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CLEVELAND INDIANS (0-0) vs. BOSTON RED SOX (0-0) RHP Corey Kluber (0-0, ---) vs. LHP David Price (0-0, ---) Game #1/Home #1 » Monday, April 4, 2016 » Progressive Field » 4:10 p.m. (ET) » STO/WKYC, WTAM/IRN LEVELAND INDIANS 2016 OFFICIAL GAME INFORMATION Document Soluons Provider to the Cleveland Indians Cleveland | 4577 Hinckley Industrial Parkway, Cleveland, OH 44109 Akron | 440 Grant Street, Akron, OH 44311 WWW.MERITECHINC.COM 888-505-6567 SULTANS OF SWING | OPENING DAY » Today the Cleveland Indians celebrate the opening of the fran- chise’s 116th season (1901-2015)...the Tribe is 59-56 (.513) all-time on Opening Day and has won 2 of last 3 (2013 & 2014), however the club has lost 5 of 7, 9 of 13, and 11 of the last 17 to kick off the sea- son dating back to 1999 (Tribe won 4 of 5 from 1994-98)...last season, Cleveland missed an opportunity to notch Opening Day victories in 3 straight campaigns for the first time since the JFK administration from 1961-63 (3 straight). » Longest Opening Day winning streak in Cleveland history is 5 years, which the Indians have accomplished on 3 different occasions: 1925-29, 1931-35 and again from 1951-55...longest Opening Day losing streak is 4 years, done several times. MAKING MOVIES | OPENING DAY OPPONENTS » Cleveland and Boston are set to meet on Opening Day for the 4th time in MLB history today and for the first time in 37 years... the Indians have taken 2 of those previous 3 decisions from the Red Sox, winning openers in 1962 (4-0) and 1977 (5-4) before dropping the 1979 (7-1) lid-lifter...all 3 games were played at Fenway Park, as this signals the first time in Boston’s history to open the year in Cleveland... the Tribe’s most frequent Opening Day opponents all-time have been the Chicago White Sox and Detroit Tigers (29 times each). » The 2016 campaign is the 5th consecutive season for Cleveland to open a season against a non-divisional opponent, last facing Chicago- AL in 2011. CLEVELAND ALL-TIME OPENING DAY OPPONENTS BY CLUB, 1901-2016 No. Team No. Team No. Team 29 Chicago-AL 4 Boston 3 Toronto 29 Detroit 4 Los Angeles-AL 2 KC Royals 14 St. Louis-AL 3 KC Athletics 2 Seattle 5 Baltimore (1954-) 3 Milwaukee (1970-) 1 Houston 5 New York-AL 3 Minnesota 1 Wash (1960-71) 5 Texas 3 Oakland » See pages 345-349 of the Cleveland Indians Information & Record Book for complete Opening Day results and lineups. HOOCHIE COOCHIE MAN | TITO’S FOURTH SEASON » 2013 A.L. Manager of the Year TERRY FRANCONA begins his 16th season as a Major League manager, compiling a record of 1287-1142 (.530) for Philadelphia (1997-2000), Boston (2004-11) & Cleveland (2013-15)...his 1287 wins are 4th-most among active managers...owns 11 consecutive winning seasons, incl. 3 straight with Tribe...Francona’s teams are 8-7 all-time on Opening Day: Phillies (2-2), Red Sox (4-4), Indians (2-1), as he has been victorious in 5 of 7 & 6 of his last 9. » Last year’s entire coaching staff returns for 2016, collectively bringing more than 200 years of experience in professional baseball. IT’S A ROCKIN’ LITTLE RECORD | BRANTLEY SITS » Today will snap a streak of 6 consecutive Opening Day starts (2010- 15) for MICHAEL BRANTLEY (15-day DL, right shoulder), which had been the longest such active streak for the Tribe - longest since former Tribe SS ASDRUBAL CABRERA started 7 straight openers from 2008- 14...Brantley is 7-for-24 (.292) with 4 doubles & 2 RBI lifetime on Open- ing Day...the longest active streak for the Tribe now belongs to CARLOS SANTANA, as he is set to start his 6th straight opener today (2011-16); next is JASON KIPNIS, who will start his 5th straight opener (2012-16)... Tito Francona, Terry’s father, made 5 straight Opening Day starts for Cleveland from 1960-64. ROLLIN’ STONE | OPENING DAY ROSTER » Cleveland officially announced the club’s season-opening 25-man roster on Sunday, breaking with 13 pitchers and 12 position players (6 infielders, 4 outfielders, 2 catchers)...pending the status of C ROBERTO PEREZ (MLB concussion protocol), the Indians are expected to place TOMMY HUNTER on the 15-day DL & add RHP JOBA CHAMBERLAIN or C ADAM MOORE to the 25-man roster later today...would mark the 4th consecutive year for Indians to break camp w/ 13 pitchers...just 11 of the 25 players (incl. Perez) on this year’s Opening Day roster were also on the club’s 2015 Opening Day roster. » The Indians have just 3 players on a Major League Opening Day ros- ter for the first time in their careers: CODY ANDERSON, FRANCISCO LINDOR and TYLER NAQUIN...Naquin is the only player looking to make his MLB debut. » Following the Hunter move, Cleveland will have either 8 or 9 players seeking to make their debuts in an Indians uniform (MARLON BYRD, COLLIN COWGILL, RAJAI DAVIS, ROSS DETWILER, DAN OTERO, MIKE NAPOLI, TYLER NAQUIN, JUAN URIBE...Chamberlain would make 9)...16 of the 25 players appeared for Cleveland at some point in 2015 (Moore would make 17). AIN’T WASTIN’ TIME NO MORE | SPRING TRAINING WRAP » Cleveland wrapped up 2016 Cactus League play on Saturday, as the Indians went 18-12-4 overall after winning 7 of their final 8 spring games (7-0-1)...marked just the 3rd time in 8 seasons since rejoining Cactus League (2009-16) for Cleveland to reel off 18+ victories, also 2010 (19- 9-3) and 2014 (20-9-2). » The Indians hit 47 HR’s in 34 games, 3rd-most in Cactus League behind the White Sox (51) & Cubs (50), 5th-most in Majors...Gomes led the club with 6 HR, followed by Urshela (5), Napoli, Naquin & Ramirez (4 each)...Naquin led the club with 23 hits, batting .397 (23-58)...Lindor paced team with 15 RBI. WHEN LOVE COMES TO TOWN | 116th HOME OPENER » Today the City of Cleveland is set to celebrate the 116th home opener in Indians history and the 23rd* home opener played here at Progressive Field...*due to winter weather conditions, Cleveland was forced to re-play the club’s 2007 home opener at Miller Park in Mil- waukee, WI (entire 3-game series vs. Angels was played there), which would technically make today the 22nd opener played to completion at this venue...the Tribe has gone 59-56 (.513) all-time in home openers (2007 game included), which includes a 10-11 mark at Progressive Field (2007 game excluded). » Cleveland has dropped 6 of the club’s last 7 home openers (lone win in 2014 vs. MIN) - this after winning 9 of the first 14 home openers played at Progressive Field...the Tribe last won consecutive home open- ers played exclusively in Cleveland from 1997-99 (3 straight); the ‘07 “home” opener win in Milwaukee also gave club 3 straight from 2006-08. » Today will mark the 7th time in MLB history that Cleveland has hosted Boston for a home opener, but the first time ever at Progressive Field... the previous 6 instances all came between 1966-92, with each club win- ning 3 tilts. ALL-TIME CLUB OPPONENTS IN CLEVELAND HOME OPENERS, 1901-2016 No. Team No. Team No. Team 33 Detroit 5 Baltimore 2 KC Athletics 21 Chicago-AL 5 Los Angeles-AL 2 KC Royals 15 St. Louis-AL 4 Milwaukee (1970-) 1 Milwaukee (1901) 7 Boston 4 Texas 1 Seattle 6 Minnesota 3 Toronto 1 Wash. (1960-71) 6 New York-AL *Special thanks to David Sherman & STATS LLC for assistance. WHEN I GET HOME | OPENING IN CLEVELAND » Ending a 3-year drought, the Indians are set to open a season at home for the first time since 2012...in fact, this marks just the 7th time in the 23-year history of Progressive Field (1994-2016) for the Tribe to play their first regular season game in the City of Cleveland. » Cleveland is 22-22 (.550) when opening the season at home in Cleveland, while going 37-34 (.521) all-time in road openers...club has opened on the road in 71 different championship seasons, compared to just 44 true Opening Days at home. DAMN RIGHT I’VE GOT THE BLUES | WEATHER » While severe winter weather forced the relocation of 2007’s home opener, in consideration of today’s forecast, it’s worth noting that the Indians have not seen a game time temperature below 40 degrees for a home opener that was played to completion since April 8, 2003...right- hander Ricardo Rodriguez delivered that day’s first pitch to D’Angelo Jimenez with a game time temp of 34 degrees in front of 42,301 fans who stuck around to see the Tribe drop a 10-inning, 5-3 decision to the White Sox. GRAZING IN THE GRASS | MISC. OPENING DAY NOTES » COREY KLUBER is set to make his second career Opening Day start after toeing the bump in 2015 as the reigning A.L. Cy Young winner...will be the 7th straight season for Cleveland to start a RHP on Opening Day after starting a lefty in 6 of previous 7 from 2002-09. » Rookie OF TYLER NAQUIN has become the first player with 0.000 days of Major League Service to make the Indians Opening Day roster since OF Trevor Crowe in 2009...Cleveland has not had a pitcher with 0.000 days of MLS on an Opening Day roster since RHP Masa Ko- bayashi in 2008...thanks to Elias/John Labombarda for support. » Cleveland will look to end a brief two-year HR drought on Opening Day (last: 2013, A. Cabrera)...club last hit multiple HR’s on Opening Day in 2011 (2, Hannahan/Santana)...last multi-HR effort by an Indians player on Opening Day came in 2004 (Hafner, 2). » MARLON BYRD (9-44, 2B, 2 HR, 8 RBI) & JUAN URIBE (7-34, 2B, 2 RBI) both enter today’s game with 10 career starts on Opening Day, easily most on the team...Byrd has started on Opening Day in each of the last 8 years. » COLLIN COWGILL hit a grand slam for the New York Mets in his only career Opening Day start to-date on April 1, 2013 vs. San Diego. » Akron, OH native and Black Keys drummer PATRICK CARNEY will be on-hand today to throw out a ceremonial first pitch. » JASON KIPNIS celebrated his 29th birthday on Sunday (April 3). » Cleveland has never been shut out in consecutive seasons on Open- ing Day (2-0 loss at Houston in 2015). » Cleveland is 9-4 vs. Boston since start of 2014...Tribe has won each of last 3 meetings overall and 6 straight against the BoSox here at Progressive Field...the Indians have not won more than 6 straight at home against Boston since reeling off 12 straight victories against the visiting Carmines from Aug. 23, 1931-Sept. 15, 1932. CLEVELAND ROCKS | THIS DAY IN MUSIC... » 1964: The Beatles held top 5 places on US singles chart: #5 ‘Please Please Me’, #4 ‘I Want To Hold Your Hand’, #3 ‘Roll Over Beethoven’, #2 ‘Love Me Do’ & #1 ‘Can’t Buy Me Love’...they also had another 9 singles on the chart, bringing their total to 14 singles on the Hot 100...1968: Jimi Hendrix, B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Joni Mitchell, Al Kooper & Ted Nugent met up for an all night blues, folk & rock session at The New Generation Club in NYC after hearing news of Martin Luther King’s assassination. » BORN ON THIS DAY: (1915) Muddy Waters; (1939) Hugh Masekela; (1941) Major Lance; (1948) Berry Oakley, bass player, Allman Brothers Band; (1948) David “Pick” Withers, drummer, Dire Straits. UPCOMING PROBABLES & BROADCAST INFORMATION Date Opponent Probable Pitchers - Cleveland vs. Opponent First Pitch Radio/TV Tues. April 5 OFF DAY (Cleveland, Ohio) Wed. April 6 BOSTON RHP Carlos Carrasco (0-0, ---) vs. RHP Clay Buchholz (0-0, ---) 6:10PM ET WMMS/IRN, SportsTime Ohio Thurs. April 7 BOSTON RHP Danny Salazar (0-0, ---) vs. RHP Joe Kelly (0-0, ---) 6:10PM ET WMMS/IRN, SportsTime Ohio vs. AL: Central West East 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 vs. NL: Central West East 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 In Series: Home Road Total Overall 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 Openers 0-0 0-0 0-0 Finales 0-0 0-0 0-0 Rubber 0-0 0-0 0-0 Lead after: Home Road Total 6 inn. 0-0 0-0 0-0 7 inn. 0-0 0-0 0-0 8 inn. 0-0 0-0 0-0 Trail after: Home Road Total 6 inn. 0-0 0-0 0-0 7 inn. 0-0 0-0 0-0 8 inn. 0-0 0-0 0-0 Tied after: Home Road Total 6 inn. 0-0 0-0 0-0 7 inn. 0-0 0-0 0-0 8 inn. 0-0 0-0 0-0 Decided... Home Road Total 7th-or-later 0-0 0-0 0-0 Final AB 0-0 0-0 0-0 Extra-Innings 0-0 0-0 0-0 One-run G’s 0-0 0-0 0-0 Walk-offs 0 0 0-0 vs. RH starter 0-0 0-0 0-0 vs. LH starter 0-0 0-0 0-0 Overall Record ................................. 0-0 Standing in AL Central ....... T2nd, -0.5G Days in 1st (2-3-4-5) .............0 (1-0-0-0) Largest 1st-place Lead......................n/a Largest 1st-place Deficit.....-0.5G on 4/3 Most G Above .500............................n/a Most G Below .500............................n/a Times at .500 ....................................n/a Current Streak ...................................n/a Homestand ....................................... 0-0 Following a Win................................ 0-0 Following a Loss .............................. 0-0 Last 5 games.................................... 0-0 Last 10 games.................................. 0-0 Last 15 games.................................. 0-0 Last 20 games.................................. 0-0 Longest ‘W’ Streak ...............................0 Longest ‘L’ Streak.................................0 Come-from-Behind Wins......................0 Losses After Holding Lead ...................0 Team Saves ....................... 0-for-0 (0%) Record Before All-Star Break ........... 0-0 Record After All-Star Break .............. 0-0 Home Record ................................... 0-0 Road Record .................................... 0-0 Day Games ...................................... 0-0 Night Games .................................... 0-0 vs. RH starters ................................. 0-0 vs. LH starters .................................. 0-0 vs. Opp. At-or-Above .500 ................ 0-0 vs. Opp. Below .500 ......................... 0-0 CLE scores first ................................ 0-0 Opp. scores first ............................... 0-0 CLE out-hits Opp.............................. 0-0 Opp. out-hits CLE............................. 0-0 CLE/Opp. hits even .......................... 0-0 CLE 3-or-fewer runs ......................... 0-0 CLE 4-or-more runs ......................... 0-0 CLE 5-or-more runs ......................... 0-0 CLE 5 hits-or-fewer .......................... 0-0 CLE 6-9 hits ..................................... 0-0 CLE 10-or-more hits ......................... 0-0 CLE hits home run(s) ....................... 0-0 CLE does not homer ........................ 0-0 CLE allows home run(s) ................... 0-0 No HR by Opp. ................................. 0-0 CLE charged with error(s) ................ 0-0 CLE no error(s) ................................ 0-0 CLE starter goes 6.0+IP................... 0-0 Players Used (Pitchers) ................. 0 (0) Avg. 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Page 1: 2016 OFFICIAL GAME INFORMATION LEVELAND INDIANSmlb.mlb.com/documents/3/2/4/170571324/04.04.16_CLE...Apr 04, 2016  · SULTANS OF SWING | OPENING DAY »Today the Cleveland Indians celebrate

