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
Ballpark: Cleveland Stadium (ballparks.com) · 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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| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C | Ron Hassey* | 27 | 130 | 447 | 390 | 43 | 124 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 65 | 0 | 2 | 49 | 51 | .318 | .390 | .446 | .836 | 129 | 174 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| 2 | 1B | Mike Hargrove* | 30 | 160 | 720 | 589 | 86 | 179 | 22 | 2 | 11 | 85 | 4 | 2 | 111 | 36 | .304 | .415 | .404 | .819 | 126 | 238 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 10 |
| 3 | 2B | Duane Kuiper* | 30 | 42 | 166 | 149 | 10 | 42 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 8 | .282 | .337 | .315 | .653 | 80 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | SS | Tom Veryzer | 27 | 109 | 383 | 358 | 28 | 97 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 25 | .271 | .303 | .321 | .625 | 71 | 115 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 5 | 3B | Toby Harrah | 31 | 160 | 675 | 561 | 100 | 150 | 22 | 4 | 11 | 72 | 17 | 2 | 98 | 60 | .267 | .379 | .380 | .759 | 109 | 213 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 3 |
| 6 | LF | Miguel Dilone# | 25 | 132 | 566 | 528 | 82 | 180 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 40 | 61 | 18 | 28 | 45 | .341 | .375 | .432 | .807 | 120 | 228 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| 7 | CF | Rick Manning* | 25 | 140 | 555 | 471 | 55 | 110 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 52 | 12 | 6 | 63 | 66 | .234 | .321 | .306 | .627 | 73 | 144 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 11 |
| 8 | RF | Jorge Orta* | 29 | 129 | 564 | 481 | 78 | 140 | 18 | 3 | 10 | 64 | 6 | 5 | 71 | 44 | .291 | .379 | .403 | .782 | 114 | 194 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 |
| 9 | DH | Joe Charboneau | 25 | 131 | 512 | 453 | 76 | 131 | 17 | 2 | 23 | 87 | 2 | 4 | 49 | 70 | .289 | .358 | .488 | .846 | 129 | 221 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 10 | UT | Alan Bannister | 28 | 81 | 297 | 262 | 41 | 86 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 28 | 25 | .328 | .388 | .435 | .823 | 125 | 114 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| 11 | MI | Jerry Dybzinski | 24 | 114 | 278 | 248 | 32 | 57 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 35 | .230 | .273 | .294 | .567 | 55 | 73 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | C | Bo Diaz | 27 | 76 | 221 | 207 | 15 | 47 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 27 | .227 | .250 | .343 | .593 | 61 | 71 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | DH | Cliff Johnson | 32 | 54 | 203 | 174 | 25 | 40 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 30 | .230 | .320 | .362 | .682 | 87 | 63 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 14 | DH | Gary Alexander | 27 | 76 | 198 | 178 | 22 | 40 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 31 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 52 | .225 | .288 | .360 | .647 | 76 | 64 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 15 | 2B | Jack Brohamer* | 30 | 53 | 161 | 142 | 13 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | .225 | .291 | .296 | .587 | 61 | 42 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| 16 | 2B | Dave Rosello | 30 | 71 | 131 | 117 | 16 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 19 | .248 | .295 | .325 | .619 | 70 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | UT | Dell Alston* | 27 | 52 | 64 | 54 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | .222 | .302 | .315 | .616 | 69 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | UT | Gary Gray | 27 | 28 | 57 | 54 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | .148 | .193 | .278 | .471 | 27 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | UT | Ron Pruitt | 28 | 23 | 42 | 36 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .306 | .366 | .333 | .699 | 93 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | OF | Andres Mora | 25 | 9 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | -39 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 21 | P | John Denny | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | P | Mike Paxton | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | P | Wayne Garland | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 24 | P | Victor Cruz | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 25 | P | Len Barker | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 26 | P | Don Collins | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 27 | P | Sid Monge# | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 28 | P | Ross Grimsley* | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 29 | P | Rick Waits* | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 30 | P | Mike Stanton# | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 31 | P | Bob Owchinko* | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 32 | P | Sandy Wihtol | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 33 | P | Dan Spillner | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 27.7 | 160 | 6258 | 5470 | 738 | 1517 | 221 | 40 | 89 | 692 | 118 | 58 | 617 | 625 | .277 | .350 | .381 | .731 | 100 | 2085 | 165 | 37 | 60 | 74 | 51 | ||
| Rank in 14 AL teams | 12 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 11 | ||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SP | Len Barker | 24 | 19 | 12 | .613 | 4.17 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 246.1 | 237 | 127 | 114 | 17 | 92 | 3 | 187 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 1052 | 99 | 1.336 | 8.7 | 0.6 | 3.4 | 6.8 | 2.03 |
| 2 | SP | Rick Waits* | 28 | 13 | 14 | .481 | 4.45 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 224.1 | 231 | 118 | 111 | 18 | 82 | 6 | 109 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 955 | 93 | 1.395 | 9.3 | 0.7 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 1.33 |
| 3 | SP | Dan Spillner | 28 | 16 | 11 | .593 | 5.28 | 34 | 30 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 194.1 | 225 | 122 | 114 | 23 | 74 | 2 | 100 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 865 | 78 | 1.539 | 10.4 | 1.1 | 3.4 | 4.6 | 1.35 |
| 4 | SP | Wayne Garland | 29 | 6 | 9 | .400 | 4.61 | 25 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 150.1 | 163 | 85 | 77 | 18 | 48 | 2 | 55 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 657 | 89 | 1.404 | 9.8 | 1.1 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 1.15 |
| 5 | SP | John Denny | 27 | 8 | 6 | .571 | 4.39 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 108.2 | 116 | 54 | 53 | 4 | 47 | 2 | 59 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 464 | 94 | 1.500 | 9.6 | 0.3 | 3.9 | 4.9 | 1.26 |
