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Record: 89-73   .549.... 1st in American League Central
Stadium: Jacobs Field
Playoffs: Lost ALCS (Yankees)
Attendance: 3,467,299
Payroll: $59,033,499
Top Draft Pick: C.C. Sabathia (#20)   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: Ramirez [45]
RBI: Ramirez [145]
2B: Justice [39]
SB: Lofton [54]
W: Nagy, Burba [15]
SV: Jackson [40]
SO: Colon [158]

Oldest Player: Doug Jones [41]
Youngest Player: Jaret Wright [22]
Longest Tenure: Sandy Alomar, Charles Nagy [9]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Russell Branyan (Sep 26) Jolbert Cabrera (Apr 12) Alex Ramirez (Sep 19)
Pitchers: Jason Rakers (May 6)

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Organizational Roster of Batters

Player	Pos	Age	Team	Level
Cody Allison	C	24	Columbus	A
Sandy Alomar	C	32	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Carlos Alvarez	OF	22	Kinston	A+
	OF		Columbus	A
Paul Assenmacher	P	37	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Bruce Aven	LF-OF	26	Buffalo	AAA
Angel Bastardo	C	19	Burlington	Rk
Carlos Batista	1B	19	Burlington	Rk
David Bell	3B-2B	26	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Heath Bender	1B	23	Watertown	A-
Brian Benefield	IF-OF	22	Kinston	A+
Geronimo Berroa	RF-LF	33	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Junior Betances	2B	25	Akron	AA
Todd Betts	1B	25	Buffalo	AAA
	1B		Akron	AA
Jim Betzsold	OF	26	Buffalo	AAA
Pat Borders	C	35	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Jeff Branson	3B-2B	31	Cleveland Indians	MLB
	3B-2B		Buffalo	AAA
Russell Branyan	3B-LF	22	Cleveland Indians	MLB
	3B-LF		Akron	AA
Robert Bruce	OF	23	Kinston	A+
Mark Budzinski	CF	25	Akron	AA
Dave Burba	P	32	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Jolbert Cabrera	2B-CF	25	Cleveland Indians	MLB
	2B-CF		Buffalo	AAA
Raul Centile	SS	19	Burlington	Rk
Bartolo Colon	P	23	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Joey Cora	2B	33	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Edgar Cruz	C	20	Kinston	A+
	C		Columbus	A
Jacob Cruz	RF-LF	25	Cleveland Indians	MLB
	RF-LF		Buffalo	AAA
Kelly Dampeer	SS	23	Watertown	A-
Paul Day	3B	21	Burlington	Rk
Jeff Depippo	C	22	Burlington	Rk
Einar Diaz	C	25	Cleveland Indians	MLB
	C		Buffalo	AAA
John Dorman	2B	25	Kinston	A+
Shawon Dunston	SS	35	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Mike Edwards	LF	21	Columbus	A
Marques Esquerra	3B	22	Burlington	Rk
Cecil Fielder	1B	35	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Jason Fitzgerald	OF	23	Columbus	A
Ben Fowler	C	21	Columbus	A
Travis Fryman	3B-SS	29	Cleveland Indians	MLB
T.T. Gallaher	OF	20	Burlington	Rk
Brian Giles	LF-CF	27	Cleveland Indians	MLB
	LF-CF		Buffalo	AAA
Michael Glavine	1B	25	Kinston	A+
Luis Gonzalez	2B-LF	19	Columbus	A
Ricky Gonzalez	C	23	Kinston	A+
Dwight Gooden	P	33	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Aaron Gordnier	OF	24	Watertown	A-
Nate Grindell	OF	21	Watertown	A-
	OF		Burlington	Rk