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SULTANS OF SWING | OPENING DAY» Today the Cleveland Indians celebrate the opening of the fran-

chise’s 116th season (1901-2015)...the Tribe is 59-56 (.513) all-timeon Opening Day and has won 2 of last 3 (2013 & 2014), however the club has lost 5 of 7, 9 of 13, and 11 of the last 17 to kick off the sea-son dating back to 1999 (Tribe won 4 of 5 from 1994-98)...last season,Cleveland missed an opportunity to notch Opening Day victories in 3straight campaigns for the first time since the JFK administration from 1961-63 (3 straight).» Longest Opening Day winning streak in Cleveland history is 5

years, which the Indians have accomplished on 3 different occasions:1925-29, 1931-35 and again from 1951-55...longest Opening Day losing streak is 4 years, done several times.

MAKING MOVIES | OPENING DAY OPPONENTS» Cleveland and Boston are set to meet on Opening Day for the

4th time in MLB history today and for the first time in 37 years...the Indians have taken 2 of those previous 3 decisions from the RedSox, winning openers in 1962 (4-0) and 1977 (5-4) before dropping the1979 (7-1) lid-lifter...all 3 games were played at Fenway Park, as this signals the first time in Boston’s history to open the year in Cleveland...the Tribe’s most frequent Opening Day opponents all-time have been the Chicago White Sox and Detroit Tigers (29 times each).» The 2016 campaign is the 5th consecutive season for Cleveland to

open a season against a non-divisional opponent, last facing Chicago-AL in 2011.

CLEVELAND ALL-TIME OPENING DAY OPPONENTSBY CLUB, 1901-2016

No. Team No. Team No. Team29 Chicago-AL 4 Boston 3 Toronto

29 Detroit 4 Los Angeles-AL 2 KC Royals 14 St. Louis-AL 3 KC Athletics 2 Seattle

5 Baltimore (1954-) 3 Milwaukee (1970-) 1 Houston5 New York-AL 3 Minnesota 1 Wash (1960-71)5 Texas 3 Oakland

» See pages 345-349 of the Cleveland Indians Information & RecordBook for complete Opening Day results and lineups.

HOOCHIE COOCHIE MAN | TITO’S FOURTH SEASON» 2013 A.L. Manager of the Year TERRY FRANCONA begins his 16th

season as a Major League manager, compiling a record of 1287-1142(.530) for Philadelphia (1997-2000), Boston (2004-11) & Cleveland (2013-15)...his 1287 wins are 4th-most among active managers...owns11 consecutive winning seasons, incl. 3 straight with Tribe...Francona’s teams are 8-7 all-time on Opening Day: Phillies (2-2), Red Sox (4-4),Indians (2-1), as he has been victorious in 5 of 7 & 6 of his last 9. » Last year’s entire coaching staff returns for 2016, collectively bringing more than 200 years of experience in professional baseball.

IT’S A ROCKIN’ LITTLE RECORD | BRANTLEY SITS» Today will snap a streak of 6 consecutive Opening Day starts (2010-

15) for MICHAEL BRANTLEY (15-day DL, right shoulder), which hadbeen the longest such active streak for the Tribe - longest since formerTribe SS ASDRUBAL CABRERA started 7 straight openers from 2008-14...Brantley is 7-for-24 (.292) with 4 doubles & 2 RBI lifetime on Open-ing Day...the longest active streak for the Tribe now belongs to CARLOS SANTANA, as he is set to start his 6th straight opener today (2011-16); next is JASON KIPNIS, who will start his 5th straight opener (2012-16)...Tito Francona, Terry’s father, made 5 straight Opening Day starts for Cleveland from 1960-64.

ROLLIN’ STONE | OPENING DAY ROSTER» Cleveland officially announced the club’s season-opening 25-man

roster on Sunday, breaking with 13 pitchers and 12 position players (6infielders, 4 outfielders, 2 catchers)...pending the status of C ROBERTO PEREZ (MLB concussion protocol), the Indians are expected to place TOMMY HUNTER on the 15-day DL & add RHP JOBA CHAMBERLAINor C ADAM MOORE to the 25-man roster later today...would mark the4th consecutive year for Indians to break camp w/ 13 pitchers...just 11 of the 25 players (incl. Perez) on this year’s Opening Day roster were also on the club’s 2015 Opening Day roster. » The Indians have just 3 players on a Major League Opening Day ros-ter for the first time in their careers: CODY ANDERSON, FRANCISCO LINDOR and TYLER NAQUIN...Naquin is the only player looking to make his MLB debut.» Following the Hunter move, Cleveland will have either 8 or 9 players

seeking to make their debuts in an Indians uniform (MARLON BYRD, COLLIN COWGILL, RAJAI DAVIS, ROSS DETWILER, DAN OTERO, MIKE NAPOLI, TYLER NAQUIN, JUAN URIBE...Chamberlain would make 9)...16 of the 25 players appeared for Cleveland at some point in 2015 (Moore would make 17).

AIN’T WASTIN’ TIME NO MORE | SPRING TRAINING WRAP » Cleveland wrapped up 2016 Cactus League play on Saturday, as the Indians went 18-12-4 overall after winning 7 of their final 8 spring games (7-0-1)...marked just the 3rd time in 8 seasons since rejoining CactusLeague (2009-16) for Cleveland to reel off 18+ victories, also 2010 (19-9-3) and 2014 (20-9-2).» The Indians hit 47 HR’s in 34 games, 3rd-most in Cactus League

behind the White Sox (51) & Cubs (50), 5th-most in Majors...Gomes led the club with 6 HR, followed by Urshela (5), Napoli, Naquin & Ramirez (4 each)...Naquin led the club with 23 hits, batting .397 (23-58)...Lindor paced team with 15 RBI.

WHEN LOVE COMES TO TOWN | 116th HOME OPENER» Today the City of Cleveland is set to celebrate the 116th home

opener in Indians history and the 23rd* home opener played here atProgressive Field...*due to winter weather conditions, Cleveland was forced to re-play the club’s 2007 home opener at Miller Park in Mil-waukee, WI (entire 3-game series vs. Angels was played there), whichwould technically make today the 22nd opener played to completion atthis venue...the Tribe has gone 59-56 (.513) all-time in home openers(2007 game included), which includes a 10-11 mark at Progressive Field (2007 game excluded).» Cleveland has dropped 6 of the club’s last 7 home openers (lone

win in 2014 vs. MIN) - this after winning 9 of the first 14 home openers played at Progressive Field...the Tribe last won consecutive home open-ers played exclusively in Cleveland from 1997-99 (3 straight); the ‘07 “home” opener win in Milwaukee also gave club 3 straight from 2006-08. » Today will mark the 7th time in MLB history that Cleveland has hosted Boston for a home opener, but the first time ever at Progressive Field...the previous 6 instances all came between 1966-92, with each club win-ning 3 tilts.

ALL-TIME CLUB OPPONENTS INCLEVELAND HOME OPENERS, 1901-2016

No. Team No. Team No. Team 33 Detroit 5 Baltimore 2 KC Athletics

21 Chicago-AL 5 Los Angeles-AL 2 KC Royals 15 St. Louis-AL 4 Milwaukee (1970-) 1 Milwaukee (1901)

7 Boston 4 Texas 1 Seattle 6 Minnesota 3 Toronto 1 Wash. (1960-71) 6 New York-AL

*Special thanks to David Sherman & STATS LLC for assistance.

