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Record: 86-75   .534.... 1st in American League Central
Stadium: Jacobs Field
Playoffs: Lost World Series (Marlins)
Attendance: 3,404,750
Payroll: $54,130,232
Top Draft Pick: Tim Drew (#28)   MLB
Manager - Mike Hargrove

Affiliates - AAA Buffalo Bisons AA Akron Aeros A+ Kinston Indians A Columbus Red Stixx A- Watertown Indians Rk Burlington Indians

Team Leaders

HR: Thome [40]
RBI: Williams [105]
2B: Ramirez [40]
SB: Vizquel [43]
W: Nagy [15]
SV: Mesa [16]
SO: Nagy [149]

Oldest Player: Julio Franco [38]
Youngest Player: Jaret Wright [21]
Longest Tenure: Sandy Alomar, Charles Nagy [8]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Bruce Aven (Aug 27) Sean Casey (Sep 12) Richie Sexson (Sep 14) Enrique Wilson (Sep 24)
Pitchers: Bartolo Colon (Apr 4) Steve Kline (Apr 2) Jaret Wright (Jun 24)

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Organizational Roster of Batters

Player	Pos	Age	Team	Level
Cody Allison	C	23	Watertown	A-
Sandy Alomar	C	31	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Carlos Alvarez	OF	21	Watertown	A-
Brian Anderson	P	25	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Paul Assenmacher	P	36	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Bruce Aven	LF-OF	25	Cleveland Indians	MLB
	LF-OF		Buffalo	AAA
Heath Bender	1B	22	Watertown	A-
Brian Benefield	IF-OF	21	Watertown	A-
Junior Betances	2B	24	Kinston	A+
Todd Betts	1B	24	Akron	AA
Jim Betzsold	OF	25	Akron	AA
Pat Borders	C	34	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Brian Bosch	OF		Burlington	Rk
Jeff Branson	3B-2B	30	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Russell Branyan	3B-LF	21	Akron	AA
	3B-LF		Kinston	A+
Rod Brewer	1B-OF	31	Buffalo	AAA
Robert Bruce	OF	22	Columbus	A
Mark Budzinski	CF	24	Kinston	A+
Mike Busch	3B	29	Buffalo	AAA
Jose Cabrera	P	25	Buffalo	AAA
	P		Buffalo	AAA
Casey Candaele	2B-SS	36	Cleveland Indians	MLB
	2B-SS		Buffalo	AAA
John Carter	P	25	Akron	AA
Sean Casey	1B	23	Cleveland Indians	MLB
	1B		Buffalo	AAA
	1B		Akron	AA
Terry Clark	P	36	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Patricio Claudio	OF	25	Akron	AA
	OF		Kinston	A+
Bartolo Colon	P	22	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Edgar Cruz	C	19	Burlington	Rk
Chad Curtis	CF-LF	28	Cleveland Indians	MLB
	CF-LF		Akron	AA
Randy Curtis	OF		Buffalo	AAA
	OF		Akron	AA
Kelly Dampeer	SS	22	Burlington	Rk
Einar Diaz	C	24	Cleveland Indians	MLB
	C		Buffalo	AAA
Mike Edwards	LF	20	Burlington	Rk
Patrick Evans	C	24	Kinston	A+
	C		Columbus	A
Tony Fernandez	SS	35	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Jason Fitzgerald	OF	22	Watertown	A-
Ben Fowler	C	20	Columbus	A
Julio Franco	SS-2B	39	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Jeff Garff	P	21	Watertown	A-
Brian Giles	LF-CF	26	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Chip Glass	OF	26	Akron	AA
Michael Glavine	1B	24	Columbus	A
Ricky Gonzalez	C	22	Kinston	A+
Danny Graves	P	24	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Marquis Grissom	CF	30	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Rafael Gross	P	23	Akron	AA
	P		Kinston	A+
Ryan Haley	P	21	Watertown	A-
	P		Burlington	Rk
Jon Hamilton	OF	19	Burlington	Rk
Todd Harding	2B	20	Burlington	Rk
Robin Harriss	C	26	Akron	AA
Heath Hayes	C	25	Kinston	A+
Jesus Hernandez	OF	20	Watertown	A-
	OF		Burlington	Rk
Orel Hershiser	P	39	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Trenidad Hubbard	LF-CF	31	Cleveland Indians	MLB
	LF-CF		Buffalo	AAA
Mike Huelsmann	OF	22	Kinston	A+
Damian Jackson	2B-SS	24	Cleveland Indians	MLB
