1993 Cleveland Indians
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkCleveland Municipal Stadium
CityCleveland, Ohio
OwnersRichard Jacobs
General managersJohn Hart
ManagersMike Hargrove
TelevisionWUAB
Jack Corrigan, Mike Hegan
SportsChannel
John Sanders, Rick Manning
RadioWKNR (1220 AM)
Herb Score, Tom Hamilton
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The 1993 Cleveland Indians season was the 93rd season for the franchise and their final season playing at Cleveland Stadium before moving to Jacobs Field.

The Indians playing host to the Milwaukee Brewers at Cleveland Municipal Stadium during a 1993 home game.

Offseason

Spring training

The Indians were in Winter Haven for spring training on March 22, 1993, when Ojeda went on a boat ride with new teammates Steve Olin and Tim Crews. Crews was legally drunk and it was nearly dark when the boat struck a pier, killing Crews and Olin. It was the first death of active major league players since Thurman Munson in 1979. Ojeda suffered major head lacerations and sat out most of the season to recuperate – both physically and mentally. He attributed his slouch (in his seat) for saving his life. He returned late that season and had a respectable 4.40 ERA in 43 innings. [1] In response to the accident that took Olin and Crews in 1993, the Indians wore a patch on their sleeves of their jerseys. It consisted of a baseball with their numbers on it. Olin's #31 is on the left, with an arrow above. Crews' #52 is on the right, with a star above it.

Regular season

Season standings

AL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Toronto Blue Jays 95 67 0.586 — 48–33 47–34
New York Yankees 88 74 0.543 7 50–31 38–43
Baltimore Orioles 85 77 0.525 10 48–33 37–44
Detroit Tigers 85 77 0.525 10 44–37 41–40
Boston Red Sox 80 82 0.494 15 43–38 37–44
Cleveland Indians 76 86 0.469 19 46–35 30–51
Milwaukee Brewers 69 93 0.426 26 38–43 31–50

Record vs. opponents

1993 American League record

Sources: [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore — 6–7 7–5 4–8 8–5 5–8 7–5 8–5 8–4 6–7 10–2 7–5 4–8 5–8
Boston 7–6 — 7–5 7–5 5–8 6–7 5–7 5–8 7–5 6–7 9–3 7–5 6–6 3–10
California 5–7 5–7 — 7–6 5–7 4–8 6–7 7–5 4–9 6–6 6–7 6–7 6–7 4–8
Chicago 8–4 5–7 6–7 — 9–3 7–5 6–7 9–3 10–3 4–8 7–6 9–4 8–5 6–6
Cleveland 5–8 8–5 7–5 3–9 — 6–7 7–5 8–5 4–8 6–7 8–4 3–9 7–5 4–9
Detroit 8–5 7–6 8–4 5–7 7–6 — 5–7 8–5 6–6 4–9 8–4 7–5 6–6 6–7
Kansas City 5–7 7–5 7–6 7–6 5–7 7–5 — 5–7 7–6 6–6 6–7 7–6 7–6 8–4
Milwaukee 5–8 8–5 5–7 3–9 5–8 5–8 7–5 — 7–5 4–9 7–5 4–8 4–8 5–8
Minnesota 4–8 5–7 9–4 3–10 8–4 6–6 6–7 5–7 — 4–8 8–5 4–9 7–6 2–10
New York 7–6 7–6 6–6 8–4 7–6 9–4 6–6 9–4 8–4 — 6–6 7–5 3–9 5–8
Oakland 2–10 3–9 7–6 6–7 4–8 4–8 7–6 5–7 5–8 6–6 — 9–4 5–8 5–7
Seattle 5–7 5–7 7–6 4–9 9–3 5–7 6–7 8–4 9–4 5–7 4–9 — 8–5 7–5
Texas 8–4 6–6 7–6 5–8 5–7 6–6 6–7 8–4 6–7 9–3 8–5 5–8 — 7–5
Toronto 8–5 10–3 8–4 6–6 9–4 7–6 4–8 8–5 10–2 8–5 7–5 5–7 5–7 —


