Cleveland Indians All-Time Team

We select a 28-player roster of the greatest Cleveland Indians (now the Guardians, and once upon a time the Naps, Blues, and so on).

STARTING LINEUP

Victor MARTINEZ

2002-2009
Catcher

Jim THOME

1991-2002, 2011
first base

Nap LAJOIE

1902-1914
second base

Lou BOUDREAU

1938-1950
shortstop

Buddy BELL

1972-1978
third base

Joe JACKSON

1910-1915
left field

Tris SPEAKER

1916-1926
center field

Rocky COLAVITO

1955-1959, 1965-1967
right field

Larry DOBY

1947-1955, 1958
DH

Lou BOUDREAU

1942-1950
manager

LINEUPS

LINEUP VS LHP
1Speaker*CF
2J. Jackson*LF
3Lajoie2B
4ColavitoRF
5BelleDH
6Thome*1B
7V. Martinez+C
8J. Ramirez+3B
9BoudreauSS
LINEUP VS RHP
1Speaker*CF
2Lofton*RF
3J. Jackson*LF
4Thome*1B
5Lajoie2B
6Doby*DH
7V. Martinez+C
8J. Ramirez+3B
9Lindor+SS

BENCH

Jim HEGAN

1941-1942, 1946-1957
Catcher

Hal TROSKY

1933-1941
first base

Joe GORDON

1947-1950
second base

José RAMIREZ

2013-
3B / 2B / SS

Francisco LINDOR

2015-2020
shortstop

Al ROSEN

1947-1956
third base

Manny RAMIREZ

1993-2000
outfield

Albert BELLE

1989-1996
left field/dh

Kenny LOFTON

1992-1996, 1998-2001, 2007
center field

STARTING ROTATION

Bob FELLER

1936-1941, 1945-1956
ACE

CC SABATHIA

2001-2008
STARTER

Early WYNN

1949-1957, 1963
starter

Wes FERRELL

1927-1933
starter

Bob LEMON

1946-1958
starter

BULLPEN

Doug JONES

1987-1991, 1998
closer

Mel HARDER

1928-1947
reliever

Andrew MILLER

2016-2018
reliever

Eric PLUNK

1992-1998
reliever

Paul ASSENMACHER

1995-1999
reliever

HONORABLE MENTION

steve o'neill, catcher

luke sewell, catcher

sandy alomar jr., catcher

carlos santana, first base

travis hafner, 1b/dh

bobby lowe, SECOND BASE

jeff blauser, SHORTSTOP

bobby avila, second base

jason kipnis, second base

carlos baerga, second base

toby harrah, 2b/3b/ss

george uhle, pitcher

jim bagby, pitcher

gaylord perry, pitcher

charles nagy, pitcher

jose mesa, pitcher

julio franco, ss/2b

terry turner, shortstop

woodie held, ss/3b/of

ray chapman, shortstop

asdrubal cabrera, shortstop

bill bradley, third base

ken keltner, third base

jose ramirez, third base

brook jacoby, third base

charlie jamieson, left field

corey kluber, pitcher

mike garcia, pitcher

luis tiant, pitcher

bert blyleven, pitcher

bob wickman, pitcher

elmer flick, outfield

grady sizemore, center field

jeff heath, left field

earl averill, center field

michael brantley, corner outfield

shin-soo choo, right field

dale mitchell, left field

brett butler, center field

joe vosmik, left field

rick manning, outfield

addie joss, pitcher

sam mcdowell, pitcher

willis hudlin, pitcher

sonny siebert, pitcher

greg swindell, pitcher

cody allen, pitcher