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1979 Cleveland Indians Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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 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 26 110 415 358 54 82 9 2 15 54 4 2 46 100 .229 .313 .391 .704 89 140 7 1 3 7 3
2 1B Andre Thornton 29 143 617 515 89 120 31 1 26 93 5 4 90 93 .233 .347 .449 .796 113 231 8 4 1 7 2
3 2B Duane Kuiper* 29 140 528 479 46 122 9 5 0 39 4 9 37 27 .255 .313 .294 .608 65 141 14 4 8 0 7
4 SS Tom Veryzer 26 149 501 449 41 99 9 3 0 34 2 5 34 54 .220 .279 .254 .533 45 114 10 4 10 4 0
5 3B Toby Harrah 30 149 635 527 99 147 25 1 20 77 20 9 89 60 .279 .389 .444 .833 124 234 8 8 7 4 2
6 LF Mike Hargrove* 29 100 413 338 60 110 21 4 10 56 2 3 63 40 .325 .433 .500 .933 151 169 10 5 2 5 2
7 CF Rick Manning* 24 144 632 560 67 145 12 2 3 51 30 8 55 48 .259 .323 .304 .626 70 170 13 1 9 7 3
8 RF Bobby Bonds 33 146 631 538 93 148 24 1 25 85 34 23 74 135 .275 .367 .463 .830 122 249 9 8 4 7 4
9 DH Cliff Johnson 31 72 274 240 37 65 10 0 18 61 2 0 24 39 .271 .343 .538 .881 133 129 6 5 0 5 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 OF Jim Norris* 30 124 406 353 50 87 15 6 3 30 15 10 44 35 .246 .328 .348 .676 83 123 12 0 6 3 1
11 C Ron Hassey* 26 75 249 223 20 64 14 0 4 32 1 0 19 19 .287 .339 .404 .742 99 90 8 0 4 3 2
12 3B Ted Cox 24 78 208 189 17 40 6 0 4 22 3 4 14 27 .212 .272 .307 .579 56 58 7 2 2 1 1
13 UT Ron Pruitt 27 64 188 166 23 47 7 0 2 21 2 0 19 21 .283 .355 .361 .716 94 60 5 0 2 1 1
14 OF Paul Dade 27 44 185 170 22 48 4 1 3 18 12 6 12 22 .282 .326 .371 .697 88 63 1 0 1 2 1
15 2B Dave Rosello 29 59 134 107 20 26 6 1 3 14 1 0 15 27 .243 .328 .402 .730 96 43 2 0 9 3 0
16 UT Dell Alston* 26 54 74 62 10 18 0 2 1 12 4 4 10 10 .290 .384 .403 .787 113 25 0 0 1 1 1
17 UT Wayne Cage* 27 29 61 56 6 13 2 0 1 6 0 2 5 16 .232 .295 .321 .617 66 18 1 0 0 0 0
18 C Bo Diaz 26 15 35 32 0 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 6 .156 .206 .219 .425 15 7 1 0 1 0 0
19 UT Horace Speed 27 26 19 14 6 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 5 7 .143 .368 .143 .511 45 2 0 0 0 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 Eric Wilkins 22 0 0 0 0
21 P David Clyde* 24 0 0 0 0
22 P Larry Andersen 26 0 0 0 0
23 P Mike Paxton 25 0 0 0 0
24 P Wayne Garland 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 P Victor Cruz 21 0 0 0 0
26 P Len Barker 23 0 0 0 0
27 P Sid Monge# 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 P Paul Reuschel 32 0 0 0 0
29 P Rick Waits* 27 0 0 0 0
30 P Don Hood* 29 0 0 0 0
31 P Sandy Wihtol 24 0 0 0 0
32 P Rick Wise 33 0 0 0 0