Rafael Gross	P	24	Akron	AA
	P		Kinston	A+
Ricky Gutierrez	P	22	Akron	AA
	P		Kinston	A+
Ryan Haley	P	22	Watertown	A-
Jon Hamilton	OF	20	Columbus	A
Todd Harding	2B	21	Burlington	Rk
Robin Harriss	C	27	Akron	AA
	C		Kinston	A+
Heath Hayes	C	26	Akron	AA
Jesus Hernandez	OF	21	Watertown	A-
Phil Hiatt	3B-RF	29	Buffalo	AAA
Rex Hudler	2B-LF	38	Buffalo	AAA
Mike Huelsmann	OF	23	Akron	AA
	OF		Kinston	A+
Maicer Izturis	SS-2B	18	Burlington	Rk
Chris Jackson	C	19	Burlington	Rk
Mike Jackson	P	33	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Jason Jacome	P	27	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Ruben Jimenez	2B-SS	23	Kinston	A+
Doug Jones	P	41	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Dave Justice	RF-LF	32	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Steve Karsay	P	26	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Troy Kent	SS-3B	25	Kinston	A+
Joe Kilburg	1B	22	Columbus	A
Dennis Konrady	SS	24	Kinston	A+
Rick Krivda	P	28	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Pat Listach	SS-CF	31	Buffalo	AAA
Kenny Lofton	CF	31	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Torey Lovullo	2B-3B	33	Cleveland Indians	MLB
	2B-3B		Buffalo	AAA
Matt Luke	LF-1B	27	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Chris MacMillan	3B	22	Watertown	A-
Dennis Malave	OF	18	Watertown	A-
	OF		Burlington	Rk
Jeff Manto	3B-1B	34	Cleveland Indians	MLB
	3B-1B		Cleveland Indians	MLB
	3B-1B		Buffalo	AAA
Tom Martin	P	28	Cleveland Indians	MLB
John McDonald	2B-SS	24	Akron	AA
Jose Mesa	P	32	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Jake Messner	OF	21	Columbus	A
David Miller	OF	24	Buffalo	AAA
Tyler Minges	OF	18	Burlington	Rk
Dustan Mohr	RF-LF	22	Kinston	A+
Omar Moraga	2B-3B	21	Watertown	A-
Scott Morgan	OF	25	Akron	AA
Alvin Morman	P	29	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Bobby Morris	3B	25	Kinston	A+
Mike Moyle	C	27	Akron	AA
Billy Munoz	1B	23	Columbus	A
Charles Nagy	P	31	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Chad Ogea	P	27	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Barry Patton	C	22	Watertown	A-
Danny Peoples	1B	23	Akron	AA
Edwin Perez			Columbus	A
			Watertown	A-
Chan Perry	RF-1B	26	Buffalo	AAA
	RF-1B		Akron	AA
Eric Plunk	P	35	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Jim Poole	P	32	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Jeff Powers	SS	22	Watertown	A-
Scott Pratt	OF	21	Watertown	A-
Rusty Puffinbarger	C	22	Watertown	A-
Michael Pursell	2B	22	Burlington	Rk
Jason Rakers	P	25	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Alex Ramirez	RF-LF	23	Cleveland Indians	MLB
	RF-LF		Buffalo	AAA
Manny Ramirez	RF-LF	26	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Pito Ramirez	OF	26	Akron	AA
Steve Reed	P	32	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Dave Roberts	CF-LF	26	Buffalo	AAA
	CF-LF		Akron	AA
Adam Robinson	2B	23	Kinston	A+
Gary Rodriguez	OF	22	Kinston	A+
	OF		Columbus	A
Christian Rojas	OF	23	Watertown	A-
