List of Cleveland Indians seasons


The Cleveland Indians are a professional baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio.
They were a founder member of the American League in 1901 as the Cleveland Bluebirds. They renamed to the Cleveland Napoleons in 1903, before adopting their current name in 1915. The Indians made their first World Series appearance in 1920 and won the first of their two World Series titles.
Since then, the Indians have had three major periods of success. The first was from 1947 to 1956, when they had winning records in every season, including a 111–43 record in 1954, which remains the best Major League Baseball regular season record since the 1909 Pirates, and won their only other World Series in 1948. The Indians’ second highly successful period was from 1994 to 2001, when they had eight consecutive winning seasons, six AL Central division titles, and two World Series appearances in 1995 and 1997, but lost both of these World Series. The Indians' third extended period of success began in 2013 under manager Terry Francona, during which they have had seven consecutive winning seasons, four playoff appearances, and one World Series appearance.
The Indians have also experienced failure in their history. From the split of the American League into two divisions in 1969 until 1993, the Indians did not make a single postseason appearance and played only four winning seasons. They posted 100 losses four times during the era.

Key

Seasons

Record by decade

The following table describes the Indians' MLB win–loss record by decade.
DecadeWinsLossesWin %
1900s697632.524
1910s742747.498
1920s786749.512
1930s824708.538
1940s800731.523
1950s904634.588
1960s783826.487
1970s737866.460
1980s710849.455
1990s823728.531
2000s816804.504
2010s855763.528
All-time94779037

These statistics are from Baseball-Reference.com's Cleveland Indians History & Encyclopedia, except where noted, and are current as of October 18, 2016.

All-time records

Records are current through the 2019 regular season
WinsLossesWin %
Regular season games94779037
Postseason games5653
Postseason series1012
Regular season and post season games95339090