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1977 Cleveland Indians

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Fred Kendall 28 103 346 317 18 79 13 1 3 39 0 1 16 27 .249 .283 .325 .608 69 103 8 1 7 5 1
2 1B Andre Thornton 27 131 517 433 77 114 20 5 28 70 3 4 70 82 .263 .378 .527 .904 149 228 9 11 1 2 1
3 2B Duane Kuiper* 27 148 679 610 62 169 15 8 1 50 11 11 37 55 .277 .324 .333 .656 83 203 9 7 21 4 1
4 SS Frank Duffy 30 122 369 334 30 67 13 2 4 31 8 3 21 47 .201 .247 .287 .535 48 96 8 0 13 1 0
5 3B Buddy Bell 25 129 538 479 64 140 23 4 11 64 1 8 45 63 .292 .351 .426 .777 115 204 14 1 8 5 5
6 LF Bruce Bochte* 26 112 444 392 52 119 19 1 5 43 3 2 40 38 .304 .364 .395 .759 111 155 17 0 7 5 3
7 CF Jim Norris* 28 133 517 440 59 119 23 6 2 37 26 17 64 57 .270 .360 .364 .724 102 160 10 0 9 4 4
8 RF Paul Dade 25 134 508 461 65 134 15 3 3 45 16 8 32 58 .291 .333 .356 .689 92 164 12 2 4 9 4
9 DH Rico Carty 37 127 521 461 50 129 23 1 15 80 1 2 56 51 .280 .355 .432 .787 118 199 17 0 0 4 6
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
10 IF Larvell Blanks 27 105 351 322 43 92 10 4 6 38 3 0 19 37 .286 .324 .398 .721 100 128 7 1 5 4 1
11 CF Rick Manning* 22 68 283 252 33 57 7 3 5 18 9 5 21 35 .226 .282 .337 .619 71 85 4 0 6 4 0
12 C Ray Fosse 30 78 257 238 25 63 7 1 6 27 0 5 7 26 .265 .293 .378 .671 85 90 5 3 8 1 2
13 OF Ron Pruitt 25 78 253 219 29 63 10 2 2 32 2 3 28 22 .288 .369 .379 .748 109 83 10 2 1 3 0
14 UT John Lowenstein* 30 81 172 149 24 36 6 1 4 12 1 8 21 29 .242 .335 .376 .711 98 56 6 0 2 0 1
15 UT Bill Melton 31 50 154 133 17 32 11 0 0 14 1 3 17 21 .241 .331 .323 .654 83 43 9 2 0 2 0
16 LF Johnny Grubb* 28 34 113 93 8 28 3 3 2 14 0 3 19 18 .301 .425 .462 .887 147 43 3 1 0 0 2
17 RF Charlie Spikes 26 32 109 95 13 22 2 0 3 11 0 2 11 17 .232 .321 .347 .668 86 33 4 2 0 1 0
18 SS Alfredo Griffin# 19 14 44 41 5 6 1 0 0 3 2 2 3 5 .146 .205 .171 .375 6 7 1 0 0 0 0
19 2B Dave Oliver* 26 7 29 22 2 7 0 1 0 3 0 0 4 0 .318 .444 .409 .854 140 9 0 1 2 0 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
20 P Jim Bibby 32 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 P Larry Andersen 24 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 P Wayne Garland 26 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 P Sid Monge# 26 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 P Cardell Camper 24 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 P Al Fitzmorris# 31 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 P Jim Kern 28 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 P Dennis Eckersley 22 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 P Rick Waits* 