1989 Cleveland Indians season

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1989  Cleveland Indians
League American League
Division East
Ballpark Cleveland Municipal Stadium
City Cleveland, Ohio
Owners Richard Jacobs
General managers Hank Peters
Managers Doc Edwards, John Hart
Television WUAB
Jack Corrigan, Mike Hegan
Radio WWWE
Herb Score, Paul Olden
  1988 Seasons 1990  

The 1989 Cleveland Indians season was their 89th season in the American League. For the third consecutive season, the Indians had a losing record. The Indians had at least 73 wins for the second consecutive season.

Contents

Offseason

Ohio Cup

The first Ohio Cup , which was an annual pre-season baseball game, was played in 1989. The single-game cup was played at Cooper Stadium in Columbus, Ohio, and was staged just days before the start of each new Major League Baseball season.

No.YearWinnerRunner-upScoreVenueDateAttendance
11989 Indians Reds 1-0 Cooper Stadium April 215,978

Regular season

Season standings

AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Toronto Blue Jays 8973.54946354338
Baltimore Orioles 8775.537247344041
Boston Red Sox 8379.512646353744
Milwaukee Brewers 8181.500845363645
New York Yankees 7487.46014½41403347
Cleveland Indians 7389.4511641403249
Detroit Tigers 59103.3643038432160

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTOR
Baltimore 6–76–66–67–610–36–67–64–88–55–76–69–37–6
Boston 7–64–87–58–511–24–86–76–67–67–55–76–65–8
California 6–68–48–55–711–14–97–511–26–65–87–66–77–5
Chicago 6–65–75–87–54–86–710–25–85–65–87–63–101–11
Cleveland 6–75–87–55–75–88–43–105–79–42–106–67–55–8
Detroit 3–102–111–118–48–56–66–75–76–74–84–84–82–11
Kansas City 6–68–49–47–64–86–68–47–66–67–69–48–57–5
Milwaukee 6–77–65–72–1010–37–64–89–38–55–77–55–76–7
Minnesota 8–46–62–118–57–57–56–73–96–66–77–65–89–3
New York 5–86–76–66–54–97–66–65–86–63–98–45–77–6
Oakland 7–55–78–58–510–28–46–77–57–69–39–48–57–5
Seattle 6–67–56–76–76–68–44–95–76–74–84–96–75–7
Texas 3–96–67–610–35–78–45–87–58–57–55–87–65–7
Toronto 6–78–55–711–18–511–25–77–63–96–75–77–57–5

Notable transactions

Opening Day Lineup

Opening Day Starters
#NamePosition
20 Oddibe McDowell LF
14 Jerry Browne 2B
30 Joe Carter CF
9 Pete O'Brien 1B
28 Cory Snyder RF
25 Dave Clark DH
26 Brook Jacoby 3B
6 Andy Allanson C
16 Félix Fermín SS
21 Greg Swindell P

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Roster

1989 Cleveland Indians
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Andy Allanson 11132375.232317
1B Pete O'Brien 155554144.2601255
2B Jerry Browne 153598179.299545
3B Brook Jacoby 147519141.2721364
SS Félix Fermín 156484115.238021
LF Oddibe McDowell 6923953.222322
CF Joe Carter 162651158.24339112
RF Cory Snyder 132489105.2151859
DH Dave Clark 10225360.237829

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Dion James 7124575.306429
Albert Belle 6221849.225737
Brad Komminsk 7119847.237833
Joel Skinner 7917841.230113
Luis Aguayo 479717.17518
Luis Medina 308317.20548
Mark Salas 307717.22127
Mike Young 325911.18615
Paul Zuvella 245816.27626
Dave Hengel 12253.12001
Beau Allred 13246.25001
Tommy Hinzo 18170.00000
Denny González 8175.29401
Danny Sheaffer 7161.06300
Pat Keedy 9143.21401
Mark Higgins 6101.10000
Tom Magrann 9100.00000
Pete Dalena 571.14300

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Bud Black 33222.112113.3688
John Farrell 31208.09143.63132
Tom Candiotti 31206.01363.37129
Greg Swindell 28184.113103.10124

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Scott Bailes 34113.2594.2847
Rich Yett 3299.0565.0047
Rod Nichols 1571.2464.4042
Ed Wojna 933.0014.0910
Steve Davis 1225.2118.0612
Joe Skalski 26.2026.753

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Doug Jones 59710322.3465
Jesse Orosco 693432.0879
Keith Atherton 320324.1513
Steve Olin 251413.7524
Tim Stoddard 140002.9512
Brad Havens 70004.056
Jeff Kaiser 60107.364
Rudy Seánez 50003.607
Neil Allen 301015.000
Kevin Wickander 20003.380

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Team leaders

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Colorado Springs Sky Sox Pacific Coast League Mike Hargrove
AA Canton–Akron Indians Eastern League Bob Molinaro
A Kinston Indians Carolina League Ken Bolek
A-Short Season Watertown Indians New York–Penn League Brian Graham
Rookie Burlington Indians Appalachian League Jim Gabella
Rookie GCL Indians Gulf Coast League Mike Bucci

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References

  1. Félix Fermín at Baseball Reference
  2. "Luis Aguayo". Baseball Reference. Archived from the original on June 14, 2010. Retrieved June 21, 2010.
  3. Jesse Orosco at Baseball Reference
  4. Bud Black at Baseball Reference
  5. Julio Franco at Baseball Reference
  6. "Keith Atherton Stats".
  7. Alan Embree at Baseball Reference
  8. Jim Thome at Baseball Reference
  9. Brian Giles at Baseball Reference
  10. Willie Cañate at Baseball Reference
  11. Oddibe McDowell at Baseball Reference
  12. Doug Piatt at Baseball Reference
  13. "Keith Atherton Stats".
  14. 1989 Opening Day Lineup at Baseball-Reference
  15. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  16. "1989 Cleveland Indians Minor League Affiliates".