# 2004 Cleveland Indians season

The 2004 Cleveland Indians season was the 104th season for the franchise.

## Offseason

* November 13, 2003: Jason Bere was signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Indians.
* December 1, 2003: Ernie Young was signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Indians.
* January 21, 2004: Jeff D'Amico was signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Indians.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAL Central :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Minnesota Twins | 92 | 70 | .568 | — | 49‍–‍32 | 43‍–‍38 |
| Chicago White Sox | 83 | 79 | .512 | 9 | 46‍–‍35 | 37‍–‍44 |
| Cleveland Indians | 80 | 82 | .494 | 12 | 44‍–‍37 | 36‍–‍45 |
| Detroit Tigers | 72 | 90 | .444 | 20 | 38‍–‍43 | 34‍–‍47 |
| Kansas City Royals | 58 | 104 | .358 | 34 | 33‍–‍47 | 25‍–‍57 |

### Record vs. opponents

2004 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | ANA | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
| Anaheim | — | 6–3 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 4–5 | 7–2 | 7–0 | 5–4 | 5–4 | 10–9 | 13–7 | 6–1 | 9–10 | 4–5 | 7–11 |
| Baltimore | 3–6 | — | 10–9 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 6–0 | 6–3 | 4–5 | 5–14 | 0–7 | 7–2 | 11–8 | 5–2 | 11–8 | 5–13 |
| Boston | 5–4 | 9–10 | — | 4–2 | 3–4 | 6–1 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 11–8 | 8–1 | 5–4 | 14–5 | 4–5 | 14–5 | 9–9 |
| Chicago | 4–5 | 4–2 | 2–4 | — | 10–9 | 8–11 | 13–6 | 9–10 | 3–4 | 2–7 | 7–2 | 4–2 | 6–3 | 3–4 | 8–10 |
| Cleveland | 5–4 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 9–10 | — | 9–10 | 11–8 | 7–12 | 2–4 | 6–3 | 5–4 | 3–3 | 1–8 | 5–2 | 10–8 |
| Detroit | 2–7 | 0–6 | 1–6 | 11–8 | 10–9 | — | 8–11 | 7–12 | 4–3 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 3–3 | 4–5 | 4–2 | 9–9 |
| Kansas City | 0–7 | 3–6 | 2–4 | 6–13 | 8–11 | 11–8 | — | 7–12 | 1–5 | 2–7 | 2–5 | 3–6 | 4–5 | 3–3 | 6–12 |
| Minnesota | 4–5 | 5–4 | 4–2 | 10–9 | 12–7 | 12–7 | 12–7 | — | 2–4 | 2–5 | 5–4 | 4–5 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 11–7 |
| New York | 4–5 | 14–5 | 8–11 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 5–1 | 4–2 | — | 7–2 | 6–3 | 15–4 | 5–4 | 12–7 | 10–8 |
| Oakland | 9–10 | 7–0 | 1–8 | 7–2 | 3–6 | 5–4 | 7–2 | 5–2 | 2–7 | — | 11–8 | 7–2 | 11–9 | 6–3 | 10–8 |
| Seattle | 7–13 | 2–7 | 4–5 | 2–7 | 4–5 | 4–5 | 5–2 | 4–5 | 3–6 | 8–11 | — | 2–5 | 7–12 | 2–7 | 9–9 |
| Tampa Bay | 1–6 | 8–11 | 5–14 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 6–3 | 5–4 | 4–15 | 2–7 | 5–2 | — | 2–7 | 9–9 | 15–3 |
| Texas | 10–9 | 2–5 | 5–4 | 3–6 | 8–1 | 5–4 | 5–4 | 2–5 | 4–5 | 9–11 | 12–7 | 7–2 | — | 7–2 | 10–8 |
| Toronto | 5–4 | 8–11 | 5–14 | 4–3 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 7–12 | 3–6 | 7–2 | 9–9 | 2–7 | — | 8–10 |

### Notable transactions

* April 3, 2004: Milton Bradley was traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Los Angeles Dodgers for a player to be named later and Franklin Gutierrez. The Los Angeles Dodgers sent Andrew Brown (May 19, 2004) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.
* April 25, 2004: Russell Branyan was traded by the Atlanta Braves to the Cleveland Indians for Scott Sturkie (minors).
* June 30, 2004: Jeff D'Amico was released by the Cleveland Indians.
* July 26, 2004: Russell Branyan was sent to the Milwaukee Brewers by the Cleveland Indians as part of a conditional deal.

