Cleveland Indians

The Cleveland Indians are a Major League Baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are in the Central Division of the American League.

Founded: 1901 (charter American League member)

Formerly known as: the Cleveland Naps, when Napoleon Lajoie was the team's star player, from 1903 through 1914. The team cycled through a series of nicknames before and after that, including the Blues (the original name) and the Broncos, until becoming the Indians in 1915.

Home ballpark: Jacobs Field, Cleveland

Uniform colors: Navy blue and Red

Logo design: "Chief Wahoo," a smiling Indian caricature.

Wild Card titles won (0): none

Division titles won (6): 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001

League pennants won (5): 1920, 1948, 1954, 1995, 1997

World Series championships won (2): 1920, 1948

Table of contents

1 Franchise history 2 Players of note 2.1 Baseball Hall of Famers 2.2 Current stars 2.3 Not to be forgotten 2.4 Retired numbers 3 Other Contributors 4 External links

Franchise history

Players of note

• Earl Averill
• Lou Boudreau
• Steve Carlton
• Stan Coveleski
• Larry Doby
• Dennis Eckersley
• Bob Feller
• Elmer Flick
• Addie Joss
• Ralph Kiner
• Nap Lajoie
• Bob Lemon
• Al Lopez
• Hal Newhouser
• Phil Niekro
• Satchel Paige
• Gaylord Perry
• Sam Rice
• Frank Robinson
• Joe Sewell
• Tris Speaker
• Hoyt Wilhelm
• Dave Winfield
• Early Wynn
• Cy Young

• Ronnie Belliard (2B)
• Casey Blake (3B)
• Ben Broussard (1B)
• Jason Davis (P)
• Alex Escobar (OF)
• Jody Gerut (RF)
• Travis Hafner (DH)
• Matt Lawton (LF)
• Victor Martinez (C)
• Cliff Lee (P)
• C.C. Sabathia (P)
• Omar Vizquel (SS) 6 Gold Glove (1993-96, 1998-2001)
• Jake Westbrook (P)

• Roberto Alomar 11 Gold Glove (1991-2001)
• Sandy Alomar, Jr AL Rookie of the year (1990), Gold Glove (1990)
• Bobby Avila
• Albert Belle
• Gene Bearden
• Bert Blyleven
• Ray Chapman
• Joe Charboneau AL Rookie of the year (1980)
• Bartolo Colon
• Vic Davalillo
• Travis Fryman Gold Glove (2000)
• Mike Garcia
• David Justice NL Rookie of the Year (1990)
• Kenny Lofton 4 Gold Glove (1993-96)
• Dennis Martinez
• Manny Ramirez
• Herb Score
• Jim Thome
• Hal Trosky

• 3 Earl Averill
• 5 Lou Boudreau
• 14 Larry Doby
• 18 Mel Harder
• 19 Bob Feller
• 21 Bob Lemon
• 42 Jackie Robinson (retired throughout baseball)

• Bill Veeck

• Cleveland Indians official web site

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