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Cleveland Indians 2019
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Who are Cleveland Indians 2019?
The Cleveland Indians season is the professional baseball season which occurs annually. The 2019 season is the 119th season for the franchise and the seventh season under the leadership of manager Terry Francona and fourth season under general manager Mike Chernoff. All home games of the Indians are played at Progressive Field in Cleveland. The Indians extended Francona’s contract for two more years in April of 2019.
The Cleveland Indians are a Cleveland, Ohio based American professional baseball team. The Indians compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the American League (AL) Central division. They have played at Progressive Field since 1994. Goodyear Ballpark in Goodyear, Arizona is the team’s spring training facility. The Indians have won two World Series championships in 1920 and 1948 respectively, along with 10 Central Division titles and six American League pennants since their establishment as a major league franchise in 1901.
The former name of the Cleveland Indians was Cleveland Naps which was requested to be replaced by club owner Charles Somers following the departure of Nap Lajoie after the 1914 season. Some of the common nicknames for the Indians are the “Tribe” and the “Wahoos”, the latter being a reference to their former logo, Chief Wahoo. The team’s mascot is named “Slider.”
Cleveland Indians roster for 2019
Pitchers
Starting rotation
- 57 Shane Bieber, as well as
- 67 Aaron Civale, as well as
- 52 Mike Clevinger, as well as
- 65 Zach Plesac, as well as
- 45 Adam Plutko
Bullpen
- 90 Adam Cimber, as well as
- 36 Tyler Clippard, as well as
- 44 Nick Goody, as well as
- 39 Óliver Pérez, as well as
- 63 Josh Smith, as well as
- 62 Nick Wittgren, as well as
- 54 Hunter Wood
Closer
- 33 Brad Hand
Catchers
- 55 Roberto Pérez, as well as
- 27 Kevin Plawecki
Infielders
- 6 Mike Freeman, as well as
- 22 Jason Kipnis, as well as
- 12 Francisco Lindor, as well as
- 11 José Ramírez, as well as
- 41 Carlos Santana
Outfielders
- 1 Greg Allen, as well as
- 35 Oscar Mercado, as well as
- 30 Tyler Naquin, as well as
- 66 Yasiel Puig, as well as
- 32 Franmil Reyes
Inactive Roster
Pitchers
- Logan Allen
- 34 A. J. Cole
- 46 Jon Edwards
- 72 Sam Hentges
- 88 Phil Maton
- 73 Jean Carlos Mejía
- 49 Tyler Olson
- 31 Danny Salazar
- Jordan Stephens
Catchers
- 38 Eric Haase
Infielders
- 40 Bobby Bradley
- 2 Yu Chang
- Andrew Velazquez
Outfielders
- 10 Jake Bauers
- 8 Jordan Luplow
Manager
- 77 Terry Francona
Coaches for Cleveland Indians
- 15 Sandy Alomar Jr. (first base/catchers)
- 88 Scott Atchison (bullpen)
- 87 Mike Barnett (replay coordinator)
- 64 Armando Camacaro (bullpen catcher)
- 00 Brad Mills (bench/outfield)
- 82 Ricky Pacione (bullpen catcher)
- 60 Victor Rodriguez (assistant hitting)
- 16 Mike Sarbaugh (third base/infield)
- 85 Brian Sweeney (coach)
- 29 Ty Van Burkleo (hitting)
- 51 Carl Willis (pitching)
60-day injured list
- 56 Cody Anderson, as well as
- Christian Arroyo, as well as
- 59 Carlos Carrasco, as well as
- 28 Corey Kluber, as well as
- 61 Dan Otero, as well as
- 68 Jefry Rodríguez, as well as
- 4 Bradley Zimmer