WHEN I GET HOME | OPENING IN CLEVELAND» Ending a 3-year drought, the Indians are set to open a season at

home for the first time since 2012...in fact, this marks just the 7th time in the 23-year history of Progressive Field (1994-2016) for the Tribe to play their first regular season game in the City of Cleveland.» Cleveland is 22-22 (.550) when opening the season at home in

Cleveland, while going 37-34 (.521) all-time in road openers...club has opened on the road in 71 different championship seasons, compared to just 44 true Opening Days at home.

DAMN RIGHT I’VE GOT THE BLUES | WEATHER» While severe winter weather forced the relocation of 2007’s home

opener, in consideration of today’s forecast, it’s worth noting that the Indians have not seen a game time temperature below 40 degrees for a home opener that was played to completion since April 8, 2003...right-hander Ricardo Rodriguez delivered that day’s first pitch to D’Angelo Jimenez with a game time temp of 34 degrees in front of 42,301 fanswho stuck around to see the Tribe drop a 10-inning, 5-3 decision to the White Sox.

GRAZING IN THE GRASS | MISC. OPENING DAY NOTES » COREY KLUBER is set to make his second career Opening Day start after toeing the bump in 2015 as the reigning A.L. Cy Young winner...will be the 7th straight season for Cleveland to start a RHP on Opening Day after starting a lefty in 6 of previous 7 from 2002-09.» Rookie OF TYLER NAQUIN has become the first player with 0.000

days of Major League Service to make the Indians Opening Day roster since OF Trevor Crowe in 2009...Cleveland has not had a pitcher with 0.000 days of MLS on an Opening Day roster since RHP Masa Ko-bayashi in 2008...thanks to Elias/John Labombarda for support.» Cleveland will look to end a brief two-year HR drought on Opening

Day (last: 2013, A. Cabrera)...club last hit multiple HR’s on Opening Day in 2011 (2, Hannahan/Santana)...last multi-HR effort by an Indians player on Opening Day came in 2004 (Hafner, 2). » MARLON BYRD (9-44, 2B, 2 HR, 8 RBI) & JUAN URIBE (7-34, 2B, 2 RBI) both enter today’s game with 10 career starts on Opening Day, easily most on the team...Byrd has started on Opening Day in each of the last 8 years. » COLLIN COWGILL hit a grand slam for the New York Mets in his only career Opening Day start to-date on April 1, 2013 vs. San Diego.» Akron, OH native and Black Keys drummer PATRICK CARNEY will

be on-hand today to throw out a ceremonial first pitch.» JASON KIPNIS celebrated his 29th birthday on Sunday (April 3).» Cleveland has never been shut out in consecutive seasons on Open-ing Day (2-0 loss at Houston in 2015). » Cleveland is 9-4 vs. Boston since start of 2014...Tribe has won each of last 3 meetings overall and 6 straight against the BoSox here at Progressive Field...the Indians have not won more than 6 straight at home against Boston since reeling off 12 straight victories against the visiting Carmines from Aug. 23, 1931-Sept. 15, 1932.

CLEVELAND ROCKS | THIS DAY IN MUSIC... » 1964: The Beatles held top 5 places on US singles chart: #5 ‘Please Please Me’, #4 ‘I Want To Hold Your Hand’, #3 ‘Roll Over Beethoven’, #2 ‘Love Me Do’ & #1 ‘Can’t Buy Me Love’...they also had another 9 singles on the chart, bringing their total to 14 singles on the Hot 100...1968: Jimi Hendrix, B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Joni Mitchell, Al Kooper & Ted Nugent met up for an all night blues, folk & rock session at The New Generation Club in NYC after hearing news of Martin Luther King’s assassination. » BORN ON THIS DAY: (1915) Muddy Waters; (1939) Hugh Masekela; (1941) Major Lance; (1948) Berry Oakley, bass player, Allman Brothers Band; (1948) David “Pick” Withers, drummer, Dire Straits.

UPCOMING PROBABLES & BROADCAST INFORMATIONDate Opponent Probable Pitchers - Cleveland vs. Opponent First Pitch Radio/TVTues. April 5 OFF DAY (Cleveland, Ohio) Wed. April 6 BOSTON RHP Carlos Carrasco (0-0, ---) vs. RHP Clay Buchholz (0-0, ---) 6:10PM ET WMMS/IRN, SportsTime OhioThurs. April 7 BOSTON RHP Danny Salazar (0-0, ---) vs. RHP Joe Kelly (0-0, ---) 6:10PM ET WMMS/IRN, SportsTime Ohio

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vs. NL: Central West East0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

In Series: Home Road Total Overall 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

Openers 0-0 0-0 0-0Finales 0-0 0-0 0-0

Rubber 0-0 0-0 0-0 Lead after: Home Road Total 6 inn. 0-0 0-0 0-0 7 inn. 0-0 0-0 0-0 8 inn. 0-0 0-0 0-0 Trail after: Home Road Total 6 inn. 0-0 0-0 0-0 7 inn. 0-0 0-0 0-0 8 inn. 0-0 0-0 0-0 Tied after: Home Road Total 6 inn. 0-0 0-0 0-0 7 inn. 0-0 0-0 0-0 8 inn. 0-0 0-0 0-0 Decided... Home Road Total 7th-or-later 0-0 0-0 0-0 Final AB 0-0 0-0 0-0 Extra-Innings 0-0 0-0 0-0 One-run G’s 0-0 0-0 0-0 Walk-offs 0 0 0-0 vs. RH starter 0-0 0-0 0-0 vs. LH starter 0-0 0-0 0-0

Overall Record ................................. 0-0 Standing in AL Central ....... T2nd, -0.5GDays in 1st (2-3-4-5) .............0 (1-0-0-0)Largest 1st-place Lead......................n/aLargest 1st-place Deficit.....-0.5G on 4/3Most G Above .500............................n/aMost G Below .500 ............................n/aTimes at .500 ....................................n/aCurrent Streak ...................................n/a

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Innings: 9.0, 4x, last Aug. 14 at MIN Innings: 9.0, 8x, last Aug. 14, 2015 at MIN Hits: 13, April 22 at CWS Hits: 13, April 22, 2015 at CWS Runs: 6, 4x, last Aug. 19 at BOS Runs: 8, May 10, 2013 at DET ER: 6, 3x, last Aug. 19 at BOS ER: 8, May 10, 2013 at DET SO’s: 18, May 13 vs. StL SO’s: 18, May 13, 2015 vs. StL Walks: 4, June 20 vs. TB Walks: 4, 5x, last June 20, 2015 vs. TB HR: 4, Aug. 19 at BOS HR: 4, Aug. 19, 2015 at BOS Pitches: 121, Aug. 24 at CHC Pitches: 121, Aug. 24 at CHC CG’s: 4, last Aug. 14 at MIN CG’s: 7, last Aug. 14, 2015 at MIN Low-Hit CG: 1, Aug. 14 at MIN Low-Hit CG: 1, last Aug. 14, 2015 at MIN CG SHO’s: NA CG SHO’s: 1, July 30, 2014 vs. SEA Win Streak: 3, May 13-May 28 Win Streak: 6, July 6-Aug. 9, 2014

TODAY’S START » The 29-year-old right-hander and 2014 AL Cy Young Award winner is scheduled to make his 2016 season debut, also the 108th game and 103rd start of his career...Will celebrate his 30th birthday this Friday, April 10. » Will be pitching on regular four days’ rest after making his final Cactus League appear-ance on Wednesday at Camelback Ranch against the Los Angeles Dodgers (4.1IP, 6H, 1R/ER, 6SO). » Kluber will make his second consecutive Opening Day start for the Tribe, as he took the loss on Opening Day in Houston in 2015...He allowed two earned runs on three hits and two walks with seven strikeouts over 7.1 innings in Cleveland’s 2-0 loss to the Astros. » Set to make his fourth career start & fifth appearance against Boston here at Progressive Field, where he is 1-1 with a 5.30 ERA (11ER/18.2IP) against the Red Sox...Earned the win as he held Boston scoreless on three hits over 8.0 innings on Oct. 3, 2015, his most recent start against the Red Sox in Cleveland.

CACTUS LEAGUE WRAP » In six Cactus League games/starts, Kluber went 4-1 with a 2.19 ERA (6ER/24.2IP) and 26 K’s against just three BB’s...His four wins, 26 strikeouts, .714 OPS against and 8.67 K-BB ratio were all career spring-highs for the right-hander, while is 2.19 ERA was the best mark of any spring in which he worked more than 5.0 innings in big league camp. » Kluber finished spring play among MLB’s best qualified hurlers in numerous statistical categories, ranking T3rd in strikeouts (26), 4th in K-BB ratio (8.67), T5th in BB-per-9.0IP (1.09), T9th in ERA (2.19) and T10th in innings pitched (24.2).

OPENING DAY NOD » Kluber is set to receive his second career starting assignment on Opening Day...in 2015, he became the 10th different pitcher to start Opening Day for the Tribe since Progressive Field opened in 1994...Will be the sixth different Cleveland hurler to make consecutive OD starts for Cleveland over that same span...Will be the seventh consecutive season (2010-16) for the Indians to start a right-hander on OD after starting a lefty in 6 of previous 7 from 2002-09.

CLEVELAND INDIANS OPENING DAY STARTERS,LAST 23 SEASONS (1994-2016)

1994-RHP Dennis Martinez 2002-RHP Bartolo Colon 2010-RHP Jake Westbrook 1995-RHP Dennis Martinez 2003-LHP CC Sabathia 2011-RHP Roberto Hernandez 1996-RHP Dennis Martinez 2004-LHP CC Sabathia 2012-RHP Justin Masterson 1997-RHP Charles Nagy 2005-RHP Jake Westbrook 2013-RHP Justin Masterson 1998-RHP Charles Nagy 2006-LHP CC Sabathia 2014-RHP Justin Masterson 1999-RHP Jaret Wright 2007-LHP CC Sabathia 2015-RHP Corey Kluber 2000-RHP Bartolo Colon 2008-LHP CC Sabathia 2016-RHP Corey Kluber 2001-RHP Bartolo Colon 2009-LHP Cliff Lee

2015 AT A GLANCE » Despite his 9-16 record, Kluber followed up his 2014 AL Cy Young Award campaign with another impressive season in 2015, tallying 245 strikeouts and posting a 3.49 ERA (86ER/222.0IP), the 13th-lowest ERA in the American League...Limited opposing hitters to a career-low .231 (189-for-819) average against and boasted a career-low 1.05 WHIP. » Kluber held right-handed hitters to a .197 (77-for-390) clip, the 2nd-lowest among AL hurlers and 6th-lowest in MLB...Recorded a career low BB-per-9.0IP ratio (1.82) and set a new single-season career-high K-to-BB ratio (5.44)...Put together his strongest month of 2015 in July, going 3-2 with a 2.91 ERA (15ER/46.1IP) in six outings. » The Indians scored just 82 runs in support of Kluber (3.32 RSA) and plated two-or-fewer runs in 21 of his 32 starts in 2015...He twice carried no-hit bids into the 7th inning, as St. Louis’ Jhonny Peralta (May 13) and Minnesota’s Joe Mauer (Aug. 9) each tallied two-out singles to break them up.

