1977 Cleveland Indians season

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1977  Cleveland Indians
League American League
Division East
Ballpark Cleveland Municipal Stadium
City Cleveland, Ohio
Owners Ted Bonda
General managers Phil Seghi
Managers Frank Robinson, Jeff Torborg
Television WJW-TV
Radio WWWE
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The 1977 Cleveland Indians season was the 77th season for the franchise, the 63rd as the Indians and the 46th season at Cleveland Stadium. They failed to improve upon their 81–78 campaign from the previous season, and missed the playoffs for the 23rd consecutive season, finishing the season at 71–90.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

On May 30, Indians pitcher Dennis Eckersley threw a no-hitter against the California Angels.

Season standings

AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 10062.617—55‍–‍2645‍–‍36
Baltimore Orioles 9764.6022½54‍–‍2743‍–‍37
Boston Red Sox 9764.6022½51‍–‍2946‍–‍35
Detroit Tigers 7488.4572639‍–‍4235‍–‍46
Cleveland Indians 7190.44128½37‍–‍4434‍–‍46
Milwaukee Brewers 6795.4143337‍–‍4430‍–‍51
Toronto Blue Jays 54107.33545½25‍–‍5529‍–‍52

Record vs. opponents

1977 American League record

Sources:
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTOR
Baltimore —6–85–65–511–412–34–711–46–48–78–27–34–610–5
Boston 8–6—7–33–78–79–65–59–64–68–78–310–16–412–3
California 6–53–7—8–76–44–66–95–57–84–75–109–65–106–4
Chicago 5–57–37–8—6–44–68–76–510–53–710–510–56–98–3
Cleveland 4–117–84–64–6—8–73–711–42–93–127–37–32–99–5
Detroit 3–126–96–46–47–8—3–810–55–56–95–55–62–810–5
Kansas City 7–45–59–67–87–38–3—8–210–55–59–611–48–78–2
Milwaukee 4–116–95–55–64–115–102–8—3–88–75–57–35–58–7
Minnesota 4–66–48–75–109–25–55–108–3—2–88–67–88–79–1
New York 7–87–87–47–312–39–65–57–88–2—9–26–47–39–6
Oakland 2–83–810–55–103–75–56–95–56–82–9—7–82–137–3
Seattle 3–71–106–95–103–76–54–113–78–74–68–7—9–64–6
Texas 6–44–610–59–69–28–27–85–57–83–713–26–9—7–4
Toronto 5–103–124–63–85–95–102–87–81–96–93–76–44–7—

Transactions

Opening Day Lineup

Opening Day Starters
#NamePosition
28 Rick Manning CF
18 Duane Kuiper 2B
27 Jim Norris RF
9 Rico Carty DH
29 Andre Thornton 1B
11 Bill Melton 3B
25 Buddy Bell LF
10 Ray Fosse C
15 Frank Duffy SS
37 Dennis Eckersley P

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Roster

1977 Cleveland Indians
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

PlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBIAVGSB
Buddy Bell 129479641402341164.2921
Larvell Blanks 1053224392104638.2863
Bruce Bochte 11239252119191543.3043
Rico Carty 127461501292311580.2801
Paul Dade 13446165134153345.29116
Frank Duffy 1223343067132431.2018
Ray Fosse 78238256371627.2650
Alfredo Griffin 1441561003.1462
Johnny Grubb 349382833214.3010
Fred Kendall 1033171879131339.2490
Duane Kuiper 14861062169158150.27711
John Lowenstein 81149243661412.2421
Rick Manning 68252335773518.2269
Bill Melton 501331732110014.2411
Jim Norris 13344059119236237.27026
Dave Oliver 722270103.3180
Ron Pruitt 782192963102232.2882
Charlie Spikes 3295132220311.2320
Andre Thornton 131433771142052870.2633
Team Totals1615491676147622146100631.26987

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

PlayerWLERAGGSSVIPHRERBBK
Larry Andersen 013.14110014.1107598
Jim Bibby 12133.5737302206.21971008273141
Tom Buskey 005.29210034.0452420815
Cardell Camper 103.863109.174449
Pat Dobson 3126.1433171133.115594916581
Dennis Eckersley 14133.5333330247.12141009754191
Al Fitzmorris 6105.4129210133.016487805354
Wayne Garland 13193.6038380282.228113011388118
Don Hood 213.004150105.08742354962
Jim Kern 8103.426001892.08539354791
Dave LaRoche 225.30130418.2151311718
Bill Laxton 005.402001.221121
Sid Monge 126.23330339.04731272725
Rick Waits 973.9937162135.113267606462
Team Totals71904.10161161301452.11441739661550876

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Toledo Mud Hens International League Jack Cassini
AA Jersey City Indians Eastern League John Orsino
A Waterloo Indians Midwest League Woody Smith
A-Short Season Batavia Trojans New York–Penn League Gene Dusan

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Notes

  1. ↑ Joe Lis at Baseball-Reference
  2. ↑ Rick Cerone at Baseball-Reference
  3. ↑ Andre Thornton at Baseball-Reference
  4. ↑ Boog Powell at Baseball-Reference
  5. ↑ "Jerry Dybzinski Stats".
  6. ↑ Ray Fosse at Baseball-Reference
  7. ↑ 1977 Opening Day Lineup at Baseball-Reference
  8. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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