Jake Russell	C	24	Kinston	A+
Osmany Santana	OF	22	Watertown	A-
Marcos Scutaro	2B	22	Buffalo	AAA
	2B		Akron	AA
Bill Selby	3B-2B	28	Buffalo	AAA
	3B-2B		Akron	AA
Richie Sexson	1B	23	Cleveland Indians	MLB
	1B		Buffalo	AAA
Paul Shuey	P	28	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Carlos Silva			Burlington	Rk
Casey Smith	OF	21	Watertown	A-
Steven Soliz	C	27	Buffalo	AAA
Zach Sorensen	2B-SS	21	Watertown	A-
Darren Stumberger	3B-1B	25	Akron	AA
Frank Taveras			Akron	AA
			Columbus	A
Adam Taylor	C	24	Akron	AA
	C		Kinston	A+
Greg Thomas	OF	26	Buffalo	AAA
	OF		Akron	AA
Jim Thome	1B-3B	28	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Eric Thompson	OF	19	Burlington	Rk
Brad Tiller	SS	22	Columbus	A
Ryan Upshaw	OF	23	Watertown	A-
Willy Valera	IF	23	Kinston	A+
	IF		Columbus	A
Frankie Ventura	OF	21	Burlington	Rk
Ron Villone	P	28	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Omar Vizquel	SS	31	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Chad Whitaker	OF	22	Kinston	A+
Mark Whiten	RF-LF	31	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Brian Whitlock	IF	24	Akron	AA
	IF		Kinston	A+
Jewell Williams	OF	21	Columbus	A
Brandon Wilson	IF	29	Buffalo	AAA
Enrique Wilson	2B-SS	23	Cleveland Indians	MLB
	2B-SS		Buffalo	AAA
Tim Worrell	P	31	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Jaret Wright	P	22	Cleveland Indians	MLB

Organizational Roster of Pitchers

Player	Age	Team	Level
Juan Aracena	21	Columbus	A
	21	Watertown	A-
Paul Assenmacher	37	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Ross Atkins	25	Akron	AA
Mike Bacsik	20	Kinston	A+
Rich Batchelor	31	Buffalo	AAA
Martin Bautista	20	Columbus	A
	20	Burlington	Rk
Darrel Berck	22	Burlington	Rk
Junior Betances	25	Akron	AA
Ben Blomdahl	27	Buffalo	AAA
J.D. Brammer	23	Akron	AA
	23	Kinston	A+
Jim Brower	25	Akron	AA
Craig Brown	22	Watertown	A-
Jamie Brown	21	Akron	AA
	21	Kinston	A+
Dave Burba	32	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Lance Calmus	25	Akron	AA
	25	Kinston	A+
Jared Camp	23	Akron	AA
D.J. Carrasco	21	Watertown	A-
Xavier Civit	25	Columbus	A
Bartolo Colon	23	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Rheal Cormier	31	Akron	AA
John Cummings	29	Buffalo	AAA
Sean DePaula	24	Akron	AA
	24	Kinston	A+
Marc Deschenes	25	Akron	AA
	25	Kinston	A+
Tony Dougherty	25	Buffalo	AAA
	25	Akron	AA
Ryan Drese	22	Watertown	A-
Tim Drew	20	Kinston	A+
	20	Columbus	A
Travis Driskill	27	Buffalo	AAA
	27	Akron	AA
Jon Edwards	25	Kinston	A+
Dave Erwin	23	Watertown	A-
Ruben Escobar	22	Watertown	A-
Matt Everett	22	Watertown	A-
Jason Farmer	23	Burlington	Rk
Huck Flener	29	Buffalo	AAA
	29	Akron	AA
Alberto Garza	21	Akron	AA
	21	Kinston	A+
Dwight Gooden	33	Cleveland Indians	MLB
	33	Buffalo	AAA
Jason Grimsley	31	Buffalo	AAA
Rafael Gross	24	Kinston	A+
Dan Guillory	22	Columbus	A
	22	Watertown	A-
Jimmy Hamilton	23	Kinston	A+
Jon Hamilton	20	Columbus	A
Scott Harrison		Columbus	A
Mario Hernandez	23	Burlington	Rk
Joe Horgan	21	Columbus	A
Michael Hughes	22	Kinston	A+