ONE FOR THE AGES » Kluber earned his first win of 2015 on May 13 against St. Louis, as he struck out a career-high 18 batters in 8.0 scoreless innings (1H, 0BB)...Became one of five different pitchers in Major League history to strike out 18-or-more batters without allowing a walk, joining Luis Tiant (1X), Roger Clemens (3x), Randy Johnson (2x) and Kerry Wood (1x)...First Indians pitcher since Luis Tiant did so on July 3, 1968 against MIN (19SO, 0BB, 10.0IP). » According to Elias, only one other pitcher in MLB history has recorded 18+ strikeouts in an outing of no more than 8.0 innings: Seattle’s Randy Johnson on Sept. 27, 1992 at Texas (8.0IP, 6H, 2R-ER, 4BB, 18SO)...The 18 K’s matched the franchise record for a 9.0-inning game, originally set by Bob Feller in Game 1 of a DH on Oct. 2, 1938 vs. DET...Were the most by any MLB pitcher in a game since Milwaukee’s Ben Sheets struck out 18 on May 16, 2004 against Atlanta and the most in an AL game since Toronto’s Roger Clemens struck out 18 on Aug. 25, 1998 against Kansas City.

VS. BOSTON» Set to make his eighth career appearance and seventh career start against the Boston Red Sox...Is 1-2 with a 4.91 ERA (20ER/36.2IP) and 41 strikeouts to 10 walks in his seven career games/six starts vs. Boston. » His best start against the Red Sox came in his final outing of the 2015 campagin, as he earned his first career win over Boston with 8.0 shutout innings of 3-hit ball on Oct. 3, 2015 at Progressive Field (8.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 2 BB, HBP, 9 SO).

HOME COOKING » Is 21-17 with a 2.91 ERA (113ER/349.1IP) in 55 career appearances at Progressive Field...He went 6-8 with a 2.83 ERA (35ER/111.1IP) with 115 strikeouts to 28 walks in 16 starts at Progressive Field last season. » Among qualified AL hurlers at home in 2015, Kluber finished T4th (with Boston’s David Price) in strikeouts (115), T6th in K-per-9.0IP (9.30) and T7th in ERA.

CAREER SNAPSHOT » Kluber is in his seventh season with Cleveland after being acquired from the San Diego Padres on July 31, 2010 in a three-team trade that sent RHP Jake Westbrook (from Cleveland) and LHP Nicholas Greenwood (from San Diego) to the St. Louis Cardinals and moved OF Ryan Ludwick from St. Louis to San Diego. » The right-hander signed a five-year contract extension with the Indians through 2019 on April 5, 2015...The deal includes club options for 2020 & 2021 and could cover up to the first three years of free agency. » He made his MLB debut with three relief appearances as a Sept. call-up with Cleveland in 2011...Also made 12 starts down the stretch in 2012 from Aug.-Oct...Has been a main-stay in the Tribe rotation since late April 2013...Has five career relief appearances, last on April 20, 2013 at HOU. » Kluber was selected by San Diego in the 4th round of the 2007 June draft out of Stetson (FL) University, where he played three seasons. » The Birmingham, Alabama native attended Coppell (TX) High School, located in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. » His father, Jim, is a Cleveland native who graduated from Mayfield High School and Ohio University.

I’ll GO TALLY THE VOTES

KLUBER’S CAREER RECORD W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO 2015 9-16 3.49 32 32 222.0 189 92 86 45 245 Career 40-35 3.39 107 102 672.1 631 279 253 150 709

KLUBER vs. BOSTON W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO 2015 1-1 3.86 2 2 14.0 9 6 6 3 18 Career 1-2 4.91 7 6 36.2 32 20 20 10 41

KLUBER at PROGRESSIVE FIELD W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO 2015 6-8 2.83 16 16 111.1 91 40 35 28 115 Career 21-17 2.91 55 52 349.1 311 125 113 79 360

W L ERA G/S IP ER HOME 6 8 2.83 16/16 111.1 35 ROAD 3 8 4.15 16/16 110.2 51 DAY 3 5 3.24 11/11 77.2 28 NIGHT 6 11 3.62 21/21 144.1 58 GRASS 9 16 3.49 31/31 214.0 83 TURF 0 0 3.38 1/1 8.0 3

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Kluber vs. Boston PLAYER AVG H AB HR RBI BB SO Betts .000 0 3 0 0 1 1 Bogaerts .000 0 5 0 0 0 0 Bradley .111 1 9 1 3 1 3 Castillo .167 1 6 0 0 0 4 Hanigan .250 2 8 1 1 0 5 Holt .250 3 12 0 2 0 2 Ortiz .273 3 11 2 4 1 2 Pedroia .182 2 11 0 2 1 2 Sandoval .333 1 3 0 0 0 1 Shaw .400 2 5 1 1 1 2

Price vs. Cleveland PLAYER AVG H AB HR RBI BB SO Brantley .222 6 27 0 1 1 4 Chisenhall .364 4 11 1 3 0 1 Cowgill .143 1 7 0 4 0 3 Davis .273 9 33 0 2 1 9 Gomes .000 0 15 0 0 0 8 Kipnis .348 8 23 0 0 0 6 Lindor .000 0 5 0 1 0 1 Napoli .235 8 34 1 1 1 19 Perez .333 1 3 0 0 0 2 Ramirez .111 1 9 0 0 1 5 Santana .310 9 29 0 2 5 7 Uribe .333 1 3 0 0 0 0

AVG H AB HR RBI BB SO vs. LEFT .261 112 429 11 42 30 122 vs. RIGHT .197 77 390 11 32 15 123 TOTALS .231 189 819 22 74 45 245

W L ERA G/S IP ER HOME 21 17 2.91 55/52 349.1 113 ROAD 19 18 3.90 52/50 323.0 140 DAY 15 12 3.27 38/37 244.2 89 NIGHT 25 23 3.45 69/65 427.2 164 GRASS 38 35 3.40 104/99 650.2 246 TURF 2 0 2.91 3/3 21.2 7

AVG H AB HR RBI BB SO vs. LEFT .265 359 1357 34 144 104 376 vs. RIGHT .228 272 1191 26 99 46 333 TOTALS .248 631 2548 60 243 150 709

2015 mlb splits Career mlb splits

2015 HIGHS CAREER HIGHS

BATTER-PITCHER MATCH-UPs

STEAL RATES WHILE PITCHING Year(s) CS SBA CS% 2008-15 22 67 32.8 2016 TOTAL 22 67 32.8%

Date Opp. Score Dec. ERA IP H R ER HR BB-I SO Left Game P/S 4/4 vs. BOS - / April Totals - Season Totals -

KLUBER’S 2016 DAY-BY-DAY

WEDNESDAY’S probable starterRHP CARLOS CARRASCO (14-12, 3.63 ERA in 2015) » The 29-year-old right-hander is scheduled to make his 2016 season debut following the Tribe’s off day on Tuesday, also the 119th game and 84th start of his career...Turned 29 on March 21. » Will be pitching on extended 5 days’ rest after making his final Cactus League start on Thursday at Goodyear Ballpark in a 3-1 win over the Cincinnati Reds (6.2IP, 5H, 1R/ER, 2BB, 6SO)...In six Cactus League starts, Carrasco went 2-1 with a 3.28 ERA (9ER/24.2IP) and 23 strikeouts against three walks. » Carrasco joined Kluber alongside the MLB’s best qualified hurlers this spring as he finished T5th in BB-per-9.0IP (1.09), T10th in innings pitched (24.2) and T14th in strikeouts (23). » In 2015, went 14-12 with a 3.63 ERA (74ER/183.2IP) in 30 starts...Finished the season with 216 strikeouts (T9th in MLB, T5th in A.L.), surpassing 200 strikeouts in a single season for the first time in his career...Joined Kluber (245 K’s) to become the first Indians teammates to reach the 200-K mark in a single season since Sam McDowell and Luis Tiant pulled the trick in 1967 and 1968...Finished the season recording 5+ K’s in 18 straight contests, the longest such streak by an Indians pitcher in a single season since Bob Feller did so in 23 straight contest in 1946. » Has gone 1-1 with a 3.77 ERA (6ER/14.1IP) and 12 strikeouts against four walks in three career games/two starts vs. Boston...Has not made a start against the Red Sox since Aug. 3, 2011, when he did not factor in the Indians 4-3 loss, allowing three earned runs on nine hits and three walks with five strikeouts over 7.0 innings.

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HITTERS NOTES:

vs.LHP:.000(0-0) 0 HR,0RBI vs.RHP:. 000(0-0) 0 HR,0RBI Home:. 000(0-0) 0 HR,0RBI Road: .000(0-0) 0 HR,0RBI BOS series: n/a H-Stand:n/a RISP: .000(0-0) 0 HR,0RBI

MARLON BYRD

#6

vs.LHP:.000(0-0) 0HR,0RBI vs.RHP:.000(0-0) 0HR, 0RBI Home:.000(0-0) 0HR,0RBI Road:.000(0-0) 0HR,0RBI BOS Series: n/a H-Stand:n/a Streak:-G (0-0), 0HR, 0RBI RISP:.000(0-0) 0HR,0RBI

Signed as free agent by Cleveland on March 18 to Minor League contract w/MLB invite Hit .290 (9-31) this spring with 6 2B and 3runs in 11 games (.855 OPS)….Added to Major

League roster on April 4…started 3 games in LF and 4 games in RF. 2010 National League All-Star…He has hit at least 20 home runs with 70-or-more RBI in

each of the last three seasons since 2013 (w/ only fourteen (14) other Major League players)

Spent the 2015 season between the Cincinnati Reds and San Francisco Giants, hitting a combined .247 (125-506) with 25 doubles, 5 triples, 23 home runs and 73 RBI in 135 games (.290/.453/.743)....Hit .271 (35-129) off left-handed pitching (.324/.496/.820).

Made his 10th career Opening Day start for Cincinnati on April 6 vs. Pittsburgh...

COLLIN COWGILL

#7

vs.LHP:. 000(0-0) 0HR,0RBI vs.RHP:.000(0-0) 0HR, 0RBI Home:.000(0-0) 0HR,0RBI Road:.000(0-0) 0HR,0RBI BOS Series: n/a H-Stand:n/a Streak:-G (0-0), 0HR, 0RBI RISP:.000(0-0) 0HR,0RBI

Acquired by Cleveland on Dec. 2 for cash. Hit .207 (12-58) this spring with 5 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR & 10 RBI in 25 games…Made 4 starts in

CF and 12 starts in RF.

Spent the last two and a half seasons with the Los Angeles Angels, appearing in 55 games with the Angels in 2015 across all 3 outfield positions despite missing 84 games, May 26-August 31, with a sprained right wrist.

RAJAI DAVIS

#20

vs.LHP:.000(0-0) 0HR,0RBI vs.RHP:.000(0-0) 0HR, 0RBI Home:.000(0-0) 0HR,0RBI Road:.000(0-0) 0HR,0RBI BOS Series: n/a H-Stand:n/a Streak:-G (0-0), 0HR, 0RBI RISP:.000(0-0) 0HR,0RBI

Signed by Cleveland on Dec. 17 to a one-year Major League free agent contract. Hit .250 (14-56) this spring with 4 2B, 1 HR & 5 RBI in 17 games…Made 7 starts in LF, 8

starts in CF. His 322 career stolen bases are 7th among active Major League players, placing in the top

ten in the American League in steals six times during his career.

Spent last 2 seasons with Detroit, hitting .258 (88-341) with 16 2B, 11 3B, 8HR and 30 RBI in 112 games (.306/.440/.746).

