I'm not sure if fans realize this about that amazing 1986 squad, but they were so exciting to watch because their offense led the league in almost every category and the 10 game winning streak had them in 1st place in mid May! They went from 850,000 fans in 1985 to a shocking 1.5 million in 1986. Had the Tribe not had such a fun to watch , high offense style ballclub that year, the fans wouldn't have passed the sin tax ballet to build the new stadium known as jacobs field. That 86 team really got fans back into baseball in Cleveland after years of below. 500 ball and most seasons not even reaching a million fans thru the turnstiles.
I caught the Pat Tabler HR at the 19:15 mark in this video. A 10th inning walk-off against the Texas Rangers on May 13th :). I’m just a blur in the video in the first row of the stands, jumping up to catch the ball. A whopping 6,700 in attendance that night.
Most crowds that season were actually decent, they drew an amazing 1.47 million fans that year, and I remember some massive walk up crowds during the big winning streak that hit 40,000+
I had to delete the audio from 6:05 to 6:58 in order to publish this on UA-cam - it was the song "Respect" by Aretha Franklin. That is the only segment throughout this video that is muted.
Team batting avg.of .268 ! Who could forget Pat Corrales getting flattened by pitcher Dave Stewart in Oakland, after beanball incident? Or 2 knuckle ball pitchers? Or closer Ernie (Macho) Camacho? But possibly the worst pitcher that season was John Butcher. His surname was appropriate. But for my personal favorite, Corey Snyder was exciting when he was called up in mid-season. Pat Tabler was heroic in bases-loaded RBI's,unlike anything I'd ever seen!
Actually, the team BA was an incredible .284!!! They were an amazing team that year, had they had better pitching, would have easily won the division in 1986! Joe carter had an mvp season
Loved JULIO...TABS....JOE CARTER...CORY....BUTLER....And my boy JAKE at 3rd!!! Great season , big walk up crowds, massive winning streak in May got em into 1st place
I would love to get audio of the beer vendor with the really loud voice. You could hear him on the radio broadcast, but I could barely understand what he was saying. "Gonna have a Bud! Gonna have a good time!" That's the closest that I could come up with.
That was a fun year. Nothing rankles us 60+ dudes like Cleveland people bailing on the current Tribe. Saying things like "they never win the big ones and they let all the stars go". Hey, the first 37 years of my life, they were never really competitive for the postseason in Sept. The Indians do well for a small market team!
Yes and they have 7 straight winning seasons going on 8. 10 Central division titles and the 1995, 1997 and 2016 American league championship. The Cavs have a championship but the Indians are the most winning team in Cleveland. I grew up in the 80s and 90s so I didnt see the bad baseball of the 70s. But besides 1981 and 1986 they were bad in the 80s and I appreciate the winning I saw in the 90s, tho the 1997 World series still hurts.
Fans dont know they are watching a very good baseball team that has the best pitching in baseball. They have 6 frontline starters and Lindor, Ramirez, Reyes, Santana, Deshields, Perez, Naquin are hitting well now and they are finally starting to score runs.
Cleveland is a large market team. The small market teams are Detroit, Minnesota, Chicago, Kansas City, and Pittsburgh. Cleveland has at least 20 million or 50 million residents in the greater metro Cleveland area which includes Toledo, Akron, Canton, Erie, Toronto, Columbus, Buffalo, Windsor, Fort Wayne, Cleveland Heights, Abercrombie, Fitch, the Cleveland Zoo, Lake Erie (including Jimmy Hoffa), West Pittsburgh, north Cincinnati, Dayton OH, Concubine, Springfield, Springtown, Mesabi, and Lower Yankton.
JULIO....JACOBY.....BUTLER.... TABLER AND CARTER were so awesome!!! I went to 25 games that year, can't beat $4.00 for a GA ticket In right or left field.
Great recap! That 1986 club was exciting, but the pitching couldn't hold up, and the next season was a disaster, which started the decline until the Lofton/Baerga/Belle days of the early '90's and the opening of Jacobs Field in 1994.
The Indians management was akin to the Indians management in Major League. They had a load of talent in 1986. But most of that talent ended up departing Cleveland within the next 2-3 seasons. Winners like Joe Carter and Brett Butler would have been key to future success. But they ended up having greater success elsewhere. Joe Carter averaged 107 RBIs per season from 1986-89. He would boost that to about 120 RBIs per season from 1990-97 factoring in the 94-95 strike.
They Were fun to watch back in 86". That Long Winning Streak. Go Tribe
Memorable Voices of Joe Tait and Herb Score. God 🙏🙏🙏🙏 You Gentlemen.
Coming from northeast ohio 1986 was fun for the indians and browns
I'm not sure if fans realize this about that amazing 1986 squad, but they were so exciting to watch because their offense led the league in almost every category and the 10 game winning streak had them in 1st place in mid May!
They went from 850,000 fans in 1985 to a shocking 1.5 million in 1986.
Had the Tribe not had such a fun to watch , high offense style ballclub that year, the fans wouldn't have passed the sin tax ballet to build the new stadium known as jacobs field.
