1978 Cleveland Indians Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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1978 Cleveland Indians Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1977 / 1979)
69-90, Finished 6th in AL East
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Scored 639 runs, Allowed 694 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 74-85
Manager: Jeff Torborg (69-90)
Ballpark: Cleveland Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 800,584 (12th of 14)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 100; one-year: Batting - 93, Pitching - 93
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1977 / 1979 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	Gary Alexander	25	90	364	324	39	76	14	3	17	62	0	2	35	100	.235	.308	.454	.761	113	147	2	1	0	4	3
2	1B	Andre Thornton	28	145	617	508	97	133	22	4	33	105	4	7	93	72	.262	.377	.516	.893	151	262	17	6	2	8	4
3	2B	Duane Kuiper*	28	149	589	547	52	155	18	6	0	43	4	9	19	35	.283	.311	.338	.649	84	185	11	4	16	3	1
4	SS	Tom Veryzer	25	130	458	421	48	114	18	4	1	32	1	2	13	36	.271	.298	.340	.638	80	143	7	5	15	4	0
5	3B	Buddy Bell	26	142	606	556	71	157	27	8	6	62	1	3	39	43	.282	.328	.392	.720	103	218	24	0	9	2	1
6	LF	Johnny Grubb*	29	113	449	378	54	100	16	6	14	61	5	1	59	60	.265	.365	.450	.815	130	170	5	2	8	2	5
7	CF	Rick Manning*	23	148	616	566	65	149	27	3	3	50	12	12	38	62	.263	.309	.337	.647	83	191	10	1	8	3	1
8	RF	Paul Dade	26	93	349	307	37	78	12	1	3	20	12	9	34	45	.254	.331	.329	.660	88	101	3	2	5	1	1
9	DH	Bernie Carbo*	30	60	197	174	21	50	8	0	4	16	1	0	20	31	.287	.362	.402	.765	116	70	6	1	1	1	1
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	UT	Jim Norris*	29	113	365	315	41	89	14	5	2	27	12	7	42	20	.283	.364	.378	.742	111	119	6	0	5	3	4
11	UT	Ted Cox	23	82	253	227	14	53	7	0	1	19	0	1	16	30	.233	.286	.278	.563	60	63	4	1	8	1	1
12	SS	Larvell Blanks	28	70	212	193	19	49	10	0	2	20	0	0	10	16	.254	.285	.337	.622	76	65	7	0	5	4	0
13	C	Ron Pruitt	26	71	205	187	17	44	6	1	6	17	2	1	16	20	.235	.296	.374	.670	89	70	3	0	2	0	3
14	DH	Willie Horton	35	50	186	169	15	42	7	0	5	22	3	0	15	25	.249	.314	.379	.692	95	64	7	1	1	0	4
15	C	Bo Diaz	25	44	133	127	12	30	4	0	2	11	0	0	4	17	.236	.260	.315	.575	62	40	2	0	2	0	0
16	OF	Horace Speed	26	70	124	106	13	24	4	1	0	4	2	4	14	31	.226	.320	.283	.603	72	30	5	1	2	1	1
17	DH	Wayne Cage*	26	36	108	98	11	24	6	1	4	13	1	2	9	28	.245	.308	.449	.757	112	44	2	0	1	0	0
18	C	Ron Hassey*	25	25	83	74	5	15	0	0	2	9	2	0	5	7	.203	.256	.284	.540	53	21	1	1	1	2	0
19	RF	Dan Briggs*	25	15	53	49	4	8	0	1	1	1	0	0	4	9	.163	.226	.265	.492	39	13	2	0	0	0	0
20	UT	Mike Vail	26	14	37	34	2	8	2	1	0	2	1	1	1	9	.235	.250	.353	.603	69	12	0	0	1	1	1
21	SS	Alfredo Griffin#	20	5	6	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.500	.667	.750	1.417	301	3	0	0	0	0	0
22		Larry Lintz#	28	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
23	P	Jim Kern	29	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	P	Rick Kreuger	29	0	0	0					0
25	P	David Clyde*	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
