Indians

==Overview==
The Cleveland Indians are an MLB team in the American League Central. They are playable on Backyard Baseball 2001 and 2003. Since the release of the games, the Indians discontinued their Chief Wahoo logo and are now called the Guardians.
They are one of a few team names to win the World Series twice. 
==Season 2==
Newcomer Ellman joined the BBL in season 2 and chose his favorite MLB team, the Cleveland Indians. Despite a decent offense that scored just under 10 runs per game, the Indians struggled to a division-worst 4-10 record.
Cleveland Indians Season 2 Batting
Player 	G 	AB 	H 	1B 	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R 	BB	SO	SB	E 	TB 	AVG 	OBP 	SLG 	OPS 	RC
Maynard McElroy - 2B 	14	55 	33 	28 	5 	0 	0 	4 	20 	0 	7 	22	1 	38 	0.600	0.600	0.691	1.291	22.80
Alex Rodriguez - SS 	14	50 	25 	19 	5 	0 	1 	13 	17 	1 	3 	17	4 	33 	0.510	0.510	0.660	1.170	16.96
Ken Griffey Jr - CF 	14	50 	23 	9 	4 	0 	10	21 	18 	2 	10	2 	2 	57 	0.481	0.481	1.140	1.621	27.65
Achmed Khan - LF 	14	46 	31 	13 	9 	2 	7 	14 	18 	2 	5 	8 	1 	65 	0.688	0.688	1.413	2.101	45.05
Sally Dobbs - P 	14	43 	16 	5 	2 	1 	8 	27 	14 	3 	13	1 	2 	44 	0.413	0.413	1.023	1.436	18.50
Maria Luna - RF 	14	46 	21 	17 	2 	1 	1 	7 	10 	1 	4 	11	4 	28 	0.468	0.468	0.609	1.077	13.23
Amir Khan - 3B 	14	43 	23 	12 	3 	1 	7 	19 	16 	2 	5 	9 	0 	49 	0.556	0.556	1.140	1.695	27.51
Mike Piazza - C 	14	42 	22 	13 	3 	1 	5 	17 	9 	2 	3 	5 	0 	42 	0.545	0.545	1.000	1.545	23.19
Reese Worthington - 1B	14	46 	23 	18 	4 	1 	0 	10 	14 	0 	3 	10	2 	29 	0.500	0.500	0.630	1.130	14.50
TOTALS 	14	421	217	134	37	7 	39	132	136	13	53	85	16	385	0.530	0.530	0.914	1.444	205.82
Cleveland Indians Season 2 Pitching
Player 	IP	BF 	HA	RA	K 	BB	PT 	B 	S 	ERA 	WHIP	K/6 	S/B
Amir Khan 	55	208	44	10	60	0 	500	33	467	1.09 	0.80	6.55	14.2
Maynard McElroy	2 	13 	7 	7 	2 	0 	27 	4 	23 	21.00	3.50	6.00	5.8
Sally Dobbs 	22	86 	21	8 	17	0 	176	5 	171	2.18 	0.95	4.64	34.2
TOTALS 	79	307	72	25	79	0 	703	42	661	1.90 	0.91	6.00	15.7
==Season 3==
Season 3 was a stark contrast for the Indians, as Ellman improved upon his previous performance. The Indians' run production doubled, and they stole an incredible amount of bases. Star Moonbeam and Tommy Pickles (custom player) stole the 2nd most and most bases in a season with 50 and 52, while the Indians as a team set the record with 216 stolen bases (all of those records have since been surpassed). The Indians also set a record with 251 singles (since surpassed), which shows how they set themselves up to steal so many bases.
The Indians' regular season was much better than their last, and at 9-5 they snuck into the BBL playoffs as the wild card. In the ALDS they upset the 11-3 Monsters 2 games to 1. In the ALCS they pulled off one of the greatest upsets in BBL history, sweeping the 13-1 Royals 2 games to none to reach the World Series. In the S3 World Series, Ellman faced off against defending champion gmchappe and the Expos, beating them in the winner-take-all game 5, a final series total of 3-2. The Expos won their game five 43-1, but the Indians won their side by an incredible score of 74-0. Both teams reached the 50 point safety net (the Expos did so after the home team multiplier), but the Indians won because they gave up fewer runs. 
