OFFICIAL 2016 POSTSEASON INFORMATION LEVELAND INDIANS 2016 WORLD SERIES GAME FOUR NOTES CLEVELAND INDIANS (2-1) vs. CHICAGO CUBS (1-2) RHP Corey Kluber (3-1, 0.74) vs. RHP John Lackey (0-0, 5.63) WS G4/Road #2 » Saturday., Oct. 29, 2016 » Wrigley Field » 8:08 p.m. ET » FOX, ESPN Radio, WTAM/WMMS/IRN REVIVAL | 112th WORLD SERIES STATESBORO BLUES | TRIBE POSTSEASON HISTORY 2016 at a glance » The Cleveland Indians & Chicago Cubs are meeting in Major » Cleveland has gone 53-44 (.546) all-time in Postseason games, the League Baseball’s 112th World Series, the first meeting in Postsea- 3rd-highest Postseason winning pct. of any A.L. team since 1901 vs. AL: Central West East son history between the two franchises...second consecutive series for & 5th-highest by any team in the Majors behind Florida (.667, 22-11), 81-60 49-26 18-16 14-18 Cleveland to face an opponent for first time in PS history (also Toronto New York-AL (.590, 223-155), New York-NL (.573, 51-38) & Baltimore vs. NL: Central West East in ALCS); in ALDS, Tribe faced Boston for the sixth time in PS history. (.551, 54-44)...record would be 54-44 if 1948 A.L. Pennant playoff game 13-7 4-0 0-0 9-7 In Series: Home Road Total » The 2016 Fall Classic has proven to be an historic event, as this year’s officially counted...Cleveland’s 97 official Postseason games are 6th- Overall 15-9-3 11-11-4 26-20-7 World Series features pennant-winners with baseball’s two longest most played by any A.L. team since 1901, T12th-most in the Majors. Openers 19-8 15-11 34-19 championship droughts, as Cleveland is looking for the franchise’s » Tribe’s longest Postseason winning streak is 6 games (Oct. 6-17, Finales 17-10 13-13 30-23 first title since 1948 (68 years), while Chicago-NL is seeking to end 2016), as this fall Cleveland became just the fifth team in MLB his- Rubber 3-6 5-5 8-11 a dry spell that dates back to 1908 (108 years)...the Indians last ap- tory to win 6 consecutive games to begin a Postseason run...lon- Lead after: Home Road Total peared in the World Series in 1997, the Cubs in 1945...additionally, this gest Postseason losing streak is 4 games, done twice (Sept. 29-Oct. 2, 6 inn. 37-1 32-4 69-5 easily signifies the largest combined title drought between two teams 1954 - 4G WS sweep - & Oct. 18, 2007-Oct. 2, 2013). 7 inn. 40-1 34-2 74-3 facing one another in the World Series (source: Elias). 8 inn. 44-1 38-0 82-1 DREAMS | CLEVELAND FALL CLASSICS LARGEST COMBINED TITLE DROUGHTS Trail after: Home Road Total » The Cleveland Indians are appearing in in the franchise’s sixth World IN WORLD SERIES HISTORY 6 inn. 8-25 1-29 9-54 Series all-time...Tribe’s 6 appearances are tied with Baltimore and Oak- World Series Years Teams 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 2016 174 Cleveland vs. Chicago-NL Detroit (11) and Philadelphia-AL (8)...have appeared in the World Series Tied after: Home Road Total 2005 129 Chicago-AL vs. Houston on five (5) previous occasions, winning titles in 1920 (5-2 over Brook- 6 inn. 8-2 8-6 16-8 2004 106 Boston vs. St. Louis lyn Robins) & 1948 (4-2 over Boston Braves)...the Tribe came up on 7 inn. 8-1 6-6 14-7 2010 103 San Francisco vs. Texas the losing end in Fall Classics played in 1954 (4-0 to NY Giants), 1995 8 inn. 6-2 2-6 8-8 AIN’T WASTIN’ TIME NO MORE | TRIBE WINS GAME 3 (4-2 to Atlanta) & 1997 (4-3 to Florida)...Cleveland is 16-17 (.485) all- Decided... Home Road Total 17-5 9-15 26-20 » Cleveland edged Chicago-NL in Game 3 by a score of 1-0 to take time in World Series games; Tribe’s 33 World Series games played are 7th-or-later Final AB 14-3 3-14 17-17 a 2-1 lead in the series...the two teams split the first two games, as the 7th-most in the A.L. all-time...the 1903 World Series is considered to be Extra-Innings 4-2 2-4 6-6 Indians posted a 6-0 shutout in Game 1, while the Cubs responded with Major League Baseball’s first modern installment of the event. One-run G’s 20-7 8-14 28-21 a 5-1 victory in Game 2...was first Indians home loss this Postseason » This marks the first time for Cleveland to hold home-field ad- Walk-offs 11 9 11-9 (5-1 at home)...marks the 5th time for Cleveland to hold a 2-1 lead in vantage in the World Series...teams with home-field advantage have vs. RH starter 34-20 29-27 63-47 any best-of-7 Postseason series (others: 1948 WS, 1997 ALCS, 1998 won 6 of last 7 (exception: 2014 Kansas City Royals) & 9 of the last 12 vs. LH starter 19-8 12-12 31-20 ALCS, 2007 ALCS); won Game 4 in ‘48, ‘97, ‘07...37 of the 43 teams Fall Classics. (86.0%) that have held a 2-1 World Series lead AND then went on tribe by the numbers RAMBLIN’ MAN | TITO IN THE POSTSEASON to win Game 4 have subsequently gone on to win the World Series » TERRY FRANCONA’s teams are 37-20 (.649) all-time in Postsea- Overall Record ............................. 