CLEVELAND, Ohio – The 1995 Indians led the big leagues with 100 victories in a strike-shortened 144-game season and won the AL Central by 30 games. Yet they never held home field advantage in the American League Division Series, AL Championship Series or World Series.
As we have remembered that team this month with a series of stories, essays, boxscores and videos, we thought it was worth an explanation. So here's why:
The 1995 season was MLB's first with the wild card, which meant four teams each from the AL and NL made the postseason. In the AL, Boston won the AL East with a 86-58 record.