Cleveland Indians Season 3 Batting
Player 	G 	AB 	H 	1B 	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R 	BB	SO	SB 	E 	TB 	AVG 	OBP 	SLG 	OPS 	RC
Star Moonbeam 	14	68 	50 	47 	1 	1 	1 	12 	46 	1 	5 	50 	2 	56 	0.735	0.739	0.824	1.563	41.4
Tommy Pickles 	14	69 	53 	45 	8 	0 	0 	33 	44 	0 	2 	52 	0 	61 	0.768	0.768	0.884	1.652	46.9
Henri Deschenes	14	69 	57 	30 	10	4 	13	35 	49 	1 	2 	24 	0 	114	0.826	0.829	1.652	2.481	94.5
Sally Dobbs 	14	67 	43 	24 	9 	1 	9 	50 	30 	1 	9 	22 	3 	81 	0.642	0.647	1.209	1.856	52.4
Fernando Diaz 	14	66 	38 	24 	7 	4 	3 	26 	28 	0 	4 	26 	5 	62 	0.576	0.576	0.939	1.515	35.7
Mike Piazza 	14	62 	39 	23 	8 	0 	8 	30 	26 	2 	1 	5 	1 	71 	0.629	0.641	1.145	1.786	45.5
Daniel Willis 	14	59 	28 	17 	9 	1 	1 	16 	15 	0 	6 	9 	1 	42 	0.475	0.475	0.712	1.186	19.9
Randi Uno 	14	59 	34 	20 	7 	4 	3 	24 	21 	5 	6 	15 	2 	58 	0.576	0.609	0.983	1.592	35.3
Matthew LaCruz 	14	57 	29 	21 	6 	2 	0 	8 	21 	4 	4 	13 	0 	39 	0.509	0.541	0.684	1.225	21.1
TOTALS 	14	576	371	251	65	17	38	234	280	14	39	216	14	584	0.644	0.653	1.014	1.666	381.1
Cleveland Indians Season 3 Pitching
Player 	BF 	HA	RA	K 	BB	PT 	B 	S 	IP 	ERA 	WHIP	S/B
Sally Dobbs 	294	60	16	51	10	668	69	599	82.4	1.17	0.85	8.68
Henri Deschenes	2 	0 	0 	1 	0 	3 	0 	3 	0.6 	0.00	0.00	inf
TOTALS 	296	60	16	52	10	671	69	602	83 	1.16	0.84	8.72
==Season 4==
Season 4 was not as kind to the defending champion Indians. Despite similar offensive production, season 4 was the most offensive-heavy season in BBL history, and the Indians stumbled to a 5-9 record. They were offered a spot in the Tier 2 playoffs, but coach Ellman declined to participate. 
Cleveland Indians Season 4 Batting
Player 	G 	AB 	H 	1B 	2B 	3B	HR	RBI	R 	BB	SO	SB	E 	TB 	AVG 	OBP 	SLG 	OPS 	RC
Star Moonbeam 	14 	64 	50 	18 	22 	6 	1 	24 	41 	1 	6 	18	1 	84 	0.781	0.785	1.313	2.097	65.9
Derek Jeter 	14 	66 	46 	22 	14 	4 	6 	28 	35 	1 	1 	10	1 	86 	0.697	0.701	1.303	2.005	60.3
Kathy Wolf 	14 	65 	46 	19 	22 	4 	1 	32 	31 	1 	8 	9 	3 	79 	0.708	0.712	1.215	1.928	56.3
Libby Futterman	14 	63 	35 	17 	13 	0 	5 	34 	23 	0 	4 	3 	0 	63 	0.556	0.556	1.000	1.556	35.0
Jim Thome 	14 	54 	33 	9 	21 	3 	0 	24 	21 	1 	0 	1 	0 	60 	0.611	0.618	1.111	1.729	37.1
Robby Bocko 	14 	62 	30 	11 	14 	0 	5 	36 	20 	0 	5 	2 	3 	59 	0.484	0.484	0.952	1.435	28.5
George Coleman 	14 	55 	30 	12 	16 	1 	1 	18 	21 	2 	2 	2 	1 	51 	0.545	0.561	0.927	1.489	28.6
Randi Uno 	14 	58 	33 	14 	15 	3 	1 	22 	22 	1 	2 	2 	3 	57 	0.569	0.576	0.983	1.559	32.8
Nancy Chin 	14 	52 	29 	10 	17 	3 	0 	13 	23 	3 	6 	4 	0 	53 	0.558	0.582	1.019	1.601	30.8
TOTALS 	126	539	332	132	154	24	20	231	237	10	34	51	12	592	0.616	0.623	1.098	1.721	368.8
Cleveland Indians Season 4 Pitching
Player 	BF 	HA	RA	K 	BB	PT 	B 	S 	IP 	ERA 	WHIP	S/B
George Coleman 	224	49	20	38	0 	490	14	473	63.3	1.90	0.77	33.79
Nancy Chin 	73 	22	3 	13	0 	157	4 	153	19.7	0.91	1.12	38.25
Randi Uno 	1 	0 	0 	1 	0 	4 	0 	4 	0.3 	0.00	0.00	inf
Robby Bocko 	1 	0 	0 	1 	0 	1 	0 	1 	0.3 	0.00	0.00	inf
Libby Futterman	1 	0 	0 	1 	0 	1 	0 	1 	0.3 	0.00	0.00	inf
TOTALS 	300	71	23	54	0 	653	18	632	84 	1.64	0.85	35.11
==Season 6==