25 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 P Don Hood* 27 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 P Pat Dobson 35 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 P Tom Buskey 30 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 P Bill Laxton* 29 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 P Dave LaRoche* 29 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 27.7 161 6204 5491 676 1476 221 46 100 631 87 87 531 688 .269 .334 .380 .714 98 2089 153 34 94 54 31
Rank in 14 AL teams 10 9 8 12 6 13 9 3 7 11 7 7 12 9 10 8 6
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Wayne Garland 26 13 19 .406 3.60 38 38 0 21 1 0 282.2 281 130 113 23 88 8 118 2 1 12 1184 110 1.305 8.9 0.7 2.8 3.8 1.34
2 SP Dennis Eckersley 22 14 13 .519 3.53 33 33 0 12 3 0 247.1 214 100 97 31 54 11 191 7 0 3 1006 112 1.084 7.8 1.1 2.0 7.0 3.54
3 SP Jim Bibby 32 12 13 .480 3.57 37 30 5 9 2 2 206.2 197 100 82 17 73 2 141 4 4 12 876 111 1.306 8.6 0.7 3.2 6.1 1.93
4 SP Pat Dobson 35 3 12 .200 6.14 33 17 4 0 0 1 133.1 155 94 91 23 65 7 81 1 2 3 595 65 1.650 10.5 1.6 4.4 5.5 1.25
5 SP Al Fitzmorris 31 6 10 .375 5.41 29 21 1 1 0 0 133.0 164 87 80 12 53 4 54 1 1 4 601 73 1.632 11.1 0.8 3.6 3.7 1.02
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
6 CL Jim Kern 28 8 10 .444 3.42 60 0 46 0 0 18 92.0 85 39 35 3 47 8 91 6 0 4 393 116 1.435 8.3 0.3 4.6 8.9 1.94
7 RP Rick Waits* 25 9 7 .563 3.99 37 16 9 1 0 2 135.1 132 67 60 8 64 7 62 1 0 0 581 99 1.448 8.8 0.5 4.3 4.1 0.97
8 RP Don Hood* 27 2 1 .667 3.00 41 5 7 1 0 0 105.0 87 42 35 3 49 7 62 4 0 1 448 132 1.295 7.5 0.3 4.2 5.3 1.27
9 RP Sid Monge* 26 1 2 .333 6.23 33 0 15 0 0 3 39.0 47 31 27 6 27 4 25 0 0 2 186 64 1.897 10.8 1.4 6.2 5.8 0.93
10 RP Tom Buskey 30 0 0 5.29 21 0 9 0 0 0 34.0 45 24 20 6 8 1 15 1 0 1 157 75 1.559 11.9 1.6 2.1 4.0 1.88
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
11 Dave LaRoche* 29 2 2 .500 5.30 13 0 11 0 0 4 18.2 15 13 11 3 7 1 18 0 0 1 75 76 1.179 7.2 1.4 3.4 8.7 2.57
12 Larry Andersen 24 0 1 .000 3.14 11 0 7 0 0 0 14.1 10 7 5 1 9 3 8 0 0 1 62 129 1.326 6.3 0.6 5.7 5.0 0.89
13 Cardell Camper 24 1 0 1.000 3.86 3 1 1 0 0 0 9.1 7 4 4 0 4 1 9 0 0 1 40 107 1.179 6.8 0.0 3.9 8.7 2.25
14 Bill Laxton* 29 0 0 5.40 2 0 1 0 0 0 1.2 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 9 90 2.400 10.8 0.0 10.8 5.4 0.50
Team Totals 27.7 71 90 .441 4.10 161 161 116 45 6 30 1452.1 1441 739 661 136 550 64 876 27 8 47 6213 97 1.371 8.9 0.8 3.4 5.4 1.59
Rank in 14 AL teams 10 5 7 5 7 7 4 6 7 8 4 9 2
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary
Larry Andersen 24 11 0 0 14.1 11 3 6 2 1 .818 5.65 0.82 2 0 0% 0 P
