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1978 Cleveland Indians (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1977/1979)
69-90, Finished 6th in AL Eastern Division
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Scored 639 runs, Allowed 694 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 74-85
Managed by Jeff Torborg

Ballpark: Cleveland Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 800,584 (12th of 14)
Park Factors
  (multi-year):
Batting - 99, Pitching - 100
  (one-year): Batting - 93, Pitching - 93
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1978 Stats (1977/1979) / Schedule / Transactions / Lineups / Batting Orders / SplitsBat / Pitch / GamelogsBat / Pitch / Amateur Draft

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Gary Alexander      25   90  324   39   76  14  3  17   62  35  100  .235  .308  .454   0   2   2   1   0   4   3  113
1B  Andre Thornton      28  145  508   97  133  22  4  33  105  93   72  .262  .377  .516   4   7  17   6   2   8   4  151
2B *Duane Kuiper        28  149  547   52  155  18  6   0   43  19   35  .283  .311  .338   4   9  11   4  16   3   1   84
3B  Buddy Bell          26  142  556   71  157  27  8   6   62  39   43  .282  .328  .392   1   3  24   0   9   2   1  103
SS  Tom Veryzer         25  130  421   48  114  18  4   1   32  13   36  .271  .298  .340   1   2   7   5  15   4   0   80
LF *Johnny Grubb        29  113  378   54  100  16  6  14   61  59   60  .265  .365  .450   5   1   5   2   8   2   5  130
CF *Rick Manning        23  148  566   65  149  27  3   3   50  38   62  .263  .309  .337  12  12  10   1   8   3   1   83
RF  Paul Dade           26   93  307   37   78  12  1   3   20  34   45  .254  .331  .329  12   9   3   2   5   1   1   88
DH *Bernie Carbo        30   60  174   21   50   8  0   4   16  20   31  .287  .362  .402   1   0   6   1   1   1   1  116
   *Jim Norris          29  113  315   41   89  14  5   2   27  42   20  .283  .364  .378  12   7   6   0   5   3   4  111
    Ted Cox             23   82  227   14   53   7  0   1   19  16   30  .233  .286  .278   0   1   4   1   8   1   1   60
    Larvell Blanks      28   70  193   19   49  10  0   2   20  10   16  .254  .285  .337   0   0   7   0   5   4   0   76
    Ron Pruitt          26   71  187   17   44   6  1   6   17  16   20  .235  .296  .374   2   1   3   0   2   0   3   89
    Willie Horton       35   50  169   15   42   7  0   5   22  15   25  .249  .314  .379   3   0   7   1   1   0   4   95
    Bo Diaz             25   44  127   12   30   4  0   2   11   4   17  .236  .260  .315   0   0   2   0   2   0   0   62
    Horace Speed        26   70  106   13   24   4  1   0    4  14   31  .226  .320  .283   2   4   5   1   2   1   1   72
   *Wayne Cage          26   36   98   11   24   6  1   4   13   9   28  .245  .308  .449   1   2   2   0   1   0   0  112
   *Ron Hassey          25   25   74    5   15   0  0   2    9   5    7  .203  .256  .284   2   0   1   1   1   2   0   53
   *Dan Briggs          25   15   49    4    8   0  1   1    1   4    9  .163  .226  .265   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   39
    Mike Vail           26   14   34    2    8   2  1   0    2   1    9  .235  .250  .353   1   1   0   0   1   1   1   69
   #Alfredo Griffin     20    5    4    1    2   1  0   0    0   2    1  .500  .667  .750   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  301
   #Larry Lintz         28    3    0    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    0                     1   2   0   0   0   0   0     

    Jim Kern            29   58    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.7  159 5365  639 1400 223 45 106  596 488  698  .261  .323  .379  64  63 124  26  92  40  31   98
    Rank among 14 AL teams        11   10    9   9  4   8       11    7     8    10     8  13   6                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.
Team Pitching    Glossary
    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP *Rick Waits          26  34   3.20  13  15  0  33   1  15   2  230.3  206   97   82  16   86   97  957  10   2  0   0 118
SP  Rick Wise           32  33   4.34   9  19  0  31   1   9   1  211.7  226  116  102  22   59  106  903   1   3  0   3  87
SP  Mike Paxton         24  33   3.86  12  11  1  27   4   5   2  191.0  179   89   82  13   63   96  807   3   8  3   5  98
SP *David Clyde         23  28   4.28   8  11  0  25   1   5   0  153.3  166   80   73   4   60   83  670  11   3  1   3  88
SP *Don Hood            28  36   4.48   5   6  0  19   4   1   0  154.7  166   82   77  13   77   73  689  10   1  0   5  84
SP  Dave Freisleben     26  12   7.11   1   4  0  10   0   0   0   44.3   52   37   35   4   31   19  212   4   2  0   1  53
SP  Wayne Garland       27   6   7.89   2   3  0   6   0   0   0   29.7   43   27   26   6   16   13  144   1   1  0   1  48