### Game log

2004 Game Log: 80–82 (Home: 44–37; Away: 36–45) :
April: 9–13 (Home: 5–5; Away: 4–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
1April 5@ Twins4–7 (11)Rincon (1–0)Durbin (0–1)—Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome49,5840–1L1
2April 6@ Twins6–7 (15)Roa (1–0)Westbrook (0–1)—Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome19,8320–2L2
3April 7@ Twins11–4Durbin (1–1)Lohse (0–1)—Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome20,3131–2W1
4April 8@ Royals6–1D'Amico (1–0)Affeldt (0–1)—Kauffman Stadium14,6712–2W2
5April 9@ Royals1–3Grimsley (1–0)Cressend (0–1)Leskanic (1)Kauffman Stadium28,5352–3L1
6April 10@ Royals6–7 (10)Sullivan (1–0)Betancourt (0–1)—Kauffman Stadium21,8892–4L2
7April 11@ Royals3–5Sullivan (2–0)Jiménez (0–1)Leskanic (2)Kauffman Stadium16,9332–5L3
8April 12Twins6–3Lee (1–0)Lohse (0–2)—Jacobs Field42,4243–5W1
9April 14Twins6–10Silva (1–0)D'Amico (1–1)Rincon (1)Jacobs Field14,2373–6L1
10April 15Twins0–3Radke (2–0)Stanford (0–1)Nathan (1)Jacobs Field15,1053–7L2
11April 16Tigers10–3Sabathia (1–0)Cornejo (1–1)—Jacobs Field18,5074–7W1
12April 17Tigers1–6Maroth (2–0)Davis (0–1)—Jacobs Field18,1554–8L1
13April 18Tigers9–7Lee (2–0)Bonderman (1–1)Riske (1)Jacobs Field19,2405–8W1
14April 19Tigers4–10Levine (1–0)Betancourt (0–2)—Jacobs Field13,6505–9L1
15April 20Royals5–15Anderson (1–0)Durbin (1–2)—Jacobs Field13,5635–10L2
–April 21RoyalsPostponed (rain, makeup July 24)
16April 22Royals5–4Betancourt (1–2)Grimsley (1–1)Riske (2)Jacobs Field15,7206–10W1
17April 23@ Tigers3–17Bonderman (2–1)Davis (0–2)Yan (1)Comerica Park22,0086–11L1
18April 24@ Tigers2–5Urbina (1–0)Stewart (0–1)—Comerica Park20,9136–12L2
19April 25@ Tigers3–2Westbrook (1–1)Johnson (1–4)—Comerica Park17,2537–12W1
20April 27@ White Sox11–7 (10)Betancourt (2–2)Adkins (2–1)—U.S. Cellular Field14,5728–12W2
21April 28@ White Sox8–9Jackson (1–0)Betancourt (2–3)—U.S. Cellular Field12,1898–13L1
22April 30Orioles11–2Lee (3–0)Ponson (2–2)—Jacobs Field18,7829–13W1 :
May: 13–13 (Home: 11–6; Away: 2–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
23May 1Orioles3–2 (13)Durbin (2–2)DeJean (0–2)—Jacobs Field17,27510–13W2
–May 2OriolesPostponed (rain, makeup June 14)
24May 3Red Sox2–1Westbrook (2–1)Schilling (3–2)Betancourt (1)Jacobs Field16,28511–13W3
25May 4Red Sox7–6Davis (1–2)Lowe (3–2)Betancourt (2)Jacobs Field16,07012–13W4
26May 5Red Sox5–9Arroyo (1–1)D'Amico (1–2)—Jacobs Field17,37012–14L1
27May 6Red Sox2–5Martinez (4–2)Sabathia (1–1)Foulke (6)Jacobs Field26,82512–15L2
28May 7@ Orioles2–3 (10)Julio (1–0)Durbin (2–3)—Oriole Park at Camden Yards34,32412–16L3
29May 8@ Orioles7–10Parrish (3–1)Stewart (0–2)Julio (4)Oriole Park at Camden Yards30,68712–17L4
30May 9@ Orioles11–12Lopez (3–1)Riske (0–1)Julio (5)Oriole Park at Camden Yards35,77812–18L5
31May 10@ Red Sox10–6Durbin (3–3)Kim (1–1)—Fenway Park35,25713–18W1
