 84 .335
Pos. Pitcher G W-L S BB SO ERA
SP Finley 30 12-11 0 91 170 4.41
SP Colon 26 12-8 0 87 174 4.33
SP Burba 28 14-6 0 84 161 4.51
SP Bere 28 11-9 0 80 138 5.13
SP Woodard 36 2-10 0 43 89 6.32
CL Wickman 61 3-4 26 25 51 2.95