Addie Joss — Pitcher
Born: 4/12/1880
Died: 4/14/1911
Played for Team: 1902 to 1910
Addie Joss started what he finished. He threw complete games in 90 percent of his starts. Cleveland fans were shocked when Joss fell ill and died in the spring of 1911. He ended his career with a 1.89 ERA—the second-lowest in history to Ed Walsh of the Chicago White Sox.

Joe Jackson — Outfielder
Born: 7/16/1887
Died: 12/5/1951
Played for Team: 1910 to 1915
Joe Jackson called his bat “Black Betsy.” Opponents called it a lot of other things. Jackson set a record that still stands when he batted .408 as a Cleveland rookie. He led the league in hits the next two years and batted .375 overall during his six seasons with the Indians.

Tris Speaker — Outfielder
Born 4/4/1888
Died: 12/8/1958
Played for Team: 1916 to 1926
Tris Speaker was the highest-paid player in baseball when he played for the Indians. He batted over .350 in all but one of his seasons in Cleveland and led the team to victory in the 1920 World Series as a player-manager.

Earl Averill — Outfielder
Born: 5/21/1902
Died: 8/16/1983
Played for Team: 1929 to 1939
Few players hit the ball harder or farther than Earl Averill. He topped 30 homers for the Indians three times and knocked in 100 runs five times. Averill led the AL with 232 hits in 1936 and played in each of baseball’s first six All-Star Games.

Early Wynn — Pitcher
Born: 1/6/1920
Died: 4/4/1999
Played for Team: 1949 to 1957 & 1963
Early Wynn had a good fastball and little else when he joined the Indians in 1949. Pitching coach Mel Harder taught him how to master the curveball and change-up, and Wynn blossomed into a star. He was a 20-game winner four times for Cleveland.

Rocky Colavito — Outfielder
Born: 8/10/1933
Played for Team: 1955 to1959 & 1965 to 1967
Rocky Colavito had one of the strongest arms of any outfielder in baseball, but it was his bat that more often brought fans to their feet. He was the first Indian to top 40 homers twice, and in 1959 he belted four in one game against the Baltimore Orioles. Cleveland fans were sad when he was traded away the following season, but Colavito returned to the team in 1965 and led the league in RBIs.

Sam McDowell — Pitcher
Born: 9/21/1942
Played for Team: 1961 to 1971
The ball arrived at home plate so quickly when Sam McDowell threw it that he was nicknamed “Sudden Sam.” He led the AL in strikeouts five times, including 325 in 1965. In four All-Star appearances, McDowell struck out 12 of baseball’s best batters in just 8 innings.

Andre Thornton — First baseman/Designated Hitter
Born: 8/13/1949
Played for Team: 1977 to 1987
Andre Thornton was the best player on a poor Indians ball cub in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He was one of baseball’s finest power hitters, yet he rarely swung at a bad pitch. Thornton had three 30-homer seasons for the Indians and finished his career in Cleveland with 685 walks and only 683 strikeouts.

Joe Carter — Outfielder
Born: 3/7/1960
Played for Team 1984 to 1989
Joe Carter was a complete hitter. He hit for power and average, and was at his best with runners on base. Carter also was an excellent baserunner. He led the league in RBIs in 1986.

Kenny Lofton — Outfielder
Born: 5/31/1967
Played for Team: 1992 to 1996, 1998 to 2001, & 2007
When the Indians got Kenny Lofton from the Houston Astros, it turned out to be one of the great trades in team history. Lofton went on to lead the AL in stolen bases five years in a row. He was an All-Star six times for the Indians and was among the AL’s Top 5 hitters in 1993 and 1994.

Victor Martinez—  Catcher
Born: 12/23/1978
Played for Team: 2002 to 2009
Victor Martinez was one of baseball’s premier slugging catchers with the Indians. He set new standards for Cleveland catchers with 25 home runs and 114 RBIs in 2007. In a 2004 game, Martinez had three homers, two singles and a walk.

Grady Sizemore — Outfielder
Born: 8/2/1982
Played for Team: 2004 to 2012
The Indians traded one of their best players to get Grady Sizemore. They wanted someone who could win games in many different ways, and they were not disappointed. Sizemore had four seasons in a row of 20 homers and 20 steals beginning in 2005. He led the AL in runs and doubles in 2006 and won Gold Gloves for his defense in 2007 and 2008.

Shane Bieber — Pitcher
Born: 5/31/1995
First Season with Team: 2018
Shane Bieber won the Cy Young Award during the shortened 2020 season. He led the AL in wins, strikeouts, and ERA that year.

FIFTH INFIELDER
Tris Speaker was famous for playing very shallow in center field. In 1918, he made two unassisted double plays for the Indians, rushing in to snag line drives and then touching second base before the runner could get back. Speaker also covered second base on bunts.

