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Cleveland Indians all-time mustache team

By Nick Dudukovich

1990: AN UNIDENTIFIED CHICAGO WHITE SOX RUNNER SLIDES INTO SECOND BASE AS CLEVELAND INDIANS INFIELDER FELIX FERMIN TURNS A DOUBLE PLAY DURING THE INDIANS GAME AT INDIANS PARK IN CLEVELAND, OHIO. MANDATORY CREDIT: RICK STEWART/ALLSPORT
1990: AN UNIDENTIFIED CHICAGO WHITE SOX RUNNER SLIDES INTO SECOND BASE AS CLEVELAND INDIANS INFIELDER FELIX FERMIN TURNS A DOUBLE PLAY DURING THE INDIANS GAME AT INDIANS PARK IN CLEVELAND, OHIO. MANDATORY CREDIT: RICK STEWART/ALLSPORT /
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Keith Hernandez, DH

Keith Herndez had one of the most iconic mustaches of the 1980s, and he graced Cleveland Municipal Stadium with his signature look during the last year of his career in 1990.

No, Jerry Seinfeld didn’t help him move to Cleveland, because that’d be taking too big of a friendship leap.

But Hernandez was probably begging the comedian to help get the heck off the north shore, after he batted .200 in just 43 games for a Tribe team that went 77-85.

Hernandez played his last game July 24, 1990 for the Tribe, and the front office took a lot of bad pub for signing the Mets’ legend.

The Indians paid Hernandez $1.75 million in his first year in Cleveland, and then again in 1991, while Hernandez spent the entire season on the DL.

The News Herald’s Jim Ingram wrote the following about the signing his ranking of the worst Tribe free-agent signings ever.

"The five-time All-Star and 1979 NL MVP was 36 and as done as done can be when the star-struck Indians inexplicably signed him to a two-year, $3.5 million contract. He hit .200 with one home run in his first year in Cleveland, then spent the entire second year on the disabled list. Nice work, if you can get it, and Hernandez did."

So, Hernandez wasn’t the All-Star caliber player he was by the time he got to Cleveland. At least his ‘stache game was at a Hall of Fame level.

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