32May 11@ Red Sox3–5Embree (1–0)Jiménez (0–2)Foulke (7)Fenway Park35,40113–19L1
33May 12@ Red Sox6–4Lee (4–0)Wakefield (2–2)—Fenway Park35,37114–19W1
34May 14Devil Rays8–7 (10)White (1–0)Carter (1–2)—Jacobs Field19,79615–19W2
35May 15Devil Rays9–7Westbrook (3–1)Zambrano (3–4)—Jacobs Field18,04016–19W3
36May 16Devil Rays10–0Sabathia (2–1)Waechter (1–4)—Jacobs Field19,49917–19W4
37May 17White Sox7–2Lee (5–0)Diaz (0–1)—Jacobs Field15,61718–19W5
38May 18White Sox2–4Garland (3–2)Durbin (3–4)Koch (7)Jacobs Field15,29818–20L1
39May 19White Sox3–15Schoeneweis (4–1)Davis (1–3)—Jacobs Field17,20518–21L2
40May 21@ Devil Rays3–5Miller (1–1)Sabathia (2–2)Baez (6)Tropicana Field10,21318–22L3
41May 22@ Devil Rays3–6Waechter (2–4)Westbrook (3–2)Sosa (1)Tropicana Field12,00818–23L4
42May 23@ Devil Rays4–5 (10)Harper (1–0)Riske (0–2)—Tropicana Field10,55518–24L5
43May 25Mariners4–5 (12)Myers (2–1)Jiménez (0–3)Guardado (7)Jacobs Field15,34918–25L6
44May 26Mariners3–7Moyer (3–2)Sabathia (2–3)Guardado (8)Jacobs Field16,00718–26L7
45May 27Mariners9–5Westbrook (4–2)Meche (1–5)—Jacobs Field17,27219–26W1
46May 28Athletics1–0Jiménez (1–3)Mecir (0–4)—Jacobs Field19,25720–26W2
47May 29Athletics8–6Riske (1–2)Rhodes (1–2)Jiménez (1)Jacobs Field26,44121–26W3
48May 30Athletics4–3White (2–0)Rhodes (1–3)—Jacobs Field24,00522–26W4 :
June: 15–13 (Home: 7–5; Away: 8–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
49June 1Rangers5–6 (12)Ramirez (3–2)White (2–1)Cordero (17)Jacobs Field17,13622–27L1
50June 2Rangers3–5Almanzar (5–0)Betancourt (2–4)Cordero (18)Jacobs Field18,09822–28L2
51June 3@ Angels2–5Escobar (4–2)Lee (5–1)—Angel Stadium of Anaheim39,35322–29L3
52June 4@ Angels9–6Riske (2–2)Rodríguez (1–1)Jiménez (2)Angel Stadium of Anaheim43,59023–29W1
53June 5@ Angels3–2White (3–1)Lackey (3–7)Jiménez (3)Angel Stadium of Anaheim43,51424–29W2
54June 6@ Angels7–0Sabathia (3–3)Colón (4–4)—Angel Stadium of Anaheim43,33725–29W3
55June 8Marlins5–7Bump (1–3)Jiménez (1–4)Benitez (23)Jacobs Field21,25225–30L1
56June 9Marlins8–1Westbrook (5–2)Burnett (0–2)—Jacobs Field17,07226–30W1
57June 10Marlins1–4Pavano (6–2)Davis (1–4)Benitez (24)Jacobs Field19,11326–31L1
58June 11Reds6–5 (11)Riske (3–2)Norton (0–1)—Jacobs Field27,30827–31W1
59June 12Reds8–7Betancourt (3–4)Norton (0–2)Jiménez (4)Jacobs Field42,10128–31W2
60June 13Reds10–8Miller (1–0)Reith (2–2)Jiménez (5)Jacobs Field31,23529–31W3
61June 14Orioles14–0Westbrook (6–2)DuBose (4–5)—Jacobs Field19,34030–31W4
62June 15@ Mets2–7Trachsel (6–5)Davis (1–5)—Shea Stadium22,78330–32L1
63June 16@ Mets9–1Sabathia (4–3)Ginter (1–1)—Shea Stadium29,51231–32W1
64June 17@ Mets2–6Bottalico (3–1)White (3–2)—Shea Stadium17,67531–33L1
65June 18@ Braves4–2Lee (6–1)Hampton (1–7)Jiménez (6)Turner Field28,00032–33W1
66June 19@ Braves0–4Byrd (1–0)Westbrook (6–3)Smoltz (11)Turner Field41,98732–34L1
67June 20@ Braves5–2Davis (2–5)Ortiz (6–6)Jiménez (7)Turner Field31,00033–34W1
68June 21@ White Sox5–1Sabathia (5–3)Schoeneweis (5–6)—U.S. Cellular Field29,72234–34W2
69June 22@ White Sox9–11 (10)Takatsu (4–0)Jiménez (1–5)—U.S. Cellular Field27,92234–35L1
70June 23@ White Sox9–5Lee (7–1)Buehrle (7–2)—U.S. Cellular Field21,65435–35W1
71June 24@ White Sox1–7Rauch (1–1)Westbrook (6–4)—U.S. Cellular Field20,74435–36L1
72June 25Rockies8–10 (10)Reed (1–1)Jiménez (1–6)Chacon (16)Jacobs Field22,64235–37L2
73June 26Rockies4–3 (12)Robertson (1–0)Reed (1–2)—Jacobs Field29,12436–37W1
74June 27Rockies5–3Miller (2–0)Jennings (6–7)Jiménez (8)Jacobs Field27,25237–37W2
75June 29@ Tigers7–9 (11)Dingman (2–1)Jiménez (1–7)—Comerica Park30,45737–38L1
76June 30@ Tigers5–12Robertson (7–3)Davis (2–6)—Comerica Park27,66537–39L2 :
July: 16–12 (Home: 9–7; Away: 7–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
77July 1@ Tigers7–6 (10)Riske (4–2)Urbina (3–3)White (1)Comerica Park25,15938–39W1
78July 2@ Reds15–2Tadano (1–0)Sanchez (0–1)—Great American Ball Park36,15639–39W2
79July 3@ Reds2–4Wilson (8–2)Elarton (0–7)Graves (31)Great American Ball Park38,70839–40L1
80July 4@ Reds4–5 (11)Jones (6–2)White (3–3)—Great American Ball Park30,37539–41L2
81July 5Rangers5–8Rogers (12–2)Sabathia (5–4)Cordero (25)Jacobs Field25,36339–42L3
82July 6Rangers4–1Lee (8–1)Bierbrodt (1–1)Riske (3)Jacobs Field16,79640–42W1
83July 7Rangers8–9Mahay (2–0)Robertson (1–1)Cordero (26)Jacobs Field18,49940–43L1
84July 8Rangers9–10Rodriguez (2–0)Elarton (0–8)—Jacobs Field24,91440–44L2
85July 9Athletics5–4Howry (1–0)Dotel (1–5)—Jacobs Field24,32541–44W1
86July 10Athletics7–15Mulder (12–2)White (3–4)—Jacobs Field28,44841–45L1
87July 11Athletics4–1Lee (9–1)Zito (4–7)Riske (4)Jacobs Field24,62242–45W1
–July 1375th All-Star GameAmerican League vs. National League (Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas)
88July 15@ Mariners1–2Pineiro (5–10)Westbrook (6–5)Guardado (16)Safeco Field32,89642–46L1
89July 16@ Mariners18–6Lee (10–1)Blackley (1–2)—Safeco Field32,57843–46W1
90July 17@ Mariners6–5Sabathia (6–4)Franklin (3–8)Riske (5)Safeco Field36,15444–46W2
91July 18@ Mariners5–7Hasegawa (3–3)Miller (2–1)Guardado (17)Safeco Field37,36344–47L1
92July 19@ Angels8–5 (10)Riske (5–2)Percival (2–2)Miller (1)Angel Stadium of Anaheim42,98645–47W1
93July 20@ Angels14–5Westbrook (7–5)Washburn (10–5)—Angel Stadium of Anaheim40,00046–47W2
94July 21White Sox0–14Buehrle (10–3)Lee (10–2)—Jacobs Field21,92246–48L1
95July 22White Sox0–3Garcia (8–8)Sabathia (6–5)Takatsu (7)Jacobs Field23,16846–49L2
96July 23Royals3–2 (11)White (4–4)Field (2–2)—Jacobs Field26,50447–49W1
97July 24 (1)Royals10–2Durbin (4–4)George (1–2)—Jacobs Field18,87348–49W2
98July 24 (2)Royals4–3Miller (3–1)Sullivan (3–3)—Jacobs Field27,86549–49W3
99July 25Royals5–1Westbrook (8–5)Greinke (2–8)—Jacobs Field23,54050–49W4
100July 26Tigers4–13Maroth (8–7)Lee (10–3)—Jacobs Field18,35950–50L1
101July 27Tigers10–6Sabathia (7–5)Knotts (5–6)—Jacobs Field19,09051–50W1
102July 28Tigers5–4Elarton (1–8)Walker (1–4)Wickman (1)Jacobs Field23,21352–50W2
103July 30@ Royals7–6 (11)Betancourt (4–4)Sullivan (3–4)—Kauffman Stadium32,07953–50W3
104July 31@ Royals3–10Greinke (3–8)Tadano (1–1)—Kauffman Stadium27,68953–51L1 :
August: 14–15 (Home: 8–5; Away: 6–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
105August 1@ Royals7–8May (8–11)Sabathia (7–6)Camp (2)Kauffman Stadium15,64153–52L2
106August 2@ Blue Jays1–6Lilly (8–7)Lee (10–4)—SkyDome17,54953–53L3
107August 3@ Blue Jays6–7Speier (3–6)Betancourt (4–5)Frasor (14)SkyDome15,02553–54L4
108August 4@ Blue Jays14–5Westbrook (9–5)Towers (6–4)—SkyDome15,67554–54W1
109August 5@ Blue Jays6–3 (10)Betancourt (5–5)Ligtenberg (1–4)Wickman (2)SkyDome30,03755–54W2
110August 6@ White Sox3–2Sabathia (8–6)Buehrle (10–5)Wickman (3)U.S. Cellular Field23,81156–54W3
111August 7@ White Sox6–5Miller (4–1)Takatsu (4–3)Wickman (4)U.S. Cellular Field32,79057–54W4
112August 8@ White Sox2–3Takatsu (5–3)Betancourt (5–6)—U.S. Cellular Field25,89757–55L1
113August 9@ White Sox13–11Westbrook (10–5)Diaz (1–3)—U.S. Cellular Field31,11658–55W1
114August 10Blue Jays2–0Durbin (5–4)Bush (1–3)Wickman (5)Jacobs Field19,94259–55W2
115August 11Blue Jays3–2Sabathia (9–6)Frederick (0–1)Wickman (6)Jacobs Field23,69660–55W3
116August 12Blue Jays6–2Riske (6–2)Ligtenberg (1–5)—Jacobs Field22,73461–55W4
117August 13Twins8–2Elarton (2–8)Silva (10–8)—Jacobs Field30,10162–55W5
118August 14Twins7–1Westbrook (11–5)Lohse (5–10)—Jacobs Field40,94263–55W6
119August 15Twins2–4 (10)Rincon (10–5)White (4–5)Nathan (34)Jacobs Field38,01963–56L1
120August 16@ Rangers2–5Ramirez (4–3)Sabathia (9–7)Cordero (36)The Ballpark in Arlington23,55163–57L2
121August 17@ Rangers4–16Erickson (1–3)Lee (10–5)Brocail (1)The Ballpark in Arlington24,86463–58L3
122August 18@ Rangers2–5Rogers (15–5)Elarton (2–9)Cordero (37)The Ballpark in Arlington31,57263–59L4
123August 20@ Twins1–5Lohse (6–10)Westbrook (11–6)—Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome25,15763–60L5
124August 21@ Twins1–8Mulholland (4–6)Durbin (5–5)—Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome27,94563–61L6
125August 22@ Twins3–7Radke (9–6)Sabathia (9–8)—Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome28,58763–62L7
126August 23Yankees4–6Gordon (5–3)Wickman (0–1)Rivera (42)Jacobs Field33,17263–63L8
127August 24Yankees4–5Gordon (6–3)Wickman (0–2)Rivera (43)Jacobs Field31,72963–64L9
128August 25Yankees4–3Riske (7–2)Gordon (6–4)Betancourt (3)Jacobs Field30,60564–64W1
129August 26White Sox9–14Cotts (2–3)Durbin (5–6)—Jacobs Field30,04964–65L1
130August 27White Sox6–3Sabathia (10–8)Grilli (0–1)Wickman (7)Jacobs Field30,52765–65W1
131August 28White Sox3–5Contreras (12–6)Lee (10–6)Takatsu (13)Jacobs Field37,37465–66L1
132August 29White Sox9–0Elarton (3–9)Garland (9–10)—Jacobs Field32,83466–66W1
133August 31@ Yankees22–0Westbrook (12–6)Vazquez (13–8)—Yankee Stadium51,77767–66W2 :
