OFFICIAL 2016 POSTSEASON INFORMATION LEVELAND INDIANS 2016 WORLD SERIES GAME TWO NOTES CLEVELAND INDIANS (1-0) vs. CHICAGO CUBS (0-1) RHP Trevor Bauer (0-0, 5.06) vs. RHP Jake Arrieta (0-1, 4.91) WS G2/Home #2 » Wednesday., Oct. 26, 2016 » Progressive Field » 7:08 p.m. ET » FOX, ESPN Radio, WTAM/WMMS/IRN TEAR THE ROOF OFF THE SUCKER | THE 112th WORLD SERIES FLASH LIGHT | CLEVELAND POSTSEASON HISTORY 2016 at a glance » The Cleveland Indians & Chicago Cubs are meeting in Major » Cleveland has gone 52-43 (.547) all-time in Postseason games, the League Baseball’s 112th World Series, the first meeting in Postseason 3rd-highest Postseason winning pct. of any A.L. team since 1901 vs. AL: Central West East history between the two franchises...Cleveland took a 1-0 series lead & 5th-highest by any team in the Majors behind Florida (.667, 22-11), 81-60 49-26 18-16 14-18 with Tuesday’s 6-0 shutout...second consecutive series for Cleveland New York-AL (.590, 223-155), New York-NL (.573, 51-38) & Baltimore vs. NL: Central West East to face an opponent for first time in PS history (also Toronto in ALCS); in (.551, 54-44)...record would be 53-43 if 1948 A.L. Pennant playoff game 13-7 4-0 0-0 9-7 In Series: Home Road Total ALDS, Tribe faced Boston for the sixth time in PS history. officially counted...Cleveland’s 95 official Postseason games are 6th- Overall 15-9-3 11-11-4 26-20-7 » The 2016 Fall Classic promises to be an historic event, as this year’s most played by any A.L. team since 1901, T13th-most in the Majors. Openers 19-8 15-11 34-19 World Series features pennant-winners with baseball’s two longest » Tribe’s longest Postseason winning streak is 6 games (Oct. 6-17, Finales 17-10 13-13 30-23 championship droughts, as Cleveland is looking for the franchise’s 2016), as this fall Cleveland became just the fifth team in MLB his- Rubber 3-6 5-5 8-11 first title since 1948 (68 years), while Chicago-NL is seeking to end tory to win 6 consecutive games to begin a Postseason run...lon- Lead after: Home Road Total a dry spell that dates back to 1908 (108 years)...the Indians last ap- gest Postseason losing streak is 4 games, done twice (Sept. 29-Oct. 2, 6 inn. 37-1 32-4 69-5 peared in the World Series in 1997, the Cubs in 1945...additionally, this 1954 - 4G WS sweep - & Oct. 18, 2007-Oct. 2, 2013). 7 inn. 40-1 34-2 74-3 easily signifies the largest combined title drought between two teams 8 inn. 44-1 38-0 82-1 STANDING ON THE VERGE OF GETTING IT ON | FALL CLASSIC facing one another in the World Series (source: Elias). Trail after: Home Road Total » The Cleveland Indians are appearing in in the franchise’s sixth World LARGEST COMBINED TITLE DROUGHTS 6 inn. 8-25 1-29 9-54 Series all-time...Tribe’s 6 appearances are tied with Baltimore and Oak- IN WORLD SERIES HISTORY 7 inn. 5-26 1-31 6-57 land for 5th-most in A.L. history behind New York-AL (40), Boston (12), 8 inn. 3-25 1-33 4-58 World Series Years Teams Detroit (11) and Philadelphia-AL (8)...have appeared in the World Series Tied after: Home Road Total 2016 174 Cleveland vs. Chicago-NL on five (5) previous occasions, winning titles in 1920 (5-2 over Brook- 6 inn. 8-2 8-6 16-8 2005 129 Chicago-AL vs. Houston lyn Robins) & 1948 (4-2 over Boston Braves)...the Tribe came up on 7 inn. 8-1 6-6 14-7 2004 106 Boston vs. St. Louis the losing end in Fall Classics played in 1954 (4-0 to NY Giants), 1995 8 inn. 6-2 2-6 8-8 2010 103 San Francisco vs. Texas (4-2 to Atlanta) & 1997 (4-3 to Florida)...Cleveland is 15-16 (.484) all- Decided... Home Road Total The Texas Rangers, who own baseball’s third-longest championship time in World Series games; Tribe’s 31 World Series games played are 7th-or-later 17-5 9-15 26-20 drought at 56 years (no WS titles from 1961-2016), were also a part of Final AB 14-3 3-14 17-17 7th-most in the A.L. all-time...the 1903 World Series is considered to be the 2016 Postseason field before losing to Toronto in the ALDS. Extra-Innings 4-2 2-4 6-6 Major League Baseball’s first modern installment of the event. One-run G’s 20-7 8-14 28-21 ONE NATION UNDER A GROOVE | WINS & LOSSES » This marks the first time for Cleveland to hold home-field ad- Walk-offs 11 9 11-9 » Cleveland has a combined record of 102-68 in 2016, as the Indians vantage in the World Series...teams with home-field advantage have vs. RH starter 34-20 29-27 63-47 are 8-1 in the Postseason after finishing the regular season at 94-67... won 6 of last 7 (exception: 2014 Kansas City Royals) & 9 of the last 12 vs. LH starter 19-8 12-12 31-20 Cleveland swept Boston in 3 games to win the ALDS before taking 4 of 5 Fall Classics. from Toronto in the ALCS...the Indians have won 11 of their last 12 dating tribe by the numbers DR. FUNKENSTEIN | TITO IN THE POSTSEASON back to regular season (12 consecutive games w/o losing 2 straight)... » TERRY FRANCONA’s teams are 36-19 (.655) all-time in Postseason Overall Record ............................. 