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Belt game 18,232 · May 1, 1999

Cleveland Indians take the belt

Cleveland Indians beat Texas Rangers 5–3 on the road to start reign 8,588 of the MLB belt, the 529th for the franchise.

Texas Rangers had held it since April 30, 1999, with 0 defenses over 1 day.

Cleveland Indians held it for 1 day and 0 defenses, then lost it to Texas Rangers on May 2, 1999.

8,588Reign number
529Team's reign
0Defenses
1Days held

Box score

Texas Rangers

PlayerABRHHRRBIBBSOIPHAERK
Sean Berry4020000————
Jeromy Burnitz3020100————
Fernando Viña4110010————
Brian Banks2110000————
Jeff Cirillo3010201————
Geoff Jenkins3110011————
Jim Abbott20000025.2853
Mark Loretta5000000————
Al Reyes00000002101
Marquis Grissom4000000————
Dave Nilsson4000001————
Steve Falteisek00000001.1101

Cleveland Indians

PlayerABRHHRRBIBBSOIPHAERK
Jay Bell5231102————
Kelly Stinnett3120001————
Luis Gonzalez5020101————
Matt Williams4010110————
Todd Stottlemyre20100106.2734
Steve Finley5110200————
Bernard Gilkey4000000————
Travis Lee4000000————
Greg Swindell10000001.1101
Gregg Olson00000001000
Tony Batista3100011————

Box scores: MLB's Stats API (statsapi.mlb.com). HA, ER, K are pitching.

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