1978 CLEVELAND INDIANS

| Level: MLB

Location: Cleveland,OH
Team Record: 69-90 .434
Result: 6th in American League - East Division
Manager(s): Jeff Torborg
General Manager: Phil Seghi
Stadium: Cleveland Stadium
Attendance: 800,584
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Cleveland Indians affiliate history

Oldest Player: Willie Horton (35)
Youngest Player: Alfredo Griffin (20)
Longest Tenure: Buddy Bell (7)
Top Hitter: Andre Thornton (6)
Top Pitcher: Rick Waits (22)
Top Draft Pick: Phil Lansford (#10)

Roster Continuity: 57.32%

American League Standings

East	W	L	Pct	GB
NY Yankees	100	63	.613	--
Boston	99	64	.607	1.0
Milwaukee	93	69	.574	6.5
Baltimore	90	71	.559	9.0
Detroit	86	76	.531	13.5
Cleveland	69	90	.434	29.0
Toronto	59	102	.366	40.0

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Batting Orders

Defensive Lineups

Feats

Splits Analysis

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
28	Rick Manning	of	89	23	1972-1-2	MLB	148	566	65	149	27	3	3	50	12	12	38	62	1	1	8	3	10	.263	.309	.337	647	191	616	450	62	3.7	.290
25	Buddy Bell	3b	76	26	1969-16-373	MLB	142	556	71	157	27	8	6	62	1	3	39	43	0	1	9	2	24	.282	.328	.392	720	218	606	437	76	4.7	.297
18	Duane Kuiper	2b	71	28	1972-1-21	MLB	149	547	52	155	18	6	0	43	4	9	19	35	4	1	16	3	11	.283	.311	.338	649	185	589	431	61	3.8	.301
29	Andre Thornton	1b	6	28	UDFA: 1967	MLB	145	508	97	133	22	4	33	105	4	7	93	72	6	4	2	8	17	.262	.377	.516	893	262	617	409	107	7.1	.243
21	Tom Veryzer	ss	74	25	1971-1-11	MLB	130	421	48	114	18	4	1	32	1	2	13	36	5	0	15	4	7	.271	.298	.340	638	143	458	335	47	3.8	.291
1	Johnny Grubb	of	94	29	1971-1-23	MLB	113	378	54	100	16	6	14	61	5	1	59	60	2	5	8	2	5	.265	.365	.450	815	170	449	294	71	6.5	.281
35	Gary Alexander	c	46	25	1972-2-36	MLB	90	324	39	76	14	3	17	62	0	2	35	100	1	3	0	4	2	.235	.308	.454	761	147	364	256	45	4.8	.280
27	Jim Norris	of	-	29	1971-5-108	MLB	113	315	41	89	14	5	2	27	12	7	42	20	0	4	5	3	6	.283	.364	.378	742	119	365	247	51	5.6	.294
00	Paul Dade	of-3b	-	26	1970-1-10	MLB	93	307	37	78	12	1	3	20	12	9	34	45	2	1	5	1	3	.254	.331	.329	660	101	349	247	36	3.9	.288
22	Ted Cox	3b-of	-	23	1973-1-17	MLB	82	227	14	53	7	0	1	19	0	1	16	30	1	1	8	1	4	.233	.286	.278	563	63	253	188	18	2.5	.264
14	Larvell Blanks	ss-2b	-	28	1969-3-60	MLB	70	193	19	49	10	0	2	20	0	0	10	16	0	0	5	4	7	.254	.285	.337	622	65	212	160	20	3.3	.263
7,13	Ron Pruitt	of-c	-	26	1972-2-28	MLB	71	187	17	44	6	1	6	17	2	1	16	20	0	3	2	0	3	.235	.296	.374	670	70	205	149	23	4.1	.236
7	Bernie Carbo	of-rf	-	30	1965-1-16	MLB	60	174	21	50	8	0	4	16	1	0	20	31	1	1	1	1	6	.287	.362	.402	765	70	197	132	26	5.3	.329
23	Willie Horton	of	-	35	UDFA: 1962	MLB	50	169	15	42	7	0	5	22	3	0	15	25	1	4	1	0	7	.249	.314	.379	692	64	186	135	20	4.0	.266
16	Bo Diaz	c	-	25	UDFA: 1971	MLB	44	127	12	30	4	0	2	11	0	0	4	17	0	0	2	0	2	.236	.260	.315	575	40	133	101	10	2.7	.259
20	Horace Speed	of	-	26	1969-3-66	MLB	70	106	13	24	4	1	0	4	2	4	14	31	1	1	2	1	5	.226	.320	.283	603	30	124	94	7	1.9	.316
31	Wayne Cage	1b	-	26	1971-3-55	MLB	36	98	11	24	6	1	4	13	1	2	9	28	0	0	1	0	2	.245	.308	.449	757	44	108	79	13	4.4	.303
9	Ron Hassey	c	-	25	1976-18-422	MLB	25	74	5	15	0	0	2	9	2	0	5	7	1	0	1	2	1	.203	.256	.284	540	21	83	63	6	2.5	.194
23	Dan Briggs	1b-of	-	25	1970-2-34	MLB	15	49	4	8	0	1	1	1	0	0	4	9	0	0	0	0	2	.163	.226	.265	492	13	53	43	2	1.2	.179
35	Mike Vail	of	-	26	1971-4-85	MLB	14	34	2	8	2	1	0	2	1	1	1	9	0	1	1	1	0	.235	.250	.353	603	12	37	29	3	2.6	.308
8	Alfredo Griffin	ss	-	20	UDFA: 1974	MLB	5	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.667	.750	1417	3	6	2	2	28.9	.667
34	Jim Kern	p	-	29	UDFA: 1968	MLB	58	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
30	Larry Lintz	2b-ss	-	28	1971-6-122	MLB	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	-	-	.000
Totals: (23 players)							159	5365	639	1400	223	45	106	596	64	63	488	698	26	31	92	40	124	.261	.323	.379	702	2031	6011	4284	703	4.4	.281