| 6 | SP | Ross Grimsley* | 30 | 4 | 5 | .444 | 6.75 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 74.2 | 103 | 63 | 56 | 11 | 24 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 342 | 61 | 1.701 | 12.4 | 1.3 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 0.75 |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 7 | CL | Sid Monge* | 29 | 3 | 5 | .375 | 3.53 | 67 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 94.1 | 80 | 39 | 37 | 12 | 40 | 6 | 61 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 401 | 117 | 1.272 | 7.6 | 1.1 | 3.8 | 5.8 | 1.53 |
| 8 | RP | Bob Owchinko* | 25 | 2 | 9 | .182 | 5.27 | 29 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 114.1 | 138 | 71 | 67 | 13 | 47 | 2 | 66 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 516 | 78 | 1.618 | 10.9 | 1.0 | 3.7 | 5.2 | 1.40 |
| 9 | RP | Victor Cruz | 22 | 6 | 7 | .462 | 3.45 | 55 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 86.0 | 71 | 36 | 33 | 10 | 27 | 8 | 88 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 355 | 119 | 1.140 | 7.4 | 1.0 | 2.8 | 9.2 | 3.26 |
| 10 | RP | Mike Stanton | 27 | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.46 | 51 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 85.2 | 98 | 58 | 52 | 5 | 44 | 1 | 74 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 385 | 75 | 1.658 | 10.3 | 0.5 | 4.6 | 7.8 | 1.68 |
| 11 | RP | Sandy Wihtol | 25 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.57 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35.1 | 35 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 156 | 116 | 1.387 | 8.9 | 0.5 | 3.6 | 5.1 | 1.43 |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 12 | Mike Paxton | 26 | 0 | 0 | 12.91 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 32 | 2.478 | 15.3 | 4.7 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.00 | ||
| 13 | Don Collins* | 27 | 0 | 0 | 7.50 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 55 | 2.667 | 13.5 | 0.0 | 10.5 | 0.0 | 0.00 | ||
| Team Totals | 26.8 | 79 | 81 | .494 | 4.69 | 160 | 160 | 125 | 35 | 7 | 32 | 1428.0 | 1519 | 807 | 744 | 137 | 552 | 37 | 843 | 32 | 4 | 59 | 6221 | 88 | 1.450 | 9.6 | 0.9 | 3.5 | 5.3 | 1.53 | ||
| Rank in 14 AL teams | 8 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 10364 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
| 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 | 27 | 55 | 5 | 62.2 | 37 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .973 | -2.2 | -42.1 | -0.2 | 0.5 | -0.7 | 0 | -2 | 5.17 | 0.65 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 22% | C-LF-RF-DH | |
| Dell Alston | 27 | 34 | 12 | 136.0 | 37 | 34 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .946 | -1.6 | -14.1 | -0.6 | 1.1 | -1.7 | -1 | 2.32 | 1.03 | LF-RF-CF-DH | |||||||
| Alan Bannister | 28 | 90 | 67 | 618.0 | 266 | 147 | 111 | 8 | 22 | .970 | -4.4 | -8.5 | -3.4 | -2.6 | -1.0 | 0 | -1 | 3.76 | 2.87 | 2B-RF-LF-CF-3B-SS | ||||||
| Len Barker | 24 | 36 | 36 | 246.1 | 35 | 11 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.28 | 0.97 | P | |||||||||||||
| Jack Brohamer | 30 | 48 | 37 | 342.0 | 194 | 77 | 113 | 4 | 27 | .979 | -3.3 | -11.6 | -2.3 | -2.6 | 0.4 | -1 | 5.00 | 3.96 | 2B-DH | |||||||
| Joe Charboneau | 25 | 125 | 64 | 553.1 | 133 | 123 | 6 | 4 | 1 | .970 | -3.2 | -6.9 | -4.2 | -1.1 | -3.1 | 1 | 2.10 | 1.03 | LF-RF-DH | |||||||
| Don Collins | 27 | 4 | 0 | 6.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.50 | 0.25 | P | |||||||||||||
| Victor Cruz | 22 | 55 | 0 | 86.0 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .857 | 0.63 | 0.11 | P | |||||||||||||
| John Denny | 27 | 16 | 16 | 108.2 | 27 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 2 | .963 | 2.15 | 1.63 | P | |||||||||||||
| Bo Diaz | 27 | 75 | 52 | 477.1 | 356 | 317 | 35 | 4 | 4 | .989 | -6.0 | -15.1 | -6 | 6.64 | 4.69 | 6 | 23 | 43 | 15 | 26% | C | |||||
| Miguel Dilone | 25 | 140 | 110 | 990.1 | 265 | 251 | 7 | 7 | 2 | .974 | -5.7 | -6.9 | -3.7 | -3.5 | -0.1 | -2 | 2.34 | 1.84 | LF-CF-RF-DH | |||||||
| Jerry Dybzinski | 24 | 108 | 68 | 668.2 | 422 | 146 | 263 | 13 | 47 | .969 | 2.3 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 1.6 | 2.7 | -2 | 5.50 | 3.79 | SS-2B-3B-DH | |||||||
| Wayne Garland | 29 | 25 | 20 | 150.1 | 30 | 14 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.80 | 1.20 | P | |||||||||||||
| Gary Gray | 27 | 21 | 2 | 34.1 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | -0.9 | -31.5 | -0.9 | -0.9 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 4.98 | 0.90 | 1B-LF-DH | ||||||
| Ross Grimsley | 30 | 14 | 11 | 74.2 | 13 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 1.45 | 0.86 | P | |||||||||||||
| Mike Hargrove | 30 | 160 | 159 | 1398.0 | 1489 | 1391 | 88 | 10 | 128 | .993 | -7.7 | -6.6 | -6.7 | 0.8 | -7.4 | -1 | 9.52 | 9.24 | 1B | |||||||
| Toby Harrah | 31 | 161 | 156 | 1336.0 | 453 | 121 | 319 | 13 | 28 | .971 | -0.5 | -0.4 | -0.5 | -1.5 | 1.0 | 0 | 2.96 | 2.73 | 3B-SS-DH | |||||||
| Ron Hassey | 27 | 123 | 104 | 910.2 | 620 | 564 | 52 | 4 | 9 | .994 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 6.09 | 5.01 | 4 | 32 | 74 | 39 | 35% | C-1B-DH | |
| Cliff Johnson | 32 | 45 | 0.00 | DH | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Duane Kuiper | 30 | 42 | 42 | 354.1 | 199 | 87 | 111 | 1 | 28 | .995 | -1.6 | -5.4 | -2.6 | -4.3 | 1.6 | 1 | 5.03 | 4.71 | 2B | |||||||
| Rick Manning | 25 | 139 | 136 | 1194.1 | 389 | 377 | 8 | 4 | 1 | .990 | -2.5 | -2.5 | -5.5 | -4.8 | -0.7 | 3 | 2.90 | 2.77 | CF | |||||||
| Sid Monge | 29 | 67 | 0 | 94.1 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.95 | 0.15 | P | |||||||||||||
| Andres Mora | 25 | 3 | 3 | 26.0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | -0.2 | -9.2 | -0.2 | -0.1 | -0.1 | 0 | 2.08 | 2.00 | LF-RF | |||||||
| Jorge Orta | 29 | 127 | 120 | 1027.0 | 283 | 268 | 10 | 5 | 1 | .982 | -1.8 | -2.1 | 5.2 | 8.9 | -3.7 | -7 | 2.44 | 2.19 | RF-CF-DH | |||||||
| Bob Owchinko | 25 | 29 | 14 | 114.1 | 22 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 0 | .955 | 1.65 | 0.72 | P | |||||||||||||
| Mike Paxton | 26 | 4 | 0 | 7.2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.35 | 0.50 | P | |||||||||||||
| Ron Pruitt | 28 | 10 | 4 | 48.0 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | -1.6 | -40.0 | -0.6 | -0.4 | -0.2 | -1 | 1.88 | 1.00 | RF-CF-3B-DH | |||||||
| Dave Rosello | 30 | 69 | 31 | 334.0 | 171 | 76 | 91 | 4 | 18 | .977 | -1.4 | -5.0 | -1.4 | 2.0 | -3.3 | 0 | 4.50 | 2.42 | 2B-3B-SS-DH | |||||||
| Dan Spillner | 28 | 34 | 30 | 194.1 | 26 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.20 | 0.76 | P | |||||||||||||
| Mike Stanton | 27 | 51 | 0 | 85.2 | 19 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.00 | 0.37 | P | |||||||||||||
| Tom Veryzer | 27 | 108 | 108 | 913.0 | 515 | 169 | 331 | 15 | 59 | .971 | -4.2 | -5.5 | -0.2 | -1.0 | 0.8 | -4 | 4.93 | 4.63 | SS | |||||||
| Rick Waits | 28 | 33 | 33 | 224.1 | 41 | 10 | 30 | 1 | 0 | .976 | 1.60 | 1.21 | P | |||||||||||||
| Sandy Wihtol | 25 | 17 | 0 | 35.1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.76 | 0.18 | P | |||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 27.4 | 160 | 1440 | 12852.0 | 6102 | 4284 | 1713 | 105 | 386 | .983 | -46.4 | -4.3 | -23.4 | -7.9 | -15.3 | -7 | -8 | -8 | 4.20 | 2.93 | 10 | 59 | 124 | 56 | 31% | |
| Rank in 14 AL teams | 13 | 13 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 |