1978 Cleveland Indians season

1978 Cleveland Indians
Major League affiliations
Location
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

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 W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 10063 0.613 — 55–26 45–37
Boston Red Sox 9964 0.607 1 59–23 40–41
Milwaukee Brewers 9369 0.574 6½ 54–27 39–42
Baltimore Orioles 9071 0.559 9 51–30 39–41
Detroit Tigers 8676 0.531 13½ 47–34 39–42
Cleveland Indians 6990 0.434 29 42–36 27–54
Toronto Blue Jays 59102 0.366 40 37–44 22–58

Record vs. opponents
1978 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —7–84–68–19–67–82–87–85–56–911–09–17–48–7
Boston 8–7—9–27–37–812–34–610–59–27–95–57–33–711–4
California 6–42–9—8–76–44–79–65–512–35–59–69–65–107–3
Chicago 1–83–77–8—8–22–98–74–78–71–97–87–811–44–6
Cleveland 6–98–74–62–8—5–105–65–105–56–94–68–11–910–4
Detroit 8–73–127–49–210–5—4–67–84–64–116–48–27–39–6
Kansas City 8–26–46–97–86–56–4—6–47–86–510–512–37–85–5
Milwaukee 8–75–105–57–410–58–74–6—4–710–59–15–56–412–3
Minnesota 5–52–93–127–85–56–48–77–4—3–79–66–96–96–4
New York 9–69–75–59–19–611–45–65–107–3—8–26–56–411–4
Oakland 0–115–56–98–76–44–65–101–96–92–8—13–26–97–4
Seattle 1–93–76–98–71–82–83–125–59–65–62–13—3–128–2
Texas 4–77–310–54–119–13–78–74–69–64–69–612–3—4–7
Toronto 7–84–113–76–44–106–95–53–124–64–114–72–87–4—

Notable transactions

Roster
1978 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

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
CGary Alexander9032476.2351762
1BAndre Thornton145508133.26233105
2BDuane Kuiper149547155.283043
3BBuddy Bell142556157.282662
SSTom Veryzer130421114.271132
LFJohnny Grubb113378100.2651461
CFRick Manning148566149.263350
RFPaul Dade9330778.254320
DHBernie Carbo6017450.287416

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 Norris11331589.283227
Ted Cox8222753.233119
Willie Horton5016942.249522
Bo Díaz4412730.236211
Horace Speed7010624.22604
Dan Briggs15498.16311
Larry Lintz300----00

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 Wise33211.29194.34106
Mike Paxton3319112113.8696
David Clyde28153.18114.2883
Dave Freisleben1244.1147.1119
Wayne Garland629237.8913

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 Hood36154.2564.4873
Paul Reuschel1889.2243.1124

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 Kern581010133.0895
Dan Spillner363133.6748
Dennis Kinney180254.4219
Al Fitzmorris70106.285

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

[11]

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. 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. 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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