	2B-SS		Buffalo	AAA
	2B-SS		Buffalo	AAA
Mike Jackson	P	32	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Jason Jacome	P	26	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Tim Jorgensen	SS	24	Kinston	A+
Jeff Juden	P	26	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Dave Justice	RF-LF	31	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Troy Kent	SS-3B	24	Columbus	A
Joe Kilburg	1B	21	Kinston	A+
	1B		Burlington	Rk
Steve Kline	P	25	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Dennis Konrady	SS	23	Columbus	A
Robert Landstad	OF		Columbus	A
Pat Listach	SS-CF	30	Buffalo	AAA
Albie Lopez	P	26	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Torey Lovullo	2B-3B	32	Buffalo	AAA
Ursino Lugo			Burlington	Rk
Pat Malloy	P	21	Burlington	Rk
Jeff Manto	3B-1B	33	Cleveland Indians	MLB
	3B-1B		Buffalo	AAA
Rod McCall	1B	25	Buffalo	AAA
John McDonald	2B-SS	23	Kinston	A+
Jack McDowell	P	31	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Jorge Melendez			Columbus	A
Guillermo Mercedes			Akron	AA
Jose Mesa	P	31	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Jake Messner	OF	20	Burlington	Rk
David Miller	OF	23	Akron	AA
Tony Miner			Watertown	A-
Kevin Mitchell	LF-3B	35	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Dustan Mohr	RF-LF	21	Watertown	A-
Scott Morgan	OF	24	Akron	AA
	OF		Kinston	A+
Alvin Morman	P	28	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Bobby Morris	3B	24	Akron	AA
	3B		Kinston	A+
Cristian Mota			Watertown	A-
Mel Motley	OF		Kinston	A+
	OF		Columbus	A
Mike Moyle	C	26	Akron	AA
Sean Mulligan	H	27	Akron	AA
Charles Nagy	P	30	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Mike Neal	3B-SS	25	Akron	AA
Les Norman	RF-LF	28	Buffalo	AAA
Chad Ogea	P	26	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Danny Peoples	1B	22	Kinston	A+
Edwin Perez			Columbus	A
Chan Perry	RF-1B	25	Akron	AA
Jon Petke			Kinston	A+
Eric Plunk	P	34	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Alex Ramirez	RF-LF	22	Buffalo	AAA
Manny Ramirez	RF-LF	25	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Kevin Riggs	2B		Akron	AA
Bip Roberts	2B-LF	33	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Aurelio Rodriguez	SS		Watertown	A-
Gary Rodriguez	OF	21	Columbus	A
Erick Rosa	C		Watertown	A-
Jake Russell	C	23	Watertown	A-
	C		Burlington	Rk
Marcos Scutaro	2B	21	Buffalo	AAA
	2B		Kinston	A+
Kevin Seitzer	3B-1B	35	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Richie Sexson	1B	22	Cleveland Indians	MLB
	1B		Buffalo	AAA
Grant Sharpe	1B		Columbus	A
	1B		Burlington	Rk
Paul Shuey	P	27	Cleveland Indians	MLB
John Smiley	P	32	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Casey Smith	OF	20	Columbus	A
	OF		Burlington	Rk
Steven Soliz	C	26	Buffalo	AAA
Rob Stanton	OF		Watertown	A-
Darren Stumberger	3B-1B	24	Kinston	A+
Frank Taveras			Burlington	Rk
Adam Taylor	C	23	Columbus	A
	C		Watertown	A-
Greg Thomas	OF	25	Buffalo	AAA
	OF		Akron	AA
Jim Thome	1B-3B	27	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Ryan Thompson	CF-RF	29	Buffalo	AAA
Brad Tiller	SS	21	Watertown	A-
Ryan Upshaw	OF	22	Watertown	A-
Willy Valera	IF	22	Columbus	A
Frankie Ventura	OF	20	Burlington	Rk
Omar Vizquel	SS	30	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Dave Weathers	P	28	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Chad Whitaker	OF	21	Columbus	A
Brian Whitlock	IF	23	Columbus	A
Jewell Williams	OF	20	Columbus	A
Matt Williams	3B	31	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Enrique Wilson	2B-SS	22	Cleveland Indians	MLB
	2B-SS		Buffalo	AAA
Jaret Wright	P	21	Cleveland Indians	MLB