	22	Columbus	A
Brian Jackson	21	Watertown	A-
	21	Burlington	Rk
Mike Jackson	33	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Jason Jacome	27	Cleveland Indians	MLB
	27	Buffalo	AAA
Doug Jones	41	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Steve Karsay	26	Cleveland Indians	MLB
	26	Buffalo	AAA
Ryan Kearney	22	Watertown	A-
Matt Koeman	24	Kinston	A+
	24	Columbus	A
Mark Koeth	20	Burlington	Rk
Rick Krivda	28	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Roger Layne	21	Columbus	A
Jason Mackey	24	Kinston	A+
Eric Maleski	22	Watertown	A-
	22	Burlington	Rk
Ronald Marietta	21	Watertown	A-
Tom Martin	28	Cleveland Indians	MLB
	28	Buffalo	AAA
Willie Martinez	20	Akron	AA
Richard Matsko	21	Watertown	A-
Mike Matthews	24	Buffalo	AAA
Jarrod Mays	23	Akron	AA
	23	Kinston	A+
Ryan McDermott	20	Burlington	Rk
Andy McNally	24	Columbus	A
Michael McPadden	18	Burlington	Rk
Brett Merrick	24	Akron	AA
	24	Kinston	A+
Jose Mesa	32	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Marcus Moore	27	Buffalo	AAA
	27	Akron	AA
Chris Morelock	21	Burlington	Rk
Alvin Morman	29	Cleveland Indians	MLB
	29	Buffalo	AAA
Charles Nagy	31	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Richard Negrette	22	Kinston	A+
	22	Columbus	A
Chris Nichting	32	Buffalo	AAA
Carey Novits	23	Watertown	A-
Chad Ogea	27	Cleveland Indians	MLB
	27	Buffalo	AAA
Brody Percell	23	Watertown	A-
Julio Perez	24	Columbus	A
Greg Pirkl	28	Kinston	A+
	28	Columbus	A
Eric Plunk	35	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Jim Poole	32	Cleveland Indians	MLB
	32	Buffalo	AAA
Eddie Priest	24	Buffalo	AAA
Jason Rakers	25	Cleveland Indians	MLB
	25	Buffalo	AAA
	25	Akron	AA
Steve Reed	32	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Bob Reichow	24	Kinston	A+
	24	Columbus	A
Chris Reinike	21	Watertown	A-
Jake Reynolds		Burlington	Rk
Paul Rigdon	22	Kinston	A+
David Riske	21	Akron	AA
	21	Kinston	A+
Rudy Rosales	22	Burlington	Rk
C.C. Sabathia	18	Burlington	Rk
Willmen Sanchez	19	Burlington	Rk
Frankie Sanders	23	Akron	AA
Daniel Sarmiento	24	Columbus	A
Jeff Sexton	26	Buffalo	AAA
	26	Akron	AA
Paul Shuey	28	Cleveland Indians	MLB
	28	Buffalo	AAA
	28	Akron	AA
Wilson Sido	25	Columbus	A
Troy Silva	22	Columbus	A
Kaipo Spenser	23	Kinston	A+
	23	Columbus	A
Mike Spiegel	22	Columbus	A
	22	Watertown	A-
Donald Suttles	21	Burlington	Rk
Tyler Swinburnson	23	Watertown	A-
Mark Turnbow	19	Columbus	A
Rob Vael	22	Columbus	A
	22	Watertown	A-
Jose Vargas	21	Watertown	A-
Jake Viano	25	Akron	AA
	25	Kinston	A+
Ron Villone	28	Cleveland Indians	MLB
	28	Buffalo	AAA
Ken Wagner	24	Kinston	A+
	24	Columbus	A
Mark Watson	24	Kinston	A+
	24	Columbus	A
Matt White	21	Watertown	A-
	21	Burlington	Rk
Mark Whiten	31	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Brian Whitlock	24	Akron	AA
	24	Kinston	A+
Casey Whitten	26	Akron	AA
	26	Kinston	A+
Jimmy Williams		Buffalo	AAA
Tim Worrell	31	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Jaret Wright	22	Cleveland Indians	MLB
Anthony Young	32	Buffalo	AAA