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Major League Baseball team season
1979 Cleveland Indians
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkCleveland Municipal Stadium
CityCleveland, Ohio
OwnersSteve O'Neill
General managersPhil Seghi
ManagersJeff Torborg, Dave Garcia
TelevisionWJKW
RadioWWWE
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The 1979 Cleveland Indians season was the 79th season for the franchise, the 65th as the Indians and the 48th season at Cleveland Stadium. They improved upon their 69–90 campaign from the previous season, but missed the playoffs for the 25th consecutive season, finishing the season at 81–80.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

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

1979 American League record
Sources:
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

Opening Day Lineup

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

Roster

1979 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders 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 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

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB K
Larry Andersen 0 0 7.56 8 0 0 16.2 25 14 14 4 7
Len Barker 6 6 4.92 29 19 0 137.1 146 79 75 70 93
David Clyde 3 4 5.91 9 8 0 45.2 50 33 30 13 17
Victor Cruz 3 9 4.23 61 0 10 78.2 70 41 37 34 40
Wayne Garland 4 10 5.23 18 14 0 94.2 120 70 55 34 40
Don Hood 1 0 3.68 13 0 1 22.0 13 9 9 14 7
Sid Monge 12 10 2.40 76 0 19 131.0 96 37 35 64 108
Mike Paxton 8 8 5.92 33 24 0 159.2 210 118 105 52 70
Paul Reuschel 2 1 7.94 17 1 1 45.1 73 43 40 11 22
Dan Spillner 9 5 4.62 49 13 1 157.2 153 82 81 64 97
Rick Waits 16 13 4.44 34 34 0 231.0 230 123 114 91 91
Sandy Wihtol 0 0 3.38 5 0 0 10.2 10 4 4 3 6
Eric Wilkins 2 4 4.39 16 14 0 69.2 77 41 34 38 52
Rick Wise 15 10 3.73 34 34 0 231.2 229 111 96 68 108
Team Totals 81 80 4.57 161 161 32 1431.2 1502 805 727 570 781

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

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

1979 MLB season by team
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NL East
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