1978 Cleveland Indians Statistics

1977 Season 1979 Season

Record: 69-90-0, Finished 6th in AL_East (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Jeff Torborg (69-90)

General Manager: Phil Seghi

Scouting Director: Bob Quinn Sr.

Ballpark: Cleveland Stadium

Attendance: 800,584 (12th of 14)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 99
One-year: Batting - 93, Pitching - 93

Pythagorean W-L: 74-85, 639 Runs, 694 Runs Allowed

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159. Oct 1, CLE (69-90) beat NYY, 9-2

Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Gary Alexander	25	90	365	324	39	76	14	3	17	62	0	2	35	100	.235	.308	.454	.761	113	147	2	1	0	4	3
2	1B	Andre Thornton	28	145	617	508	97	133	22	4	33	105	4	7	93	72	.262	.377	.516	.893	151	262	17	6	2	8	4
3	2B	Duane Kuiper*	28	149	589	547	52	155	18	6	0	43	4	9	19	35	.283	.311	.338	.649	84	185	11	4	16	3	1
4	SS	Tom Veryzer	25	130	458	421	48	114	18	4	1	32	1	2	13	36	.271	.298	.340	.638	80	143	7	5	15	4	0
5	3B	Buddy Bell	26	142	606	556	71	157	27	8	6	62	1	3	39	43	.282	.328	.392	.720	103	218	24	0	9	2	1
6	LF	Johnny Grubb*	29	113	449	378	54	100	16	6	14	61	5	1	59	60	.265	.365	.450	.815	130	170	5	2	8	2	5
7	CF	Rick Manning*	23	148	616	566	65	149	27	3	3	50	12	12	38	62	.263	.309	.337	.647	83	191	10	1	8	3	1
8	RF	Paul Dade	26	93	350	307	37	78	12	1	3	20	12	9	34	45	.254	.331	.329	.660	88	101	3	2	5	1	1
9	DH	Bernie Carbo*	30	60	197	174	21	50	8	0	4	16	1	0	20	31	.287	.362	.402	.765	116	70	6	1	1	1	1
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
10	OF	Jim Norris*	29	113	365	315	41	89	14	5	2	27	12	7	42	20	.283	.364	.378	.742	111	119	6	0	5	3	4
11	UT	Ted Cox	23	82	253	227	14	53	7	0	1	19	0	1	16	30	.233	.286	.278	.563	60	63	4	1	8	1	1
12	SS	Larvell Blanks	28	70	212	193	19	49	10	0	2	20	0	0	10	16	.254	.285	.337	.622	76	65	7	0	5	4	0
13	C	Ron Pruitt	26	71	205	187	17	44	6	1	6	17	2	1	16	20	.235	.296	.374	.670	89	70	3	0	2	0	3
14	DH	Willie Horton	35	50	186	169	15	42	7	0	5	22	3	0	15	25	.249	.314	.379	.692	95	64	7	1	1	0	4
15	C	Bo Díaz	25	44	133	127	12	30	4	0	2	11	0	0	4	17	.236	.260	.315	.575	62	40	2	0	2	0	0
16	OF	Horace Speed	26	70	124	106	13	24	4	1	0	4	2	4	14	31	.226	.320	.283	.603	72	30	5	1	2	1	1
17	DH	Wayne Cage*	26	36	108	98	11	24	6	1	4	13	1	2	9	28	.245	.308	.449	.757	112	44	2	0	1	0	0
18	C	Ron Hassey*	25	25	83	74	5	15	0	0	2	9	2	0	5	7	.203	.256	.284	.540	53	21	1	1	1	2	0
19	RF	Dan Briggs*	25	15	53	49	4	8	0	1	1	1	0	0	4	9	.163	.226	.265	.492	39	13	2	0	0	0	0
20	OF	Mike Vail	26	14	37	34	2	8	2	1	0	2	1	1	1	9	.235	.250	.353	.603	69	12	0	0	1	1	1
21	SS	Alfredo Griffin#	20	5	6	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.500	.667	.750	1.417	301	3	0	0	0	0	0
22	DH	Larry Lintz#	28	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
23	P	Jim Kern	29	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	P	Rick Kreuger	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
25	P	David Clyde*	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
26	P	Mike Paxton	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
27	P	Wayne Garland	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