Finished tied for third in the American League in triples (career-high 11) and equaled his career-best with 8 home runs.

YAN GOMES

#10

vs.LHP:.000(0-0) 0HR,0RBI vs.RHP:.000(0-0) 0HR, 0RBI Home:.000(0-0) 0HR,0RBI Road:.000(0-0) 0HR,0RBI BOS Series: n/a H-Stand:n/a Streak:-G (0-0), 0HR, 0RBI RISP:.000(0-0) 0HR,0RBI

Hit .300 (15-50) this spring with 3 2B, 6 HR & 11 RBI in 19 games…Made 19 starts at catcher…Was T-3rd among A.L. spring hitters with 6 homers.

Sprained the MCL ligament in his right knee on a play at home plate in the 9th inning vs. Detroit on April 12, 2015 and was on the DL from April 13-May 23 (missed 37 games).

Enjoyed a pair of two-homer games in 2015, 6/9 vs. Seattle and 9/1 at Toronto. From Sept. 10 thru the end of the season he hit .297 (19-64) over his last 16 games with 9

2B, 1HR & 6 RBI…Indians were 49-41 (.544) in his starts behind the plate in 2015.

JASON KIPNIS

#22 vs.LHP:.000(0-0) 0HR,0RBI vs.RHP:.000(0-0) 0HR, 0RBI Home:.000(0-0) 0HR,0RBI Road:.000(0-0) 0HR,0RBI BOS Series: n/a H-Stand:n/a Streak:-G (0-0), 0HR, 0RBI RISP:.000(0-0) 0HR,0RBI

2015 A.L. All-Star (2nd time, also 2013). Hit .233 (14-60) this spring with 3 2B, 1 3B, 3 HR & 12 RBI in 21 games (.790 OPS, 10R) Bounced back in 2015 with his second All-Star season in the last three years, finishing with

career-highs in hits, doubles, triples, average, on-base pct. and runs scored (equaled) Led A.L. 2B in average, on-base, slugging and OPS and also ranked among American

League leaders in avg (7th, .303), 2B (2nd, 43), OB% (7th, .372). Led A.L. lead-off batters with a .385 on-base pct. (was 3rd with 81 runs scored in #1 spot).

Named A.L. Player of the Month in May, batting .429 (51-119) with 15 2B, 3 3B, 4 HR & 17 RBI in 29 games…22 extra base hits were the most ever in a single month by an Indians 2B, a May club record and most in any month since Hafner (22, Aug. 2006) and his 51 May hits were the most for that month in club history (prev. Joe Jackson, 49, 1913).

Was also just the 16th player (3rd-ever in May) in MLB history with a month of at least 50 hits, 30 runs and a 1.200 OPS...Was just the 11th Indians player since 1914 with at least 51 hits in a month and the first since Roberto Alomar (Sept. 2000).

FRANCISCO LINDOR

#12

vs.LHP:.000(0-0) 0HR,0RBI vs.RHP:.000(0-0) 0HR, 0RBI Home:.000(0-0) 0HR,0RBI Road:.000(0-0) 0HR,0RBI BOS Series: n/a H-Stand:n/a Streak:-G (0-0), 0HR, 0RBI RISP:.000(0-0) 0HR,0RBI

2015 A.L. Rookie of the Year runner-up. Hit .339 (21-62) this spring with 7 2B, 1 3B, 3 HR & 15 RBI in 21 games (1.020OPS),

finished T7th in AL this spring in RBI, 7th in slg%(.629) and T1st in doubles Spent the last four months of the 2015 season at the Major League level and led A.L.

rookies in batting average (.313) and WAR (4.6) and ranked in the top 10 in a host of offensive rookie categories (2B, T2nd, 22; RBI, 4th, 51; Hits, 2nd, 122, on-base%, 1st, .353).

8th-youngest player in the A.L. at the time of his promotion...Became the first Indians rookie with at least 10 SB, 10 HR, 20 2B, 100 hits and .300 average since 1929 (Earl Averill, age 27).

Hit .370 (40-108) in 28 August games with 18 runs, 8 doubles, 2 home runs and 12 RBI (.913OPS), collecting the most hits in a single month by an Indians rookie since August 1964

From August 4 thru the end of the season he batted .361 (MLB-high 78 hits in 216AB) with 35 RS, 17 2B, 4 3B, 7 HR and 32 RBI in 56 games.

MIKE NAPOLI

#26

vs.LHP:.000(0-0) 0HR,0RBI vs.RHP:.000(0-0) 0HR, 0RBI Home:.000(0-0) 0HR,0RBI Road:.000(0-0) 0HR,0RBI BOS Series: n/a H-Stand:n/a Streak:-G (0-0), 0HR, 0RBI RISP:.000(0-0) 0HR,0RBI

Signed by Cleveland on Jan. 5 to a one-year Major League free agent contract. Hit .364 (20-55) this spring with 1 2B, 4 HR & 14 RBI in 21G (1.063OPS)…Made 14 starts at

1B, 6 starts at DH…Ranked among A.L. spring leaders in avg (.364,T7th), T10th in RBI (14), on-base % (.463, 3rd).

Hit 17 home runs in 2015 for an 8th consecutive season since 2008, one of just eight Major League players to make that claim.

Hit .295/.396/.513/.908 (23-78) with 5 HR and 10 RBI in 35 games with Texas after being acquired in an 8/7 trade with Boston…Beginning 8/16, would hit .324 (23-71) in his final 29 contests with the Ranger

Has played in the postseason in 7 of the last 9 seasons (2007-09, 2011-13, 2015, 51 career postseason games)

TYLER NAQUIN

#30

vs.LHP:.000(0-0) 0HR,0RBI vs.RHP:.000(0-0) 0HR, 0RBI Home:.000(0-0) 0HR,0RBI Road:.000(0-0) 0HR,0RBI BOS Series: n/a H-Stand:n/a Streak:-G (0-0), 0HR, 0RBI RISP:.000(0-0) 0HR,0RBI

Making debut at Major League level… Selected by Cleveland in the 1st round (15th overall) of the 2012 draft (last Indians rookie to

make OD roster; Trevor Crowe 2009). Hit .397 (23-58) this spring w/3 2B, 3 3B, 4HR & 7RBI in 14G(14R)…Made 15GS in CF…

Ranked among A.L. spring leaders in runs (T5th, 14), hits (T6th, 23), 3B (T3rd), TB(T2nd, 44)

Hit a combined .300 (98-327) w/25 2B, 1 3B, 7 HR & 27 RBI in 84 G between Akron and Columbus (.828OPS) in 2015.

Ranked as 6th-best prospect in Indians system entering 2016 (Baseball America)… Missed 17 days with concussion symptoms from July 30-August 15 after outfield wall

collision and missed last few weeks of season with hip strain. ROBERTO

PEREZ #55

vs.LHP:.000(0-0) 0HR,0RBI vs.RHP:.000(0-0) 0HR, 0RBI Home:.000(0-0) 0HR,0RBI Road:.000(0-0) 0HR,0RBI BOS Series: n/a H-Stand:n/a Streak:-G (0-0), 0HR, 0RBI RISP:.000(0-0) 0HR,0RBI

Hit .261 (12-46) this spring with 3 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR & 9 RBI in 20 games (15 starts at catcher) Spent his first full season at the Major League level in 2015 and was the primary back-up to

Yan Gomes, save a six-week stretch from April 12-May 23 as the starter when Gomes was DLd Ranked T6th among American League catchers in walks (33)

Led the Majors with a 39% caught stealing percentage (min. 40 SB attempts), as he threw out 16 of 41 runners attempting to steal...The Tribe staff recorded an 3.71 ERA with Roberto behind the plate (started 61 games at C/69 games overall).

JOSE RAMIREZ

#11

vs.LHP:.000(0-0) 0HR,0RBI vs.RHP:.000(0-0) 0HR, 0RBI Home:.000(0-0) 0HR,0RBI Road:.000(0-0) 0HR,0RBI BOS Series: n/a H-Stand:n/a Streak:-G (0-0), 0HR, 0RBI RISP:.000(0-0) 0HR,0RBI

Hit .313 (20-64) this spring with 6 2B, 4 HR & 13 RBI in 24 games…Made 4 starts in LF, 1 start in CF, 5 GS at 2B, 6 GS at 3B, 1GS at SS…Tied for 8th in A.L. this spring w/38 TBs Started 2015 as the everyday shortstop and ended the year in a valuable utility role around

a two-month stint in AAA Columbus (started the season off making 43 starts at shortstop)

Over his final stint in Cleveland, he batted .259 (42-for-162) with 31 runs, 8 2B, 3 3B, 5 HR and 19 RBI (.337/.438/.775)

Appeared in 33 games at 2B (27 starts), 13 games at 3B (12 starts) and his first 2 career starts in left field....

CARLOS SANTANA

#41

vs.LHP:.000(0-0) 0HR,0RBI vs.RHP:.000(0-0) 0HR, 0RBI Home:.000(0-0) 0HR,0RBI Road:.000(0-0) 0HR,0RBI BOS Series: n/a H-Stand:n/a Streak:-G (0-0), 0HR, 0RBI RISP:.000(0-0) 0HR,0RBI

Hit .277 (18-65) this spring with 5 2B, 3 HR & 6 RBI in 22 games (.866 OPS; 10 walks, T4th in A.L; 16 starts at 1B/5 starts at DH)

Has played in 112 consecutive games dating back to May 30, 2015. Finished 2nd in the A.L. in walks (108), marking the fifth consecutive season since 2011 he

has finished in the top-5 in A.L. in BB (is 2nd in walks in MLB in that span to Joey Votto w/502) His 117 HR is a club-record by a switch-hitter.

Also finished 20th in the A.L. in on-base pct. (.357), T19th in RBI (career-high equaling/club-high 85), 12th in times on base (238) and 2nd in pitches per plate appearances (4.30).

Tied for 12th in the A.L. in RBI after the All-Star break with 45 Was 5th on the club with 11 steals, a new career-high...Stole the same amount

of bases as Los Angeles-AL's Mike Trout and Pittsburgh's Andrew McCutchen. Since 2011, Santana leads the Indians with 399 RBI, 13th-most in the American League.

JUAN URIBE

#4

vs.LHP:.000(0-0) 0HR,0RBI vs.RHP:.000(0-0) 0HR, 0RBI Home:.000(0-0) 0HR,0RBI Road:.000(0-0) 0HR,0RBI BOS Series: n/a H-Stand:n/a Streak:-G (0-0), 0HR, 0RBI RISP:.000(0-0) 0HR,0RBI

Signed by Cleveland to a 1-year Major League contract on Feb. 28 Hit .324 (11-34) this spring with 4 2B, 2 HR & 3 RBI in 12 games (10 starts at 3B/1 start at

DH) Leads MLB third basemen with a .978 fielding percentage since 2011 . Currently 11th among active MLB players in games played (1753G played)

Split the 2015 season between the LA Dodgers, Atlanta and NY Mets...For year he appeared in 92G at 3B and 8G at 2B, hitting .272 (25-92) off LHP w/4 2B, 7 HR and 15 RBI (.892 OPS).

