- Rafael Betancourt
Rafael José Betancourt is a Major League Baseball right-handed relief pitcher who has pitched with the Cleveland Indians since 2003. He was originally signed as an amateur free agent by the Boston Red Sox in September 1993. The Red Sox released him following the 1999 season and then resigned him as a free agent in December 2000. He was granted free agency again in October 2001 and signed with the Indians in January 2003.
- Cliff Lee
Clifton Phifer "Cliff" Lee (b. August 30, 1978 in Benton, Arkansas) is a left-handed starting pitcher for the Cleveland Indians in Major League Baseball. He was drafted by the Florida Marlins in the 8th round of the amateur draft out of high school, but chose to attend the University of Arkansas. He was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 20th round of the 1998 amateur draft, but did not sign.
- Travis Hafner
Travis Lee Hafner (b. June 3, 1977 in Jamestown, North Dakota) is a left-handed hitting designated hitter (DH) in Major League Baseball who plays for the Cleveland Indians of the American League (AL) Central Division. He attended Cowley County College in Arkansas City, Kansas and was drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 31st round of the 1996 draft.
- Grady Sizemore
Grady Sizemore III is a Major League Baseball center fielder who currently plays for the Cleveland Indians. A fan favorite in Cleveland, Sizemore was acquired from the Montreal Expos in 2002 along with Brandon Phillips, Cliff Lee, and Lee Stevens in exchange for Bartolo Colón and Tim Drew. Grady is of mixed heritage, his father being black while his mother is white.
- Félix Heredia
Félix Heredia Perez is a Major League Baseball pitcher who was born on June 18, 1975 in Santa Cruz de Barahona, Dominican Republic free agent. On October 18, 2005 he became the 11th MLB player to be suspended for testing positive for steroids. He is also known as "El Gato Flaco" (jokingly referred to as "Run Fairy"). On December 16, 2006 the Tigers signed him to a minor league deal. Heredia attended Escuela Dominical in Barahona.
- Alan Embree
Alan Duane Embree is a middle relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who plays for the Oakland Athletics. Previously, Embree played with the Cleveland Indians (1992–1996), Atlanta Braves (1998), Arizona Diamondbacks (1998), San Francisco Giants (1999–2001), Chicago White Sox (2001), San Diego Padres (2002 & 2006), Boston Red Sox (2002–2005) and New York Yankees (2005). He bats and throws left-handed.
- C.C. Sabathia
Pitcher with the Cleveland Indians, 2001-present. Made major league debut on 8 April 2001. Named to Baseball Digest magazine's 2001 Rookie All-Star Team. Has a son Carsten Charles Sabathia III [September 15, 2003] and a daughter Jaeden Arie [September 20, 2005]
- Víctor Martínez
Víctor Jesús Martínez (born December 23, 1978 in Ciudad Bolívar, Bolívar, Venezuela) is a switch-hitting catcher and first baseman for the Cleveland Indians of Major League Baseball. He was signed by the Indians as an amateur free agent in 1996 and after a pair of minor league MVP awards and batting titles in 2001 and 2002, he made his debut with Cleveland as a September call-up on September 10, 2002.
- Bartolo Colón
Bartolo Colón is a Cy Young Award-winning starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who plays for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. He bats and throws right-handed.
- Brad Snyder
Bradley Michael "Brad" Snyder is an outfielder in the Cleveland Indians organization of Major League Baseball. He attended Ball State University from 2001–2003. In 168 games with Ball State, Snyder hit .378 with 36 home runs and 150 RBI. He was a first team Freshman All-America selection in 2001 and a first team All-American and the Mid-American Conference Player of the Year in 2003.
- Jhonny Peralta
Jhonny Antonio Peralta (b. May 28, 1982, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) is a baseball player who is currently the starting shortstop for the Cleveland Indians. He signed with the Indians in 1999 as an undrafted free agent.
- Edward Mujica
Edward José Mujica [moo-HE-cah] (b. May 10, 1984 in Valencia, Venezuela) is a right-handed relief pitcher in the Cleveland Indians organization of Major League Baseball. Mujica signed with the Indians as an undrafted free agent in 2001. He quickly became one of the top pitching prospects in the Cleveland organization. After successful campaigns with San Felipe, Burlington and Lake County in 2002, 2003 and 2004, …
- Coco Crisp
Covell Loyce "Coco" Crisp (born November 1 1979 in Los Angeles, California) is a Major League Baseball center fielder for the Boston Red Sox. He has a career batting average of .280 as of the end of the 2006 MLB season. Crisp is noted as much for his humorous and unique name as for his baseball skills.
- Adam Miller
Adam Wain Miller (born November 26, 1984, in Plano, Texas), is a right handed pitcher who is currently a top prospect in the Cleveland Indians organization. He started the 2006 season as a starting pitcher with the Double A Akron Aeros. Miller graduated from McKinney High School in 2003. Miller was selected by the Indians as a sandwich pick (31st overall) in the 2003 amateur player draft. After a strong campaign in 2004 with Lake County and Kinston, …
- Kelly Shoppach
Kelly Brian Shoppach (born April 29, 1980 in Fort Worth, Texas) is a right-handed hitting and throwing catcher who plays in the Cleveland Indians organization of Major League Baseball. Shoppach was traded to the Indians from the Boston Red Sox organization on January 28, 2006, as part of the same deal that saw outfielder Coco Crisp sent to Boston and highly regarded prospect Andy Marté sent to Cleveland.