26	P	Mike Paxton	24	0	0	0					0
27	P	Wayne Garland	27	0	0	0					0
28	P	Dave Freisleben	26	0	0	0					0
29	P	Sid Monge#	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
30	P	Paul Reuschel	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
31	P	Al Fitzmorris#	32	0	0	0					0
32	P	Rick Waits*	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
33	P	Don Hood*	28	0	0	0					0
34	P	Dennis Kinney*	26	0	0	0					0
35	P	Rick Wise	32	0	0	0					0
36	P	Dan Spillner	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	26.7	159	6011	5365	639	1400	223	45	106	596	64	63	488	698	.261	.323	.379	.702	98	2031	124	26	92	40	31
		Rank in 14 AL teams				11	10	9	9	4	8		13	6	11	7	8	10	8	9		10
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	Rick Waits*	26	13	15	.464	3.20	34	33	1	15	2	0	230.1	206	97	82	16	86	0	97	2	0	10	957	118	1.268	8.0	0.6	3.4	3.8	1.13
2	SP	Rick Wise	32	9	19	.321	4.34	33	31	1	9	1	0	211.2	226	116	102	22	59	3	106	3	0	1	903	87	1.346	9.6	0.9	2.5	4.5	1.80
3	SP	Mike Paxton	24	12	11	.522	3.86	33	27	4	5	2	1	191.0	179	89	82	13	63	5	96	8	3	3	807	98	1.267	8.4	0.6	3.0	4.5	1.52
4	SP	Don Hood*	28	5	6	.455	4.48	36	19	4	1	0	0	154.2	166	82	77	13	77	5	73	1	0	10	689	84	1.571	9.7	0.8	4.5	4.2	0.95
5	SP	David Clyde*	23	8	11	.421	4.28	28	25	1	5	0	0	153.1	166	80	73	4	60	3	83	3	1	11	670	88	1.474	9.7	0.2	3.5	4.9	1.38
6	SP	Dave Freisleben	26	1	4	.200	7.11	12	10	0	0	0	0	44.1	52	37	35	4	31	1	19	2	0	4	212	53	1.872	10.6	0.8	6.3	3.9	0.61
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
7	CL	Jim Kern	29	10	10	.500	3.08	58	0	43	0	0	13	99.1	77	36	34	4	58	7	95	3	0	5	423	123	1.359	7.0	0.4	5.3	8.6	1.64
8	RP	Paul Reuschel	31	2	4	.333	3.11	18	6	6	1	0	0	89.2	95	33	31	5	22	1	24	2	1	1	381	121	1.305	9.5	0.5	2.2	2.4	1.09
9	RP	Sid Monge*	27	4	3	.571	2.76	48	2	22	0	0	6	84.2	71	36	26	4	51	6	54	0	2	5	374	137	1.441	7.5	0.4	5.4	5.7	1.06
10	RP	Dan Spillner	26	3	1	.750	3.67	36	0	23	0	0	3	56.1	54	26	23	2	21	3	48	1	0	1	241	103	1.331	8.6	0.3	3.4	7.7	2.29
11	RP	Dennis Kinney*	26	0	2	.000	4.42	18	0	12	0	0	5	38.2	37	21	19	3	14	1	19	1	0	1	164	85	1.319	8.6	0.7	3.3	4.4	1.36
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
12		Wayne Garland	27	2	3	.400	7.89	6	6	0	0	0	0	29.2	43	27	26	6	16	1	13	1	0	1	144	48	1.989	13.0	1.8	4.9	3.9	0.81
13		Al Fitzmorris	32	0	1	.000	6.28	7	0	4	0	0	0	14.1	19	10	10	3	7	2	5	1	0	2	65	60	1.814	11.9	1.9	4.4	3.1	0.71
14		Rick Kreuger*	29	0	0		3.86	6	0	2	0	0	0	9.1	6	4	4	1	3	0	7	0	0	1	38	98	0.964	5.8	1.0	2.9	6.8	2.33
		Team Totals	27.2	69	90	.434	3.99	159	159	123	36	5	28	1407.1	1397	694	624	100	568	38	739	28	7	56	6068	95	1.396	8.9	0.6	3.6	4.7	1.30
		Rank in 14 AL teams		11	4						11	12	7	14	6	11	11	1	10		7
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	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary
Gary Alexander	25	91	62	535.0	345	305	34	6	3	.983	-3.0	-6.7						-3	5.70	3.73	6	26	45	27	38%	C-DH
Buddy Bell	26	140	139	1210.2	495	125	355	15	30	.970	12.3	12.2	12.3	2.7	9.7		0		3.57	3.43						3B-DH
Larvell Blanks	28	64	48	432.2	240	83	144	13	25	.946	-1.5	-4.2	-1.5	-4.5	3.1		0		4.72	3.55						SS-2B-3B-DH