For the first time in BBL history, the Indians were coached by somebody other than Ellman, as crazyei8hts took the reins and renamed them the Crazy Indians. They also wasted no time in shocking the league. After selecting the draft board with the #7 overall pick, crazyei8hts did some wheeling and dealing and also ended up with the #8 overall pick. The Indians then selected Sammy Sosa and his clone Cheryl Reynolds with their first two picks. Not only did this give the Indians two of the top sluggers in the game, it also helped out their AI defense. With two RF locks, one of them was free to play another position for the computer version of the Indians. This eventually led to Sammy Sosa playing catcher for the Indians. With a rocket arm and high stamina, not many opponents would try to steal off of him. 
The Indians didn't just start off strong in the draft, they started off strong when the season began, too. They entered the All-Star Break with the only perfect 7-0 record in the league. They didn't play quite as well in the second half of the season, but they still finished 11-3 and sealed the top seed in the AL playoff bracket. With a league leading 22 home runs, a 0.721 batting average, 44 RBI and 40 runs scored, Cheryl Reynolds was voted as the Season 6 MVP by the league.
One memorable game in the second half of the season came in Week 12 when the Indians traveled to Eckman Acres to face jyknight and the Pittsburgh Pirates. crazyei8hts and jyknight decided to stream their games on Discord at the same time. With jyknight's game in the books, crazyei8hts was pitching in the bottom of the 6th with a 1-run lead. But in that final inning, the Pirates' Kimmy Eckman hit a fly ball down the left field line, hitting the fence near the foul pole, where it is off the screen and counts as a home run in the game. That one run gave the Pirates the tie, and they won the tiebreaker due to being the home team. 
The Indians entered the postseason as the top overall seed. In the first round, they faced the wild card Boston Red Sox, coached by BBL legend gmchappe, who had given the Indians their first loss back in Week 8. However, the rematch had the opposite results, as the Indians were able to make quick work of the Red Sox, sweeping them two games to none by scores of 13-5 and 12-1. 
Up next was a fierce matchup against the defending champion Philadelphia A's and coach Nick Foles. In their previous meeting, the Indians beat the A's on a tiebreaker, which also ended up giving them the tiebreaker for the #1 seed and home field advantage in this series. Despite closer matchups in this series, the Indians swept the opposition yet again, beating the A's 13-12 and 25-19. Nate Kowalski had an excellent series. In game 1, for the AI Indians, he threw out Achmed Khan at the plate in what ended being a huge difference maker. In game 2, for the user-controlled Indians, his batting and running were boosted to 10 and 7, respectively. In the game, he went 5-6 with 5 home runs and 11 RBI. This was especially remarkable considering he only hit 1 home run throughout the entire regular season.