- Johnny Bench
John Lee Bench (born December 7, 1947 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma), is a former baseball player for the Cincinnati Reds from 1967 to 1983, and is widely regarded as one of the greatest catchers in Major League Baseball history. He is also currently on the Board of Directors for the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame. Bench was a key member of the Reds' 1975 and 1976 World Series championship teams known as "The Big Red Machine"'.
- Jason Stanford
Jason John Stanford (born January 23, 1977 in Tucson, Arizona) is a left-handed starting pitcher in the Cleveland Indians organization in Major League Baseball. He is a 1995 graduate of Canyon del Oro High School in Oro Valley, Arizona, a suburb of Tucson. Stanford attended Barton County Community College in Great Bend, Kansas in 1996 and 1997, where he was an Academic All-American.
- Tom Mastny
Thomas Raymond "Tom" Mastny (b. February 4, 1981 in East Bontang, Indonesia, on the island of Borneo) is a right-handed relief pitcher for the Cleveland Indians of Major League Baseball. He made his major league debut with the Indians on July 25, 2006. He stands 6 feet, 6 inches in height and weighs 220 pounds. Mastny is the first Indonesian-born player in Major League history, although he was raised in Zionsville, Indiana, where he played for Zionsville High School.
- Sean Casey
Sean Thomas Casey (born on July 2, 1974, Willingboro, New Jersey), nicknamed "the Mayor," is a first baseman in Major League Baseball who plays for the Detroit Tigers. A graduate of the University of Richmond, where his .461 batting average in 1995 lead all Division I players, he was drafted in 1995 in the 2nd round by the Cleveland Indians and was traded to the Reds before the 1998 season. Casey had his best year in 1999 hitting .332 with 25 HRs and 99 RBIs in 151 games.
- Franklin Gutiérrez
Franklin Rafael Gutiérrez [goo-te-ER-rez] (born February 21, 1983 in Caracas, Venezuela) is a center fielder in Major League Baseball who currently plays for the Cleveland Indians. He bats and throws right handed. Gutiérrez was acquired by the Cleveland Indians prior to the 2004 season for outfielder Milton Bradley and was assigned to Double-A Akron after the transaction. He entered the season ranked by "Baseball America" as the No.
- Ben Francisco
Louis "Ben" Francisco (born October 24, 1981 in Santa Ana, California) is an outfielder in the Cleveland Indians organization of Major League Baseball. He is a 1999 graduate of Servite High School in Anaheim, California where he played on the same baseball team as current Indians' teammate Ryan Garko. He attended and played baseball at Cypress Junior College in 2000 and went on to play at the University of California, Los Angeles in 2001 and 2002.
- Rafael Pérez
Rafael Jerome Pérez is a left-handed relief pitcher for the Cleveland Indians in Major League Baseball. He was signed by the Indians as an undrafted free agent in January 2002.
- Kevin Kouzmanoff
Kevin Kouzmanoff (born July 25, 1981 in Newport Beach, California), nicknamed "Koooz!" and the "The Crushin' Russian" despite being of Serbian descent, is a Major League Baseball player with the San Diego Padres. Kouzmanoff hit a grand slam home run on the first pitch of his first Major League at bat on September 2, 2006.
- Jensen Lewis
Jensen D. Lewis (born May 16, 1984 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is a baseball pitcher who currently plays for the Cleveland Indians. After spending the first half of the 2007 season with Cleveland's minor league teams Akron Aeros and Buffalo Bisons, Lewis was called-up to the Indians on July 13, 2007 and made his Major League Baseball debut against the Chicago White Sox three days later.
- Andy Marté
Andy Manuel Marté is a third baseman in Major League Baseball. He is currently a member of the Cleveland Indians. He was called-up to the Indians from their AAA affiliate Buffalo Bisons on July 28, 2006. His at bat song is Macarron Chacarron by El Chombo.
- Fausto Carmona
Fausto C. Carmona (born December 7, 1983 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) is a right-handed pitcher for the Cleveland Indians of Major League Baseball. Carmona made his major league debut with the Indians on April 15, 2006. He was initially used as a starting pitcher but later in the season was turned into a reliever, and now is a starting pitcher again. He is known for his hard sinker and exhibiting good control of his pitches.