That 86 team really got fans back into baseball in Cleveland after years of below. 500 ball and most seasons not even reaching a million fans thru the turnstiles.
Awesome. Reliving my childhood. Too bad they couldn't hold up in 87. Cory Snyder was my idol!
I was a beer vendor in '86...I made a lot of money that year...the team was great!
1.5 million fans that year was amazing for that old stadium
Back in the the day
I can hear it now.....guy in the upperdeck deck when the great Julio Franco steps into the box..........JUUUUUUUULIO!!!!
Or the guy right behind home plate who would ring a bell when Julio came up.
I caught the Pat Tabler HR at the 19:15 mark in this video. A 10th inning walk-off against the Texas Rangers on May 13th :). I’m just a blur in the video in the first row of the stands, jumping up to catch the ball. A whopping 6,700 in attendance that night.
Most crowds that season were actually decent, they drew an amazing 1.47 million fans that year, and I remember some massive walk up crowds during the big winning streak that hit 40,000+
Rare winning record for Indians in the 80s.
I had to delete the audio from 6:05 to 6:58 in order to publish this on UA-cam - it was the song "Respect" by Aretha Franklin. That is the only segment throughout this video that is muted.
Cleveland Indians 10 Central division titles and 1995, 1997 and 2016 American League Champions
Let's. Go! #Cleveland Indians!👍
joe carter won the ML RBI title
1986 was a fun season for Tribe fans
Team batting avg.of .268 ! Who could forget Pat Corrales getting flattened by pitcher Dave Stewart in Oakland, after beanball incident? Or
2 knuckle ball pitchers? Or closer Ernie (Macho) Camacho? But possibly the worst pitcher that season was John Butcher. His surname was appropriate. But
for my personal favorite, Corey Snyder was exciting when he was called up in mid-season. Pat Tabler was heroic in bases-loaded RBI's,unlike anything I'd ever seen!
Actually, the team BA was an incredible .284!!! They were an amazing team that year, had they had better pitching, would have easily won the division in 1986! Joe carter had an mvp season
Loved JULIO...TABS....JOE CARTER...CORY....BUTLER....And my boy JAKE at 3rd!!!
Great season , big walk up crowds, massive winning streak in May got em into 1st place
I would love to get audio of the beer vendor with the really loud voice. You could hear him on the radio broadcast, but I could barely understand what he was saying. "Gonna have a Bud! Gonna have a good time!" That's the closest that I could come up with.
Tribe 84-78
That was a fun year. Nothing rankles us 60+ dudes like Cleveland people bailing on the current Tribe. Saying things like "they never win the big ones and they let all the stars go". Hey, the first 37 years of my life, they were never really competitive for the postseason in Sept. The Indians do well for a small market team!
Yes and they have 7 straight winning seasons going on 8. 10 Central division titles and the 1995, 1997 and 2016 American league championship. The Cavs have a championship but the Indians are the most winning team in Cleveland. I grew up in the 80s and 90s so I didnt see the bad baseball of the 70s. But besides 1981 and 1986 they were bad in the 80s and I appreciate the winning I saw in the 90s, tho the 1997 World series still hurts.
Fans dont know they are watching a very good baseball team that has the best pitching in baseball. They have 6 frontline starters and Lindor, Ramirez, Reyes, Santana, Deshields, Perez, Naquin are hitting well now and they are finally starting to score runs.
Cleveland is a large market team. The small market teams are Detroit, Minnesota, Chicago, Kansas City, and Pittsburgh. Cleveland has at least 20 million or 50 million residents in the greater metro Cleveland area which includes Toledo, Akron, Canton, Erie, Toronto, Columbus, Buffalo, Windsor, Fort Wayne, Cleveland Heights, Abercrombie, Fitch, the Cleveland Zoo, Lake Erie (including Jimmy Hoffa), West Pittsburgh, north Cincinnati, Dayton OH, Concubine, Springfield, Springtown, Mesabi, and Lower Yankton.
Joe Carter and Cory Snyder
JULIO....JACOBY.....BUTLER....
TABLER AND CARTER were so awesome!!! I went to 25 games that year, can't beat $4.00 for a GA ticket In right or left field.
Great recap!
That 1986 club was exciting, but the pitching couldn't hold up, and the next season was a disaster, which started the decline until the Lofton/Baerga/Belle days of the early '90's and the opening of Jacobs Field in 1994.
Go Tribe
Let's Go! #Cleveland Indians!👍
The Indians management was akin to the Indians management in Major League. They had a load of talent in 1986. But most of that talent ended up departing Cleveland within the next 2-3 seasons. Winners like Joe Carter and Brett Butler would have been key to future success. But they ended up having greater success elsewhere. Joe Carter averaged 107 RBIs per season from 1986-89. He would boost that to about 120 RBIs per season from 1990-97 factoring in the 94-95 strike.
Their pitching was always pitiful just like the Yankees in the 80’s
They got Sandy Alomar and Baerga for Carter…
how did they find 24 minutes of highlights from this team?
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Indians sadly (due to weird people) have lost their name, but they have always been under rated
Too bad MLB is dead in Cleveland now
They averaged 18,000 fans per home game in 1986, in 2024 they average 26,000. Womp womp.