After beating the A's, the Indians advanced to the Season 6 World Series. There, they faced the winner of the National League, the Arizona Astros, coached by BBL rookie JorgesBankAccount. Two very different styles of play were apparent here, as the Indians focused on driving runners home with home runs, while the Astros loved to slap single and single and keep runners moving. The series also ended up being very back and forth. Game 1 was a blowout for the Indians, who won 14-5 as JorgesBankAccount had to get used to the Indians' defense and the menace Sammy Sosa behind the plate. Petra Chekov was the star of Game 1 for the Indians, smashing 3 HRs and 7 RBI. Game 2 was the opposite story. The Indians played live on Discord, and barely escaped with a 1-run differential. On the other hand, the Astros' bats came alive and they put up a whopping 26-run differential. Game 3 tilted back in the Indians' favor, as they won 16-9 behind good offensive games from Sammy Sosa and Todd Helton. On the brink of elimination, the Astros tied it up again in game 4, winning 25-12 after some big rallies. 
In game 5, the Indians turned out the game of a lifetime. The Indians and Astros both turned in their game tape in both games were broadcast live on Twitch with jlund24 and TheRealSisu commentating. The entire broadcast can be seen here. The Indians scored 5 runs in the first inning, thanks to a home run on the first pitch of the game by Season 6 MVP Cheryl Reynolds, and a grand slam by Sammy Sosa. However, the Astros scored 7 in the first inning, so the Indians were facing an early deficit. Leading off the second inning, Paco Kaufman, not a renown power hitter, drove a 2-2 Corkscrew pitch into the left field bleachers on a line drive swing. Coach crazyei8hts described this feat by saying, "I could play Backyard Baseball for 100 years and never replicate [that]." This hit off of a power-up pitch gave the Indians a Screaming Line Drive to use later. The Indians also earned a Crazy Bunt after turning a double play in the field. Although they were hanging around, the Indians were still down 18-14 heading into the 5th inning. Even though Cheryl Reynolds grounded out to begin the 5th inning, the Indians rattled off 14 runs in the top of the 5th, their best inning of the season. The scoring included a 2-run Crazy Bunt HR by Wing Kwan, a 3-run Crazy Bunt HR by Nate Kowalski, a solo HR by Sammy Sosa, a 2-run Crazy Bunt HR by Paco Kaufman, a grand slam by Todd Helton, an RBI double by Sammy Sosa, and an RBI triple by Frank Thomas. That monstrous inning clinched the game for the Indians, and the final scored ended up being 30-19 Indians. The Indians claimed their second World Series title as a franchise and coach crazyei8hts finally captured his first championship, after being with the BBL since the beginning and losing the first two World Series. 
Season stats for the BBL Champion Indians are below: 
Season 6 Crazy Indians Batting
Player 	G 	AB 	H 	1B 	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R 	BB	SO	SB	E 	TB 	AVG 	OBP 	SLG 	OPS 	RC
Cheryl Reynolds - RF	14	61 	44 	15 	6 	1 	22	44 	40 	2 	3 	3 	3 	118	0.721	0.730	1.934	2.665	86.16
Paco Kaufman - 2B 	14	55 	31 	23 	5 	0 	3 	8 	22 	3 	2 	12	2 	45 	0.564	0.586	0.818	1.404	26.38
Frank Thomas - P 	14	58 	30 	19 	6 	1 	4 	18 	15 	0 	6 	3 	0 	50 	0.517	0.517	0.862	1.379	25.86
Sammy Sosa - C 	14	56 	38 	16 	4 	2 	16	39 	31 	1 	4 	4 	0 	94 	0.679	0.684	1.679	2.363	64.32
Wing Kwan - LF 	14	59 	42 	36 	2 	1 	3 	10 	28 	1 	1 	20	2 	55 	0.712	0.717	0.932	1.649	39.42
Todd Helton - SS 	14	55 	30 	19 	5 	0 	6 	27 	20 	0 	3 	1 	0 	53 	0.545	0.545	0.964	1.509	28.91
Petra Chekov - CF 	14	53 	33 	11 	4 	1 	17	43 	25 	2 	3 	0 	2 	90 	0.623	0.636	1.698	2.334	57.27
Carlos Delgado - 1B 	14	56 	34 	26 	3 	0 	5 	11 	21 	0 	0 	3 	0 	52 	0.607	0.607	0.929	1.536	31.57
Nate Kowalski - 3B 	14	53 	25 	21 	3 	0 	1 	13 	15 	2 	4 	2 	3 	31 	0.472	0.491	0.585	1.076	15.22
TOTALS 	14	506	307	186	38	6 	77	213	217	11	26	48	12	588	0.607	0.615	1.162	1.777	361.67
Season 6 Crazy Indians Pitching
Player 	BF 	HA	RA	K 	BB	PT 	B 	S 	IP	ERA 	WHIP	S/B
Frank Thomas	298	60	14	112	0 	744	71	673	84	1.00	0.71	9.48
TOTALS 	298	60	14	112	0 	744	71	673	84	1.00	0.71	9.48
== Season 10 ==
=== 2003 ===
The Indians returned in Season 10 after several seasons off. They were chosen by coach c0rn and played in the Frontyard League East at their home field of Steele Stadium. The Indians drafted a rather weak roster, drafting some Backyard Kids much earlier than they should have been. As such, the Indians struggled to an 0-10 start before coach c0rn resigned. rBBL newcomer Madoc then took over, leading the Indians to a win in his first attempt. However, that would be the only win the Indians would garner, and they finished 1-13, a league-worst mark.
