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Contents

   



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1 Offseason  




2 Regular season  


2.1  Season standings  




2.2  Record vs. opponents  




2.3  Notable transactions  




2.4  Opening Day Lineup  




2.5  Roster  






3 Player stats  


3.1  Batting  




3.2  Pitching  






4 Awards and honors  




5 Farm system  




6 Notes  




7 References  













1976 Cleveland Indians season






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1976 Cleveland Indians
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkCleveland Municipal Stadium
CityCleveland, Ohio
OwnersNick Mileti
General managersPhil Seghi
ManagersFrank Robinson
TelevisionWJW-TV
RadioWWWE
← 1975 Seasons 1977 →

The 1976 Cleveland Indians season, seen the team finish with an 81–78 win–loss record. The team scored 615 runs and allowed 615 runs for a run differential of zero.[1]

Offseason[edit]

Regular season[edit]

Season standings[edit]

  • t
  • e
    • AL East     		W L Pct. GB Home Road
    New York Yankees 97 62 0.610 — 45–35 52–27
    Baltimore Orioles 88 74 0.543 10½ 42–39 46–35
    Boston Red Sox 83 79 0.512 15½ 46–35 37–44
    Cleveland Indians 81 78 0.509 16 44–35 37–43
    Detroit Tigers 74 87 0.460 24 36–44 38–43
    Milwaukee Brewers 66 95 0.410 32 36–45 30–50

    Record vs. opponents[edit]

    1976 American League record
  • t
  • e

    • Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
    Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK TEX
    Baltimore — 7–11 8–4 8–4 7–11 12–6 6–6 11–7 4–8 13–5 4–8 8–4
    Boston 11–7 — 7–5 6–6 9–9 14–4 3–9 12–6 7–5 7–11 4–8 3–9
    California 4–8 5–7 — 11–7 7–5 6–6 8–10 4–8 8–10 5–7 6–12 12–6
    Chicago 4–8 6–6 7–11 — 3–9 6–6 8–10 7–5 7–11 1–11 8–9 7–11
    Cleveland 11–7 9–9 5–7 9–3 — 6–12 6–6 11–6 9–3 4–12 4–8 7–5
    Detroit 6–12 4–14 6–6 6–6 12–6 — 4–8 12–6 4–8 9–8 6–6 5–7
    Kansas City 6–6 9–3 10–8 10–8 6–6 8–4 — 8–4 10–8 7–5 9–9 7–11
    Milwaukee 7–11 6–12 8–4 5–7 6–11 6–12 4–8 — 4–8 5–13 5–7 10–2
    Minnesota 8–4 5–7 10–8 11–7 3–9 8–4 8–10 8–4 — 2–10 11–7 11–7
    New York 5–13 11–7 7–5 11–1 12–4 8–9 5–7 13–5 10–2 — 6–6 9–3
    Oakland 8–4 8–4 12–6 9–8 8–4 6–6 9–9 7–5 7–11 6–6 — 7–11
    Texas 4–8 9–3 6–12 11–7 5–7 7–5 11–7 2–10 7–11 3–9 11–7 —


    Notable transactions[edit]

    Opening Day Lineup[edit]

    Opening Day Starters
    # Name Position
    28 Rick Manning CF
    18 Duane Kuiper 2B
    25 Buddy Bell 3B
    26 Boog Powell 1B
    21 George Hendrick RF
    9 Rico Carty DH
    24 Charlie Spikes LF
    8 Alan Ashby C
    15 Frank Duffy SS
    37 Dennis Eckersley P

    [10]

    Roster[edit]

    1976 Cleveland Indians
    Roster
    Pitchers Catchers

    Infielders

    		Outfielders Manager

    Coaches

    Player stats[edit]

    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

    Batting[edit]

    Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG SB
    Alan Ashby 89 247 26 59 5 1 4 32 .239 0
    Buddy Bell 159 604 75 170 26 2 7 60 .281 3
    Larvell Blanks 104 328 45 92 8 7 5 41 .280 1
    Rico Carty 152 552 67 171 34 0 13 83 .310 1
    Rick Cerone 7 16 1 2 0 0 0 1 .125 0
    Ed Crosby 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 0
    Frank Duffy 133 392 38 83 11 2 2 30 .212 10
    Ray Fosse 90 276 26 83 9 1 2 30 .301 1
    Orlando Gonzalez 28 68 5 17 2 0 0 4 .250 1
    Alfredo Griffin 12 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250 0
    George Hendrick 149 551 72 146 20 3 25 81 .265 4
    Doug Howard 39 90 7 19 4 0 0 13 .211 1
    Duane Kuiper 135 506 47 133 13 6 0 37 .263 10
    Joe Lis 20 51 4 16 1 0 2 7 .314 0
    John Lowenstein 93 229 33 47 8 2 2 14 .205 11
    Rick Manning 138 552 73 161 24 7 6 43 .292 16
    Boog Powell 95 293 29 63 9 0 9 33 .215 1
    Ron Pruitt 47 86 7 23 1 1 0 5 .267 2
    Frank Robinson 36 67 5 15 0 0 3 10 .224 0
    Tommy Smith 55 164 17 42 3 1 2 12 .256 8
    Charlie Spikes 101 334 34 79 11 5 3 31 .237 5
    Team Totals 159 5412 615 1423 189 38 85 567 .263 75

    Pitching[edit]

    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
    Jim Bibby 13 7 3.20 34 21 1 163.1 61 58 56 84
    Jackie Brown 9 11 4.25 32 27 0 180.0 94 85 55 104
    Tom Buskey 5 4 3.63 39 0 1 94.1 42 38 34 32
    Pat Dobson 16 12 3.48 35 35 0 217.1 98 84 65 117
    Dennis Eckersley 13 12 3.43 36 30 1 199.1 82 76 78 200
    Don Hood 3 5 4.87 33 6 1 77.2 46 42 41 32
    Jim Kern 10 7 2.37 50 2 15 117.2 38 31 50 111
    Dave LaRoche 1 4 2.24 61 0 21 96.1 25 24 49 104
    Harry Parker 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 7.0 0 0 0 5
    Fritz Peterson 0 3 5.55 9 9 0 47.0 31 29 10 19
    Eric Raich 0 0 16.88 1 0 0 2.2 5 5 0 1
    Stan Thomas 4 4 2.30 37 7 6 105.2 33 27 41 54
    Rick Waits 7 9 4.00 26 22 0 123.2 60 55 54 65
    Team Totals 81 78 3.47 159 159 46 1432.0 615 552 533 928

    Awards and honors[edit]

    All-Star Game

    Farm system[edit]

    See also: Minor League Baseball
    Level Team League Manager
    AAA Toledo Mud Hens International League Joe Sparks
    AA Williamsport Tomahawks Eastern League Red Davis
    A San Jose Bees California League Gomer Hodge
    Rookie GCL Indians Gulf Coast League Jack Cassini

    [11]

    Notes[edit]

    1. ^ "1976 Baseball Standings". MLB.com. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
  • ^ Oscar Gamble page at Baseball Reference
  • ^ Stan Thomas page at Baseball Reference
  • ^ Ray Fosse page at Baseball Reference
  • ^ Larvell Blanks page at Baseball-Reference
  • ^ Fritz Peterson page at Baseball Reference
  • ^ Joe Beckwith page at Baseball Reference
  • ^ Ron Hassey page at Baseball Reference
  • ^ Ramón Romero page at Baseball Reference
  • ^ 1976 Opening Day LineupatBaseball-Reference
  • ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

    • References[edit]


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