September: 12–14 (Home: 4–9; Away: 8–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
134September 1@ Yankees3–5Hernandez (6–0)Sabathia (10–9)Rivera (46)Yankee Stadium41,44867–67L1
135September 2@ Yankees1–9Lieber (10–8)Lee (10–7)—Yankee Stadium37,96367–68L2
136September 3Angels5–10Escobar (9–9)Elarton (3–10)—Jacobs Field20,99467–69L3
137September 4Angels1–6Washburn (11–5)Davis (2–7)—Jacobs Field23,78667–70L4
138September 5Angels1–2Lackey (12–11)Westbrook (12–7)Rodríguez (11)Jacobs Field26,20867–71L5
139September 6@ Mariners6–0Sabathia (11–9)Meche (4–6)—Safeco Field33,08468–71W1
140September 8@ Mariners9–5Lee (11–7)Baek (1–2)—Safeco Field28,76469–71W2
141September 10@ Athletics4–3 (12)White (5–5)Duchscherer (5–6)Wickman (8)Network Associates Coliseum24,15470–71W3
142September 11@ Athletics4–5Rincon (1–0)Howry (1–1)Dotel (33)Network Associates Coliseum30,43670–72L1
143September 12@ Athletics0–1Zito (11–10)Westbrook (12–8)Dotel (34)Network Associates Coliseum29,10770–73L2
144September 14Tigers3–11Bonderman (10–11)Denney (0–1)—Jacobs Field16,48970–74L3
145September 15Tigers5–3Howry (2–1)Yan (2–4)Wickman (9)Jacobs Field15,41171–74W1
146September 16Tigers4–6Walker (3–4)Sabathia (11–10)Yan (4)Jacobs Field15,94371–75L1
147September 17Royals4–6Wood (3–7)Westbrook (12–9)Affeldt (11)Jacobs Field14,34771–76L2
148September 18Royals1–7Gobble (8–8)Lee (11–8)—Jacobs Field17,84872–76L3
149September 19Royals8–3Denney (1–1)Bautista (0–3)—Jacobs Field16,74572–77W1
150September 20@ Tigers1–3Maroth (11–11)Elarton (3–11)Yan (5)Comerica Park13,82072–78L1
151September 21@ Tigers8–7Howry (3–1)Yan (3–5)Wickman (10)Comerica Park11,35173–78W1
152September 22@ Tigers7–6Westbrook (13–9)Ledezma (4–3)—Comerica Park16,36074–78W2
153September 23Twins9–7Lee (12–8)Durbin (0–1)Betancourt (4)Jacobs Field18,05375–78W3
154September 24Twins2–8Santana (20–6)Denney (1–2)—Jacobs Field16,25375–79L1
155September 25Twins5–3Howry (4–1)Romero (7–3)Wickman (11)Jacobs Field23,54176–79W1
156September 26Twins2–6Silva (14–8)Cruceta (0–1)—Jacobs Field22,09176–80L1
157September 27@ Royals6–1Westbrook (14–9)Cerda (1–3)—Kauffman Stadium11,54477–80W1
156September 28@ Royals5–1Lee (13–8)May (9–19)—Kauffman Stadium11,84778–80W2
159September 29@ Royals5–2Bartosh (1–0)Wood (3–8)Wickman (12)Kauffman Stadium11,19379–80W3 :
October: 1–2 (Home: 0–0; Away: 1–2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
160October 1@ Twins3–4Crain (3–0)Howry (4–2)Nathan (44)Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome25,32279–81L1
–October 2@ TwinsSuspended (pre-determined stopping time, continuation October 3)
161October 3@ Twins5–6 (12)Lohse (9–12)Riske (7–3)—Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome32,26879–82L2
162October 3@ Twins5–2Lee (14–8)Lohse (9–13)Wickman (13)Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome28,62480–82W1 :
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Indians team member :