Combined on the year he batted .253 (91-360) with 17 doubles, 14 HR and 43 RBI in 119 games (40 runs, .320/.417/.737)…Was on NY Mets WS roster

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BULLPEN INFORMATION

W L ERA G SV/OPP IR/S 1st Bat/Retired IP H R ER BB SO HR 0 0 ---- 0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0

PITCHING NOTES:

vs.ALL:.000(0-0)0HR vs.LH:. 000(0-0)0HR vs.RH:. 000(0-0)0HR Home:0-0-0, ----ERA (0.0IP,0ER) Road: 0-0-0, ----ERA (0.0IP,0ER)

CODY ALLEN

#37

vs.ALL:. 000(0-0)0HR vs.LH:. 000(0-0)0HR vs.RH:. 000(0-0)0HR Home: 0-0-0, ----ERA (0.0IP,0ER) Road: 0-0-0, ----ERA (0.0IP,0ER) Last Win:9/10/2015 vDET Last Save:10/4/2015 vBOS

Went 0-1 with a 7.00 ERA in 10 relief outings this spring (9.0IP, 11H, 8R/7ER,4XBB, 9K, .289 avg) His 60 career saves are 6th-most in club history (Mike Jackson; 5th, 94 saves)….Saved 34 of 38 chances (89.5%) in 2015, finishing tied for 6th in the A.L. in saves with the 6th best save pct. in

the A.L... Came 1 strikeout from becoming 5th Indians reliever w/100 in a season (last Paul Shuey in 1999)… Recorded a Major League-best 7 saves when working over 1.0IP Finished 2nd among A.L. relievers in SO (99), T9th in games in the A.L. (70) and T9th with a team-high 69.1 relief IP...Season FIP: 1.82… …His 12.85 SO per 9.0IP highest in club relief history

TREVOR BAUER

#47

vs.ALL: 000(0-0)0HR vs.LH:. 000(0-0)0HR vs.RH:. 000(0-0)0HR Home: 0-0-0, ----ERA (0.0IP,0ER) Road: 0-0-0, ----ERA (0.0IP,0ER) Last Win:9/7/2015 @CWS

Went 1-0 with a 2.14 ERA in 6 games/4 starts this spring (21.0IP, 17H, 5R/ER, 5BB, 20K, .239 avg)… Made one career relief appearance on 9/19/2015 vs. CWS (1.0IP, 1H, 0R, 2K). Spent virtually all of 2015 in the Indians rotation, setting new single-season career-highs in starts (30), IP (176.0), wins (11) and strikeouts (170)...Led the A.L. in walks (79), was 12th in SO

(170) and 7th in SO per 9.0IP (8.69)...Was the first Indians starter since Bob Feller’s 1940 no-hitter to record 9.0 hitless innings to start season…Posted an ERA of 5.73 in 14 second half outings JOBA

CHAMBERLAIN #52

vs.ALL:. 000(0-0)0HR vs.LH:. 000(0-0)0HR vs.RH:. 000(0-0)0HR Home: 0-0-0, ----ERA (0.0IP,0ER) Road: 0-0-0, ----ERA (0.0IP,0ER) Last Win:9/13/2014 vCLE Last Save:5/30/2014 @SEA

Signed to a free agent MiLB deal on 12/1 & added to Major League roster on April 3…Posted a 2.70 ERA in 11 relief outings this spring (10.0IP, 7H, 3R/ER, 7BB, 8K, .194 avg), 1R last 8.0ip Spent the season between three different organizations, starting the season with the Tigers after signing during spring training (Feb. 24)...Combined on the year was 0-2 with a 4.88 ERA in 36

relief outings (27.2IP, 38H, 15ER, 23K, 6HR)...Has averaged 8.88 strikeouts per 9.0 IP in his Major League career (535.1IP, 528SO). ROSS

DETWILER #44

vs.ALL:. 000(0-0)0HR vs.LH:. 000(0-0)0HR vs.RH:. 000(0-0)0HR Home: 0-0-0, ----ERA (0.0IP,0ER) Road: 0-0-0, ----ERA (0.0IP,0ER) Last Win:8/7/2015 vMIA Last Save:6/28/2014@CHC

Signed to a free agent Minor deal on 12/22 and added to Major League roster on 4/3 after a strong spring (3.60 ERA in 10 relief outings, 10.0IP, 8H, 4R/ER, 2BB, 10K, .229 avg) 1R last 8.0ip Spent season between Texas and Atlanta...Signed with the Braves and spent the remainder of the season in the Braves bullpen after July 11 release from Texas...For the year limited left-

handed batters to a .234 (18-77) average against...Career relief ERA of 3.98 (53ER/120.0IP)…Posted a 3.82 ERA over 7 seasons with Washington from 2007-14 (132G/69GS) JEFF

MANSHIP #53

vs.ALL:. 000(0-0)0HR vs.LH:. 000(0-0)0HR vs.RH:. 000(0-0)0HR Home: 0-0-0, ----ERA (0.0IP,0ER) Road: 0-0-0, ----ERA (0.0IP,0ER) Last Win:8/26/2015 vMIL

Went 1-0 with a 3.86 ERA in 11 relief outings this spring (11.2IP, 8H, 5R/ER, 4BB, 15K, .190 avg)…last 5 spring outings 6.0IP, 2H, 0R, 9K Came to 2015 Major League camp as a non-roster, Minor League player and compiled one of the most impressive seasons of relief in club history, posting a 0.92 ERA in 32 games

(39.1IP, 20H, 4R/ER, .155avg), the lowest ERA in club history and lowest in MLB in 2015 among pitchers with 30 games pitched. Was one of just 12 pitchers since at least 1914 to have an ERA of 0.92 or better in at least 30 games…Allowed runs in just 4 of his 32 appearances with Cleveland

ZACH McALLISTER

#34

vs.ALL:. 000(0-0)0HR vs.LH:. 000(0-0)0HR vs.RH:. 000(0-0)0HR Home: 0-0-0, ----ERA (0.0IP,0ER) Road: 0-0-0, ----ERA (0.0IP,0ER) Last Win:9/26/2015 @KC Last Save:7/19/2015 @CIN

Went 0-0 with a 2.08 ERA in 8 relief outings this spring (8.2IP, 9H, 3R/2ER, 2BB, 9K, .257 avg)…Did not pitch March 4-15 (illness) Was a steady member of the Indians 2015 bullpen, finishing 2nd on the club in relief innings pitched (65.0), T15th in the A.L. in relief ERA (2.49) and tied for T8th in relief strikeouts (79).

DANNY OTERO

#61

vs.ALL: 000(0-0)0HR vs.LH:. 000(0-0)0HR vs.RH:. 000(0-0)0HR Home0-0-0, ----ERA (0.0IP,0ER) Road: 0-0-0, ----ERA (0.0IP,0ER) Last Win:5/1/2015 @TEX Last Save:6/19/2014 vBOS

Acquired from Philadelphia on Dec. 18 for cash….Posted a 3.95 ERA in 13 relief outings this spring (13.2IP, 20H, 7R/ 6ER, 3BB, 9K, .357 avg) Has walked only 1.41 batters per 9.0 IP throughout his career and has yielded just 11 home runs in 184.2 IP coming into 2016...He spent most of the 2015 season in Oakland, allowing just 2

runs over his last 7 outings to conclude the season (9.0IP), before being claimed on outright waivers by Philadelphia on November 3...Spent three stints on the AAA Nashville roster. BRYAN SHAW

#27

vs.ALL:. 000(0-0)0HR vs.LH:. 000(0-0)0HR vs.RH:. 000(0-0)0HR Home: 0-0-0, ----ERA (0.0IP,0ER) Road: 0-0-0, ----ERA (0.0IP,0ER) Last Win:8/29/2015 vLAA Last Save:7/7/2015 Vhou

Posted a 8.64 ERA in 9 relief outings this spring (8.1IP, 12H, 8R/ER, 5BB, 6K, .333 avg). Enjoyed another solid season in 2015, leading the team in appearances and holds for the second straight season...Finished 7th among A.L.relievers in holds (23) and tied for 2nd in games

pitched (74)...Was also T20th in the A.L. with 64.0 relief innings pitched. He has appeared in the most games (224) in MLB since the start of 2013…Posted an ERA of 2.76 (64 games, 58.2IP, 49H, 18ER, 17BB, 49SO) from April 30 thru the end of the season.

PITCHING BY MONTH PITCHER APRIL MAY JUNE JULY Allen, C. - - - - Bauer, T. - - - - Carrasco, C. - - - - Kluber, C. - - - - Manship, J. - - - - Mcallister, Z. - - - - Salazar, D. - - - - Shaw, B. - - - - Tomlin, J. - - - -

RELIEF EFFECTIVENESS ----------------------------------------Last Appearance------------------- ----First Batter---- -------Saves------- Inherited Runners Pitcher Date OPP(score) IP H R/ER BB SO HR DEC Faced Retired SV Chances IR Scored Allen, C. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Bauer, T. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Chamberlain, J. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Detwiler, R - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Manship, J. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - McAllister, Z. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Otero, D. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Shaw, B. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Tomlin, J. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TEAM - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

2015 vs. BOS Red Sox Career vs. BOS Red Sox W-L-S ERA G IP H R/ER BB SO W-L-S ERA IP/ER Allen, Cody 0-0-2 3.00 3 3.0 2 1/1 1 2 1-0-5 1.65 16.1/3 Bauer, Trevor 0-1-0 27.00 1 1.2 6 5/5 1 1 0-1-0 27.00 1.2/5 Carrasco, Carlos - - - - - - - - 1-1-0 3.77 14.1/6 Chamberlain, Joba - - - - - - - - 4-3-0 5.07 65.2/37 Detwiler, Ross - - - - - - - - 0-0-0 4.50 2.0/1 Kluber, Corey 1-1-0 3.86 2 14.0 9 6/6 3 18 1-2-0 4.91 36.2/20 Manship, Jeff 0-0-0 0.00 3 4.1 2 0/0 1 2 0-0-0 1.17 7.2/1 Mcallister, Zach 0-0-0 0.00 2 2.0 - 0/0 1 1 2-2-0 4.00 27.0/12 Otero, Dan 0-0-0 1.00 1 1.0 0 0/0 0 1 1-0-1 4.26 6.1/3 Shaw, Bryan 0-0-0 0.00 3 2.1 2 0/0 1 1 0-0-0 4.09 11.0/5 INDIANS 4-2-2 3.46 6 52.0 44 20/20 15 43 - - -

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GAMES STARTED PLAYER C 1B 2B 3B SS LF RF CF DH M. Brantley - - - - - - - - - M. Byrd - - - - - - - - - L. Chisenhall - - - - - - - - - C. Cowgill - - - - - - - - - R. Davis - - - - - - - - - Y. Gomes - - - - - - - - - J. Kipnis - - - - - - - - - F. Lindor - - - - - - - - - M. Napoli - - - - - - - - - T. Naquin - - - - - - - - - R. Perez - - - - - - - - - J. Ramirez - - - - - - - - - C. Santana - - - - - - - - - J. Uribe - - - - - - - - - LINE-UPS USED:0 in 0 games

STARTS IN THE ORDER

PLAYER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 M. Brantley - - - - - - - - - M. Byrd - - - - - - - - - L. Chisenhall - - - - - - - - - C. Cowgill - - - - - - - - - R. Davis - - - - - - - - - Y. Gomes - - - - - - - - - J. Kipnis - - - - - - - - - F. Lindor - - - - - - - - - M. Napoli - - - - - - - - - T. Naquin - - - - - - - - - R. Perez - - - - - - - - - J. Ramirez - - - - - - - - - C. Santana - - - - - - - - - J. Uribe - - - - - - - - - Pitchers - - - - - - - - -

