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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  













1979 Cleveland Indians season






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1979 Cleveland Indians
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkCleveland Municipal Stadium
CityCleveland, Ohio
OwnersSteve O'Neill
General managersPhil Seghi
ManagersJeff Torborg, Dave Garcia
TelevisionWJKW
RadioWWWE
← 1978 Seasons 1980 →

Offseason

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Regular season

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Season standings

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    • AL East
    Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
    Baltimore Orioles 102 57 .642 — 55‍–‍24 47‍–‍33
    Milwaukee Brewers 95 66 .590 8 52‍–‍29 43‍–‍37
    Boston Red Sox 91 69 .569 11½ 51‍–‍29 40‍–‍40
    New York Yankees 89 71 .556 13½ 51‍–‍30 38‍–‍41
    Detroit Tigers 85 76 .528 18 46‍–‍34 39‍–‍42
    Cleveland Indians 81 80 .503 22 47‍–‍34 34‍–‍46
    Toronto Blue Jays 53 109 .327 50½ 32‍–‍49 21‍–‍60

    Record vs. opponents

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    1979 American League record
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    • 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 — 8–5 9–3 8–3 8–5 7–6 6–6 8–5 8–4 5–6 8–4 10–2 6–6 11–2
    Boston 5–8 — 5–7 5–6 6–7 8–5 8–4 8–4 9–3 5–8 9–3 8–4 6–6 9–4
    California 3–9 7–5 — 9–4 6–6 4–8 7–6 7–5 9–4 7–5 10–3 7–6 5–8 7–5
    Chicago 3–8 6–5 4–9 — 6–6 3–9 5–8 5–7 5–8 4–8 9–4 5–8 11–2 7–5
    Cleveland 5–8 7–6 6–6 6–6 — 6–6 6–6 4–9 8–4 5–8 8–4 7–5 5–7 8–5
    Detroit 6–7 5–8 8–4 9–3 6–6 — 5–7 6–7 4–8 7–6 7–5 7–5 6–6 9–4
    Kansas City 6–6 4–8 6–7 8–5 6–6 7–5 — 5–7 7–6 5–7 9–4 7–6 6–7 9–3
    Milwaukee 5–8 4–8 5–7 7–5 9–4 7–6 7–5 — 8–4 9–4 6–6 9–3 9–3 10–3
    Minnesota 4–8 3–9 4–9 8–5 4–8 8–4 6–7 4–8 — 7–5 9–4 10–3 4–9 11–1
    New York 6–5 8–5 5–7 8–4 8–5 6–7 7–5 4–9 5–7 — 9–3 6–6 8–4 9–4
    Oakland 4–8 3–9 3–10 4–9 4–8 5–7 4–9 6–6 4–9 3–9 — 8–5 2–11 4–8
    Seattle 2–10 4–8 6–7 8–5 5–7 5–7 6–7 3–9 3–10 6–6 5–8 — 6–7 8–4
    Texas 6–6 6–6 8–5 2–11 7–5 6–6 7–6 3–9 9–4 4–8 11–2 7–6 — 7–5
    Toronto 2–11 4–9 5–7 5–7 5–8 4–9 3–9 3–10 1–11 4–9 8–4 4–8 5–7 —


    Notable transactions

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    Opening Day Lineup

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    Opening Day Starters
    # Name Position
    11 Toby Harrah 3B
    27 Jim Norris DH
    25 Bobby Bonds RF
    29 Andre Thornton 1B
    35 Gary Alexander C
    22 Ted Cox LF
    18 Duane Kuiper 2B
    21 Tom Veryzer SS
    20 Horace Speed CF
    40 Rick Wise P

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    Roster

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    1979 Cleveland Indians
    Roster
    Pitchers Catchers

    Infielders

    		Outfielders Manager

    Coaches

    Player stats

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    Batting

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    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 110 358 54 82 9 2 15 54 .229 4
    Dell Alston 54 62 10 18 0 2 1 12 .290 4
    Bobby Bonds 146 538 93 148 24 1 25 85 .275 34
    Wayne Cage 29 56 6 13 2 0 1 6 .232 0
    Ted Cox 78 189 17 40 6 0 4 22 .212 3
    Paul Dade 44 170 22 48 4 1 3 18 .282 12
    Bo Diaz 15 32 0 5 2 0 0 1 .156 0
    Mike Hargrove 100 338 60 110 21 4 10 56 .325 2
    Toby Harrah 149 527 99 147 25 1 20 77 .279 20
    Ron Hassey 75 223 20 64 14 0 4 32 .287 1
    Cliff Johnson 72 240 37 65 10 0 18 61 .271 2
    Duane Kuiper 140 479 46 122 9 5 0 39 .255 4
    Rick Manning 144 560 67 145 12 2 3 51 .259 30
    Jim Norris 124 353 50 87 15 6 3 30 .246 15
    Ron Pruitt 64 166 23 47 7 0 2 21 .283 2
    Dave Rosello 59 107 20 26 6 1 3 14 .243 1
    Horace Speed 26 14 6 2 0 0 0 1 .143 2
    Andre Thornton 143 515 89 120 31 1 26 93 .233 5
    Tom Veryzer 149 449 41 99 9 3 0 34 .220 2
    Team Totals 161 5376 760 1388 206 29 138 707 .258 143

    Pitching

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    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
    Larry Andersen 0 0 7.56 8 0 0 16.2 14 14 4 7
    Len Barker 6 6 4.92 29 19 0 137.1 79 75 70 93
    David Clyde 3 4 5.91 9 8 0 45.2 33 30 13 17
    Victor Cruz 3 9 4.23 61 0 10 78.2 41 37 34 40
    Wayne Garland 4 10 5.23 18 14 0 94.2 70 55 34 40
    Don Hood 1 0 3.68 13 0 1 22.0 9 9 14 7
    Sid Monge 12 10 2.40 76 0 19 131.0 37 35 64 108
    Mike Paxton 8 8 5.92 33 24 0 159.2 118 105 52 70
    Paul Reuschel 2 1 7.94 17 1 1 45.1 43 40 11 22
    Dan Spillner 9 5 4.62 49 13 1 157.2 82 81 64 97
    Rick Waits 16 13 4.44 34 34 0 231.0 123 114 91 91
    Sandy Wihtol 0 0 3.38 5 0 0 10.2 4 4 3 6
    Eric Wilkins 2 4 4.39 16 14 0 69.2 41 34 38 52
    Rick Wise 15 10 3.73 34 34 0 231.2 111 96 68 108
    Team Totals 81 80 4.57 161 161 32 1431.2 805 727 570 781

    Awards and honors

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    All-Star Game

    Farm system

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    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

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    1. ^ Larvell Blanks page at Baseball-Reference
  • ^ Carmen Castillo page at Baseball-Reference
  • ^ Joe Charboneau page at Baseball-Reference
  • ^ Von Hayes page at Baseball Reference
  • ^ Mike Stanton page at Baseball Reference
  • ^ 1979 Opening Day LineupatBaseball-Reference
  • ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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