Organizational Roster of Pitchers

Player	Age	Team	Level
Danny Alvarez	21	Watertown	A-
	21	Burlington	Rk
Brian Anderson	25	Cleveland Indians	MLB
	25	Buffalo	AAA
Juan Aracena	20	Burlington	Rk
Paul Assenmacher	36	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Ross Atkins	24	Kinston	A+
Mike Bacsik	19	Columbus	A
Michael Badorek	28	Akron	AA
Miguel Baez		Watertown	A-
		Burlington	Rk
Scott Baker	27	Akron	AA
John Barfield	32	Buffalo	AAA
Erik Bennett	29	Akron	AA
Ben Blomdahl	26	Buffalo	AAA
J.D. Brammer	22	Columbus	A
John Briscoe	30	Akron	AA
Jamie Brown	20	Watertown	A-
Mike Busch	29	Buffalo	AAA
Jose Cabrera	25	Buffalo	AAA
Greg Cadaret	35	Buffalo	AAA
David Caldwell	22	Kinston	A+
	22	Columbus	A
Joe Cali	22	Watertown	A-
	22	Burlington	Rk
Lance Calmus	24	Akron	AA
	24	Columbus	A
Jared Camp	22	Akron	AA
	22	Kinston	A+
John Carter	25	Akron	AA
Terry Clark	36	Cleveland Indians	MLB
	36	Buffalo	AAA
Bartolo Colon	22	Cleveland Indians	MLB
	22	Buffalo	AAA
Jim Crowell	23	Akron	AA
	23	Kinston	A+
Roland De La Maza	25	Buffalo	AAA
Maximo De la rosa	26	Buffalo	AAA
	26	Akron	AA
Sean DePaula	23	Columbus	A
	23	Watertown	A-
Marc Deschenes	24	Kinston	A+
	24	Columbus	A
Tony Dougherty	24	Buffalo	AAA
	24	Akron	AA
Tim Drew	19	Watertown	A-
	19	Burlington	Rk
Travis Driskill	26	Buffalo	AAA
Jon Edwards	24	Kinston	A+
Dave Erwin	22	Watertown	A-
Bienvenido Feliz		Columbus	A
Tony Fuduric	23	Watertown	A-
Jeff Garff	21	Watertown	A-
	21	Burlington	Rk
Alberto Garza	20	Kinston	A+
	20	Columbus	A
Mike Gordon	24	Akron	AA
Adel Granadillo	19	Burlington	Rk
Chris Granata	25	Akron	AA
	25	Kinston	A+
Greg Granger	24	Kinston	A+
	24	Columbus	A
Danny Graves	24	Cleveland Indians	MLB
	24	Buffalo	AAA
Dennis Gray	27	Akron	AA
Jimmy Hamilton	22	Columbus	A
Scott Harrison		Columbus	A
		Burlington	Rk
Orel Hershiser	39	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Joe Horgan	20	Kinston	A+
	20	Watertown	A-
Keith Horn	23	Kinston	A+
Michael Hughes	21	Watertown	A-
Blaise Ilsley	33	Buffalo	AAA
Mike Jackson	32	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Jason Jacome	26	Cleveland Indians	MLB
	26	Buffalo	AAA
Jeff Juden	26	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Daron Kirkreit	25	Buffalo	AAA
	25	Akron	AA
Steve Kline	25	Cleveland Indians	MLB
	25	Buffalo	AAA
Matt Koeman	23	Kinston	A+
	23	Columbus	A