Buddy Bell 25 127 126 118 1114.2 403 134 253 16 23 .960 8 9 3.12 3.00 3B-LF
Jim Bibby 32 37 30 9 206.2 40 14 21 5 0 .875 1.52 0.95 34 10 23% 1 P
Larvell Blanks 27 94 72 53 638.0 292 100 181 11 27 .962 -7 -14 3.96 2.81 SS-3B-2B-DH
Bruce Bochte 26 109 107 96 942.1 474 438 27 9 18 .981 1 2 4.44 4.15 LF-1B-CF-RF
Tom Buskey 30 21 0 0 34.0 7 4 3 0 0 1.000 1.85 0.33 3 1 25% 0 P
Cardell Camper 24 3 1 0 9.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 P
Rico Carty 37 2 124 1 16.0 23 20 3 0 4 1.000 -0 -8 12.94 0.19 1B-DH
Paul Dade 25 123 111 86 978.2 250 192 51 7 3 .972 -9 -12 2.23 1.76 RF-CF-LF-3B-2B-DH
Pat Dobson 35 33 17 0 133.1 33 9 22 2 0 .939 2.09 0.94 22 13 37% 1 P
Frank Duffy 30 121 104 82 930.1 461 145 301 15 62 .967 2 3 4.31 3.69 SS
Dennis Eckersley 22 33 33 12 247.1 30 6 22 2 1 .933 1.02 0.85 34 1 3% 0 P
Al Fitzmorris 31 29 21 1 133.0 30 7 22 1 1 .967 1.96 1.00 16 7 30% 1 P
Ray Fosse 30 77 68 57 605.1 483 427 48 8 4 .983 -4 -8 7.06 6.01 4 25 67 35 34% 0 C-1B-DH
Wayne Garland 26 38 38 21 282.2 69 24 42 3 3 .957 2.10 1.74 19 13 41% 2 P
Alfredo Griffin 19 13 12 10 104.0 50 17 30 3 6 .940 1 7 4.07 3.62 SS
Johnny Grubb 28 28 28 19 220.0 49 47 2 0 0 1.000 -0 -2 2.00 1.63 LF-RF-DH
Don Hood 27 41 5 1 105.0 16 4 10 2 1 .875 1.20 0.34 5 4 44% 0 P
Fred Kendall 28 102 94 81 832.0 546 506 35 5 5 .991 -9 -13 5.85 5.25 4 21 90 28 24% 1 C-DH
Jim Kern 28 60 0 0 92.0 21 5 13 3 2 .857 1.76 0.30 12 10 45% 1 P
Duane Kuiper 27 148 148 141 1322.0 795 334 449 12 104 .985 1 1 5.33 5.29 2B
Dave LaRoche 29 13 0 0 18.2 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 0.96 0.15 1 0 0% 0 P
Bill Laxton 29 2 0 0 1.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 5.40 0.50 1 0 0% 0 P
John Lowenstein 30 40 37 17 268.1 67 66 1 0 0 1.000 1 4 2.25 1.34 LF-RF-CF-1B-DH
Rick Manning 22 68 62 60 574.2 195 191 2 2 0 .990 4 8 3.02 2.84 CF
Bill Melton 31 28 33 15 202.0 172 142 28 2 11 .988 1 8 7.57 4.25 1B-3B-DH
Sid Monge 26 33 0 0 39.0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 0.92 0.12 2 2 50% 0 P
Jim Norris 28 124 115 100 1040.0 340 325 9 6 2 .982 9 11 2.89 2.59 CF-RF-1B-LF
Dave Oliver 26 7 6 6 57.0 39 20 17 2 7 .949 -1 -13 5.84 5.29 2B
Ron Pruitt 25 73 57 51 544.2 122 114 6 2 0 .984 -4 -8 1.98 1.56 0 1 1 1 50% 0 RF-LF-C-CF-3B
Charlie Spikes 26 27 25 20 207.0 36 34 1 1 1 .972 -5 -28 1.52 1.25 RF-DH
Andre Thornton 27 117 120 107 1021.2 1103 1026 71 6 97 .995 2 2 9.66 8.92 1B-DH
Rick Waits 25 37 16 1 135.1 30 4 24 2 1 .933 1.86 0.76 7 3 30% 2 P
Team Totals 27.1 161 1449 1165 13071.0 6193 4357 1706 130 385 .979 -8 -1 4.17 3.31 8 47 158 64 29% 9
Rank in 14 AL teams 12 9 3
Age G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary
Buddy Bell 25 538 12 -4 0 0 8 2 17 35 3.6 27 2.8 0.8 $75,000 Amateur Draft *57
Larvell Blanks 27 351 1 2 1 -1 -7 3 11 9 1.0 17 1.7 -0.7 $ Traded 654/D
Bruce Bochte* 26 444 9 1 0 -2 1 -6 15 18 1.8 17 1.7 0.1 $28,000 Traded 73/89
Rico Carty 37 521 13 -1 -2 -2 -0 -12 17 13 1.3 13 1.3 0.0 $90,000 Traded *D/3
Paul Dade 25 508 -3 4 0 0 -9 -4 17 6 0.6 14 1.4 -0.8 $ Free Agency 9875/D4
Frank Duffy 30 369 -25 1 0 0 2 7 12 -3 -0.4 -5 -0.5 0.1 $55,000 Traded *6
Ray Fosse 30 257 -5 -3 0 0 -4 4 8 0 0.0 4 0.4 -0.4 $75,000 Purchased 2/3D
Alfredo Griffin# 19 44 -6 -1 -1 1 1 1 1 -4 -0.4 -5 -0.5 0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent 6
Johnny Grubb* 28 113 7 -2 0 -1 -0 -2 4 6 0.6 6 0.6 0.0 $ Traded 7/D9
Fred Kendall 28 346 -13 -1 -3 1 -9 6 11 -8 -0.8 1 0.1 -0.9 $ Traded 2/D
Duane Kuiper* 27 679 -12 -3 -3 4 1 4 20 11 1.0 10 1.0 0.0 $40,000 Amateur Draft *4
John Lowenstein* 30 172 0 -6 0 -1 1 -3 6 -3 -0.4 -4 -0.4 0.0 $ Traded 79/D83
Rick Manning* 22 283 -10 2 2 0 4 -1 9 6 0.6 2 0.2 0.4 $55,000 Amateur Draft 8
Bill Melton 31 154 -2 -2 1 -1 1 -2 5 0 0.0 -1 -0.1 0.1 $85,000 Traded 35D
Jim Norris* 28 517 5 -1 -2 0 9 -3 17 26 2.6 16 1.6 1.0 $19,000 Amateur Draft *89/37
Dave Oliver* 26 29 2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 0.2 3 0.3 -0.1 $ Amateur Draft /4
Ron Pruitt 25 253 5 -2 -2 -1 -4 -3 8 2 0.2 5 0.5 -0.3 $ Traded 97/285
Charlie Spikes 26 109 -1 -1 1 0 -5 -1 4 -3 -0.3 2 0.2 -0.5 $ Traded 9/D
Andre Thornton 27 517 33 -2 1 -1 2 -8 17 42 4.3 40 4.1 0.2 $35,000 Traded *3/D
Team Total 27.7 6204 10 -19 -7 -4 -8 -18 200 155 15.5 162 16.4 -0.9 $557,000
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired
Larry Andersen 24 14.1 0 7 8 0 .4 1 0.0 $ Amateur Draft
Jim Bibby 32 206.2 30 100 124 -1 1.0 24 2.4 $ Traded
Tom Buskey 30 34.0 0 24 21 0 .2 -3 -0.3 $ Traded
Cardell Camper 24 9.1 1 4 5 0 .5 1 0.1 $ Traded
Pat Dobson 35 133.1 17 94 78 -1 1.1 -16 -1.9 $ Traded
Dennis Eckersley 22 247.1 33 100 145 -1 1.0 45 4.7 $ Amateur Draft
Al Fitzmorris 31 133.0 21 87 83 -1 1.0 -4 -0.5 $ Traded
Wayne Garland 26 282.2 38 130 169 -1 1.0 39 4.0 $ Free Agency
Don Hood* 27 105.0 5 42 63 0 1.0 21 1.8 $ Traded
Jim Kern 28 92.0 0 39 54 0 2.0 15 1.3 $ Amateur Free Agent
Dave LaRoche* 29 18.2 0 13 12 0 1.8 -1 -0.4 $ Traded
Bill Laxton* 29 1.2 0 1 1 0 1.1 0 0.0 $ Traded
Sid Monge* 26 39.0 0 31 24 0 .7 -7 -0.9 $ Traded
Rick Waits* 25 135.1 16 67 82 -1 1.1 15 1.4 $ Traded
Team Total 27.7 1452.1 161 739 869 -6 1.1 130 11.7 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1976 / 1978 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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