1977 Cleveland Indians season

1977 Cleveland Indians
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901) Eastern Division (since 1969)
Location
Cleveland Municipal Stadium (since 1932) Cleveland, Ohio (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Ted Bonda
General manager(s)	Phil Seghi
Manager(s)	Frank Robinson, Jeff Torborg
Local television	WJW-TV
Local radio	WWWE
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Offseason[]

• November 5, 1976: Joe Lis was drafted from the Indians by the Seattle Mariners in the 1976 Major League Baseball expansion draft.^[1]
• December 6, 1976: Rick Cerone and John Lowenstein were traded by the Indians to the Toronto Blue Jays for Rico Carty.^[2]
• December 10, 1976: Jackie Brown was traded by the Indians to the Montreal Expos for Andre Thornton.^[3]
• March 30, 1977: Boog Powell was released by the Indians.^[4]

Regular season[]

On May 30, Indians pitcher Dennis Eckersley threw a no-hitter against the California Angels.

Season standings[]

v t AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	100	62	0.617	—	55–26	45–36
Baltimore Orioles	97	64	0.602	2½	54–27	43–37
Boston Red Sox	97	64	0.602	2½	51–29	46–35
Detroit Tigers	74	88	0.457	26	39–42	35–46
Cleveland Indians	71	90	0.441	28½	37–44	34–46
Milwaukee Brewers	67	95	0.414	33	37–44	30–51
Toronto Blue Jays	54	107	0.335	45½	25–55	29–52

Record vs. opponents[]

1977 American League Records v t Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	6–8	5–6	5–5	11–4	12–3	4–7	11–4	6–4	8–7	8–2	7–3	4–6	10–5
Boston	8–6	—	7–3	3–7	8–7	9–6	5–5	9–6	4–6	8–7	8–3	10–1	6–4	12–3
California	6–5	3–7	—	8–7	6–4	4–6	6–9	5–5	7–8	4–7	5–10	9–6	5–10	6–4
Chicago	5–5	7–3	7–8	—	6–4	4–6	8–7	6–5	10–5	3–7	10–5	10–5	6–9	8–3
Cleveland	4–11	7–8	4–6	4–6	—	8–7	3–7	11–4	2–9	3–12	7–3	7–3	2–9	9–5
Detroit	3–12	6–9	6–4	6–4	7–8	—	3–8	10–5	5–5	6–9	5–5	5–6	2–8	10–5
Kansas City	7–4	5–5	9–6	7–8	7–3	8–3	—	8–2	10–5	5–5	9–6	11–4	8–7	8–2
Milwaukee	4–11	6–9	5–5	5–6	4–11	5–10	2–8	—	3–8	8–7	5–5	7–3	5–5	8–7
Minnesota	4–6	6–4	8–7	5–10	9–2	5–5	5–10	8–3	—	2–8	8–6	7–8	8–7	9–1
New York	7–8	7–8	7–4	7–3	12–3	9–6	5–5	7–8	8–2	—	9–2	6–4	7–3	9–6
Oakland	2–8	3–8	10–5	5–10	3–7	5–5	6–9	5–5	6–8	2–9	—	7–8	2–13	7–3
Seattle	3–7	1–10	6–9	5–10	3–7	6–5	4–11	3–7	8–7	4–6	8–7	—	9–6	4–6
Texas	6–4	4–6	10–5	9–6	9–2	8–2	7–8	5–5	7–8	3–7	13–2	6–9	—	7–4
Toronto	5–10	3–12	4–6	3–8	5–9	5–10	2–8	7–8	1–9	6–9	3–7	6–4	4–7	—

Transactions[]

• June 7, 1977: Jerry Dybzinski was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 15th round of the 1977 amateur draft.^[5]
• September 9, 1977: Ray Fosse was traded by the Indians to the Seattle Mariners for Bill Laxton and cash.^[6]

Opening Day Lineup[]