28	P	Dave Freisleben	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
29	P	Sid Monge#	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
30	P	Paul Reuschel	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
31	P	Al Fitzmorris#	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
32	P	Rick Waits*	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
33	P	Don Hood*	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Dennis Kinney*	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Rick Wise	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Dan Spillner	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	26.8	159	6013	5365	639	1400	223	45	106	596	64	63	488	698	.261	.323	.379	.702	98	2031	124	26	92	40	31
		Rank in 14 AL teams				11	10	9	9	4	8		13	9	11	8	8	10	8	9		10		9		12
		Non-Pitcher Totals	26.8	159	6012	5364	639	1400	223	45	106	596	64	63	488	697	.261	.323	.379	.702	98	2031	124	26	92	40	31
		Pitcher Totals	12.1	159	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Rick Waits*	26	13	15	.464	3.20	34	33	1	15	2	0	230.1	206	97	82	16	86	0	97	2	0	10	957	117	3.79	1.268	8.0	0.6	3.4	3.8	1.13
2	SP	Rick Wise	32	9	19	.321	4.34	33	31	1	9	1	0	211.2	226	116	102	22	59	3	106	3	0	1	903	86	3.81	1.346	9.6	0.9	2.5	4.5	1.80
3	SP	Mike Paxton	24	12	11	.522	3.86	33	27	4	5	2	1	191.0	179	89	82	13	63	5	96	8	3	3	807	97	3.58	1.267	8.4	0.6	3.0	4.5	1.52
4	SP	Don Hood*	28	5	6	.455	4.48	36	19	4	1	0	0	154.2	166	82	77	13	77	5	73	1	0	10	689	84	4.25	1.571	9.7	0.8	4.5	4.2	0.95
5	SP	David Clyde*	23	8	11	.421	4.28	28	25	1	5	0	0	153.1	166	80	73	4	60	3	83	3	1	11	670	88	3.07	1.474	9.7	0.2	3.5	4.9	1.38
6	SP	Dave Freisleben	26	1	4	.200	7.11	12	10	0	0	0	0	44.1	52	37	35	4	31	1	19	2	0	4	212	53	5.13	1.872	10.6	0.8	6.3	3.9	0.61
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
7	CL	Jim Kern	29	10	10	.500	3.08	58	0	43	0	0	13	99.1	77	36	34	4	58	7	95	3	0	5	423	122	3.04	1.359	7.0	0.4	5.3	8.6	1.64
8	RP	Paul Reuschel	31	2	4	.333	3.11	18	6	6	1	0	0	89.2	95	33	31	5	22	1	24	2	1	1	381	121	3.58	1.305	9.5	0.5	2.2	2.4	1.09
9	RP	Sid Monge*	27	4	3	.571	2.76	48	2	22	0	0	6	84.2	71	36	26	4	51	6	54	0	2	5	374	136	3.73	1.441	7.5	0.4	5.4	5.7	1.06
10	RP	Dan Spillner	26	3	1	.750	3.67	36	0	23	0	0	3	56.1	54	26	23	2	21	3	48	1	0	1	241	103	2.51	1.331	8.6	0.3	3.4	7.7	2.29
11	RP	Dennis Kinney*	26	0	2	.000	4.42	18	0	12	0	0	5	38.2	37	21	19	3	14	1	19	1	0	1	164	85	3.77	1.319	8.6	0.7	3.3	4.4	1.36
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
12		Wayne Garland	27	2	3	.400	7.89	6	6	0	0	0	0	29.2	43	27	26	6	16	1	13	1	0	1	144	48	6.06	1.989	13.0	1.8	4.9	3.9	0.81
13		Al Fitzmorris	32	0	1	.000	6.28	7	0	4	0	0	0	14.1	19	10	10	3	7	2	5	1	0	2	65	61	6.28	1.814	11.9	1.9	4.4	3.1	0.71
14		Rick Kreuger*	29	0	0		3.86	6	0	2	0	0	0	9.1	6	4	4	1	3	0	7	0	0	1	38	101	3.44	0.964	5.8	1.0	2.9	6.8	2.33
		Team Totals	27.2	69	90	.434	3.97	159	159	123	36	5	28	1407.1	1397	694	621	100	568	38	739	28	7	56	6068	94	3.73	1.396	8.9	0.6	3.6	4.7	1.30
		Rank in 14 AL teams		11	4		11				11	12	7	14	6	11	11	1	10		7
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W