Robert Landstad		Columbus	A
Roger Layne	20	Burlington	Rk
Albie Lopez	26	Cleveland Indians	MLB
	26	Buffalo	AAA
	26	Akron	AA
Jason Mackey	23	Columbus	A
Pat Malloy	21	Burlington	Rk
Dennis Martinez	23	Columbus	A
John Martinez	24	Akron	AA
	24	Kinston	A+
Willie Martinez	19	Kinston	A+
Mike Matthews	23	Buffalo	AAA
	23	Akron	AA
Jarrod Mays	22	Kinston	A+
Ryan McDermott	19	Burlington	Rk
Jack McDowell	31	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Andy McNally	23	Watertown	A-
Brett Merrick	23	Kinston	A+
	23	Columbus	A
Jose Mesa	31	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Rafael Mesa	23	Akron	AA
Matt Minter	24	Columbus	A
	24	Watertown	A-
Angel Miranda	27	Buffalo	AAA
Steve Montgomery	26	Buffalo	AAA
Wilmer Montoya	23	Akron	AA
Marcus Moore	26	Buffalo	AAA
	26	Akron	AA
Alvin Morman	28	Cleveland Indians	MLB
	28	Buffalo	AAA
Charles Nagy	30	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Noe Najera	26	Akron	AA
Richard Negrette	21	Columbus	A
	21	Watertown	A-
Chad Ogea	26	Cleveland Indians	MLB
	26	Buffalo	AAA
Brad Pelton	23	Watertown	A-
Julio Perez	23	Akron	AA
	23	Kinston	A+
Sam Perez	21	Burlington	Rk
Eric Plunk	34	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Rob Pugmire	19	Burlington	Rk
Jason Rakers	24	Buffalo	AAA
	24	Akron	AA
	24	Kinston	A+
Bob Reichow	23	Columbus	A
David Riske	20	Kinston	A+
Charles Roberson	23	Columbus	A
	23	Watertown	A-
Frankie Sanders	22	Kinston	A+
Darryl Scott	29	Buffalo	AAA
Jeff Sexton	25	Buffalo	AAA
	25	Akron	AA
Paul Shuey	27	Cleveland Indians	MLB
	27	Buffalo	AAA
	27	Akron	AA
Troy Silva	21	Burlington	Rk
John Smiley	32	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Mike Spiegel	21	Columbus	A
Tyler Swinburnson	22	Watertown	A-
Mark Taylor	22	Columbus	A
	22	Watertown	A-
Mark Turnbow	18	Burlington	Rk
Rob Vael	21	Watertown	A-
Antonio Vasquez	20	Watertown	A-
	20	Burlington	Rk
Jay Vaught	25	Akron	AA
Brandon Villafuerte	21	Columbia	A
Ken Wagner	23	Columbus	A
Ted Warrecker	24	Akron	AA
	24	Kinston	A+
Dave Weathers	28	Cleveland Indians	MLB
	28	Buffalo	AAA
Lenny Weber	25	Akron	AA
Bill Wertz	30	Akron	AA
Johnnie Wheeler	19	Burlington	Rk
Brian Whitlock	23	Columbus	A
Casey Whitten	25	Buffalo	AAA
	25	Akron	AA
Scott Winchester	24	Akron	AA
	24	Kinston	A+
Jaret Wright	21	Cleveland Indians	MLB
	21	Buffalo	AAA
	21	Akron	AA