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1996 Cleveland Indians over 1958 Boston Red Sox
Four games to two
MVP: Omar Vizquel (.500, 1 HR, 5 RBI, 5 SB)
This Indians team may be the very best team of all in this section and they did away with a pesky Red Sox team simply because they were better. Charles Nagy threw two complete game as for the most part the Indian starting pitching was very good; in fact the Tribe didn’t use their closer Jose Mesa for the entire series. A grand slam in game three by Jim Thome gave Cleveland a boost in their win and a big hit by the struggling Manny Ramirez in the clincher were both turning points of the series.
On an individual basis Kenny Lofton and Omar Vizquel were excellent and combined for 10 stolen bases and a bunch or runs. It was Vizquel especially who stood out as the little man even cracked a homer in his efforts. Still it was the Vizquel glove that makes such a difference to this team. For the Sox the great but older Ted Williams had a pedestrian series hitting only .261, well below his standard. The better team won this series even if they didn’t play their best baseball throughout.
Games
Game 1 |
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At Jacobs Field |
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58 Red Sox |
8 |
96 Indians |
3 |
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Game 2 |
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At Jacobs Field |
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58 Red Sox |
1 |
96 Indians |
3 |
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Game 3 |
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At Fenway Park |
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96 Indians |
12 |
58 Red Sox |
7 |
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Game 4 |
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At Fenway Park |
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96 Indians |
1 |
58 Red Sox |
3 |
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Game 5 |
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At Fenway Park |
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96 Indians |
7 |
58 Red Sox |
3 |
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Game 6 |
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At Jacobs Field |
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58 Red Sox |
2 |
96 Indians |
11 |
Stats
1958 Boston Red Sox (79-75) |
AB |
H |
HR |
RBI |
AVG |
SB |
|
Jim Piersall |
27 |
9 |
0 |
3 |
0.333 |
0 |
|
Don Buddin |
25 |
8 |
0 |
2 |
0.320 |
0 |
|
Ted Williams |
23 |
6 |
1 |
6 |
0.261 |
0 |
|
Jackie Jensen |
25 |
7 |
2 |
3 |
0.280 |
0 |
|
Pete Runnels |
22 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
0.227 |
0 |
|
Dick Gernert |
23 |
9 |
1 |
5 |
0.391 |
0 |
|
Frank Malzone |
23 |
6 |
0 |
1 |
0.261 |
0 |
|
Gene Stephens |
11 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0.182 |
0 |
|
Sammy White |
21 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
0.238 |
0 |
|
Bill Renna |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
0 |
|
Lou Berberet |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
0 |
|
Totals |
204 |
57 |
4 |
24 |
0.279 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
IP |
W |
L |
ER |
K |
BB |
ERA |
Tom Brewer |
16 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
10 |
5 |
1.13 |
Leo Kiely |
4 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
6.75 |
Frank Sullivan |
11.6 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
5 |
6 |
3.88 |
Dave Sisler |
3 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
1 |
3 |
15.00 |
Bow W Smith |
3 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
6.00 |
Bill Monbouquette |
3.3 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
2.73 |
Murray Wall |
2.3 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
2 |
3 |
23.48 |
Willard Nixon |
0.6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
Ike Delock |
5 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
3.60 |
Bud Byerly |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
Frank Baumann |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
#DIV/0! |
Totals |
51.8 |
2 |
4 |
26 |
24 |
25 |
4.52 |
1996 Cleveland Indians (99-62) |
AB |
H |
HR |
RBI |
AVG |
SB |
|
Kenny Lofton |
28 |
12 |
2 |
5 |
0.429 |
5 |
|
Julio Franco |
22 |
7 |
0 |
2 |
0.318 |
0 |
|
Jim Thome |
21 |
5 |
1 |
6 |
0.238 |
0 |
|
Albert Belle |
24 |
5 |
0 |
5 |
0.208 |
0 |
|
Manny Ramirez |
23 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
0.087 |
0 |
|
Omar Vizquel |
24 |
12 |
1 |
5 |
0.500 |
5 |
|
Eddie Murray |
11 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0.182 |
0 |
|
Sandy Alomar |
22 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
0.182 |
0 |
|
Carlos Baerga |
23 |
9 |
0 |
1 |
0.391 |
0 |
|
Brian Giles |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
#DIV/0! |
|
|
Totals |
200 |
58 |
4 |
34 |
0.290 |
10 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
IP |
W |
L |
ER |
K |
BB |
ERA |
Orel Hershiser |
14.6 |
0 |
1 |
8 |
11 |
8 |
4.93 |
Eric Plunk |
4 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
6 |
2 |
4.50 |
Alan Embree |
1.3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
Charles Nagy |
17.6 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
13 |
1 |
1.53 |
Jack McDowell |
4.6 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
9.78 |
Danny Graves |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
Julian Tavarez |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3.00 |
Paul Shuey |
1.3 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
6.92 |
Chad Ogea |
5 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
3.60 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
#DIV/0! |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
#DIV/0! |
Totals |
52.4 |
4 |
2 |
22 |
39 |
17 |
3.78 |