The 2012 Cleveland Indians were not a good team. After the All-Star Break, they went 24-53 and manager Manny Acta got fired. Their big, game changing acquisitions last offseason, Derek Lowe and Casey Kotchman, combined for -0.6 fWAR between them and Lowe was released in August. Throw in a 5.40 ERA from 2011 trade deadline acquistion Ubaldo Jimenez, and you have a ship without a rudder...a team going nowhere fast.
Needs
Here's one thing that the Indians need to avoid: washed up Indians that the team keeps bringing back on the off-chance they put it all together and have a healthy season. The Tribe paid Travis Hafner and Grady Sizemore a combined $18 million last season to play a total of 66 games between the two of them. That's over a quarter of Cleveland's 2012 payroll on a pair of players who combined to play in 20% of possible games between the two of them. That's...not good. All isn't bad for the Indians though, as the team is set up the middle with Carl...
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PLAYERS:
Manny Acta,
Casey Kotchman,
Ubaldo Jimenez,
Travis Hafner,
Grady Sizemore,
Carlos Santana,
Jason Kipnis,
Asdrubal Cabrera,
Michael Brantley,
Johnny Damon,
Justin Masterson,
Zach McAllister,
Roberto Hernandez,
Adam LaRoche,
Carlos Pena,
James Loney,
Melky Cabrera,
Ryan Ludwick,
Juan Pierre,
Shin-Soo Choo,
Angel Pagan,
Chris Perez,
Lonnie Chisenhall,
Drew Pomeranz,
Alex White
TEAMS: Cleveland Indians, Washington Nationals, Tampa Bay Rays, Boston Red Sox, San Francisco Giants, Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies, Colorado Rockies
TEAMS: Cleveland Indians, Washington Nationals, Tampa Bay Rays, Boston Red Sox, San Francisco Giants, Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies, Colorado Rockies
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Name:
William Adolph Wambsganss
Position:
Second Base
Tribe Time:
1914-1923
DOB:
03/19/1894
Accolades:
Top 25 MVP (1922)
Stats
G
AB
R
H
2B
3B
HR
RBI
TB
BB
SO
SB
CS
SB%
OBP
SLG
AVG
OPS
ISOP
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410
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