1977 Cleveland Indians season

1977 Cleveland Indians
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Ted Bonda
General manager(s)Phil Seghi
Manager(s)Frank Robinson, Jeff Torborg
Local televisionWJW-TV
Local radioWWWE
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Offseason

Regular season

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

Season standings
AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 10062 0.617 — 55–26 45–36
Baltimore Orioles 9764 0.602 2½ 54–27 43–37
Boston Red Sox 9764 0.602 2½ 51–29 46–35
Detroit Tigers 7488 0.457 26 39–42 35–46
Cleveland Indians 7190 0.441 28½ 37–44 34–46
Milwaukee Brewers 6795 0.414 33 37–44 30–51
Toronto Blue Jays 54107 0.335 45½ 25–55 29–52

Record vs. opponents
1977 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —6–85–65–511–412–34–711–46–48–78–27–34–610–5
Boston 8–6—7–33–78–79–65–59–64–68–78–310–16–412–3
California 6–53–7—8–76–44–66–95–57–84–75–109–65–106–4
Chicago 5–57–37–8—6–44–68–76–510–53–710–510–56–98–3
Cleveland 4–117–84–64–6—8–73–711–42–93–127–37–32–99–5
Detroit 3–126–96–46–47–8—3–810–55–56–95–55–62–810–5
Kansas City 7–45–59–67–87–38–3—8–210–55–59–611–48–78–2
Milwaukee 4–116–95–55–64–115–102–8—3–88–75–57–35–58–7
Minnesota 4–66–48–75–109–25–55–108–3—2–88–67–88–79–1
New York 7–87–87–47–312–39–65–57–88–2—9–26–47–39–6
Oakland 2–83–810–55–103–75–56–95–56–82–9—7–82–137–3
Seattle 3–71–106–95–103–76–54–113–78–74–68–7—9–64–6
Texas 6–44–610–59–69–28–27–85–57–83–713–26–9—7–4
Toronto 5–103–124–63–85–95–102–87–81–96–93–76–44–7—

Transactions

Opening Day Lineup
Opening Day Starters
#NamePosition
28Rick ManningCF
18Duane Kuiper2B
27Jim NorrisRF
9Rico CartyDH
29Andre Thornton1B
11Bill Melton3B
25Buddy BellLF
10Ray FosseC
15Frank DuffySS
37Dennis EckersleyP

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Roster
1977 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CFred Kendall10331779.249339
1BAndre Thornton131433114.2632870
2BDuane Kuiper148610169.277150
SSFrank Duffy12233467.201431
3BBuddy Bell129479140.2921164
LFBruce Bochte112392119.304543
CFJim Norris133440119.270237
RFPaul Dade134461134.291345
DHRico Carty127461129.2801580

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 Blanks10532292.286638
Rick Manning6825257.226518
Ray Fosse7823863.265627
Ron Pruitt7821963.288232
John Lowenstein8114936.242412
Bill Melton5013332.241014
Charlie Spikes329522.232311
Johnny Grubb349328.301214
Alfredo Griffin14416.14603
Dave Oliver7227.31803

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 Garland38282.213193.60118
Dennis Eckersley33247.114133.53191
Jim Bibby37206.212133.57141
Al Fitzmorris291336105.4154

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 Waits37135.1973.9962
Pat Dobson33133.13126.1481
Don Hood41105213.0062
Cardell Camper39.1103.869

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 Kern60810183.4291
Sid Monge331236.2325
Tom Buskey210005.2915
Dave LaRoche132245.3018
Larry Andersen110103.148
Bill Laxton20005.401

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
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
  1. Joe Lis at Baseball-Reference
  2. Rick Cerone at Baseball-Reference
  3. Andre Thornton at Baseball-Reference
  4. Boog Powell at Baseball-Reference
  5. "Jerry Dybzinski Stats".
  6. Ray Fosse at Baseball-Reference
  7. 1977 Opening Day Lineup at Baseball-Reference
  8. 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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