Notable transactions

Opening Day Lineup

Opening Day Starters
# Name Position
7 Kenny Lofton CF
16 Félix Fermín SS
9 Carlos Baerga 2B
8 Albert Belle LF
11 Paul Sorrento 1B
44 Reggie Jefferson DH
42 Carlos Martínez 3B
22 Glenallen Hill RF
15 Sandy Alomar Jr. C
41 Charles Nagy P

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Roster

1993 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
 C Junior Ortiz 95 249 55 .221 0 20
1B Paul Sorrento 148 463 119 .257 18 65
2B Carlos Baerga 154 624 200 .321 21 114
3B Álvaro Espinoza 129 263 73 .264 4 27
SS Félix Fermín 140 480 126 .263 2 45
LF Albert Belle 159 594 172 .290 38 129
CF Kenny Lofton 148 569 185 .325 1 42
RF Wayne Kirby 131 458 123 .269 6 60
DH Reggie Jefferson 113 366 91 .249 10 34

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Carlos Martínez 80 262 64 .244 5 31
Jeff Treadway 97 221 67 .303 2 27
Sandy Alomar Jr. 64 215 58 .270 6 32
Thomas Howard 74 178 42 .236 3 23
Glenallen Hill 66 174 39 .224 5 25
Jim Thome 47 154 41 .266 7 22
Candy Maldonado 28 81 20 .247 5 20
Jesse Levis 31 63 11 .175 0 4
Manny Ramirez 22 53 9 .170 2 5
Mark Lewis 14 52 13 .250 1 5
Randy Milligan 19 47 20 .426 0 7
Sam Horn 12 33 15 .455 4 8
Lance Parrish 10 20 4 .200 1 2

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts;

Player GS IP W L ERA SO
José Mesa 33 208.2 10 12 4.92 118
Mark Clark 15 109.1 7 5 4.28 57
Jeff Mutis 13 81.0 3 6 5.78 29
Mike Bielecki 13 68.2 4 5 5.02 38
Albie Lopez 9 49.2 3 1 5.98 25
Charles Nagy 9 48.2 2 6 6.29 30
Bob Ojeda 7 43.0 2 1 4.40 27
Julián Tavárez 8 37.0 2 2 6.57 19
Paul Abbott 5 18.1 0 1 6.38 7
Dave Mlicki 3 13.1 0 0 3.38 7

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Tom Kramer 39 121.1 7 3 4.06 71
Matt Young 22 74.1 1 6 5.21 65
Cliff Young 21 60.1 3 3 4.62 31
Dennis Cook 25 54.0 5 5 5.67 34
Jason Grimsley 10 42.1 3 4 5.31 27
Bob Milacki 5 16.0 1 1 3.38 7
Scott Scudder 2 4.0 0 1 9.00 1

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins ; L = Losses ; SV = Saves ; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Eric Plunk 70 4 5 15 2.79 77
Derek Lilliquist 56 4 4 10 2.25 40
Jerry Dipoto 46 4 4 11 2.40 41
Jeremy Hernandez 45 6 5 8 3.14 44
Bill Wertz 34 2 3 0 3.62 53
Heathcliff Slocumb 20 3 1 0 4.28 18
Ted Power 20 0 2 0 7.20 11
Kevin Wickander 11 0 0 0 4.15 3
Mike Christopher 9 0 0 0 3.86 8

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Minor league affiliates

Classification level Team League Manager
AAA Charlotte Knights International League Charlie Manuel
AA Canton–Akron Indians Eastern League Brian Graham
Advanced A Kinston Indians Carolina League Dave Keller
A Columbus RedStixx South Atlantic League Mike Brown
Short Season A Watertown Indians New York–Penn League Mike Young
Rookie Burlington Indians Appalachian League Jim Gabella

References

  1. ^ "Scott Bailes Stats".
  2. ^ Eric Plunk at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Dave Otto at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Willie Cañate at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Bob Ojeda at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ a b Mike Bielecki at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ Sam Horn at Baseball Reference
  8. ^ Mike Aldrete at Baseball Reference
  9. ^ Mark Whiten at Baseball Reference
  10. ^ Heathcliff Slocumb pate at Baseball Reference
  11. ^ Jeremy Hernandez at Baseball Reference
  12. ^ Randy Milligan at Baseball Reference
  13. ^ Glenallen Hill at Baseball Reference
  14. ^ 1993 Opening Day Lineup at Baseball-Reference
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