The Dirty Dozen: 12 Indians Alums in MLB Playoffs

The quest for baseball's ultimate prize begins now. A dozen Indians alums spread across ten contenders will compete in this year's MLB Postseason, which kicks off today with the first four games of the Wild Card round.

The Cleveland Guardians and San Diego Padres both have a pair of former Spokane Indians players while the Detroit Tigers, Houston Astros, Kansas City Royals, New York Yankees, New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies, Atlanta Braves, and Milwaukee Brewers each boast a lone representative from the Lilac City.

A full list of former Spokane players and coaches in this year's postseason can be found below:

Atlanta Braves

Jesse Chavez

Cleveland Guardians

Sandy Alomar Jr. (First Base Coach), Emmanuel Clase

Detroit Tigers

Joey Cora (Third Base Coach)

Houston Astros

Gary Pettis (Third Base Coach)

Kansas City Royals

Cole Ragans

Milwaukee Brewers

Isaac Collins

New York Mets

Reed Garrett

New York Yankees

Jose Trevino

Philadelphia Phillies

Kevin Long (Hitting Coach)

San Diego Padres

Martín Pérez, Jurickson Profar

Each of the past three World Series winners featured at least one former Indians player on their roster - - including five on last year's Texas Rangers squad - and the last Fall Classic without an Indians alum on the title-winning team was 2020. The most recent alum in the postseason, Emmanuel Clase, pitched for the Indians in 2018, while Houston Astros third base Gary Pettis (1982) is over four decades removed from his last game for Spokane.

POSTSEASON SCHEDULE

For a look at the full postseason schedule, click here.

AL WILD CARD ROUND (All games hosted by higher seed)

Tigers (No. 6 seed) at Astros (No. 3)
Game 1: Tuesday, 2:32 p.m. ET (ABC)
Game 2: Wednesday, 2:32 p.m. ET (ABC)
Game 3^: Thursday, 2:32 p.m. ET (ABC)
^If necessary

Royals (No. 5 seed) at Orioles (No. 4)
Game 1: Tuesday, 4:08 p.m. ET (ESPN2)
Game 2: Wednesday, 4:38 pm ET (ESPN)
Game 3^: Thursday, 4:08 pm ET (ESPN)
^If necessary

NL WILD CARD ROUND (All games hosted by higher seed)

Mets (No. 6 seed) at Brewers (No. 3)
Game 1: Tuesday, 5:32 p.m. ET (ESPN)
Game 2: Wednesday, 7:38 p.m. ET (ESPN)
Game 3^: Thursday, 8:38 p.m. ET (ESPN2)
^If necessary

Braves (No. 5 seed) at Padres (No. 4)
Game 1: Tuesday, 8:38 p.m. ET (ESPN)
Game 2: Wednesday, 8:38 pm ET (ESPN2)
Game 3^: Thursday, 7:08 pm ET (ESPN)
^If necessary

AL DIVISION SERIES

Yankees (No. 1 seed)
Will face winner of Royals-Orioles series
Game 1: Saturday, Time TBD (TBS)

Guardians (No. 2 seed)
Will face winner of Tigers-Astros series
Game 1: Saturday, Time TBD (TBS)

NL DIVISION SERIES

Dodgers (No. 1 seed)
Will face winner of Braves-Padres series
Game 1: Saturday, Time TBD (FOX/FS1)

Phillies (No. 2 seed)
Will face winner of Mets-Brewers series
Game 1: Saturday, Time TBD (FOX/FS1)

NL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES

NLDS winners
Game 1: Oct. 13, Time TBD (FOX/FS1)

AL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES

ALDS winners
Game 1: Oct. 14, Time TBD (TBS)

WORLD SERIES

ALCS winner vs. NLCS winner
Game 1: Oct. 25^, Time TBD (FOX)

^For the first time, the World Series will have a variable start date. If the ALCS and NLCS both end by Oct. 19 -- meaning neither series lasts longer than five games under the current schedule -- the World Series will begin on Oct. 22 instead of Oct. 25.

About the Spokane Indians

The Spokane Indians are the High-A affiliate of the Colorado Rockies located in Spokane Valley, Wash., and play at Avista Stadium home of the MultiCare Kids Bench Seat and Washington State Department of Veterans Affairs Military & Veteran Ticket. Parking at all Spokane Indians games is FREE. The Spokane Indians Office and Team Store hours are 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. on Monday through Thursday and 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. on Fridays. On game days, the Office and Team Store are open from 10:00 a.m. through the end of the game.