CL  Jim Kern            29  58   3.08  10  10 13   0  43   0   0   99.3   77   36   34   4   58   95  423   5   3  0   7 123
RP *Sid Monge           27  48   2.76   4   3  6   2  22   0   0   84.7   71   36   26   4   51   54  374   5   0  2   6 137
RP  Dan Spillner        26  36   3.67   3   1  3   0  23   0   0   56.3   54   26   23   2   21   48  241   1   1  0   3 103
RP *Dennis Kinney       26  18   4.42   0   2  5   0  12   0   0   38.7   37   21   19   3   14   19  164   1   1  0   1  85
RP  Paul Reuschel       31  18   3.11   2   4  0   6   6   1   0   89.7   95   33   31   5   22   24  381   1   2  1   1 121

    Al Fitzmorris       32   7   6.28   0   1  0   0   4   0   0   14.3   19   10   10   3    7    5   65   2   1  0   2  60
   *Rick Kreuger        29   6   3.86   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    9.3    6    4    4   1    3    7   38   1   0  0   0  98
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.1 159   3.97  69  90 28 159 123  36   6 1407.0 1397  694  621 100  568  739 6068  56  28  7  38  95
    Rank among 14 AL teams         11  11   4  7          11  12     14    6   11        1   10    7

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed
Team Fielding    Glossary  League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers     Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP   FP   PB  WP  SB  CS
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---
GAlexander   535  62  66  305   34   6   3  .983   6  26  45  27
BDiaz        343  39  44  183   18   6   4  .971   5   8  23  14
RPruitt      329  35  48  170   15   3   4  .984   1  10  45  10
RHassey      200  23  24  130   15   1   1  .993   3  13  16   8
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---
Team Total  1407 159 159  788   82  16  12  .982  15  57 129  59
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---

First Base   Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .992 *10.05
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
AThornton   1248 144 145 1327  106   7 106  .995 10.33
WCage         77   8  11   73    8   1  10  .988  9.38
JNorris       43   4   6   43    2   0   4 1.000  9.27
TCox          37   3   7   40    2   0   2 1.000 10.03
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1407 159 159 1483  118   8 122  .995 10.24
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Second Base  Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .980 *5.47
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
DKuiper     1305 149 149  341  408  16  91  .979  5.16
LBlanks      102  10  17   25   31   0   3 1.000  4.94
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1407 159 159  366  439  16  94  .981  5.15
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Third Base   Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .954 *3.00
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
BBell       1210 139 139  125  355  15  30  .970  3.57
TCox         171  18  20   15   36   3   3  .944  2.68
LBlanks       22   2   3    2    6   0   0 1.000  3.17
RPruitt        3   0   2    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1407 159 159  142  397  18  33  .968  3.45
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop    Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .964 *4.92
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
TVeryzer    1082 121 129  177  375  21  58  .963  4.59
LBlanks      308  36  43   56  107  13  22  .926  4.76
AGriffin      16   2   2    4    7   1   5  .917  6.19
TCox           1   0   1    0    1   0   0 1.000  9.00
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1407 159 159  237  490  35  85  .954  4.65
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field   Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .974 *2.21
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
JGrubb       874  96 108  186   12   6   4  .971  2.04
TCox         209  28  33   34    3   1   1  .974  1.59
JNorris      181  20  26   45    3   0   0 1.000  2.38
RPruitt       81  10  12   23    0   1   0  .958  2.56
HSpeed        40   2  12   11    0   0   0 1.000  2.48
MVail         17   2   2    7    0   0   0 1.000  3.71
PDade          4   1   1    2    0   0   0 1.000  4.50
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1407 159 159  308   18   8   5  .976  2.09
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField  Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .984 *2.97
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
RManning    1225 139 144  377    6   2   1  .995  2.81
HSpeed       127  14  22   41    0   1   0  .976  2.90
PDade         30   3   7   14    0   0   0 1.000  4.20
JNorris       25   3   5   10    0   1   0  .909  3.60
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1407 159 159  442    6   4   1  .991  2.87
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field  Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .978 *2.24
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
PDade        602  70  75  158    6   7   2  .959  2.45
JNorris      374  43  51   94    3   1   2  .990  2.33
HSpeed       151  11  31   34    1   1   0  .972  2.08
DBriggs      130  15  15   42    1   0   1 1.000  2.98
TCox          39   5   5   11    0   0   0 1.000  2.54
MVail         36   5   7   11    0   0   0 1.000  2.75
JGrubb        29   4   6    8    0   0   0 1.000  2.42
RPruitt       27   3   4    6    0   0   0 1.000  2.00
BCarbo        18   3   4    1    0   0   0 1.000  0.50
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1407 159 159  365   11   9   5  .977  2.41
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield     Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .979 *2.47  LF  CF  RF 
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---
RManning    1225 139 144  377    7   2   1  .995  2.82
JGrubb       904 100 110  199   14   6   4  .973  2.12
PDade        636  74  81  171    6   7   2  .962  2.50
JNorris      580  66  78  153    6   2   2  .988  2.46
HSpeed       318  27  61   85    1   2   0  .977  2.43
TCox         248  33  38   45    3   1   1  .980  1.74
DBriggs      130  15  15   38    1   0   1 1.000  2.70
RPruitt      108  13  16   29    0   1   0  .967  2.42
MVail         53   7   9   18    0   0   0 1.000  3.06
BCarbo        18   3   4    1    0   0   0 1.000  0.50
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---
Team Total  1407 159 159 1116   38  21  11  .982  2.46 159 159 159
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---

