With the final days of 2009 and the decade coming to a close, its trendy to take a look at the past year and the past decade.
The Tribe Daily is doing it a little differently. Over the past week, we’ve taken a look at how far the Cleveland Indians have come since 2000. The club rounded off their period of contention with John Hart as the General Manager as the decade came into existence. The Mark Shapiro era began pretty much after the last contending season in 2001 and set off the era of Indians baseball as we know it now. The fun is seeing how we got here though.
Here on the BBA you can check out a time line and decade compilation of awards and achievements by the Indians. If you’d like to read a more in-depth account of the decade, you can read the full posts over at The Tribe Daily.
TIME LINE
June 28th, 2000 – Richie Sexson traded to Milwaukee for Steve Woodward, Jason Bere and Bob Wickman. Marco Scutaro later was sent to Milwaukee to complete the deal.
June 29th, 2000 – David Justice Traded to New York Yankees for Jake Westbrook.
Dec. 19th, 2000 – Manny Ramirez Signs with the Boston Red Sox.
April 4th, 2001 – The 455 consecutive home sellout streak ends.
April 8th, 2001 – CC Sabathia Makes Major League Debut
August 5th, 2001 – Indians complete the biggest comeback in MLB History, defeating Seattle 15-14 in 11 innings.
October 2001 – Cleveland Eliminated from 2001 Playoffs by Seattle in 5 Games.
February 1st, 2002 – Kenny Lofton signs with the Chicago White Sox.
June 27th, 2002 – Bartolo Colon Traded to Montreal for Cliff Lee, Brandon Phillips and Grady Sizemore.
July 12th, 2002 – Charlie Manuel is Fired.
August 7th, 2002 – Coco Crisp is named as the Player to be Named Later in the Chuck Finley Deal.
October 29th, 2002 -Eric Wedge is Hired as Manager, 39th in club history.
December 6th, 2002 – Travis Hafner acquired from Texas for Catcher Einar Diaz and Pitcher Ryan Drese.
July 18th, 2003 – Shane Spencer is traded to Texas for Ryan Ludwick.
April 3rd, 2004 – Milton Bradley is traded to Los Angeles for Franklin Gutierrez and Andrew Brown.
August 31st, 2004 – Cleveland defeats New York 22-0 at Yankee Stadium. Omar Vizquel notches six hits.
Nov. 16th, 2004 – Omar Vizquel signs with San Francisco.
January 8th, 2005 – Kevin Millwood signs one year deal.
December 7th, 2005 – Paul Byrd signs two year deal.
January 26th, 2006 – Coco Crisp, David Riske and Josh Bard Traded to Boston for Andy Marte, Guillermo Mota and Kelly Shoppach.
March 12th, 2006 – Sportstime Ohio is Launched as the Indians own regional network.
April 7th, 2006 – Brandon Phillips Traded to Cincinnati for PTBNL (Eventually Jeff Stevens).
June 3oth, 2006 – Eduardo Perez Traded to Seattle for Asdrubal Cabrera.
July 4th, 2006 – Cleveland defeats New York 19-1, Hafner and Peralta hit two homers each.
July 20th, 2006 – Bob Wickman Traded to Atlanta for catcher Max Ramirez.
July 26th, 2006 – Ben Broussard Traded to Seattle for Shin-Soo Choo. Choo debuts two days later and hits the lone home run in a 1-0 win over his former team. Eduardo Perez struck out two times in three at bats.
July 28th, 2006 – Rookie Jeremy Sowers throws second consecutive shutout.
Aug. 13th, 2006 – Travis Hafner ties Don Mattingly’s single-season Grand Slam record.
April 13th, 2007 – Jake Westbrook signs three-year contract extension.
July 12th, 2007 – Travis Hafner signs four-year contract extension.
July 27th, 2007 – Acquired Kenny Lofton from Texas for catcher Max Ramirez.
Sept. 23rd, 2007 – Cleveland clinches AL Central with win over Oakland.
October 8th, 2007 – Cleveland defeats New York 6-4 to win ALDS 3-1.