Cleveland Indians Season 10 Batting
Player 	G 	AB 	H 	1B	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R 	BB	SO	SB	E 	TB 	AVG 	OBP 	SLG 	OPS 	RC
Ichiro 	14	42 	21	20	0 	0 	1 	2 	8 	3 	10	1 	0 	24 	0.500	0.533	0.571	1.105	12.8
Randy Johnson 	14	33 	6 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0 	1 	1 	7 	0 	0 	6 	0.182	0.206	0.182	0.388	1.2
Jason Kendall 	14	42 	18	17	0 	1 	0 	1 	6 	1 	6 	0 	4 	20 	0.429	0.442	0.476	0.918	8.8
Todd Helton 	14	41 	11	6 	2 	0 	3 	14 	4 	2 	10	0 	4 	22 	0.268	0.302	0.537	0.839	6.7
Ernie Steele 	14	38 	7 	6 	1 	0 	0 	0 	2 	2 	7 	0 	0 	8 	0.184	0.225	0.211	0.436	1.8
Billy Jean Blackwood	14	34 	6 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	1 	7 	0 	3 	6 	0.176	0.200	0.176	0.376	1.2
Jocinda Smith 	14	36 	9 	7 	2 	0 	0 	4 	0 	1 	5 	0 	1 	11 	0.250	0.270	0.306	0.576	3.0
Kenny Kawaguchi 	14	34 	10	9 	1 	0 	0 	1 	4 	2 	11	0 	5 	11 	0.294	0.333	0.324	0.657	3.7
Betty Houston 	14	33 	11	6 	1 	0 	4 	8 	5 	1 	8 	0 	5 	24 	0.333	0.353	0.727	1.080	8.5
TOTALS 	14	333	99	83	7 	1 	8 	30 	30	14	71	1 	22	132	0.297	0.326	0.396	0.722	43.0
Cleveland Indians Season 10 Pitching
Player 	BF 	HA	RA	K 	BB	PT 	B 	S 	IP 	ERA 	WHIP	S/B
Randy Johnson 	275	89	54	61	0 	594	46	548	69.00	4.70	1.29	11.91
Betty Houston 	41 	3 	1 	17	0 	119	20	99 	13.00	0.46	0.23	4.95
Kenny Kawaguchi	19 	2 	0 	8 	0 	59 	8 	51 	6.00 	0.00	0.33	6.38
TOTALS 	335	94	55	86	0 	772	74	698	88.00	3.75	1.07	9.43
== Season 11 ==
=== 2003 ===
After that tumultuous Season 10, the Indians returned under new management. Coach crazyei8hts took the Crazy Indians in homage to his Season 6 World Series winning squad, looking to rekindle the magic. The Crazy Indians of S11 had a bold draft strategy. They played at Eckman Acres, a notoriously defensive field, and stocked up on as many strong throwing arms as they could, even if it sacrificed some offensive potential. The Indians ended up with 8 of their 9 players having at least 86/100 arm strength (the exception being Fabienne Callahan at 53), and 3 of those arms were a maximum 100/100 arm strength. The team composition was a bit unexpected, considering crazyei8hts has a reputation for constructing power-hitting teams, often with minimal regard for defense.