33 P Dan Spillner 27 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 28.2 161 6205 5376 760 1388 206 29 138 707 143 90 657 786 .258 .340 .384 .724 95 2066 122 42 70 60 31
Rank in 14 AL teams 11 7 12 13 12 8 3 1 1 4 12 7 12 12 12
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
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* - 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 Wise 33 15 10 .600 3.73 34 34 0 9 2 0 231.2 229 111 96 24 68 9 108 1 0 2 979 115 1.282 8.9 0.9 2.6 4.2 1.59
2 SP Rick Waits* 27 16 13 .552 4.44 34 34 0 8 3 0 231.0 230 123 114 26 91 1 91 4 0 5 982 96 1.390 9.0 1.0 3.5 3.5 1.00
3 SP Mike Paxton 25 8 8 .500 5.92 33 24 1 3 0 0 159.2 210 118 105 14 52 1 70 2 1 3 733 72 1.641 11.8 0.8 2.9 3.9 1.35
4 SP Len Barker 23 6 6 .500 4.92 29 19 3 2 0 0 137.1 146 79 75 6 70 1 93 2 0 10 609 87 1.573 9.6 0.4 4.6 6.1 1.33
5 SP Wayne Garland 28 4 10 .286 5.23 18 14 1 2 0 0 94.2 120 70 55 11 34 2 40 3 0 3 431 82 1.627 11.4 1.0 3.2 3.8 1.18
6 SP Eric Wilkins 22 2 4 .333 4.39 16 14 0 0 0 0 69.2 77 41 34 4 38 1 52 4 0 1 316 97 1.651 9.9 0.5 4.9 6.7 1.37
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 Sid Monge* 28 12 10 .545 2.40 76 0 53 0 0 19 131.0 96 37 35 9 64 8 108 1 2 9 542 178 1.221 6.6 0.6 4.4 7.4 1.69
8 RP Dan Spillner 27 9 5 .643 4.62 49 13 14 3 0 1 157.2 153 82 81 16 64 4 97 3 0 5 680 92 1.376 8.7 0.9 3.7 5.5 1.52
9 RP Victor Cruz 21 3 9 .250 4.23 61 0 48 0 0 10 78.2 70 41 37 10 44 4 63 1 2 1 343 101 1.449 8.0 1.1 5.0 7.2 1.43
10 RP Paul Reuschel 32 2 1 .667 7.94 17 1 5 0 0 1 45.1 73 43 40 7 11 0 22 0 0 0 212 54 1.853 14.5 1.4 2.2 4.4 2.00
11 RP Don Hood* 29 1 0 1.000 3.68 13 0 3 0 0 1 22.0 13 9 9 1 14 1 7 1 0 1 92 116 1.227 5.3 0.4 5.7 2.9 0.50
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 David Clyde* 24 3 4 .429 5.91 9 8 1 1 0 0 45.2 50 33 30 7 13 0 17 1 0 4 195 72 1.380 9.9 1.4 2.6 3.4 1.31
13 Larry Andersen 26 0 0 7.56 8 0 4 0 0 0 16.2 25 14 14 3 4 0 7 0 0 0 77 57 1.740 13.5 1.6 2.2 3.8 1.75
14 Sandy Wihtol 24 0 0 3.38 5 0 0 0 0 0 10.2 10 4 4 0 3 0 6 0 0 0 45 127 1.219 8.4 0.0 2.5 5.1 2.00
Team Totals 27.0 81 80 .503 4.58 161 161 133 28 5 32 1431.2 1502 805 729 138 570 32 781 23 5 44 6236 93 1.447 9.4 0.9 3.6 4.9 1.37
Rank in 14 AL teams 10 5 11 11 8 7 9 9 10 11 8 9 10116
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
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* - 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 26 106 87 773.2 462 404 40 18 5 .961 -13.1 -20.3 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -13 5.17 4.19 13 23 80 25 24% C-RF-LF-DH
Dell Alston 26 37 9 130.2 32 29 2 1 0 .969 -1.0 -9.2 -1.0 -0.1 -0.9 0 2.14 0.84 LF-RF-DH
Larry Andersen 26 8 0 16.2 4 0 4 0 1 1.000 2.16 0.50 P
