1979 Cleveland Indians | ||
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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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AL East | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Baltimore Orioles | 102 | 57 | 0.642 | — | 55–24 | 47–33 |
Milwaukee Brewers | 95 | 66 | 0.590 | 8 | 52–29 | 43–37 |
Boston Red Sox | 91 | 69 | 0.569 | 11½ | 51–29 | 40–40 |
New York Yankees | 89 | 71 | 0.556 | 13½ | 51–30 | 38–41 |
Detroit Tigers | 85 | 76 | 0.528 | 18 | 46–34 | 39–42 |
Cleveland Indians | 81 | 80 | 0.503 | 22 | 47–34 | 34–46 |
Toronto Blue Jays | 53 | 109 | 0.327 | 50½ | 32–49 | 21–60 |
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Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TEX | TOR |
Baltimore | — | 8–5 | 9–3 | 8–3 | 8–5 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 8–5 | 8–4 | 5–6 | 8–4 | 10–2 | 6–6 | 11–2 |
Boston | 5–8 | — | 5–7 | 5–6 | 6–7 | 8–5 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 9–3 | 5–8 | 9–3 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 9–4 |
California | 3–9 | 7–5 | — | 9–4 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 7–6 | 7–5 | 9–4 | 7–5 | 10–3 | 7–6 | 5–8 | 7–5 |
Chicago | 3–8 | 6–5 | 4–9 | — | 6–6 | 3–9 | 5–8 | 5–7 | 5–8 | 4–8 | 9–4 | 5–8 | 11–2 | 7–5 |
Cleveland | 5–8 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 6–6 | — | 6–6 | 6–6 | 4–9 | 8–4 | 5–8 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 8–5 |
Detroit | 6–7 | 5–8 | 8–4 | 9–3 | 6–6 | — | 5–7 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 7–6 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 9–4 |
Kansas City | 6–6 | 4–8 | 6–7 | 8–5 | 6–6 | 7–5 | — | 5–7 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 9–4 | 7–6 | 6–7 | 9–3 |
Milwaukee | 5–8 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 9–4 | 7–6 | 7–5 | — | 8–4 | 9–4 | 6–6 | 9–3 | 9–3 | 10–3 |
Minnesota | 4–8 | 3–9 | 4–9 | 8–5 | 4–8 | 8–4 | 6–7 | 4–8 | — | 7–5 | 9–4 | 10–3 | 4–9 | 11–1 |
New York | 6–5 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 8–4 | 8–5 | 6–7 | 7–5 | 4–9 | 5–7 | — | 9–3 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 9–4 |
Oakland | 4–8 | 3–9 | 3–10 | 4–9 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 4–9 | 6–6 | 4–9 | 3–9 | — | 8–5 | 2–11 | 4–8 |
Seattle | 2–10 | 4–8 | 6–7 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 6–7 | 3–9 | 3–10 | 6–6 | 5–8 | — | 6–7 | 8–4 |
Texas | 6–6 | 6–6 | 8–5 | 2–11 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 3–9 | 9–4 | 4–8 | 11–2 | 7–6 | — | 7–5 |
Toronto | 2–11 | 4–9 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 5–8 | 4–9 | 3–9 | 3–10 | 1–11 | 4–9 | 8–4 | 4–8 | 5–7 | — |
Opening Day Starters | ||
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# | Name | Position |
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 |
1979 Cleveland Indians | |||||||||
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Infielders
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Coaches
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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 | 110 | 358 | 54 | 82 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 54 | .229 | 4 |
Dell Alston | 54 | 62 | 10 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12 | .290 | 4 |
Bobby Bonds | 146 | 538 | 93 | 148 | 24 | 1 | 25 | 85 | .275 | 34 |
Wayne Cage | 29 | 56 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .232 | 0 |
Ted Cox | 78 | 189 | 17 | 40 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 22 | .212 | 3 |
Paul Dade | 44 | 170 | 22 | 48 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 18 | .282 | 12 |
Bo Diaz | 15 | 32 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .156 | 0 |
Mike Hargrove | 100 | 338 | 60 | 110 | 21 | 4 | 10 | 56 | .325 | 2 |
Toby Harrah | 149 | 527 | 99 | 147 | 25 | 1 | 20 | 77 | .279 | 20 |
Ron Hassey | 75 | 223 | 20 | 64 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 32 | .287 | 1 |
Cliff Johnson | 72 | 240 | 37 | 65 | 10 | 0 | 18 | 61 | .271 | 2 |
Duane Kuiper | 140 | 479 | 46 | 122 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 39 | .255 | 4 |
Rick Manning | 144 | 560 | 67 | 145 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 51 | .259 | 30 |
Jim Norris | 124 | 353 | 50 | 87 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 30 | .246 | 15 |
Ron Pruitt | 64 | 166 | 23 | 47 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 21 | .283 | 2 |
Dave Rosello | 59 | 107 | 20 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | .243 | 1 |
Horace Speed | 26 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .143 | 2 |
Andre Thornton | 143 | 515 | 89 | 120 | 31 | 1 | 26 | 93 | .233 | 5 |
Tom Veryzer | 149 | 449 | 41 | 99 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 34 | .220 | 2 |
Team Totals | 161 | 5376 | 760 | 1388 | 206 | 29 | 138 | 707 | .258 | 143 |
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | R | ER | BB | K |
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Larry Andersen | 0 | 0 | 7.56 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 16.2 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 7 |
Len Barker | 6 | 6 | 4.92 | 29 | 19 | 0 | 137.1 | 79 | 75 | 70 | 93 |
David Clyde | 3 | 4 | 5.91 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 45.2 | 33 | 30 | 13 | 17 |
Victor Cruz | 3 | 9 | 4.23 | 61 | 0 | 10 | 78.2 | 41 | 37 | 34 | 40 |
Wayne Garland | 4 | 10 | 5.23 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 94.2 | 70 | 55 | 34 | 40 |
Don Hood | 1 | 0 | 3.68 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 22.0 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 7 |
Sid Monge | 12 | 10 | 2.40 | 76 | 0 | 19 | 131.0 | 37 | 35 | 64 | 108 |
Mike Paxton | 8 | 8 | 5.92 | 33 | 24 | 0 | 159.2 | 118 | 105 | 52 | 70 |
Paul Reuschel | 2 | 1 | 7.94 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 45.1 | 43 | 40 | 11 | 22 |
Dan Spillner | 9 | 5 | 4.62 | 49 | 13 | 1 | 157.2 | 82 | 81 | 64 | 97 |
Rick Waits | 16 | 13 | 4.44 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 231.0 | 123 | 114 | 91 | 91 |
Sandy Wihtol | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10.2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
Eric Wilkins | 2 | 4 | 4.39 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 69.2 | 41 | 34 | 38 | 52 |
Rick Wise | 15 | 10 | 3.73 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 231.2 | 111 | 96 | 68 | 108 |
Team Totals | 81 | 80 | 4.57 | 161 | 161 | 32 | 1431.2 | 805 | 727 | 570 | 781 |
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