Dan Briggs	25	15	15	130.0	43	42	1	0	1	1.000	3.4	31.4	2.4	1.5	0.8	1			2.98	2.87						RF
Wayne Cage	26	31	8	77.2	82	73	8	1	10	.988	-0.1	-1.5	-0.1	0.0	-0.1		0		9.39	2.61						1B-DH
Bernie Carbo	30	53	3	18.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0.5	-33.3	-0.5	-0.5	0.0	0			0.50	0.02						RF-DH
David Clyde	23	28	25	153.1	28	9	18	1	0	.964									1.58	0.96						P
Ted Cox	23	78	54	458.1	146	100	42	4	6	.973	-7.7	-20.2	-5.7	-1.9	-3.8	-2	0		2.79	1.82						LF-3B-RF-1B-SS-DH
Paul Dade	26	92	74	636.0	187	174	6	7	2	.963	-1.5	-2.8	1.5	-4.3	5.8	-3			2.55	1.96						RF-CF-LF-DH
Bo Diaz	25	44	39	343.0	207	183	18	6	4	.971	-1.0	-3.5						-1	5.27	4.57	5	8	23	14	38%	C
Al Fitzmorris	32	7	0	14.1	2	0	2	0	0	1.000									1.26	0.29						P
Dave Freisleben	26	12	10	44.1	8	4	4	0	0	1.000									1.62	0.67						P
Wayne Garland	27	6	6	29.2	6	1	5	0	1	1.000									1.82	1.00						P
Alfredo Griffin	20	2	2	16.0	12	4	7	1	5	.917	0.0	0.0	-1.0	-1.0	0.0		1		6.19	5.50						SS
Johnny Grubb	29	114	100	904.0	212	194	12	6	4	.972	-3.9	-5.2	-5.9	-2.9	-3.1	2			2.05	1.81						LF-RF
Ron Hassey	25	24	23	200.0	146	130	15	1	1	.993	-3.0	-18.0						-3	6.52	6.04	3	13	16	8	33%	C
Don Hood	28	36	19	154.2	33	6	26	1	2	.970									1.86	0.89						P
Willie Horton	35	48																		0.00						DH
Jim Kern	29	58	0	99.1	20	4	16	0	0	1.000									1.81	0.34						P
Dennis Kinney	26	18	0	38.2	9	4	4	1	1	.889									1.86	0.44						P
Rick Kreuger	29	6	0	9.1	2	1	1	0	0	1.000									1.93	0.33						P
Duane Kuiper	28	149	149	1305.1	765	341	408	16	91	.979	-2.0	-1.8	-3.0	-4.6	1.6		1		5.16	5.03						2B
Rick Manning	23	144	139	1225.0	385	377	6	2	1	.995	-5.0	-4.9	-2.0	-3.2	1.2	-3			2.81	2.66						CF
Sid Monge	27	48	2	84.2	17	4	11	2	1	.882									1.59	0.31						P
Jim Norris	29	103	70	624.1	202	192	8	2	6	.990	2.4	4.6	2.4	-1.3	3.7	0	0		2.88	1.94						RF-LF-1B-CF-DH
Mike Paxton	24	33	27	191.0	38	17	20	1	2	.974									1.74	1.12						P
Ron Pruitt	26	71	48	440.1	218	199	15	4	4	.982	-8.4	-22.9	-0.4	-0.1	-0.3	-1		-7	4.37	3.01	1	10	45	10	18%	C-LF-RF-3B-DH
Paul Reuschel	31	18	6	89.2	22	6	16	0	3	1.000									2.21	1.22						P
Horace Speed	26	68	27	318.2	89	86	1	2	0	.978	1.2	4.5	1.2	0.5	0.7	0			2.46	1.28						RF-CF-LF-DH
Dan Spillner	26	36	0	56.1	4	0	4	0	0	1.000									0.64	0.11						P
Andre Thornton	28	145	144	1248.1	1440	1327	106	7	106	.995	3.7	3.6	4.7	2.6	2.0		-1		10.33	9.88						1B
Mike Vail	26	10	7	53.0	18	18	0	0	0	1.000	0.4	9.1	1.4	0.6	0.8	-1			3.06	1.80						RF-LF-DH
Tom Veryzer	25	129	121	1082.1	573	177	375	21	58	.963	-5.8	-6.4	-3.8	-9.9	6.1		-2		4.59	4.28						SS
Rick Waits	26	35	33	230.1	69	19	49	1	1	.986									2.66	1.94						P-DH
Rick Wise	32	33	31	211.2	46	15	29	2	2	.957									1.87	1.33						P
Team Totals	26.8	159	1431	12666.0	6114	4222	1769	123	370	.980	-20.0	-1.9	2.0	-26.3	28.2	-7	-1	-14	4.26	3.03	15	57	129	59	31%
Rank in 14 AL teams								11	10	4
	Age	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary

1977 / 1979 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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