Pitchers     Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .954 *1.90
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
RWaits       230  33  34   19   49   1   1  .986  2.66
RWise        211  31  33   15   29   2   2  .957  1.87
MPaxton      191  27  33   17   20   1   2  .974  1.74
DHood        154  19  36    6   26   1   2  .970  1.86
DClyde       153  25  28    9   18   1   0  .964  1.59
JKern         99   0  58    4   16   0   0 1.000  1.81
PReuschel     89   6  18    6   16   0   3 1.000  2.21
SMonge        84   2  48    4   11   2   1  .882  1.59
DSpillner     56   0  36    0    4   0   0 1.000  0.64
DFreisleben   44  10  12    4    4   0   0 1.000  1.63
DKinney       38   0  18    4    4   1   1  .889  1.86
WGarland      29   6   6    1    5   0   1 1.000  1.82
AFitzmorris   14   0   7    0    2   0   0 1.000  1.26
RKreuger       9   0   6    1    1   0   0 1.000  1.94
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1407 159 159   90  205   9  13  .970  1.89
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Des. Hitter   G
------------+---
BCarbo        49
WHorton       48
GAlexander    25
WCage         20
JNorris       15
TCox          12
PDade          9
RPruitt        5
HSpeed         3
BBell          1
LBlanks        1
MVail          1
RWaits         1
------------+---

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

Team Leaders
 Glossary - Select a player to see their individual page.

Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders
Batting AverageKuiper.283
On-base %Thornton.377
Slugging %Thornton.516
OPSThornton.893
GamesKuiper149
At BatsManning566
Plate Appearances (approx.)Thornton617
RunsThornton97
HitsBell157
Total BasesThornton262
DoublesBell and Manning27
TriplesBell8
Home RunsThornton33
RBIThornton105
Bases on BallsThornton93
StrikeoutsAlexander100
Stolen BasesDade, Manning, and Norris12
SinglesKuiper131
Adjusted OPS+Thornton151
Runs CreatedThornton99
Adjusted Batting RunsThornton37
Batting WinsThornton3.7
Extra-Base HitsThornton59
Times on BaseThornton232
Offensive Win%Thornton.677
Hit By PitchThornton6
Sac. HitsKuiper16
Sac. FliesThornton8
Intentional WalksGrubb5
Grounded into Double PlaysBell24
Caught StealingManning12
Power/Speed NumberGrubb7.4
At Bats per StrikeoutKuiper15.6
At Bats per Home RunThornton15.4
OutsManning450

 

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders
ERAWaits3.20
WinsWaits13
Won-Loss %Paxton.522
BB + H per IP (WHIP)Paxton1.267
Hits Allowed/9IPWaits8.05
Bases on Balls/9IPWise2.51
Strikeouts/9IPPaxton4.52
GamesKern58
SavesKern13
InningsWaits230.3
StrikeoutsWise106
Games StartedWaits33
Comp. GamesWaits15
ShutoutsPaxton and Waits2
Home Runs Allow.Wise22
Bases On Balls Allow.Waits86
Hits AllowedWise226
SO to WalkWise1.80
LossesWise19
Earned Runs Allow.Wise102
Wild PitchesClyde11
Hit BatsmenPaxton8
Batters FacedWaits957
Games FinishedKern43
Adjusted ERA+Waits118

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