1979 Cleveland Indians season

1979 Cleveland Indians
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
OwnersSteve O'Neill
General managersPhil Seghi
ManagersJeff Torborg, Dave Garcia
Local televisionWJKW
Local radioWWWE
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Baltimore Orioles 10257 0.642 — 55–24 47–33
Milwaukee Brewers 9566 0.590 8 52–29 43–37
Boston Red Sox 9169 0.569 11½ 51–29 40–40
New York Yankees 8971 0.556 13½ 51–30 38–41
Detroit Tigers 8576 0.528 18 46–34 39–42
Cleveland Indians 8180 0.503 22 47–34 34–46
Toronto Blue Jays 53109 0.327 50½ 32–49 21–60

Record vs. opponents
1979 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —8–59–38–38–57–66–68–58–45–68–410–26–611–2
Boston 5–8—5–75–66–78–58–48–49–35–89–38–46–69–4
California 3–97–5—9–46–64–87–67–59–47–510–37–65–87–5
Chicago 3–86–54–9—6–63–95–85–75–84–89–45–811–27–5
Cleveland 5–87–66–66–6—6–66–64–98–45–88–47–55–78–5
Detroit 6–75–88–49–36–6—5–76–74–87–67–57–56–69–4
Kansas City 6–64–86–78–56–67–5—5–77–65–79–47–66–79–3
Milwaukee 5–84–85–77–59–47–67–5—8–49–46–69–39–310–3
Minnesota 4–83–94–98–54–88–46–74–8—7–59–410–34–911–1
New York 6–58–55–78–48–56–77–54–95–7—9–36–68–49–4
Oakland 4–83–93–104–94–85–74–96–64–93–9—8–52–114–8
Seattle 2–104–86–78–55–75–76–73–93–106–65–8—6–78–4
Texas 6–66–68–52–117–56–67–63–99–44–811–27–6—7–5
Toronto 2–114–95–75–75–84–93–93–101–114–98–44–85–7—

Notable transactions

Opening Day Lineup
Opening Day Starters
#NamePosition
11Toby Harrah3B
27Jim NorrisDH
25Bobby BondsRF
29Andre Thornton1B
35Gary AlexanderC
22Ted CoxLF
18Duane Kuiper2B
21Tom VeryzerSS
20Horace SpeedCF
40Rick WiseP

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Roster
1979 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG SB
Gary Alexander 110 358 54 82 9 2 15 54 .229 4
Dell Alston 54 62 10 18 0 2 1 12 .290 4
Bobby Bonds 146 538 93 148 24 1 25 85 .275 34
Wayne Cage 29 56 6 13 2 0 1 6 .232 0
Ted Cox 78 189 17 40 6 0 4 22 .212 3
Paul Dade 44 170 22 48 4 1 3 18 .282 12
Bo Diaz 15 32 0 5 2 0 0 1 .156 0
Mike Hargrove 100 338 60 110 21 4 10 56 .325 2
Toby Harrah 149 527 99 147 25 1 20 77 .279 20
Ron Hassey 75 223 20 64 14 0 4 32 .287 1
Cliff Johnson 72 240 37 65 10 0 18 61 .271 2
Duane Kuiper 140 479 46 122 9 5 0 39 .255 4
Rick Manning 144 560 67 145 12 2 3 51 .259 30
Jim Norris 124 353 50 87 15 6 3 30 .246 15
Ron Pruitt 64 166 23 47 7 0 2 21 .283 2
Dave Rosello 59 107 20 26 6 1 3 14 .243 1
Horace Speed 26 14 6 2 0 0 0 1 .143 2
Andre Thornton 143 515 89 120 31 1 26 93 .233 5
Tom Veryzer 149 449 41 99 9 3 0 34 .220 2
Team Totals 161 5376 760 1388 206 29 138 707 .258 143

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP R ER BB K
Larry Andersen 0 0 7.56 8 0 0 16.2 14 14 4 7
Len Barker 6 6 4.92 29 19 0 137.1 79 75 70 93
David Clyde 3 4 5.91 9 8 0 45.2 33 30 13 17
Victor Cruz 3 9 4.23 61 0 10 78.2 41 37 34 40
Wayne Garland 4 10 5.23 18 14 0 94.2 70 55 34 40
Don Hood 1 0 3.68 13 0 1 22.0 9 9 14 7
Sid Monge 12 10 2.40 76 0 19 131.0 37 35 64 108
Mike Paxton 8 8 5.92 33 24 0 159.2 118 105 52 70
Paul Reuschel 2 1 7.94 17 1 1 45.1 43 40 11 22
Dan Spillner 9 5 4.62 49 13 1 157.2 82 81 64 97
Rick Waits 16 13 4.44 34 34 0 231.0 123 114 91 91
Sandy Wihtol 0 0 3.38 5 0 0 10.2 4 4 3 6
Eric Wilkins 2 4 4.39 16 14 0 69.2 41 34 38 52
Rick Wise 15 10 3.73 34 34 0 231.2 111 96 68 108
Team Totals 81 80 4.57 161 161 32 1431.2 805 727 570 781

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Tacoma Tugs Pacific Coast League Gene Dusan
AA Chattanooga Lookouts Southern League Woody Smith
A Waterloo Indians Midwest League Cal Emery
A-Short Season Batavia Trojans New York–Penn League Tom Trebelhorn

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Notes
  1. Larvell Blanks page at Baseball-Reference
  2. Carmen Castillo page at Baseball-Reference
  3. Joe Charboneau page at Baseball-Reference
  4. Von Hayes page at Baseball Reference
  5. Mike Stanton page at Baseball Reference
  6. 1979 Opening Day Lineup at Baseball-Reference
  7. 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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