1978 Cleveland Indians | ||
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League | American League | |
Division | East | |
Ballpark | Cleveland Municipal Stadium | |
City | Cleveland, Ohio | |
Owners | Ted Bonda, Steve O'Neill | |
General managers | Phil Seghi | |
Managers | Jeff Torborg | |
Television | WJKW | |
Radio | WWWE | |
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On May 12, pitcher Nolan Ryan of the California Angels struck out Buddy Bell for the 2500th strikeout of his career. [5]
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 100 | 63 | .613 | — | 55–26 | 45–37 |
Boston Red Sox | 99 | 64 | .607 | 1 | 59–23 | 40–41 |
Milwaukee Brewers | 93 | 69 | .574 | 6½ | 54–27 | 39–42 |
Baltimore Orioles | 90 | 71 | .559 | 9 | 51–30 | 39–41 |
Detroit Tigers | 86 | 76 | .531 | 13½ | 47–34 | 39–42 |
Cleveland Indians | 69 | 90 | .434 | 29 | 42–36 | 27–54 |
Toronto Blue Jays | 59 | 102 | .366 | 40 | 37–44 | 22–58 |
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Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TEX | TOR |
Baltimore | — | 7–8 | 4–6 | 8–1 | 9–6 | 7–8 | 2–8 | 7–8 | 5–5 | 6–9 | 11–0 | 9–1 | 7–4 | 8–7 |
Boston | 8–7 | — | 9–2 | 7–3 | 7–8 | 12–3 | 4–6 | 10–5 | 9–2 | 7–9 | 5–5 | 7–3 | 3–7 | 11–4 |
California | 6–4 | 2–9 | — | 8–7 | 6–4 | 4–7 | 9–6 | 5–5 | 12–3 | 5–5 | 9–6 | 9–6 | 5–10 | 7–3 |
Chicago | 1–8 | 3–7 | 7–8 | — | 8–2 | 2–9 | 8–7 | 4–7 | 8–7 | 1–9 | 7–8 | 7–8 | 11–4 | 4–6 |
Cleveland | 6–9 | 8–7 | 4–6 | 2–8 | — | 5–10 | 5–6 | 5–10 | 5–5 | 6–9 | 4–6 | 8–1 | 1–9 | 10–4 |
Detroit | 8–7 | 3–12 | 7–4 | 9–2 | 10–5 | — | 4–6 | 7–8 | 4–6 | 4–11 | 6–4 | 8–2 | 7–3 | 9–6 |
Kansas City | 8–2 | 6–4 | 6–9 | 7–8 | 6–5 | 6–4 | — | 6–4 | 7–8 | 6–5 | 10–5 | 12–3 | 7–8 | 5–5 |
Milwaukee | 8–7 | 5–10 | 5–5 | 7–4 | 10–5 | 8–7 | 4–6 | — | 4–7 | 10–5 | 9–1 | 5–5 | 6–4 | 12–3 |
Minnesota | 5–5 | 2–9 | 3–12 | 7–8 | 5–5 | 6–4 | 8–7 | 7–4 | — | 3–7 | 9–6 | 6–9 | 6–9 | 6–4 |
New York | 9–6 | 9–7 | 5–5 | 9–1 | 9–6 | 11–4 | 5–6 | 5–10 | 7–3 | — | 8–2 | 6–5 | 6–4 | 11–4 |
Oakland | 0–11 | 5–5 | 6–9 | 8–7 | 6–4 | 4–6 | 5–10 | 1–9 | 6–9 | 2–8 | — | 13–2 | 6–9 | 7–4 |
Seattle | 1–9 | 3–7 | 6–9 | 8–7 | 1–8 | 2–8 | 3–12 | 5–5 | 9–6 | 5–6 | 2–13 | — | 3–12 | 8–2 |
Texas | 4–7 | 7–3 | 10–5 | 4–11 | 9–1 | 3–7 | 8–7 | 4–6 | 9–6 | 4–6 | 9–6 | 12–3 | — | 4–7 |
Toronto | 7–8 | 4–11 | 3–7 | 6–4 | 4–10 | 6–9 | 5–5 | 3–12 | 4–6 | 4–11 | 4–7 | 2–8 | 7–4 | — |
Opening Day Starters | ||
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# | Name | Position |
00 | Paul Dade | RF |
18 | Duane Kuiper | 2B |
1 | Johnny Grubb | LF |
29 | Andre Thornton | 1B |
23 | Willie Horton | DH |
14 | Larvell Blanks | SS |
25 | Buddy Bell | 3B |
28 | Rick Manning | CF |
13 | Ron Pruitt | C |
17 | Wayne Garland | P |
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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
Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | AVG | SB |
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Gary Alexander | 90 | 324 | 39 | 76 | 14 | 3 | 17 | 62 | .235 | 0 |
Buddy Bell | 142 | 556 | 71 | 157 | 27 | 8 | 6 | 62 | .282 | 1 |
Larvell Blanks | 70 | 193 | 19 | 49 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 20 | .254 | 0 |
Dan Briggs | 15 | 49 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .163 | 0 |
Wayne Cage | 36 | 98 | 11 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 13 | .245 | 1 |
Bernie Carbo | 60 | 174 | 21 | 50 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 16 | .287 | 1 |
Ted Cox | 82 | 227 | 14 | 53 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 19 | .233 | 0 |
Paul Dade | 93 | 307 | 37 | 78 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 20 | .254 | 12 |
Bo Diaz | 44 | 127 | 12 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .236 | 0 |
Alfredo Griffin | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | 0 |
Johnny Grubb | 113 | 378 | 54 | 100 | 16 | 6 | 14 | 61 | .265 | 5 |
Ron Hassey | 25 | 74 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .203 | 2 |
Willie Horton | 50 | 169 | 15 | 42 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 22 | .249 | 3 |
Jim Kern | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Duane Kuiper | 149 | 547 | 52 | 155 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 43 | .283 | 4 |
Larry Lintz | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
Rick Manning | 148 | 566 | 65 | 149 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 50 | .263 | 12 |
Jim Norris | 113 | 315 | 41 | 89 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 27 | .283 | 12 |
Ron Pruitt | 71 | 187 | 17 | 44 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 17 | .235 | 2 |
Horace Speed | 70 | 106 | 13 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .226 | 2 |
Andre Thornton | 145 | 508 | 97 | 133 | 22 | 4 | 33 | 105 | .262 | 4 |
Mike Vail | 14 | 34 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .235 | 1 |
Tom Veryzer | 130 | 421 | 48 | 114 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 32 | .271 | 1 |
Team Totals | 159 | 5365 | 639 | 1400 | 223 | 45 | 106 | 596 | .261 | 64 |
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
Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K |
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David Clyde | 8 | 11 | 4.28 | 28 | 25 | 0 | 153.1 | 166 | 80 | 73 | 60 | 83 |
Al Fitzmorris | 0 | 1 | 6.28 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14.1 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 5 |
Dave Freisleben | 1 | 4 | 7.11 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 44.1 | 52 | 37 | 35 | 31 | 19 |
Wayne Garland | 2 | 3 | 7.89 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 29.2 | 43 | 27 | 26 | 16 | 13 |
Don Hood | 5 | 6 | 4.48 | 36 | 19 | 0 | 154.2 | 166 | 82 | 77 | 77 | 73 |
Jim Kern | 10 | 10 | 3.08 | 58 | 0 | 13 | 99.1 | 77 | 36 | 34 | 58 | 95 |
Dennis Kinney | 0 | 2 | 4.42 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 38.2 | 37 | 21 | 19 | 14 | 19 |
Rick Kreuger | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9.1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Sid Monge | 4 | 3 | 2.76 | 48 | 2 | 6 | 84.2 | 71 | 36 | 26 | 51 | 54 |
Mike Paxton | 12 | 11 | 3.86 | 33 | 27 | 1 | 191.0 | 179 | 89 | 82 | 63 | 96 |
Paul Reuschel | 2 | 4 | 3.11 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 89.2 | 95 | 33 | 31 | 22 | 24 |
Dan Spillner | 3 | 1 | 3.67 | 36 | 0 | 3 | 56.1 | 54 | 26 | 23 | 21 | 48 |
Rick Waits | 13 | 15 | 3.20 | 34 | 33 | 0 | 230.1 | 206 | 97 | 82 | 86 | 97 |
Rick Wise | 9 | 19 | 4.34 | 33 | 31 | 0 | 211.2 | 226 | 116 | 102 | 59 | 106 |
Team Totals | 69 | 90 | 3.97 | 159 | 159 | 28 | 1407.1 | 1397 | 694 | 621 | 568 | 739 |
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