94-67 club is 18-6 since Sept. 16, losing consecutive games just twice in that play, the highest win% by any manager with at least 50 Postseason Standing in AL Central ..........1st, +8.0G 24-game span. games managed...Tito’s 36 Postseason wins are 7th-most in MLB his- Days in 1st (2-3-4-5) ...122 (29-11-21-0) UP FOR THE DOWN STROKE | GAME ONE SHUTOUT tory after passing Hall-of-Famer Sparky Anderson in the ALCS. Largest 1st-place Lead....+8.0G, 3x, 10/2 » With last night’s 6-0 win, Cleveland’s pitching staff posted (a) the MOST POSTSEASON WINS AS MANAGER, MLB HISTORY Largest 1st-place Deficit....-6.0G, last 5/9 +27G,2x,94-67 (10/2) team’s fourth shutout of the 2016 Postseason (b) the 12th shutout in Joe Torre 84-58 (.592) Jim Leyland 44-40 (.524) Most G Above .500 Most G Below .500 ......... -2G, 10-12 (5/2) Cleveland Postseason history - 8 of those at home - and (c) the fourth Tony La Russa 70-58 (.547) Casey Stengel 37-26 (.587) Times at .500 .........11, last 17-17 on 5/15 shutout in Cleveland World Series history - the others coming in 1920 Bobby Cox 67-69 (.493) Terry Francona 36-19 (.655) Current Streak .................................. W3 WS Games 6 & 7 vs. Brooklyn and 1948 WS Game 3 vs. Boston-NL. Bruce Bochy 44-33 (.571) Sparky Anderson 34-21 (.618) Following a Win ............................ 54-39 » Marked the 17th World Series Game 1 shutout in MLB history, first » Tito is the only manager in Major League history to win each of his Following a Loss .......................... 40-27 since Cincinnati in G1 of the 1990 World Series (7-0 vs. Oakland). first 9 World Series games (9-0 entering tonight)...his streak of 9 straight Last 5 games.................................... 3-2 » Cleveland’s 4 shutouts tie the MLB record for a single Postseason (5th Last 10 games.................................. 6-4 wins is the 3rd-longest ever by a manager behind Joe Torre (14) & Joe time), as the 2016 Indians join the 1905 Giants, 1998 Yankees, 2010 Last 15 games................................ 10-5 McCarthy (10). Giants & 2012 Giants. Last 20 games................................ 12-8 » Paired with the Tribe’s 3-0 victory in ALCS Game 5 at Toronto, Cleve- MOTHERSHIP CONNECTION | AT PROGRESSIVE FIELD Longest ‘W’ Streak ........... 14G (6/17-7/1) land has tossed consecutive team shutouts for just the second time in » Cleveland is 26-14 (.650) all-time in Postseason games played here Longest ‘L’ Streak ......3G, 7x, last 8/23-35 franchise history (1920 WS Games 6 & 7). at Progressive Field (1994-2016)...Cleveland’s .650 Postseason Come-from-Behind Wins ....................38 home winning pct. since this park opened in 1994 is 2nd-highest Losses After Holding Lead .................23 AGONY OF DEFEET | SCORELESS FRAMES Team Saves .............. 37-for-48 (77.1%) in the Majors over that span behind Kansas City (.813, 13-3), who has » Cleveland’s staff will carry an active streak of 18.0 consecutive Record Before All-Star Break ....... 52-36 played 16 home games to Cleveland’s 38 (see below)...Tribe has won scoreless innings into tonight’s game (last run allowed came in 8th in- Record After All-Star Break ......... 42-31 5 straight (5-0 at home in 2016 Postseason) and 9 of last 11 at home ning of ALCS G4 at Toronto), just 5.0 frames shy of the club’s franchise Home Record ............................... 53-28 dating back to start of 2007 Postseason. record of 23.0 - a streak that spanned 1948 World Series Games 2-4. Road Record ................................ 41-39 HIGHEST POSTSEASON WIN PCT. AT HOME SINCE 1994 » Tribe hurlers have held opponents scoreless in 66.0 of the staff’s 80.0 Day Games .................................