1979 Cleveland Indians season

1979 Cleveland Indians
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Steve O'Neill
General manager(s)Phil Seghi
Manager(s)Jeff 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 Records

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

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
CGary Alexander11035882.2291554
1BAndre Thornton143515120.2332693
2BDuane Kuiper140479122.255039
SSTom Veryzer14944999.220034
3BToby Harrah149527147.2792077
LFMike Hargrove100338110.3251056
CFRick Manning144560145.259351
RFBobby Bonds146538148.2752585
DHCliff Johnson7224065.2711861

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 Norris12435387.246330
Ron Hassey7522364.287432
Ted Cox7818940.212422
Paul Dade4417048.282318
Ron Pruitt6416647.283221
Dave Rosello5910726.243314
Dell Alston546218.290112
Wayne Cage295613.23216
Bo Díaz15325.15601
Horace Speed26142.14301

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 Wise34231.215103.73108
Rick Waits3423116134.4491
Mike Paxton33159.2885.9270
Wayne Garland1894.24105.2340
Eric Wilkins1669.2244.3952
David Clyde945.2345.9117

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
Dan Spillner49157.2954.6297
Len Barker29137.1664.9293

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
Sid Monge761210192.40108
Víctor Cruz6139104.2363
Paul Reuschel172117.9422
Don Hood131013.687
Larry Andersen80007.567
Sandy Wihtol50003.386

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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