30 August 2010, 7:34 am
Soon the Cleveland Indians will probably be the fourth team in baseball to be officially taken out of 2010 playoff contention (their "elimination number" is 11). They currently have the worst record in the American League Central with 53-77 (.408). The Cleveland Indians are historically a decent team. Since starting in 1901, the franchise has a winning record with 8,675 wins and 8,351 losses. The Indians have made it to the playoffs 10 times, won the AL pennant 5 times, and won the World Series twice (they beat the Brooklyn Robins in 1920 and the Boston Braves in 1948). Recently, the Indians even played in the 2007 ALCS, where they were defeated by the Boston Red Sox in Game 7 at Fenway Park. Let's look at the facts about this season: First game of season: Beaten by the White Sox in Chicago 0-6 (April 5) First home game of season: Beaten by the Texas Rangers 2-4 (April 12) Worst Loss of Season: Beaten by the Oakland Athletics 0-11 (April 25) Best Victory of Season: Defeated the Boston Red Sox 11-0 (June 9) Longest losing streak of season: Lost 7 consecutive inter-league games to the Pirates, Phillies and Reds (June 19-26). TRADES: -Indians traded 1B Russell Branyan (.234) to the Seattle Mariners for minor leaguers Ezequiel Carrera and Juan Diaz -Indians traded IF Jhonny Peralta (.262) to the Detroit Tigers for minor league pitcher Giovanni Soto -Indians traded OF Austin Kearns (.258) to the New York Yankees for minor league pitcher Zach McAllister -Indians traded SP Jake Westbrook (4.33 ERA) to the Cardinals for minor league pitcher Corey Kluber from the Padres -Indians traded RP Kerry Wood (3.70 ERA) to the New York Yankees for cash or a player to be named later So far the Indians have lost 9 of their 15 games against the Detroit Tigers The Indians have lost 6 of their 11 games against the Kansas City Royals The Indians have lost 7 of their 12 games against the Minnesota Twins The Indians have won 8 of their 12 games against the Chicago White Sox Best Indians batting average: RF Shin-Soo Choo (.292 average) Most Indians home runs: RF Shin-Soo Choo (15 home runs) Most Indians RBI: RF Shin-Soo Choo (63 RBI) Most Indians wins: SP Fausto Carmona (11 wins, 13 losses) Best Indians ERA: SP Fausto Carmona (4.19 ERA) Most Indians saves: RP Chris Perez (16 saves) Cleveland Indians team batting average = .247 Cleveland Indians team ERA: 4.50 Cleveland Indians team fielding percentage = .981 What are your thoughts on the Cleveland Indians? What do you have to say about the trades, about the season, the players, the management, next year, etc? http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CLE/ http://mlb.mlb.com/schedule/sortable.jsp?c_id=cle http://espn.go.com/mlb/statistics... Read More »
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