94-67 overall; last team to take a 3-1 lead and lose the World Series was the son play, the highest win% by any manager with at least 50 Postsea- Standing in AL Central ..........1st, +8.0G 1985 St. Louis Cardinals. son games managed...Tito’s 37 Postseason wins are tied with Casey Days in 1st (2-3-4-5) ...122 (29-11-21-0) ONE WAY OUT | 1-0 SHUTOUT Stengel (.587, 37-26) for 6th-most in MLB history after passing Hall-of- Largest 1st-place Lead....+8.0G, 3x, 10/2 » The Indians posted the 25th 1-0 shutout in World Series history last Famer Sparky Anderson in the ALCS. Largest 1st-place Deficit....-6.0G, last 5/9 night in Game 3, just the second over the past 20 seasons (2005 World Most G Above .500 +27G,2x,94-67 (10/2) MOST POSTSEASON WINS AS MANAGER, MLB HISTORY -2G, 10-12 (5/2) Series G4; White Sox clinched WS with 1-0 win). Most G Below .500 ......... Joe Torre 84-58 (.592) Jim Leyland 44-40 (.524) Times at .500 .........11, last 17-17 on 5/15 » With last night’s 1-0 win in Game 3, Cleveland’s pitching staff posted Tony La Russa 70-58 (.547) Casey Stengel 37-26 (.587) Current Streak .................................. W3 (a) the team’s fifth shutout of the 2016 Postseason (b) the 13th shutout Bobby Cox 67-69 (.493) Terry Francona 37-20 (.649) Following a Win ............................ 54-39 in Cleveland Postseason history - 5th ever on the road - and (c) the fifth Bruce Bochy 44-33 (.571) Sparky Anderson 34-21 (.618) Following a Loss .......................... 40-27 shutout in Cleveland World Series history - first ever on the road - the Last 5 games.................................... 3-2 others coming in 1920 WS Games 6 & 7 vs. Brooklyn, 1948 WS Game 3 » Francona has gone 10-1 (.909) all-time in the World Series...Tito’s Last 10 games.................................. 6-4 vs. Boston-NL & 2016 WS Game 1 vs. Chicago-NL. 9-game World Series winning streak came to an end on Wednesday, as Last 15 games................................ 10-5 » Cleveland’s 5 shutouts have established a new MLB record for a he lost for the first time ever in a Fall Classic...Tito is the only manager Last 20 games................................ 12-8 single Postseason, as previous record of 4 was accomplished by the in Major League history to have won each of his first 9 World Series Longest ‘W’ Streak ........... 14G (6/17-7/1) 1905 Giants, 1998 Yankees, 2010 Giants & 2012 Giants. games...his streak of 9 straight wins was 3rd-longest ever by a manager Longest ‘L’ Streak ......3G, 7x, last 8/23-35 » Cleveland is the first team to throw multiple shutouts in the same Fall behind Joe Torre (14) & Joe McCarthy (10). Come-from-Behind Wins ....................38 Classic since the Giants in 2012 vs. Detroit (2-0 G3 win; 2-0 G4 win)... Losses After Holding Lead .................23 SOUTHBOUND | CUBS SERIES NOTES Team Saves .............. 37-for-48 (77.1%) prior to 2012, the last team to have multiple shutouts in a single World » The Cleveland & Chicago-NL franchises are meeting for the first time Record Before All-Star Break ....... 52-36 Series was the 1966 Orioles (3 SHO’s)...the Indians are the first team to in MLB Postseason history...the two clubs have split 18 regular season Record After All-Star Break ......... 42-31 have each of their first two wins in a single World Series come by SHO meetings all-time (9-9), as the Indians have gone 6-5 vs. the Cubs at Home Record ............................... 53-28 since the 1959 Chicago White Sox vs. Los Angeles-NL (11-0 win in G1, Progressive Field, while holding a 3-4 mark at Wrigley Field.