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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1979 / 1981
79-81, Finished 6th in AL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Dave Garcia (79-81)
Scored 738 runs, Allowed 807 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 73-87
Ballparks: Cleveland Stadium · Attendance: 1,033,827 (11th of 14)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 102 · one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 103
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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 | WAR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Alexander | 27 | R | R | 6' 2" | 195 | Mar 27, 1953 | 6 | 76 | 41 | 76 | 15 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 40 | 29 | 1 | -0.9 | $ | |
| Dell Alston | 27 | L | R | 6' 0" | 180 | Sep 22, 1952 | 4 | 52 | 12 | 52 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 28 | 8 | 10 | 20 | -0.3 | $ | |
| Alan Bannister | 28 | R | R | 5' 11" | 170 | Sep 3, 1951 | 7 | 81 | 67 | 81 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 26 | 44 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1.9 | $ | |
| Len Barker | 24 | R | R | 6' 5" | 225 | Jul 27, 1955 | 5 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | $90,000 | |
| Jack Brohamer | 30 | L | R | 5' 10" | 165 | Feb 26, 1950 | 9 | 53 | 37 | 53 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | -1.0 | $ | |
| Joe Charboneau | 25 | R | R | 6' 2" | 205 | Jun 17, 1955 | 1st | 131 | 117 | 131 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 0 | 1 | 68 | 56 | 11 | 1 | 2.1 | $ | |
| Don Collins | 27 | R | L | 6' 2" | 195 | Sep 15, 1952 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.1 | $ | |
| Victor Cruz | 22 | R | R | 5' 9" | 174 | Dec 24, 1957 | 3 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | $ | |
| John Denny | 27 | R | R | 6' 3" | 185 | Nov 8, 1952 | 7 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.4 | $ | |
| Bo Diaz | 27 | R | R | 5' 11" | 185 | Mar 23, 1953 | 4 | 76 | 52 | 76 | 75 | 0 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | -1.2 | $ | |
| Miguel Dilone | 25 | B | R | 6' 0" | 160 | Nov 1, 1954 | 7 | 132 | 119 | 132 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 22 | 14 | 129 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 2.8 | $ | |
| Jerry Dybzinski | 24 | R | R | 6' 2" | 180 | Jul 7, 1955 | 1st | 114 | 68 | 114 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 4 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 0.1 | $30,000 | |
| Wayne Garland | 29 | R | R | 6' 0" | 195 | Oct 26, 1950 | 8 | 25 | 20 | 0 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | $200,000 | |
| Gary Gray | 27 | R | R | 6' 0" | 187 | Sep 21, 1952 | 4 | 28 | 10 | 28 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 1 | -0.6 | $ | |
| Ross Grimsley | 30 | L | L | 6' 3" | 195 | Jan 7, 1950 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1.5 | $ | |
| Mike Hargrove | 30 | L | L | 6' 0" | 195 | Oct 26, 1949 | 7 | 160 | 159 | 160 | 160 | 0 | 0 | 160 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | $ | |
| Toby Harrah | 31 | R | R | 6' 0" | 175 | Oct 26, 1948 | 11 | 160 | 158 | 160 | 156 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3.9 | $ | |
| Ron Hassey | 27 | L | R | 6' 2" | 200 | Feb 27, 1953 | 3 | 130 | 104 | 130 | 114 | 0 | 113 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 24 | 2 | 3.7 | $ | |
| Cliff Johnson | 32 | R | R | 6' 4" | 215 | Jul 22, 1947 | 9 | 54 | 45 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 9 | 0 | -0.1 | $ | |
| Duane Kuiper | 30 | L | R | 6' 0" | 175 | Jun 19, 1950 | 7 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | $ | |
| Rick Manning | 25 | L | R | 6' 1" | 180 | Sep 2, 1954 | 6 | 140 | 136 | 140 | 139 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 139 | 0 | 139 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -0.3 | $ | |
| Sid Monge | 29 | B | L | 6' 2" | 185 | Apr 11, 1951 | 6 | 67 | 0 | 2 | 67 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | $ | |
| Andres Mora | 25 | R | R | 6' 0" | 180 | May 25, 1955 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | -0.4 | $ | |
| Jorge Orta | 29 | L | R | 5' 10" | 170 | Nov 26, 1950 | 9 | 129 | 125 | 129 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 118 | 120 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2.5 | $250,000 | All-Star |
| Bob Owchinko | 25 | L | L | 6' 2" | 190 | Jan 1, 1955 | 5 | 29 | 14 | 1 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | $ | |
| Mike Paxton | 26 | R | R | 5' 11" | 190 | Sep 3, 1953 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.5 | $ | |
| Ron Pruitt | 28 | R | R | 6' 0" | 185 | Oct 21, 1951 | 6 | 23 | 6 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | $ | |
| Dave Rosello | 30 | R | R | 5' 11" | 160 | Jun 26, 1950 | 8 | 71 | 31 | 71 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -0.1 | $ | |
| Dan Spillner | 28 | R | R | 6' 1" | 190 | Nov 27, 1951 | 7 | 34 | 30 | 1 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | $ | |
| Mike Stanton | 27 | B | R | 6' 2" | 205 | Sep 25, 1952 | 2 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.9 | $ | |
| Tom Veryzer | 27 | R | R | 6' 1" | 175 | Feb 11, 1953 | 8 | 109 | 108 | 109 | 108 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -0.6 | $ | |
| Rick Waits | 28 | L | L | 6' 3" | 194 | May 15, 1952 | 7 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | $200,000 | |
| Sandy Wihtol | 25 | R | R | 6' 1" | 195 | Jun 1, 1955 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | $ | |
| Age | B | T | Ht | Wt | DoB | Yrs | G | GS | Batting | Defense | P | C | 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | LF | CF | RF | OF | DH | PH | PR | WAR |