The Indians' experiment was initially a success, as only one of their first 7 opponents was able to manage a run differential in double digits, although the Indians as a whole started 1-3. But the team got hot after that, immediately going on a 5-game winning streak. 
After Week 11, the Indians were in a prime position for a playoff spot, sitting at 7-4. But disaster struck as the Indians lost game 12 on a difference of less than 1 run due to the multiplier, then lost to the Giants in Game 13, and finally lost to the division rival Brewers by 1 run. The Indians finished 7-7, along with three other teams vying for the last two Wild Card spots in the Backyard League. The Indians lost the tiebreaker due to their head-to-head record amongst the tied teams: the Angels, Devil Rays, and Orioles. If the Indians had won any of their last three games, they would have been the #5 seed in the BL bracket.
Instead, the Indians went to the consolation bracket along with 3 other '03 teams. Despite losing their first game, the Indians battled back and won four games in a row to claim the Season 11 2003 Consolation Tournament.
The Indians' stout defense helped Chad Koppel win his second career Ace Wilson Award. 
Crazy Indians Season 11 Batting
Player 	G 	AB 	H 	1B 	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R 	BB	SO	SB	E 	TB 	AVG 	OBP 	SLG 	OPS 	RC
Cheryl Reynolds 	14 	50 	35 	17 	4 	1 	13	35 	22 	3 	4 	3 	5 	80 	0.700	0.717	1.600	2.317	57.4
Hillary Vargas 	14 	53 	30 	21 	3 	1 	5 	18 	14 	0 	1 	1 	0 	50 	0.566	0.566	0.943	1.509	28.3
Tony Delvecchio 	14 	52 	25 	21 	1 	0 	3 	13 	12 	1 	4 	1 	1 	35 	0.481	0.491	0.673	1.164	17.2
Vic Soufle 	14 	44 	16 	16 	0 	0 	0 	1 	9 	0 	7 	3 	3 	16 	0.364	0.364	0.364	0.727	5.8
Jim Kiley 	14 	42 	29 	24 	2 	0 	3 	8 	13 	3 	0 	5 	2 	40 	0.690	0.711	0.952	1.663	28.4
Tina Herrara 	14 	49 	24 	24 	0 	0 	0 	0 	13 	0 	4 	0 	3 	24 	0.490	0.490	0.490	0.980	11.8
Chad Koppel 	14 	45 	16 	15 	1 	0 	0 	4 	6 	3 	5 	1 	4 	17 	0.356	0.396	0.378	0.774	6.7
Fabienne Callahan	14 	44 	23 	7 	2 	1 	13	30 	15 	3 	9 	1 	1 	66 	0.523	0.553	1.500	2.053	36.5
Ryan Vanderhoek 	14 	41 	24 	16 	6 	1 	1 	7 	12 	1 	2 	2 	0 	35 	0.585	0.595	0.854	1.449	20.8
TOTALS 	126	420	222	161	19	4 	38	116	116	14	36	17	19	363	0.529	0.544	0.864	1.408	197.4
Crazy Indians Season 11 Pitching
Player 	BF 	HA	RA	K 	BB	PT 	B 	S 	IP	ERA 	WHIP	S/B
Chad Koppel	293	63	11	92	0 	732	81	651	85	0.78	0.74	8.04
TOTALS 	293	63	11	92	0 	732	81	651	85	0.78	0.74	8.04
== Season 12 ==
=== 2003 ===
The Indians returned in Season 12, this time under new coach pentuple, who left the team at its original name. They were placed in the FL Central and had a home field of Sandy Flats. A shocking moment in the draft came when the Indians drafted Tony Delvecchio as the 48th pick, just at the end of the 2nd round. This decision would then be memed by the coach for the remainder of the draft.
The Indians struggled all season long. They lost more games to the AI than they won and led the league in offense strikeouts and defense errors. The Indians finished with a dubious record of 0-14, the lowest of any team of the season, though the coach stuck through for the entire season despite there being a high volume of coach turnover.
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