- Tim Laker
Timothy John Laker (born November 27, 1969 in Encino, California) is a former Major League Baseball catcher. He played for the Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians, Montreal Expos, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Tampa Bay Devil Rays. He last played professional baseball with the class AAA Buffalo Bisons in 2006. After retiring, he was named named the new manager for the Mahoning Valley Scrappers, the class A minor league affiliate of the Cleveland Indians, …
- Jeremy Sowers
Jeremy Bryan Sowers (b. May 17, 1983 in St. Clairsville, Ohio) is a left-handed starting pitcher for the Buffalo Bisons in the International League and former major league player for the Cleveland Indians. He grew up in Louisville, Kentucky, where he attended Ballard High School. His twin brother, Joshua Sowers, plays in the Toronto Blue Jays organization. Sowers pitching repertoire features a fastball with which he varies the speed between about 85 and 92 mph, a curveball, …
- Moisés Alou
Moisés Rojas Alou is a Dominican American All-Star outfielder in Major League Baseball who plays for the New York Mets. He comes from a family in which baseball is a way of life. His father Felipe, who managed Moises with the Giants in 2005 and 2006, as well as uncles Matty and Jesús, and cousin Mel Rojas, all had long careers in the major leagues. Alou is married to Austria Alou; they have three sons: Percio, Kirby and Moisés Jr.
- Jaret Wright
Jaret Samuel Wright (born December 29, 1975 in Anaheim, California) is a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who currently plays for the Baltimore Orioles. He is the son of former major league pitcher Clyde Wright. He attended Katella High School. As a youngster with the Cleveland Indians, Wright threw a two-seam fastball that topped out at 98MPH, along with a hard curveball and a changeup.
- Juan Lara
Juan Manuel Lara (b. January 26, 1981 in Azua, Dominican Republic) is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher who plays for the Cleveland Indians. He was signed by Cleveland as an amateur free agent in May 1999 and called up to the Major League club on September 5, 2006.
- Ryan Garko
Ryan F. Garko (b. January 2, 1981 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is a first baseman/designated hitter (DH) for the Cleveland Indians of Major League Baseball. A graduate of Stanford University, Garko was selected as a catcher by Cleveland in the 3rd round (78th overall) of the 2003 amateur draft. After displaying superb batting skills at every level of the minors, Garko made his major-league debut as a pinch-hitter on September 18, 2005 against the Kansas City Royals.
- Lou Merloni
Louis William "Lou" Merloni (born April 6, 1971 in Framingham, Massachusetts) is a Major League Baseball player. Merloni played for his hometown Boston Red Sox from 1998-2003. During his time there, Merloni was considered one of the original Dirt Dogs. Merloni is well-known locally for his frequent trips between the Red Sox and their Triple-A affiliate, the Pawtucket Red Sox, which has become known as the "Merloni Shuttle".
- Jason Michaels
Jason Drew "J-Mike" Michaels (born May 4, 1976 in Tampa, Florida) is an outfielder for the Cleveland Indians of Major League Baseball. He is a 1994 graduate of Jesuit High School of Tampa and received an Associate of Arts (AA) degree from Okaloosa-Walton Community College in 1996. He went on to star in baseball at the University of Miami in 1997 and 1998 and signed with the Philadelphia Phillies after they selected him in the fourth round of the June 1998 amateur draft.
- Jeromy Burnitz
Jeromy Neal Burnitz (born April 15, 1969 in Westminster, California) is a former baseball player who was a right fielder in Major League Baseball who played with the New York Mets (1993-94, 2002-03), Cleveland Indians (1995-96), Milwaukee Brewers (1996-2001), Los Angeles Dodgers (2003), Colorado Rockies (2004), Chicago Cubs (2005), and Pittsburgh Pirates (2006). On February 2, 2005, the Cubs signed Burnitz to a one-year contract, …
- Joe Inglett
Joseph Steven "Joe" Inglett (born June 29, 1978 in Sacramento, California) is second baseman in the Cleveland Indians organization of Major League Baseball. He made his major league debut with the Indians June 21, 2006. The Mesa Verde (Citrus Heights, California) High School graduate is currently the second baseman for the Indians' Triple-A, International League affiliate, Buffalo Bisons.
- Fernando Cabrera
Fernando Jose Cabrera (born November 16, 1981 in Toja Baja, Puerto Rico) is a right-handed relief pitcher on the Cleveland Indians. Cabrera was drafted by Cleveland in the 10th round of the 1999 amateur draft and signed in August 1999.
- Jeremy Guthrie
Jeremy Shane Guthrie (born April 8, 1979) is a right-handed starting pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles. Guthrie was born in Roseburg, Oregon and grew up in Ashland, Oregon, attending Ashland High School. Then he attended Brigham Young University before transferring to Stanford University, where he was a starting pitcher. He currently lives in Las Vegas, NV with his wife Jenny and his daughter Avery.
- Richie Sexson
Richmond Lockwood Sexson (born December 29, 1974 in Portland, Oregon) is an American baseball player who currently plays for the Seattle Mariners. Standing at 6 feet 8 inches tall he is one of the tallest players today in MLB
- Danny Graves
Daniel Peter Graves (born August 7, 1973, in Saigon, South Vietnam) is a relief pitcher free agent. Born to an American serviceman father and a Vietnamese mother, he is the first and only Vietnam-born player in the history of the major leagues, and one of the few Vietnamese-American players.