Multi-hit Game Multi-RBI GM HR TYPE/LAST HOME RUN PLAYER 2 3 4 5+ ‘15 High Last MH 2 3 4 5+ ’15 High solo 2run 3run GS Last HR A. Almonte - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9/25/15 @KC(Volquez) M. Brantley - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9/10/15 vDET(Hardy) M. Byrd - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 10/3/15 vCOL (Rusin) L. Chisenhall - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9/20/15 vCWS(Danks) C. Cowgill - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4/13/15 @TEX(Detwiler) R. Davis - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9/25/15 vMIN(Perkins) Y. Gomes - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9/26/15 @KC(Medlen) J. Kipnis - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9/24/15 @MIN(Gibson) F. Lindor - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9/30/15 vMIN(Duensing) M. Napoli - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9/30/15 vDET(Boyd) T. Naquin - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - R. Perez - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 10/1/15 vMIN(Duffey) J. Ramirez - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9/30/15 vMIN(Nolasco) C. Santana - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 10/3/15 vBOS(Breslow) J. Uribe - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9/18/15 vNYY(Shreve)

INDIANS BATTING BY MONTH HITTER APRIL MAY JUNE JULY J. Aguilar - - - - M. Brantley - - - - M. Byrd - - - - L. Chisenhall - - - - C. Cowgill - - - - Y. Gomes - - - - J. Kipnis - - - - F. Lindor - - - - M. Napoli - - - - T. Naquin - - - - R. Perez - - - - J. Ramirez - - - - C. Santana - - - - J. Uribe - - - -

SCORING BY INNING 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th EXTRA TOTAL RUNS Indians 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Opponent 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2015 vs. BOS Red Sox G. AB R H HR RBI AVG M. Brantley 3 13 3 6 1 2 .462 M. Byrd - - - - - - .000 L. Chisenhall 5 12 4 5 1 3 .417 C. Cowgill - - - - - - .000 R. Davis 5 19 2 2 1 2 .105 Y. Gomes 4 16 3 4 1 4 .250 J. Kipnis 3 9 - 1 - - .111 F. Lindor 6 23 - 4 - - .174 M. Napoli - - - - - - .000 T.Naquin - - - - - - .000 R. Perez 2 6 1 1 - - .167 J. Ramirez 6 21 1 4 - - .190 C. Santana 6 22 5 7 2 5 .318 J. Uribe 7 23 4 12 - 3 .522 INDIANS 6 199 26 54 7 24 .271

Career vs. BOS Red Sox AVG AB H HR RBI M. Brantley .336 134 45 2 17 M. Byrd .307 88 27 1 8 L. Chisenhall .241 54 13 2 7 C. Cowgill .154 13 2 - - R. Davis .243 226 55 3 26 Y. Gomes .200 55 11 1 8 J. Kipnis .325 83 27 5 9 F. Lindor .174 23 4 - - M. Napoli .288 125 36 15 33 T. Naquin - - - - - R. Perez .167 6 1 - - J. Ramirez .190 21 4 - - C. Santana .241 116 28 4 21 J. Uribe .263 133 35 4 13

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CLEVELAND TEAM BATTINGRuns, Game .................................Runs, Inning .................................Most Hits, Game (9 inn.) ...............Most Hits, Game (Extras) .............Fewest Hits, Game .......................Hits, Inning ....................................Doubles ........................................Triples ...........................................Home Runs ...................................Home Runs, Both Clubs ...............Consecutive Games w/HR ...........Consecutive Games 0HR .............Consecutive Scoreless Innings ....Extra-Base Hits .............................Fewest Extra-Base Hits ................Total Bases ...................................Stolen Bases ................................Walks (9 inn.) ................................Walks (Extras) ..............................Strikeouts (9 inn.) .........................Strikeouts (Extras) ........................Left On Base (9 inn.) ....................Left On Base (Extras) ...................

CLEVELAND INDIVIDUAL BATTINGMost At-Bats: ................................Most At-Bats (9-inning games): ....Most Plate Appearances: ..............Most Runs: ...................................Most Hits: ......................................Most Doubles: ...............................Most Triples: .................................Most Home Runs: .........................Most Extra-Base Hits: ...................Most Total Bases: .........................Most Runs Batted In: ....................Most Stolen Bases: .......................Most Caught Stealing: ..................Most Walks: ..................................Most Strikeouts: ............................Hit Streak ......................................Errors ............................................

CLEVELAND TEAM PITCHINGMost Innings Pitched: ...................Most Hits Allowed: ........................Most Batters Faced: .....................Most Batters Faced (9-inning) ......Most Runs Allowed: ......................Most Earned Runs: .......................Most Home Runs: .........................Most Walks: ..................................Most Strikeouts: ............................Most Hit-By-Pitch: .........................Fewest Hits Allowed, Game ..........Fewest Walks ...............................Consec. Scoreless IP (team) ........

CLEVELAND INDIVIDUAL PITCHINGInnings, Starter .............................Fewest Innings, Starter .................Innings, Reliever ...........................Consec. Scoreless IP(starter) .......Consec. Scoreless IP (relief) ........Consec. Scoreless Apps (relief) ......Winning Streak, Starter ...................Winning Streak, Reliever .................Losing Streak .................................Strikeouts, Starter .........................Strikeouts, Reliever ......................Walks, Starter ...............................Walks, Reliever .............................Runs Allowed, Starter ...................Earned Runs Allowed, Starter ......Hits Allowed, Starter .....................Home Runs Allowed, Starter ........Pitches ..........................................Consec. Save Conversions ..........

CLEVELAND MISCELLANEOUSWinning Streak .............................Losing Streak ................................Longest Game, Innings ................Longest Game, Time, 9 IP ............Longest Game, Time, Xtra............Shortest Game, Time....................Largest Crowd, Home ...................Largest Crowd, Road ....................Winning Margin .............................Losing Margin ...............................Largest De cit Overcome in Win .......Largest Lead Blown in Loss .........Team Errors ..................................Double Plays Turned (team), 9IP .....Double Plays Turned (team), extra ...Double Plays Hit Into (team), 9IP .Double Plays Hit Into (team),extra

CLEVELAND TEAM BATTING/PITCHING/FIELDINGShutout, Offensive (0 in 2016) ..............Sept. 27, 2015 at Kansas City Consecutive Team Shutouts .................June 28, 2015 at Baltimore (day/night DH)Triple Play Turned ................................July 1, 2014 at Los Angeles-NL (LF-C-2B, 32nd all-time)Hit Into Triple Play ................................Sept 1, 2000 vs. Baltimore (Alomar, 26th all-time)Twenty Hits, One Game .......................May 14, 2014 at Toronto (22)Twenty Runs, One Game .....................April 18, 2009 at New York-ALFive (or more) Runs, One IP (0 in ‘16) .....Sept. 18, 2015 vs. Chicago-AL (8th inn)Ten Runs, One Inning ...........................Sept 30, 2012 vs. KC (5th inning)Ten Runs Allowed, One Inning .............August 6, 2012 vs. Minnesota (2nd inning)Ten Hits, One Inning .............................April 8, 2011 at Seattle (4th)Seven Home Runs, One Game ............April 30, 2013 vs. PhiladelphiaNo-Hitter, Against ..................................Ervin Santana, July 27, 2011 vs. LA AngelsPerfect Game, Against ..........................NeverOne Hitter Against, Team ......................June 30, 2014 at LA Dodgers CG/SHO One Hitter, Against ................Dan Haren, April 12, 2011 at LA AngelsComplete Game/SHO, Against .............Jose Quintana, July 24, 2015 vs. Chicago-AL

CLEVELAND INDIVIDUAL BATTINGSix Hits, One Game ..............................Omar Vizquel, August 31, 2004 at New York-ALNine RBI, One Game ............................Lonnie Chisenhall, June 9, 2014 at TexasFive Runs, One Game ..........................Michael Brantley, June 9, 2014 at TexasLast Cycle .............................................Travis Hafner, August 14, 2003 at MinnesotaLast Cycle, Opponent ...........................Mark Teixeira, August 17, 2004 at TexasThree Home Runs ................................Lonnie Chisenhall, June 9, 2014 at TexasThree Home Runs, Opponent ..............Dan Johnson, Oct 3, 2012 vs. Chicago-AL Grand Slam Home Run (0 in 2016) ......Carlos Santana, Sept. 18, 2015 vs. Chicago-ALLead-off Home Run (0 in 2016) ............Jason Kipnis, Sept. 24, 2015 at Minnesota (Gibson)Walk-off Home Run (0 in 2016) ............Mike Aviles, August 15, 2014 vs. BaltimorePinch-Hit Home Run (5 in 2016) ...........Jose Ramirez, Sept. 8, 2015 at Chicago-ALPinch-Hit Grand Slam (0 in 2016) .........Jerry Sands, August 8, 2015 vs. Minnesota Inside-the-Park HR ...............................Carlos Santana, August 31, 2013 at DetroitHome Run, both sides of plate .............Carlos Santana, July 27, 2014 at Kansas CityFour Doubles, One Game ....................Sandy Alomar, June 6, 1997 at Boston Steal of Home .......................................David Dellucci, May 27, 2008 vs. Chicago-AL

CLEVELAND TEAM PITCHINGShutout, Defensive (0 in 2016) .............October 3, 2015 vs. BostonConsecutive Shutouts, Team ................July 27-28, 2013 vs. TexasConsecutive scoreless IP, starters ........44.1IP, May 10-14, 200819 strikeouts, Team (9.0IP) ...................May 13, 2015 vs. St. Louis (club record, 9.0IP)19 strikeouts, Team (Extras) .................July 2, 2015 at Tampa BaySix Home Runs Allowed, game ............August 1, 2003 at Texas (7 allowed)Inside-the-Park HR, allowed .................Jeff Baker, June 17, 2008 at ColoradoGrand Slam, allowed (0 in 2016) ..........Kris Bryant, June 17, 2015 vs. Chicago-NL(Murphy)Walk-off HR, allowed (0 in 2016) ..........Ryan Goins, Sept. 1, 2015 at Toronto (Shaw)Lead-off HR, allowed (0 in 2016) ..........Alex Gordon, Sept. 14, 2015 vs. KC (Carrasco)20 runs, allowed ...................................June 4, 2002 at Minnesota (23 runs)20 hits, allowed .....................................September 1, 2014 vs. Detroit

CLEVELAND INDIVIDUAL PITCHINGNo-Hitter/Perfect Game ........................Len Barker, May 15, 1981 vs. TorontoComplete Game ...................................Carlos Carrasco, Sept. 25, 2015 at Kansas CityCG, Shutout ..........................................Carlos Carrasco, Sept. 25, 2015 at Kansas CityCG, One-Hitter ......................................Carlos Carrasco, Sept. 25, 2015 at Kansas City18 Strikeouts, One Game .....................Corey Kluber, May 13, 2015 vs. St. LouisFour Strikeouts, One Inning ..................Justin Masterson, August 4, 2011 at BostonConsecutive Ind. Shutouts ....................Jeremy Sowers, July 22-28, 2006Two Consecutive Complete Gms .........Corey Kluber, August 9-14, 2015 vs. MinnesotaConsecutive Indiv CGs, Team Games ..July 28-29-30, 2015 (Bauer/Kluber/Carrasco)Position Player Pitching ........................Ryan Raburn & David Murphy, June 17, 2015 vs. CHIFour Home Runs, Allowed ....................Corey Kluber, August 19, 2015 at Boston

