Cleveland Indians

Location:  | Cleveland, Ohio
Year Founded:  | 1901
Colors:  | Navy, red, white
Mascot:  | Slider
Championships:  | 2
Website:  | http://indians.mlb.com/

Progressive Field, the stadium of the Cleveland Indians

The  Cleveland Indians  are a Major League Baseball team in the Central Division of the American League. One of the American League's original teams, they are located in Cleveland, Ohio.

The Indians, known to fans as "The Tribe," play at Progressive Field (known until the beginning of the 2008 season as Jacobs Field). The stadium seats over 35,000 and boasts baseball's largest video screen, at 149 feet wide by 39 feet high.[1] The team holds the major league record for most consecutive sellouts, with 455 straight games sold out from 1995 to 2001.[2]

Due to political correctness, the team announced that beginning with the 2022 season it will change its name to the Cleveland Guardians, taking the new name from a set of eight stone carvings called The Guardians of Traffic which are located on a bridge near their current ballpark.

## Contents

* 1 Championships
* 2 Ballparks
* 2.1 Current
* 2.2 Former
* 3 Team personnel
* 3.1 Owners
* 3.2 President
* 3.3 GM
* 3.4 Manager
* 4 25 Man Roster
* 4.1 Pitchers
* 4.2 Catchers
* 4.3 Infielders
* 4.4 Outfielders
* 5 Retired Numbers
* 6 Minor League Affiliates
* 7 Media
* 7.1 Radio
* 7.2 TV
* 7.3 Announcers
* 8 See also
* 9 References
* 10 External links

## Championships[edit]

World Series Titles: 2 (1920, 1948)

American League Pennants: 6 (1920, 1948, 1954, 1995, 1997, 2016)

Central Division Titles: 10 (1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2007, 2016, 2017, 2018)

A.L. Wild Card: 1 (2013)

Total Playoff Appearances: 14 (1920, 1948, 1954, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2007, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018)

## Ballparks[edit]

### Current[edit]

* Progressive Field - Cleveland, Ohio (1994–present)
* Goodyear Ballpark - Goodyear, Arizona (2009–present - Spring training)

### Former[edit]

* League Park - Cleveland Ohio (1901-1946)
* Municipal Stadium - Cleveland, Ohio (1932-1994)

Note - The Indians split their games in League Park and Municipal Stadium from 1932-1946

## Team personnel[edit]

### Owners[edit]

* Larry Dolan - Principal owner
* Paul Dolan - Controlling owner/Chairman/CEO
* State Senator Matt Dolan - Part owner

### President[edit]

* Chris Anonetti

### GM[edit]

* Mike Chernoff

### Manager[edit]

* Terry Francona

## 25 Man Roster[edit]

### Pitchers[edit]

Note: (L) - left hander

* 57 - Shane Bieber
* 90 - Adam Cimber
* 67 - Aaron Civale
* 52 - Mike Clevenger
* 36 - Tyler Clippard
* 44 - Nick Goody
* 33 - Brand Hand (L)
* 88 - Phil Maton
* 39 - Oliver Perez (L)
* 65 - Zach Plesac
* 45 - Adam Plutko
* 62 - Nick Wittgren
* 54 - Hunter Wood

### Catchers[edit]

* 55 - Roberto Perez
* 27 - Kevin Plawecki

### Infielders[edit]

Note: (L) - left handed hitter, (S) - switch hitter

* 2 - Yu Chang
* 6 - Mike Freeman (L)
* 22 - Jason Kipnis (L)
* 12 - Fransico Lindor (S)
* 41 - Carlos Santana (S)

### Outfielders[edit]

Note; (L) - left handed hitter, (S) - switch hitter

* 1 - Greg Allen (S)
* 10 - Jake Bauers (L)
* 35 - Oscar Mercado
* 66 - Yasiel Puig
* 32 - Franmil Reyes

## Retired Numbers[edit]

* 3 - Earl Averill
* 5 - Lou Boudreau
* 14 - Larry Doby
* 18 - Mel Harder
* 19 - Bob Feller
* 20 - Frank Robinson
* 21 - Bob Lemon
* 25 - Jim Thome
* 42 - Jackie Robinson (retired throughout MLB)
* 455 - The Fans (in honor of 455 game sellout streak)

## Minor League Affiliates[edit]

* AAA - Columbus Clippers
* AA - Akron Rubber Ducks
* A Adv. - Kinston Indians
* A - Lake County Captains
* SS - Mahoning Valley Scrappers

## Media[edit]

### Radio[edit]

* WTAM 1100
* WMMS 100.7 (flagships)

### TV[edit]

* SportsTime Ohio
* WKYC Channel 3 (NBC) - select simulcasts

### Announcers[edit]

* Tom Hamilton - radio play by play (primary)
* Jim Rosenhaus - radio play by play
* Matt Underwood - TV play by play
* Rick Manning - TV analyst
* Andre Knott - TV field reporter
* Al Pawlowski - TV pregame/postgame host
* Jensen Lewis - TV pregame/postgame analyst

## See also[edit]

Divisional Opponents

* Detroit Tigers
* Minnesota Twins
* Chicago White Sox
* Kansas City Royals

## References[edit]

1. ↑ http://indians.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20031210&content_id=614609&vkey=news_cle&fext=.jsp&c_id=cle
2. ↑ https://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/indians/2001-04-04-sellout.htm

## External links[edit]

* Official Team Website

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