1978 Cleveland Indians season

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1978 Cleveland Indians
Major League affiliations
Location
  • Cleveland Municipal Stadium (since 1932)
  • Cleveland, Ohio (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)Ted Bonda, Steve O'Neill
General manager(s)Phil Seghi
Manager(s)Jeff Torborg
Local televisionWJKW
Local radioWWWE
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Offseason[]

  • December 5, 1977: Bruce Compton (minors) and Norm Churchill (minors) were traded by the Indians to the Chicago Cubs for Dave Rosello.[1]
  • February 28, 1978: Tom Buskey and John Lowenstein were traded by the Indians to the Texas Rangers for Willie Horton and David Clyde.[2]
  • March 15, 1978: Rico Carty was traded by the Indians to the Toronto Blue Jays for Dennis DeBarr.[3]
  • March 30, 1978: Dennis Eckersley and Fred Kendall were traded by the Indians to the Boston Red Sox for Rick Wise, Mike Paxton, Ted Cox, and Bo Díaz.[4]

Regular season[]

On May 12, pitcher Nolan Ryan of the California Angels struck out Buddy Bell for the 2500th strikeout of his career.[5]

Season standings[]

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  • t
AL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 100 63 0.613 — 55–26 45–37
Boston Red Sox 99 64 0.607 1 59–23 40–41
Milwaukee Brewers 93 69 0.574 6½ 54–27 39–42
Baltimore Orioles 90 71 0.559 9 51–30 39–41
Detroit Tigers 86 76 0.531 13½ 47–34 39–42
Cleveland Indians 69 90 0.434 29 42–36 27–54
Toronto Blue Jays 59 102 0.366 40 37–44 22–58

Record vs. opponents[]

1978 American League Records
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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 — 7–8 4–6 8–1 9–6 7–8 2–8 7–8 5–5 6–9 11–0 9–1 7–4 8–7
Boston 8–7 — 9–2 7–3 7–8 12–3 4–6 10–5 9–2 7–9 5–5 7–3 3–7 11–4
California 6–4 2–9 — 8–7 6–4 4–7 9–6 5–5 12–3 5–5 9–6 9–6 5–10 7–3
Chicago 1–8 3–7 7–8 — 8–2 2–9 8–7 4–7 8–7 1–9 7–8 7–8 11–4 4–6
Cleveland 6–9 8–7 4–6 2–8 — 5–10 5–6 5–10 5–5 6–9 4–6 8–1 1–9 10–4
Detroit 8–7 3–12 7–4 9–2 10–5 — 4–6 7–8 4–6 4–11 6–4 8–2 7–3 9–6
Kansas City 8–2 6–4 6–9 7–8 6–5 6–4 — 6–4 7–8 6–5 10–5 12–3 7–8 5–5
Milwaukee 8–7 5–10 5–5 7–4 10–5 8–7 4–6 — 4–7 10–5 9–1 5–5 6–4 12–3
Minnesota 5–5 2–9 3–12 7–8 5–5 6–4 8–7 7–4 — 3–7 9–6 6–9 6–9 6–4
New York 9–6 9–7 5–5 9–1 9–6 11–4 5–6 5–10 7–3 — 8–2 6–5 6–4 11–4
Oakland 0–11 5–5 6–9 8–7 6–4 4–6 5–10 1–9 6–9 2–8 — 13–2 6–9 7–4
Seattle 1–9 3–7 6–9 8–7 1–8 2–8 3–12 5–5 9–6 5–6 2–13 — 3–12 8–2
Texas 4–7 7–3 10–5 4–11 9–1 3–7 8–7 4–6 9–6 4–6 9–6 12–3 — 4–7
Toronto 7–8 4–11 3–7 6–4 4–10 6–9 5–5 3–12 4–6 4–11 4–7 2–8 7–4 —


Notable transactions[]