CLEVELAND MISCELLANEOUSTen-Game Winning Streak ...................Sept 19-29, 2013 (ended season)Ten-Game Losing Streak ......................July 27-August 7, 2012 (11 games)Sweep of Opponent in Series (0) .........Oct 2-4, 2015 vs. Boston Red Sox (3 games)Swept by Opponent in Series (0) ..........7/23-26/15 vs. CWS (4 games); 8/24/15@CHC(1G)Victory when Trailing after 8.0IP (0)......May 16, 2015 at Texas Loss when Winning after 8.0IP (0) .......August 5, 2015 at Los Angeles-AL1-0 win/1-0 loss ....................................W-June 21, 2015 vTB / L-July 4, 2015 at PIT

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Date/Opp Batter/Pitcher Inning INDIANS 2016 GRAND SLAMS (0)

Date/Opp Batter/Pitcher Inning INDIANS 2016 PINCH-HIT HR (0)

Date/Opp Batter/Pitcher Inning INDIANS 2016 WALK-OFF HR (0)

Date/Opp Batter/Situation InningINDIANS 2016 WALK-OFF WINS/NON-HR (0)

Date/Opp Batters (career#) 2016 MULTI-HR GAMES (0)

Date/Opp Batter/Pitcher 2016 LEAD-OFF HR (0)

Date/Opp Batters/Inning BACK-TO-BACK HR (0)

Jesus Aguilar .........8G, 9/6/14 vs CWSAbraham Almonte 65G, 09/17/14 vs PHIMichael Brantley ...19G, 8/29/15 vs. LAAMarlon Byrd ...... 130G, 9/27/14 vs. ATLLonnie Chisenhall .33G, 8/22/15 at NYYCollin Cowgill .... 104G, 5/24/14 vs. KCRajai Davis .............14G, 9/8/15 vs. TBYan Gomes ..........28G, 8/23/15 at NYYJason Kipnis .........14G, 9/9/15 at CWSFrancisco Lindor .. 14G, 9/19/15 vs. CWSMike Napoli ........... 6G, 9/22/15 at OAKTyler Naquin .............................0G, n/aRoberto Perez .........7G, 9/5/15 at DETJose Ramirez ........3G, 10/2/15 vs. MINCarlos Santana ..... 40G, 8/1/15 at OAKJuan Uribe .............. 3G, 9/13/15 at ATLGiovanny Urshela ... 3G,9/17/15 vs. KC

CURRENT ERRORLESS GMSCody Allen 100 career saves (has 60)Michael Brantley 1000 career hits (has 909)Michael Brantley 200 career doubles (has 190)Michael Brantley 100 career steals (has 94)Joba Chamberlain 400 career appearances (has 365)Lonnie Chisenhall 500 career hits (has 373)Rajai Davis 1000 career hits (has 870)Rajai Davis 500 runs scored (has 470)Mike Napoli 1000 career hits (has 910)Mike Napoli 200 career doubles (has 191)Danny Salazar 500 career strikeouts (has 380)Juan Uribe 200 career home runs (has 192)

UPCOMING MILESTONES

2016 DISABLED LISTPLAYER (2016) INJURY DATES(Days/Games)RHP Tommy Hunter rehab, abdominal surgeryOF Michael Brantley rehab, R shoulder surgeryOF Lonnie Chisenhall L wrist impingement

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W/L WINNING LOSING HOME HOME GAME DATE OPP. SCORE PITCHER PITCHER SAVE TOG W-L POS GB/A ATTEND DATE TOTAL 1 4/3 OFF DAY T2nd -0.5 1 4/4 vBOS 4:10 pm 1 4/5 OFF DAY 2 4/6 vBOS 6:10 pm 3 4/7 vBOS 6:10 pm 4 4/8 @CWS 4:10 pm 5 4/9 @CWS 2:10 pm 6 4/10 @CWS 2:10 pm 6 4/11 OFF DAY 7 4/12 @TB 7:10 pm 8 4/13 @TB 7:10 pm 9 4/14 @TB 1:10 pm 10 4/15 vNYM 7:10 pm 11 4/16 vNYM 4:10 pm 12 4/17 vNYM 1:10 pm 12 4/18 OFF DAY 13 4/19 vSEA 6:10 pm 14 4/20 vSEA 6:10 pm 15 4/21 vSEA 12:10 pm 16 4/22 @DET 7:08 pm 17 4/23 @DET 1:08 pm 18 4/24 @DET 1:08 pm 19 4/25 @MIN 8:10 pm 20 4/26 @MIN 8:10 pm 21 4/27 @MIN 8:10 pm 21 4/28 OFF DAY 22 4/29 @PHI 7:05 pm 23 4/30 @PHI 7:05 pm APRIL: 0-0, xth place, ---- games back ---- (0-0), ---- OB%, 0RS (--- RS/G) ---- ERA (0.0IP, 0ER) 24 5/1 @PHI 2:35 pm 24 5/2 OFF DAY 25 5/3 vDET 6:10 pm 26 5/4 vDET 6:10 pm 27 5/5 vDET 6:10 pm 28 5/6 vKC 7:10 pm 29 5/7 vKC 4:10 pm 30 5/8 vKC 1:10 pm 31 5/9 @HOU 8:10 pm 32 5/10 @HOU 8:10 pm 33 5/11 @HOU 2:10 pm 33 5/12 OFF DAY 34 5/13 vMIN 7:10 pm 35 5/14 vMIN 4:10 pm 36 5/15 vMIN 1:10 pm 37 5/16 vCIN 6:10 pm 38 5/17 vCIN 6:10 pm 39 5/18 @CIN 7:10 pm 40 5/19 @CIN 7:10 pm 41 5/20 @BOS 7:10 pm 42 5/21 @BOS 4:05 pm 43 5/22 @BOS 1:35 pm 44 5/23 @CWS 8:10 pm 45 5/24 @CWS 8:10 pm 46 5/25 @CWS 2:10 pm 46 5/26 OFF DAY 47 5/27 vBAL 7:10 pm 48 5/28 vBAL 4:10 pm 49 5/29 vBAL 1:10 pm 50 5/30 vTEX 6:10 pm 51 5/31 vTEX 6:10 pm MAY: 0-0, xth place, ---- games back ---- (0-0), ---- OB%, 0RS (--- RS/G) ---- ERA (0.0IP, 0ER) 52 6/1 vTEX 6:10 pm 53 6/2 vKC 7:10 pm 54 6/3 vKC 7:10 pm 55 6/4 vKC 7:15 pm 56 6/5 vKC 1:10 pm 57 6/6 @SEA 10:10 pm 58 6/7 @SEA 10:10 pm 59 6/8 @SEA 10:10 pm 60 6/9 @SEA 10:10 pm 61 6/10 @LAA 10:05 pm 62 6/11 @LAA 10:05 pm 63 6/12 @LAA 3:35 pm 64 6/13 @KC 8:15 pm 65 6/14 @KC 8:15 pm 66 6/15 @KC 8:15 pm 66 6/16 OFF DAY 67 6/17 vCWS 7:10 pm 68 6/18 vCWS 6:10 pm 69 6/19 vCWS 1:10 pm 70 6/20 vTB 7:10 pm 71 6/21 vTB 7:10 pm 72 6/22 vTB 7:10 pm 72 6/23 OFF DAY 73 6/24 @DET 7:08 pm 74 6/25 @DET 4:08 pm 75 6/26 @DET 1:08 pm 76 6/27 @ATL 7:10 pm 77 6/28 @ATL 7:10 pm 78 6/29 @ATL 7:10 pm 79 6/30 @TOR 7:07 pm JUNE: 0-0, xth place, ---- games back ---- (0-0), ---- OB%, 0RS (--- RS/G) ---- ERA (0.0IP, 0ER) 80 7/1 @TOR 1:07 pm 81 7/2 @TOR 1:07 pm 82 7/3 @TOR 1:07 pm

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2016 INDIANS DAY-BY-DAY PAGE 7 CLEVELAND INDIANS GAME NOTES monDAY, april 4, 2016

2016 TRANSACTIONSFEB. 12 Signed free agent RHP TOMMY HUNTER to a one-year Major League contract for the 2016 season...Designated C TONY WOLTERSfor assignment (claimed by Colorado on Feb. 18)...Signed free agent C GUILLERMO QUIROZ to a Mi-nor League contract with a non-roster invitation to Major League camp.FEB. 26 Signed free agent OF WILL VEN-ABLE to a Minor League contract with a non-roster invitation to Major League camp...OF ABRAHAM ALMONTE (Restricted List) suspended 80-games without pay for violating Major League Baseball’s Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.FEB. 28 Signed free agent INF JUAN URIBEto a one-year Major League contract for 2016.MARCH 14 Optioned RHP MIKE CLEVINGER, LHP RYAN MERRITT, LHP SHAWN MORIMANDOand UTL ZACH WALTERS to Triple-A Columbus...Optioned RHP DYLAN BAKER to Double-A Akron...Re-assigned RHP ADAM PLUTKO and RHP WILL ROBERTS to Minor League camp.MARCH 18 Signed free agent OF maRLON BYRd to a Minor League contract with a non-roster invitation to Major League camp... Optioned OF JAMES RAMSEY to Triple-A Columbus...Re-as-signed OF MICHAEL CHOICE, C JEREMY LUCAS, C ANTHONY RECKER and INF ERIC STAMETS to Minor League camp.MARCH 19 Optioned RHP SHAWN ARM-STRONG to Triple-A Columbus.MARCH 21 Optioned LHP TJ HOUSE to Columbus.MARCH 23 Re-assigned RHP FELIPE PAULINO to Minor League camp.MARCH 25 Optioned INF JESUS AGUILAR to Triple-A Columbus.MARCH 26 Optioned RHP AUSTIN ADAMS, OF JOEY BUTLER, INF ERIK GONZALEZ and INF GIOVANNY URSHELA to Triple-A Columbus...Re-assigned C ADAM MOORE to Minor League camp. MARCH 27 Released OF WILL VENABLE and LHP JOE THATCHER from Minor League contracts. MARCH 28 Optioned LHP KYLE CROCKETT to AAA Columbus. MARCH 29 Released OF SHANE ROBINSON... Re-assigned OF ROBBIE GROSSMAN to Minor League camp.

APRIL 3 Purchased the contracts of OF MAR-LON BYRD and LHP ROSS DETWILER from AAA Co-lumbus...Placed OF MICHAEL BRANTLEY (rehab, R shoulder surgery; retro. to 3/25), OF LONNIE CHISEN-HALL (L wrist impingement; retro. 3/28) on the 15-day Disabled List...Designated LHP GIOVANNI SOTO and INF ZACH WALTERS for assignment...Assigned RHP CRAIG STAMMEN, RHP JARRETT GRUBE, LHP TOM GORZELANNY, C GUILLERMO QUIROZ, INF TODD HANKINS, INF MICHAEL MARTINEZ to Minor League camp.

APRIL 4 Placed RHP TOMMY HUNTER (rehab, R core muscle surgery; retro. 3/25) on the 15-day Dis-abled List.

OPENING DAY ROSTERPitchers (13): Cody Allen, Cody Anderson, Trevor Bauer, Carlos Carrasco, Joba Chamberlain, Ross Detwiler, Corey Kluber, Jeff Manship, Zach McAllister, Dan Otero, Danny Salazar, Bryan Shaw, Josh Tomlin.In elders (6): Jason Kipnis, Francisco Lindor, Mike Napoli, Jose Ramirez, Carlos Santana, Juan Uribe.Out elders (4): Marlon Byrd, Collin Cowgill, Rajai Davis, Tyler Naquin.Catchers (2): Yan Gomes and Roberto Perez.DL (3):Tommy Hunter, Lonnie Chisenhall, Michael Brantley