Len Barker 23 29 19 137.1 23 8 13 2 1 .913 1.38 0.72 P
Bobby Bonds 33 146 116 979.2 287 272 9 6 1 .979 3.9 4.8 0.9 2.8 -1.9 3 2.58 1.92 RF-DH
Wayne Cage 27 16 4 38.2 41 37 4 0 3 1.000 1.0 31.0 1.0 0.8 0.3 0 9.54 2.56 1B-DH
David Clyde 24 9 8 45.2 9 2 6 1 0 .889 1.58 0.89 P
Ted Cox 24 73 48 468.0 145 58 81 6 11 .959 -3.4 -8.7 -3.4 -0.7 -2.8 0 0 2.67 1.90 3B-LF-2B-DH
Victor Cruz 21 61 0 78.2 7 1 4 2 0 .714 0.57 0.08 P
Paul Dade 27 42 36 310.1 77 70 4 3 1 .961 -2.7 -10.4 -0.7 -0.2 -0.4 -2 2.15 1.76 LF-RF-3B-DH
Bo Diaz 26 15 11 98.2 72 63 6 3 1 .958 -1.0 -12.2 -1 6.29 4.60 1 1 10 3 23% C
Wayne Garland 28 18 14 94.2 22 11 8 3 0 .864 1.81 1.06 P
Mike Hargrove 29 100 86 748.1 370 353 15 2 23 .995 -1.6 -2.6 -0.6 1.7 -2.3 -1 0 4.43 3.68 LF-1B-DH
Toby Harrah 30 169 139 1197.0 347 113 215 19 30 .945 -22.8 -22.9 -22.8 -10.2 -12.6 0 2.47 1.94 3B-SS-DH
Ron Hassey 26 71 63 538.0 400 368 29 3 5 .993 -3.3 -7.4 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0 -3 6.64 5.59 2 18 50 17 25% C-1B-DH
Don Hood 29 13 0 22.0 7 3 4 0 0 1.000 2.86 0.54 P
Cliff Johnson 31 63 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 C-DH
Duane Kuiper 29 140 137 1196.0 734 345 380 9 89 .988 -0.8 -0.8 -1.8 -1.9 0.1 1 5.46 5.18 2B
Rick Manning 24 142 140 1224.0 428 415 9 4 2 .991 4.6 4.5 2.6 0.5 2.1 2 3.12 2.99 CF-DH
Sid Monge 28 76 0 131.0 26 6 17 3 2 .885 1.58 0.30 P
Jim Norris 30 111 75 714.0 223 217 2 4 0 .982 2.7 4.5 4.7 2.4 2.3 -2 2.76 1.97 LF-CF-RF-DH
Mike Paxton 25 33 24 159.2 36 16 20 0 3 1.000 2.03 1.09 P
Ron Pruitt 27 58 30 277.0 74 67 5 2 1 .973 -3.2 -13.9 -3.2 2.4 -5.7 0 0 0 2.34 1.24 0 2 6 2 25% LF-RF-C-3B-DH
Paul Reuschel 32 17 1 45.1 13 2 10 1 2 .923 2.38 0.71 P
Dave Rosello 29 58 29 318.1 146 43 98 5 16 .966 -3.0 -11.3 -3.0 -3.2 0.2 0 3.99 2.43 2B-3B-SS
Horace Speed 27 20 2 53.2 16 14 0 2 0 .875 -0.1 -2.2 -0.1 -0.4 0.2 0 2.35 0.70 LF-CF-RF-DH
Dan Spillner 27 49 13 157.2 27 9 18 0 0 1.000 1.54 0.55 P
Andre Thornton 29 143 130 1147.1 1178 1089 82 7 100 .994 1.0 1.0 2.0 -2.6 4.6 -1 9.19 8.19 1B-DH
Tom Veryzer 26 148 146 1238.0 702 238 446 18 90 .974 5.0 4.8 6.0 4.6 1.4 -1 4.97 4.62 SS
Rick Waits 27 34 34 231.0 58 15 43 0 2 1.000 2.26 1.71 P
Sandy Wihtol 24 5 0 10.2 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 3.38 0.80 P
Eric Wilkins 22 16 14 69.2 22 4 12 6 2 .727 2.07 1.00 P
Rick Wise 33 34 34 231.2 78 23 53 2 2 .974 2.95 2.24 P
Team Totals 27.7 161 1449 12885.0 6071 4295 1642 134 393 .978 -37.8 -3.5 -19.8 -4.1 -15.8 0 -1 -17 4.15 2.89 16 44 146 47 24%
Rank in 14 AL teams 11 12 5
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

1978 / 1980 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics