1979 Cleveland Indians season

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1979  Cleveland Indians
League American League
Division East
Ballpark Cleveland Municipal Stadium
City Cleveland, Ohio
Owners Steve O'Neill
General managers Phil Seghi
Managers Jeff Torborg, Dave Garcia
Television WJKW
Radio WWWE
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Baltimore Orioles 10257.642—55‍–‍2447‍–‍33
Milwaukee Brewers 9566.590852‍–‍2943‍–‍37
Boston Red Sox 9169.56911½51‍–‍2940‍–‍40
New York Yankees 8971.55613½51‍–‍3038‍–‍41
Detroit Tigers 8576.5281846‍–‍3439‍–‍42
Cleveland Indians 8180.5032247‍–‍3434‍–‍46
Toronto Blue Jays 53109.32750½32‍–‍4921‍–‍60

Record vs. opponents

1979 American League record

Sources:
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTOR
Baltimore —8–59–38–38–57–66–68–58–45–68–410–26–611–2
Boston 5–8—5–75–66–78–58–48–49–35–89–38–46–69–4
California 3–97–5—9–46–64–87–67–59–47–510–37–65–87–5
Chicago 3–86–54–9—6–63–95–85–75–84–89–45–811–27–5
Cleveland 5–87–66–66–6—6–66–64–98–45–88–47–55–78–5
Detroit 6–75–88–49–36–6—5–76–74–87–67–57–56–69–4
Kansas City 6–64–86–78–56–67–5—5–77–65–79–47–66–79–3
Milwaukee 5–84–85–77–59–47–67–5—8–49–46–69–39–310–3
Minnesota 4–83–94–98–54–88–46–74–8—7–59–410–34–911–1
New York 6–58–55–78–48–56–77–54–95–7—9–36–68–49–4
Oakland 4–83–93–104–94–85–74–96–64–93–9—8–52–114–8
Seattle 2–104–86–78–55–75–76–73–93–106–65–8—6–78–4
Texas 6–66–68–52–117–56–67–63–99–44–811–27–6—7–5
Toronto 2–114–95–75–75–84–93–93–101–114–98–44–85–7—

Notable transactions

Opening Day Lineup

Opening Day Starters
#NamePosition
11 Toby Harrah 3B
27 Jim Norris DH
25 Bobby Bonds RF
29 Andre Thornton 1B
35 Gary Alexander C
22 Ted Cox LF
18 Duane Kuiper 2B
21 Tom Veryzer SS
20 Horace Speed CF
40 Rick Wise P

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Roster

1979 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

Contents

PlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBIAVGSB
Gary Alexander 1103585482921554.2294
Dell Alston 5462101802112.2904
Bobby Bonds 146538931482412585.27534
Wayne Cage 29566132016.2320
Ted Cox 78189174060422.2123
Paul Dade 44170224841318.28212
Bo Diaz 1532052001.1560
Mike Hargrove 100338601102141056.3252
Toby Harrah 149527991472512077.27920
Ron Hassey 752232064140432.2871
Cliff Johnson 7224037651001861.2712
Duane Kuiper 1404794612295039.2554
Rick Manning 14456067145122351.25930
Jim Norris 1243535087156330.24615
Ron Pruitt 64166234770221.2832
Dave Rosello 59107202661314.2431
Horace Speed 2614620001.1432
Andre Thornton 143515891203112693.2335
Tom Veryzer 149449419993034.2202
Team Totals1615376760138820629138707.258143

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 007.5680016.225141447
Len Barker 664.9229190137.114679757093
David Clyde 345.9198045.25033301317
Victor Cruz 394.236101078.27041373440
Wayne Garland 4105.231814094.212070553440
Don Hood 103.68130122.01399147
Sid Monge 12102.4076019131.096373564108
Mike Paxton 885.9233240159.22101181055270
Paul Reuschel 217.94171145.17343401122
Dan Spillner 954.6249131157.215382816497
Rick Waits 16134.4434340231.02301231149191
Sandy Wihtol 003.3850010.2104436
Eric Wilkins 244.391614069.27741343852
Rick Wise 15103.7334340231.22291119668108
Team Totals81804.57161161321431.21502805727570781

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Tacoma Tugs Pacific Coast League Gene Dusan
AA Chattanooga Lookouts Southern League Woody Smith
A Waterloo Indians Midwest League Cal Emery
A-Short Season Batavia Trojans New York–Penn League Tom Trebelhorn

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Notes

  1. ↑ Larvell Blanks page at Baseball-Reference
  2. ↑ Carmen Castillo page at Baseball-Reference
  3. ↑ Joe Charboneau page at Baseball-Reference
  4. ↑ Von Hayes page at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ Mike Stanton page at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ 1979 Opening Day Lineup at Baseball-Reference
  7. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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