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1978 Cleveland Indians
DivisionEastern Division
BallparkCleveland Municipal Stadium
CityCleveland, Ohio
OwnersTed Bonda, Steve O'Neill
ManagersJeff Torborg
TelevisionWJKW
RadioWWWE
← 1977 Seasons 1979 →

Offseason

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

AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 100 63 .613 — 55‍–‍26 45‍–‍37
Boston Red Sox 99 64 .607 1 59‍–‍23 40‍–‍41
Milwaukee Brewers 93 69 .574 6½ 54‍–‍27 39‍–‍42
Baltimore Orioles 90 71 .559 9 51‍–‍30 39‍–‍41
Detroit Tigers 86 76 .531 13½ 47‍–‍34 39‍–‍42
Cleveland Indians 69 90 .434 29 42‍–‍36 27‍–‍54
Toronto Blue Jays 59 102 .366 40 37‍–‍44 22‍–‍58

Record vs. opponents

1978 American League record

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

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

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Roster

1978 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

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 90 324 39 76 14 3 17 62 .235 0
Buddy Bell 142 556 71 157 27 8 6 62 .282 1
Larvell Blanks 70 193 19 49 10 0 2 20 .254 0
Dan Briggs 15 49 4 8 0 1 1 1 .163 0
Wayne Cage 36 98 11 24 6 1 4 13 .245 1
Bernie Carbo 60 174 21 50 8 0 4 16 .287 1
Ted Cox 82 227 14 53 7 0 1 19 .233 0
Paul Dade 93 307 37 78 12 1 3 20 .254 12
Bo Diaz 44 127 12 30 4 0 2 11 .236 0
Alfredo Griffin 5 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 .500 0
Johnny Grubb 113 378 54 100 16 6 14 61 .265 5
Ron Hassey 25 74 5 15 0 0 2 9 .203 2
Willie Horton 50 169 15 42 7 0 5 22 .249 3
Jim Kern 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Duane Kuiper 149 547 52 155 18 6 0 43 .283 4
Larry Lintz 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 — 0
Rick Manning 148 566 65 149 27 3 3 50 .263 12
Jim Norris 113 315 41 89 14 5 2 27 .283 12
Ron Pruitt 71 187 17 44 6 1 6 17 .235 2
Horace Speed 70 106 13 24 4 1 0 4 .226 2
Andre Thornton 145 508 97 133 22 4 33 105 .262 4
Mike Vail 14 34 2 8 2 1 0 2 .235 1
Tom Veryzer 130 421 48 114 18 4 1 32 .271 1
Team Totals 159 5365 639 1400 223 45 106 596 .261 64

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
David Clyde 8 11 4.28 28 25 0 153.1 80 73 60 83
Al Fitzmorris 0 1 6.28 7 0 0 14.1 10 10 7 5
Dave Freisleben 1 4 7.11 12 10 0 44.1 37 35 31 19
Wayne Garland 2 3 7.89 6 6 0 29.2 27 26 16 13
Don Hood 5 6 4.48 36 19 0 154.2 82 77 77 73
Jim Kern 10 10 3.08 58 0 13 99.1 36 34 58 95
Dennis Kinney 0 2 4.42 18 0 5 38.2 21 19 14 19
Rick Kreuger 0 0 3.86 6 0 0 9.1 4 4 3 7
Sid Monge 4 3 2.76 48 2 6 84.2 36 26 51 54
Mike Paxton 12 11 3.86 33 27 1 191.0 89 82 63 96
Paul Reuschel 2 4 3.11 18 6 0 89.2 33 31 22 24
Dan Spillner 3 1 3.67 36 0 3 56.1 26 23 21 48
Rick Waits 13 15 3.20 34 33 0 230.1 97 82 86 97
Rick Wise 9 19 4.34 33 31 0 211.2 116 102 59 106
Team Totals 69 90 3.97 159 159 28 1407.1 694 621 568 739

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

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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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