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1979 Cleveland Indians Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1978 / 1980)
81-80, Finished 6th in AL East
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Scored 760 runs, Allowed 805 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 76-85
Manager: Jeff Torborg (43-52) and Dave Garcia (38-28)
Ballpark: Cleveland Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,011,644 (12th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 101, Pitching - 101;   one-year: Batting - 106, Pitching - 107
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1978 / 1980 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

Team Roster & Games By Position

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Gary Alexander 26 R R 6' 2" 200 Mar 27, 1953 5 110 99 110 93 0 91 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 12 9 0
Dell Alston 26 L R 6' 0" 180 Sep 22, 1952 3 54 9 54 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 12 30 0 15 14
Larry Andersen 26 R R 6' 3" 205 May 6, 1953 3 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Len Barker 23 R R 6' 5" 225 Jul 7, 1955 4 29 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bobby Bonds 33 R R 6' 1" 190 Mar 15, 1946 12 146 144 146 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 117 117 28 2 0
Wayne Cage 27 L L 6' 4" 205 Nov 23, 1951 2 29 12 29 7 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 13 1
David Clyde 24 L L 6' 1" 185 Apr 22, 1955 5 9 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ted Cox 24 R R 6' 3" 195 Jan 24, 1955 3 78 48 78 72 0 0 0 4 52 0 16 0 0 16 0 10 0
Victor Cruz 21 R R 5' 9" 200 Dec 24, 1957 2 61 0 61 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Paul Dade 27 R R 6' 0" 195 Dec 7, 1951 5 44 40 44 37 0 0 0 0 2 0 20 0 16 36 4 2 1
Bo Diaz 26 R R 5' 11" 190 Mar 23, 1953 3 15 11 15 15 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wayne Garland 28 R R 6' 0" 195 Oct 26, 1950 7 18 0 1 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Hargrove 29 L L 6' 0" 195 Oct 26, 1949 6 100 90 100 92 0 0 28 0 0 0 65 0 0 65 4 6 0
Toby Harrah 30 R R 6' 0" 180 Oct 26, 1948 10 149 148 149 141 0 0 0 0 127 33 0 0 0 0 9 1 0
Ron Hassey 26 L R 6' 2" 200 Feb 27, 1953 2 75 64 75 70 0 68 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 0
Don Hood 29 L L 6' 2" 180 Oct 16, 1949 7 13 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cliff Johnson 31 R R 6' 4" 225 Jul 22, 1947 8 72 62 72 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 62 10 0
Duane Kuiper 29 L R 6' 0" 175 Jun 19, 1950 6 140 137 140 140 0 0 0 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rick Manning 24 L R 6' 1" 180 Sep 2, 1954 5 144 140 144 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 141 0 141 0 4 0
Sid Monge 28 B L 6' 2" 195 Apr 11, 1951 5 76 0 1 76 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Jim Norris 30 L L 5' 10" 175 Dec 20, 1948 3 124 87 124 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 23 28 93 12 25 2
Mike Paxton 25 R R 5' 11" 190 Sep 3, 1953 3 33 0 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ron Pruitt 27 R R 6' 0" 185 Oct 21, 1951 5 64 38 64 40 0 11 0 0 3 0 19 0 11 29 8 23 0
Paul Reuschel 32 R R 6' 4" 225 Jan 12, 1947 5 17 0 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Rosello 29 R R 5' 11" 160 Jun 26, 1950 7 59 29 59 56 0 0 0 33 14 11 0 0 0 0 0 4 8
Horace Speed 27 R R 6' 1" 180 Oct 4, 1951 3 26 2 26 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 3 3 16 0 0 14
Dan Spillner 27 R R 6' 1" 190 Nov 27, 1951 6 49 0 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Andre Thornton 29 R R 6' 2" 205 Aug 13, 1949 7 143 143 143 130 0 0 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0
Tom Veryzer 26 R R 6' 1" 185 Feb 11, 1953 7 149 146 149 148 0 0 0 0 0 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Rick Waits 27 L L 6' 3" 195 May 15, 1952 6 34 0 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sandy Wihtol 24 R R 6' 1" 195 Jun 1, 1955 1st 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eric Wilkins 22 R R 6' 1" 190 Dec 9, 1956 1st 16 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rick Wise 33 R R 6' 2" 195 Sep 13, 1945 15 34 0 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR

1978 / 1980 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played