October 15th, 2007 – Eric Wedge Wins 2007 AL Manager of the Year Award.
October 24th, 2007 – Boston defeats Cleveland 11-2 to win ALCS 4-3, eliminating Cleveland.
Nov. 13th, 2007 – CC Sabathia Wins 2007 AL Cy Young Award.
Dec. 7th, 2007 – Acquired Jamey Carroll from Colorado.
July 7th, 2008 – CC Sabathia Traded to Milwaukee for Matt LaPorta, Michael Brantley, Zach Jackson and Rob Bryson.
July 26th, 2009 – Casey Blake Traded to Los Angeles Dodgers for Carlos Santana and John Meloan.
Sept. 8th, 2008 – Boston Breaks Cleveland’s 455 consecutive home sellout streak.
Nov. 13th, 2008 – Cliff Lee Wins 2008 AL Cy Young Award.
Dec. 10th, 2008 – Kerry Wood signs two year deal.
Dec. 11th, 2008 – Franklin Gutierrez Traded to Seattle in 3 Team Deal, Cleveland gets Joe Smith and Luis Valbuena.
Dec. 31st, 2008 – Acquired Mark DeRosa from Chicago Cubs for Jeff Stevens and two pitchers.
April 16th and 18th, 2009 – Indians and Yankees open up the New Yankee Stadium, Cliff Lee out dueled CC Sabathia and picked up the win, 10-2. Cleveland defeats New York 22-4 two days later.
July 29th, 2009 – Cliff Lee and Ben Francisco Traded to Philadelphia for Carlos Carrasco, Jason Donald, Lou Marson and Jason Knapp.
July 31st, 2009 – Victor Martinez Traded to Boston for Justin Masterson, Nick Hagadone and Bryan Price.
Sept. 30th, 2009 – Eric Wedge is Fired as Manager.
Oct. 20th, 2009 – Manny Acta is Hired as Manager, 40th in club history.
Oct. 30th, 2009 – Sandy Alomar Jr. is Hired as First Base Coach
AWARDS IN THE DECADE – WINNERS IN BOLD
GOLD GLOVE – Grady Sizemore (2007, 2008), Omar Vizquel (2000, 2001), Roberto Alomar (2000, 2001), Travis Fryman (2000)
SILVER SLUGGER – Grady Sizemore (2008), Victor Martinez (2004*), Juan Gonzalez (2001), Roberto Alomar (2000), Manny Ramirez (2000)
*Shared
AL CY YOUNG – Cliff Lee (2008), CC Sabathia (2007), Cliff Lee (4th, 2005), Kevin Millwood (6th, 2005)
AL MVP – Grady Sizemore (10th, 2008), Victor Martinez (7th, 2007), Travis Hafner (8th, 2006; 5th, 2005), Jim Thome (7th, 2002; 7th, 2001), Roberto Alomar (4th, 2001), Juan Gonzalez (5th, 2001), Manny Ramirez (6th, 2000)
AL MANAGER – Eric Wedge (2007), Eric Wedge (2nd, 2005)
AL ROOKIE – CC Sabathia (2nd Place, 2001), Jody Gerut (4th Place, 2003)
ALL-STARS (ST = Starter)- Victor Martinez (2009; 2007; 2004), Cliff Lee (ST 2008), Grady Sizemore (2008; 2007; 2006), CC Sabathia (2007; 2004; 2003), Bob Wickman (2005); Ronnie Belliard (2004), Matt Lawton (2004), Jake Westbrook (2004), Omar Vizquel (2002), Juan Gonzalez (ST, 2001), Roberto Alomar (2001; ST 2000), Travis Fryman (ST 2000), Manny Ramirez (2000), Chuck Finley (2000)
- The B-List: 9/22 (1.000)
- The B-List: 9/23 (1.000)
- The B-List: 9/24 (CLE) (1.000)
- The B-List: 9/25 - 9/27 (CLE) (1.000)
- The B-List: 9/28 (CLE) (1.000)