MY NAME IS EARL
Earl Averill was the first Indian to hit a homer in his first big-league at bat. He was also the first major leaguer to hit four home runs in a doubleheader.

ALMOST PERFECT
Johnny Allen’s record stood at 15–0 on the final day of the 1937 season. He pitched and lost to finish the year at 15–1.

START TALKING
When Jack Graney retired from the Indians as a player in 1922, he began announcing their games on radio. Graney was the first person in sports to go from the playing field to the broadcast booth.

WYNN–WIN SITUATION
After Early Wynn retired form the Indians as a player, he joined the team as a coach. He taught Sam McDowell, Luis Tiant, Sonny Siebert, and Steve Hargan what he had learned, and in 1967 Cleveland set a new record with 1,189 strikeouts.

THE RIGHT STUFF
In 1965, Rocky Colavito played the entire year in right field without making a single bad play. He became the first AL outfielder ever to record an errorless season.

STANDING ROOM ONLY
From 1995 to 2001, the Indians sold out 455 games in a row. No team had ever done that before.

Home Runs
1950 — Al Rosen — 37
1952 — Larry Doby — 32
1953 — Al Rosen — 43
1954 — Larry Doby — 32
1959 — Rocky Colavito — 42
1995 — Albert Belle — 50

Batting Average
1903 — Napoleon Lajoie — .344
1904 — Napoleon Lajoie — .376
1905 — Elmer Flick — .308
1910 — Napoleon Lajoie — .384
1916 — Tris Speaker — .386
1929 — Lew Fonseca — .369
1944 — Lou Boudreau — .327
1954 — Bobby Avila — .341

Runs Batted In
1904 — Napoleon Lajoie — 102
1936 — Hal Trosky — 162
1952 — Al Rosen — 105
1953 — Al Rosen — 145
1954 — Larry Doby — 126
1965 — Rocky Colavito — 108
1986 — Joe Carter — 121
1993 — Albert Belle — 129
1995 — Albert Belle — 126
1996 — Albert Belle — 148
1999 — Manny Ramirez — 165

Stolen Bases
1903 — Harry Bay — 45
1904 — Harry Bay & Elmer Flick — 38
1906 — Elmer Flick — 39
1946 — George Case — 28
1992 — Kenny Lofton — 66
1993 — Kenny Lofton — 70
1994 — Kenny Lofton — 60
1995 — Kenny Lofton — 54
1996 — Kenny Lofton — 75
2016 — Rajai Davis — 43

Wins
1907 — Addie Joss — 27
1920 — Jim Bagby — 31
1923 — George Uhle — 26
1926 — George Uhle — 27
1939 — Bob Feller — 24
1940 — Bob Feller — 27
1941 — Bob Feller — 25
1946 — Bob Feller — 26
1947 — Bob Feller — 20
1950 — Bob Lemon — 23
1951 — Bob Feller — 22
1954 — Bob Lemon & Early Wynn — 23
1955 — Bob Lemon — 18
1960 — Jim Perry — 18
1972 — Gaylord Perry — 24
2008 — Cliff Lee — 22
2014 — Corey Kluber — 18*
2017 — Corey Kluber — 18*
2017 — Carlos Carrasco — 18*
2020 — Shane Bieber — 8

• Tied with two other players

Strikeouts
1920 — Stan Coveleski — 133
1938 — Bob Feller — 240
1939 — Bob Feller — 246
1940 — Bob Feller — 261
1941 — Bob Feller — 260
1943 — Allie Reynolds — 151
1946 — Bob Feller — 348
1947 — Bob Feller — 196
1948 — Bob Feller — 164
1950 — Bob Lemon — 170
1955 — Herb Score — 245
1956 — Herb Score — 263
1957 — Early Wynn — 184
1965 — Sam McDowell — 325
1966 — Sam McDowell — 225
1968 — Sam McDowell — 283
1969 — Sam McDowell — 279
1970 — Sam McDowell — 304
1980 — Len Barker — 187
1981 — Len Barker — 127*
2020 — Shane Bieber — 122

* The 1981 season was shortened by a labor dispute.

Earned Run Average
1903 — Earl Moore — 1.74
1904 — Addie Joss — 1.59
1908 — Addie Joss — 1.16
1911 — Vean Gregg — 1.80
1923 — Stan Coveleski — 2.76
1933 — Mel Harder — 2.95
1940 — Bob Feller — 2.61
1948 — Gene Bearden — 2.43
1949 — Mike Garcia — 2.36
1950 — Early Wynn — 3.20
1954 — Mike Garcia — 2.64
1965 — Sam McDowell — 2.18
1968 — Luis Tiant — 1.60
1982 — Rick Sutcliffe — 2.96
2005 — Kevin Millwood — 2.86
2008 — Cliff Lee — 2.54
2017 — Corey Kluber — 2.38
2020 — Shane Bieber — 1.63