Opening Day Starters
#	Name	Position
28	Rick Manning	CF
18	Duane Kuiper	2B
27	Jim Norris	RF
9	Rico Carty	DH
29	Andre Thornton	1B
11	Bill Melton	3B
25	Buddy Bell	LF
10	Ray Fosse	C
15	Frank Duffy	SS
37	Dennis Eckersley	P

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Roster[]

1977 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers 42 Larry Andersen 22 Jim Bibby 35 Tom Buskey 49 Cardell Camper 41 Pat Dobson 37 Dennis Eckersley 39 Al Fitzmorris 23,17 Wayne Garland 44 Don Hood 34 Jim Kern 17 Dave LaRoche 38 Bill Laxton 43 Sid Monge 36 Rick Waits		Catchers 10 Ray Fosse 16 Fred Kendall Infielders 25 Buddy Bell 14 Larvell Blanks  9 Rico Carty 15 Frank Duffy  8 Alfredo Griffin 18 Duane Kuiper 11 Bill Melton 26 Dave Oliver 29 Andre Thornton		Outfielders 23 Bruce Bochte 00 Paul Dade  1 Johnny Grubb 30 John Lowenstein 28 Rick Manning 27 Jim Norris 13 Ron Pruitt 24 Charlie Spikes		Manager 20 Frank Robinson  7 Jeff Torborg Coaches  6 Rocky Colavito (Hitting/First Base)  2 Harvey Haddix (Pitching)  4 Joe Nossek (Third Base)  7 Jeff Torborg (Bullpen)

Player stats[]

Batting[]

Starters by position[]

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Fred Kendall	103	317	79	.249	3	39
1B	Andre Thornton	131	433	114	.263	28	70
2B	Duane Kuiper	148	610	169	.277	1	50
SS	Frank Duffy	122	334	67	.201	4	31
3B	Buddy Bell	129	479	140	.292	11	64
LF	Bruce Bochte	112	392	119	.304	5	43
CF	Jim Norris	133	440	119	.270	2	37
RF	Paul Dade	134	461	134	.291	3	45
DH	Rico Carty	127	461	129	.280	15	80

Other batters[]

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Larvell Blanks	105	322	92	.286	6	38
Rick Manning	68	252	57	.226	5	18
Ray Fosse	78	238	63	.265	6	27
Ron Pruitt	78	219	63	.288	2	32
John Lowenstein	81	149	36	.242	4	12
Bill Melton	50	133	32	.241	0	14
Charlie Spikes	32	95	22	.232	3	11
Johnny Grubb	34	93	28	.301	2	14
Alfredo Griffin	14	41	6	.146	0	3
Dave Oliver	7	22	7	.318	0	3

Pitching[]

Starting pitchers[]

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Wayne Garland	38	282.2	13	19	3.60	118
Dennis Eckersley	33	247.1	14	13	3.53	191
Jim Bibby	37	206.2	12	13	3.57	141
Al Fitzmorris	29	133	6	10	5.41	54

Other pitchers[]

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Rick Waits	37	135.1	9	7	3.99	62
Pat Dobson	33	133.1	3	12	6.14	81
Don Hood	41	105	2	1	3.00	62
Cardell Camper	3	9.1	1	0	3.86	9

Relief pitchers[]

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Jim Kern	60	8	10	18	3.42	91
Sid Monge	33	1	2	3	6.23	25
Tom Buskey	21	0	0	0	5.29	15
Dave LaRoche	13	2	2	4	5.30	18
Larry Andersen	11	0	1	0	3.14	8
Bill Laxton	2	0	0	0	5.40	1

Awards and honors[]

All-Star Game

Farm system[]

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Toledo Mud Hens	International League	Jack Cassini
AA	Jersey City Indians	Eastern League	John Orsino
A	Waterloo Indians	Midwest League	Woody Smith
A-Short Season	Batavia Trojans	New York–Penn League	Gene Dusan

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Notes[]

References[]

• 1977 Cleveland Indians team at Baseball-Reference
• 1977 Cleveland Indians team page at www.baseball-almanac.com