  • June 14, 1978: Dennis Kinney was traded by the Indians to the San Diego Padres for Dan Spillner.[6]
  • June 15, 1978: Mike Vail was traded by the Indians to the Chicago Cubs for Joe Wallis.[7]
  • June 15, 1978: Joe Wallis was traded by the Indians to the Oakland Athletics for Gary Alexander.[7]
  • June 22, 1978: Bill Laxton was traded by the Indians to the San Diego Padres for Dave Freisleben.[8]
  • June 26, 1978: Dennis DeBarr was traded by the Indians to the Chicago Cubs for Paul Reuschel.[9]
  • July 3, 1978: Willie Horton was released by the Indians.[10]

Opening Day Lineup[]

Opening Day Starters
# Name Position
00 Paul Dade RF
18 Duane Kuiper 2B
1 Johnny Grubb LF
29 Andre Thornton 1B
23 Willie Horton DH
14 Larvell Blanks SS
25 Buddy Bell 3B
28 Rick Manning CF
13 Ron Pruitt C
17 Wayne Garland P

[11]

Roster[]

1978 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager
  • 10 Jeff Torborg

Coaches

  •  6 Rocky Colavito (Hitting)
  • -- Dave Duncan (Bullpen)
  •  2 Harvey Haddix (Pitching)
  •  7 Joe Moeller (Bullpen)
  •  4 Joe Nossek (Third Base)

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 Gary Alexander 90 324 76 .235 17 62
1B Andre Thornton 145 508 133 .262 33 105
2B Duane Kuiper 149 547 155 .283 0 43
3B Buddy Bell 142 556 157 .282 6 62
SS Tom Veryzer 130 421 114 .271 1 32
LF Johnny Grubb 113 378 100 .265 14 61
CF Rick Manning 148 566 149 .263 3 50
RF Paul Dade 93 307 78 .254 3 20
DH Bernie Carbo 60 174 50 .287 4 16

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
Jim Norris 113 315 89 .283 2 27
Ted Cox 82 227 53 .233 1 19
Larvell Blanks 70 193 49 .254 2 20
Ron Pruitt 71 187 44 .235 6 17
Willie Horton 50 169 42 .249 5 22
Bo Díaz 44 127 30 .236 2 11
Horace Speed 70 106 24 .226 0 4
Wayne Cage 36 98 24 .245 4 13
Ron Hassey 25 74 15 .203 2 9
Dan Briggs 15 49 8 .163 1 1
Mike Vail 14 34 8 .235 0 2
Alfredo Griffin 5 4 2 .500 0 0
Larry Lintz 3 0 0 ---- 0 0

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
Rick Waits 34 230.1 13 15 3.20 97
Rick Wise 33 211.2 9 19 4.34 106
Mike Paxton 33 191 12 11 3.86 96
David Clyde 28 153.1 8 11 4.28 83
Dave Freisleben 12 44.1 1 4 7.11 19
Wayne Garland 6 29 2 3 7.89 13

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
Don Hood 36 154.2 5 6 4.48 73
Paul Reuschel 18 89.2 2 4 3.11 24

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 58 10 10 13 3.08 95
Sid Monge 48 4 3 6 2.76 54
Dan Spillner 36 3 1 3 3.67 48
Dennis Kinney 18 0 2 5 4.42 19
Al Fitzmorris 7 0 1 0 6.28 5
Rick Kreuger 6 0 0 0 3.86 7

Awards and honors[]

All-Star Game

Farm system[]

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Portland Beavers Pacific Coast League Gene Dusan
AA Chattanooga Lookouts Southern League John Orsino and Jim Bragan
A Waterloo Indians Midwest League Woody Smith
A-Short Season Batavia Trojans New York–Penn League Luis Isaac

[12]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Dave Rosello page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ David Clyde page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Rico Carty page at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Dennis Eckersley page at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ "The Nolan Ryan Express | The Strikeout King". smackbomb.com/nolanryan. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved July 28, 2008.
  6. ^ Dan Spillner page at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ a b Joe Wallis page at Baseball Reference
  8. ^ Bill Laxton page at Baseball Reference
  9. ^ Paul Reuschel page at Baseball Reference
  10. ^ Willie Horton page at Baseball Reference
  11. ^ 1978 Opening Day Lineup at Baseball-Reference
  12. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References[]

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