## Player stats
### Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | AVG | SB |
| Josh Bard | 7 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .421 | 0 |
| Cliff Bartosh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Ronnie Belliard | 152 | 599 | 78 | 169 | 48 | 1 | 12 | 70 | .282 | 3 |
| Rafael Betancourt | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Casey Blake | 152 | 587 | 93 | 159 | 36 | 3 | 28 | 88 | .271 | 5 |
| Ben Broussard | 139 | 418 | 57 | 115 | 28 | 5 | 17 | 82 | .275 | 4 |
| Coco Crisp | 139 | 491 | 78 | 146 | 24 | 2 | 15 | 71 | .297 | 20 |
| Jason Davis | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .200 | 0 |
| Scott Elarton | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | 0 |
| Alex Escobar | 46 | 152 | 20 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 12 | .211 | 1 |
| Jody Gerut | 134 | 481 | 72 | 121 | 31 | 5 | 11 | 51 | .252 | 13 |
| Raul González | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .091 | 0 |
| Travis Hafner | 140 | 482 | 96 | 150 | 41 | 3 | 28 | 109 | .311 | 3 |
| Bob Howry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Jose Jimenez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Tim Laker | 43 | 117 | 12 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 17 | .214 | 0 |
| Matt Lawton | 150 | 591 | 109 | 164 | 25 | 0 | 20 | 70 | .277 | 23 |
| Cliff Lee | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | 0 |
| Mark Little | 11 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 | 0 |
| Ryan Ludwick | 15 | 50 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .220 | 0 |
| Victor Martinez | 141 | 520 | 77 | 147 | 38 | 1 | 23 | 108 | .283 | 0 |
| John McDonald | 66 | 93 | 17 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 7 | .204 | 0 |
| Lou Merloni | 71 | 190 | 25 | 55 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 28 | .289 | 1 |
| Matt Miller | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Jhonny Peralta | 8 | 25 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .240 | 0 |
| Josh Phelps | 24 | 76 | 13 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 10 | .303 | 0 |
| Brandon Phillips | 6 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .182 | 0 |
| David Riske | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Jeriome Robertson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| CC Sabathia | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | 0 |
| Grady Sizemore | 43 | 138 | 15 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 24 | .246 | 2 |
| Kaz Tadano | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | 0 |
| Omar Vizquel | 148 | 567 | 82 | 165 | 28 | 3 | 7 | 59 | .291 | 19 |
| Jake Westbrook | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Rick White | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Ernie Young | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 162 | 5674 | 848 | 1565 | 345 | 29 | 184 | 820 | .276 | 94 |

### Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
| Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K |
| Jason Anderson | 0 | 0 | 45.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| Cliff Bartosh | 1 | 0 | 4.66 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 19.1 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 25 |
| Rafael Betancourt | 5 | 6 | 3.92 | 68 | 0 | 4 | 66.2 | 71 | 32 | 29 | 18 | 76 |
| Fernando Cabrera | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Jack Cressend | 0 | 1 | 6.32 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 15.2 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 8 |
| Francisco Cruceta | 0 | 1 | 9.39 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7.2 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 9 |
| Jeff D'Amico | 1 | 2 | 7.63 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 30.2 | 45 | 29 | 26 | 6 | 16 |
| Jason Davis | 2 | 7 | 5.51 | 26 | 19 | 0 | 114.1 | 148 | 81 | 70 | 51 | 72 |
| Joe Dawley | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8.1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8 |
| Kyle Denney | 1 | 2 | 9.56 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 16.0 | 32 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 13 |
| Chad Durbin | 5 | 6 | 6.66 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 51.1 | 63 | 40 | 38 | 24 | 38 |
| Scott Elarton | 3 | 5 | 4.53 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 117.1 | 107 | 62 | 59 | 42 | 80 |
| Jeremy Guthrie | 0 | 0 | 4.63 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11.2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| Bob Howry | 4 | 2 | 2.74 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 42.2 | 37 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 39 |
| Jose Jimenez | 1 | 7 | 8.42 | 31 | 0 | 8 | 36.1 | 45 | 37 | 34 | 14 | 21 |
| Tim Laker | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Cliff Lee | 14 | 8 | 5.43 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 179.0 | 188 | 113 | 108 | 81 | 161 |
| David Lee | 0 | 0 | 10.38 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Matt Miller | 4 | 1 | 3.09 | 57 | 0 | 1 | 55.1 | 42 | 22 | 19 | 23 | 55 |
| Lou Pote | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| David Riske | 7 | 3 | 3.72 | 72 | 0 | 5 | 77.1 | 69 | 32 | 32 | 41 | 78 |
| Jake Robbins | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeriome Robertson | 1 | 1 | 12.21 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 9 | 6 |
| CC Sabathia | 11 | 10 | 4.12 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 188.0 | 176 | 90 | 86 | 72 | 139 |
| Jason Stanford | 0 | 1 | 0.82 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11.0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| Scott Stewart | 0 | 2 | 7.24 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 13.2 | 23 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 18 |
| Kaz Tadano | 1 | 1 | 4.65 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 50.1 | 55 | 30 | 26 | 18 | 39 |
| Jake Westbrook | 14 | 9 | 3.38 | 33 | 30 | 0 | 215.2 | 208 | 95 | 81 | 61 | 116 |
| Rick White | 5 | 5 | 5.29 | 59 | 0 | 1 | 78.1 | 88 | 52 | 46 | 29 | 44 |
| Bob Wickman | 0 | 2 | 4.25 | 30 | 0 | 13 | 29.2 | 33 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 26 |
| Team Totals | 80 | 82 | 4.82 | 162 | 162 | 32 | 1466.2 | 1553 | 857 | 785 | 579 | 1115 |

## Awards and honors

All-Star Game

## Minor league affiliates

| Classification level | Team | League |
| AAA | Buffalo Bisons | International League |
| AA | Akron Aeros | Eastern League |
| Advanced A | Kinston Indians | Carolina League |
| A | Lake County Captains | South Atlantic League |
| Short Season A | Mahoning Valley Scrappers | New York–Penn League |
| Rookie | Burlington Indians | Appalachian League |