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1977 Cleveland Indians

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1976 / 1978

71-90, Finished 5th in AL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Frank Robinson (26-31) and Jeff Torborg (45-59)
Scored 676 runs, Allowed 739 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 74-87

Ballparks: Cleveland Stadium · Attendance: 900,365 (13th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 96, Pitching - 97 · one-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 99

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1976 / 1978 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR WAR Salary
Larry Andersen 24 R R 6' 3" 200 May 6, 1953 2 11 0 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Buddy Bell 25 R R 6' 1" 180 Aug 27, 1951 6 129 126 129 127 0 0 0 0 118 0 11 0 0 11 0 3 0 3.4 $75,000
Jim Bibby 32 R R 6' 5" 235 Oct 29, 1944 6 37 30 0 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 $
Larvell Blanks 27 R R 5' 8" 167 Jan 28, 1950 6 105 72 105 94 0 0 0 12 18 66 0 0 0 0 6 29 0 1.0 $
Bruce Bochte 26 L L 6' 3" 195 Nov 12, 1950 4 112 107 112 109 0 0 36 0 0 0 74 1 1 76 1 3 0 1.6 $28,000
Tom Buskey 30 R R 6' 3" 200 Feb 20, 1947 5 21 0 0 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $38,000
Cardell Camper 24 R R 6' 3" 208 Jul 6, 1952 1st 3 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Rico Carty 37 R R 6' 3" 200 Sep 1, 1939 13 127 124 127 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 123 3 0 1.1 $90,000
Paul Dade 25 R R 6' 1" 185 Dec 7, 1951 3 134 111 134 123 0 0 0 1 26 0 28 28 52 108 7 13 8 0.0 $
Pat Dobson 35 R R 6' 3" 190 Feb 12, 1942 11 33 17 0 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.8 $115,000
Frank Duffy 30 R R 6' 1" 180 Oct 14, 1946 8 122 104 122 121 0 0 0 0 0 121 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 -0.1 $55,000
Dennis Eckersley HOF 22 R R 6' 2" 190 Oct 3, 1954 3 34 33 1 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4.8 $152,333 All-Star
Al Fitzmorris 31 B R 6' 2" 190 Mar 21, 1946 9 29 21 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Ray Fosse 30 R R 6' 2" 215 Apr 4, 1947 11 78 68 78 77 0 77 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.1 $75,000
Wayne Garland 26 R R 6' 0" 195 Oct 26, 1950 5 38 38 0 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.7 $200,000
Alfredo Griffin 19 B R 5' 11" 160 Oct 6, 1957 2 14 12 14 13 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 -0.3 $
Johnny Grubb 28 L R 6' 3" 175 Aug 4, 1948 6 34 28 34 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 0 1 28 4 3 2 0.5 $
Don Hood 27 L L 6' 2" 180 Oct 16, 1949 5 42 5 1 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1.7 $28,000
Fred Kendall 28 R R 6' 1" 185 Jan 31, 1949 9 103 94 103 102 0 102 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 -0.8 $
Jim Kern 28 R R 6' 5" 185 Mar 15, 1949 4 60 0 0 60 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $110,000 All-Star
Duane Kuiper 27 L R 6' 0" 175 Jun 19, 1950 4 148 148 148 148 0 0 0 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 $40,000
Dave LaRoche 29 L L 6' 2" 200 May 14, 1948 8 13 0 1 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $85,000 All-Star
Bill Laxton 29 L L 6' 1" 190 Jan 5, 1948 5 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
John Lowenstein 30 L R 6' 0" 175 Jan 27, 1947 8 81 37 81 40 0 0 1 0 0 0 18 5 17 40 19 28 14 -0.3 $
Rick Manning 22 L R 6' 1" 180 Sep 2, 1954 3 68 62 68 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 68 0 68 0 1 0 0.6 $55,000
Bill Melton 31 R R 6' 2" 200 Jul 7, 1945 10 50 33 50 28 0 0 15 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 14 11 0 0.0 $85,000
Sid Monge 26 B L 6' 2" 185 Apr 11, 1951 3 33 0 0 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0 $
Jim Norris 28 L L 5' 10" 175 Dec 20, 1948 1st 133 115 133 124 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 73 50 126 0 13 2 2.4 $19,000
Dave Oliver 26 L R 5' 11" 175 Apr 7, 1951 1st 7 6 7 7 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.3 $
Ron Pruitt 25 R R 6' 0" 185 Oct 21, 1951 3 78 57 78 73 0 4 0 0 1 0 27 2 43 72 4 8 6 0.0 $
Charlie Spikes 26 R R 6' 3" 215 Jan 23, 1951 6 32 25 32 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 27 2 7 0 -0.5 $
Andre Thornton 27 R R 6' 3" 200 Aug 13, 1949 5 131 120 131 117 0 0 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 7 1 4.0 $35,000
Rick Waits 25 L L 6' 3" 194 May 15, 1952 4 38 16 1 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1.3 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR WAR Salary

1976 / 1978 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers