1995 Cleveland Indians by BruceM

Champion(s):

OppenheimS


Runner(s)-Up:

QuintongJ


Quiz Description

The team that brought Cleveland back to the World Series for the first time in 31 years and had a ridiculous number of future Hall of Famers.

Full Results:

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1 OppenheimS 405 98 15
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2 QuintongJ 399 95 15
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3 GoodmanDL 394 92 15
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4 GrahamJ 382 90 15
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5 KroegerJ 379 87 15
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6 BoyerA 373 84 15
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7 SchroederS 362 81 15
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8 Matto 347 78 15
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9 EverettJ 339 75 15
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10 Sean 338 72 15
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11 randalleng 293 70 15
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12 MorrisB 280 67 15
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13 twarner50 278 64 15
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14 OBrienJ 272 61 15
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15 HightB 269 57 15
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15 Sharpj 269 57 15
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17 ChrisRosenberg 264 52 15
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18 AdelmanM 257 50 15
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19 SteveWilliams 254 47 15
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20 akambour 245 44 15
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21 SochackiA 234 41 15
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22 SlumdogSquarepants 224 38 15
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23 johnbcrowe 220 35 15
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24 PFD 217 32 15
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25 KromerM 210 30 15
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26 JacobyJ 195 27 15
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27 KleinJ 189 24 15
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28 JonesRW 181 21 00
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29 Commodore 172 18 15
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30 BradburnA 160 15 15
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31 jrwofuga 137 12 15
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32 HoH 129 10 15
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33 MatthewsP 92 7 15
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Questions:

Leading off, which outfielder stole 54 bases for the 1995 Indians? More recently he threw the ceremonial first pitch before Game 1 of the 2016 World Series.

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Kenny Lofton

Which catcher went from Cleveland to Houston (along with Willie Blair) in the 1991 deal that brought the Indians the outfielder from the previous question?

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Ed Taubensee

Which mercurial slugger hit 50 home runs for the 1995 Indians? He was arguably robbed of the 1995 AL MVP (which writers instead awarded to Mo Vaughn).

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Albert Belle

Exactly how many games did Cleveland win in the strike-shortened 1995 regular season, against just 44 losses?

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100

Which reliever had a 1.13 ERA and 46 saves for the 1995 Indians, two years before becoming the goat of Game 7 of the 1997 World Series?

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Jose Mesa

Which Hall of Famer finished his career with the 1995 Indians, in his age 43 season? This 12-time all-star had 3,110 hits in a career that began in San Diego.

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Dave Winfield

Which Hall of Famer played his age 39 season with the 1995 Indians? A year later he would hit his 500th career home run with the Baltimore Orioles, the same team for which he had been the 1977 (EDIT: not 1997!) American League rookie of the year. (edited at 9:26 am, October 27, 2016 (PDT))

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Eddie Murray

Who managed Cleveland from 1991 to 1999? As an Indians player of the 1980s, he gained the nickname "The Human Rain Delay" for his between-pitches routine.

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Mike Hargrove

Which veteran catcher hit a walkoff homer to end game 1 of the 1995 American League Division Series? He later succeeded Tony Muser as manager of the Kansas City Royals, but resigned in May 2005 when the Royals were 8-25.

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Tony Pena

Which pitcher was named MVP of the 1995 ALCS, thus becoming the first player to win League Championship Series MVPs in both leagues? His first season in the ESPN Sunday Night Baseball broadcast booth (2010) was Jon Miller and Joe Morgan's last. He is no longer with ESPN, but still on the Hall of Fame ballot.

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Orel Hershiser

Which Atlanta Brave hit the home run that gave Atlanta a 1-0 victory in Game 6, the final game of the 1995 World Series? This outfielder also played for Cleveland from 1997 to 2000 before being traded to the Yankees and finishing his career in Oakland.

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David Justice

Two answers required. Two other prominent members of the 1995 Cleveland Indians hit a combined 1,167 career home runs. Name these two teammates, who were together in Cleveland through 2000 before briefly reuniting on the 2009 Dodgers.

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Jim Thome; Manny Ramirez