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Starting Pitcher Log

Feats

Splits Analysis

Draft Picks

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
36	Rick Waits	22	26	1970-5-110	MLB	13	15	3.20	34	33	15	2	1	0	230.1	206	97	82	16	86	97	10	0	1.27	8.05	0.63	3.36	3.79	0.89	.254	1.66
40	Rick Wise	37	32	UDFA: 1963	MLB	9	19	4.34	33	31	9	1	1	0	211.2	226	116	102	22	59	106	1	0	1.35	9.61	0.94	2.51	4.51	0.56	.294	0.80
48	Mike Paxton	63	24	1975-23-538	MLB	12	11	3.86	33	27	5	2	4	1	191.0	179	89	82	13	63	96	3	3	1.27	8.43	0.61	2.97	4.52	0.66	.269	0.84
44	Don Hood	-	28	1969-1-17	MLB	5	6	4.48	36	19	1	0	4	0	154.2	166	82	77	13	77	73	10	0	1.57	9.66	0.76	4.48	4.25	1.05	.299	1.09
32	David Clyde	-	23	1973-1-1	MLB	8	11	4.28	28	25	5	0	1	0	153.1	166	80	73	4	60	83	11	1	1.47	9.74	0.23	3.52	4.87	0.72	.321	1.87
34	Jim Kern	38	29	UDFA: 1968	MLB	10	10	3.08	58	0	0	0	43	13	99.1	77	36	34	4	58	95	5	0	1.36	6.98	0.36	5.26	8.61	0.61	.299	1.04
41	Paul Reuschel	-	31	1968-3-53	MLB	2	4	3.11	18	6	1	0	6	0	89.2	95	33	31	5	22	24	1	1	1.30	9.54	0.50	2.21	2.41	0.92	.281	1.41
43	Sid Monge	-	27	1970-24-562	MLB	4	3	2.76	48	2	0	0	22	6	84.2	71	36	26	4	51	54	5	2	1.44	7.55	0.43	5.42	5.74	0.94	.260	0.57
37	Dan Spillner	-	26	1970-2-25	MLB	3	1	3.67	36	0	0	0	23	3	56.1	54	26	23	2	21	48	1	0	1.33	8.63	0.32	3.36	7.67	0.44	.319	0.63
38	Dave Freisleben	-	26	1971-5-96	MLB	1	4	7.11	12	10	0	0	0	0	44.1	52	37	35	4	31	19	4	0	1.87	10.56	0.81	6.29	3.86	1.63	--	1.06
51	Dennis Kinney	-	26	1970-10-218	MLB	0	2	4.42	18	0	0	0	12	5	38.2	37	21	19	3	14	19	1	0	1.32	8.61	0.70	3.26	4.42	0.74	--	0.78
17	Wayne Garland	-	27	1969-1-1	MLB	2	3	7.89	6	6	0	0	0	0	29.2	43	27	26	6	16	13	1	0	1.99	13.04	1.82	4.85	3.94	1.23	.352	0.93
39	Al Fitzmorris	-	32	UDFA: 1965	MLB	0	1	6.28	7	0	0	0	4	0	14.1	19	10	10	3	7	5	2	0	1.81	11.93	1.88	4.40	3.14	1.40	--	1.43
46	Rick Kreuger	-	29	UDFA: 1978	MLB	0	0	3.86	6	0	0	0	2	0	9.1	6	4	4	1	3	7	1	0	0.96	5.79	0.96	2.89	6.75	0.43	.217	1.00
Totals: (23 players)						69	90	3.99	159	159	36	5	123	28	1,407	1397	694	624	106	568	739	56	7	1.34	8.93	0.64	3.63	4.73	0.77	.313

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Gary Alexander	C	66		305	34	6	3	.983	0.00
Ron Pruitt	C	48		170	15	3	4	.984	0.00
Bo Diaz	C	44		183	18	6	4	.971	0.00
Ron Hassey	C	24		130	15	1	1	.993	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Andre Thornton	1B	145		1327	106	7	106	.995	0.00
Wayne Cage	1B	11		73	8	1	10	.988	0.00
Ted Cox	1B	7		40	2	0	2	1.000	0.00
Jim Norris	1B	6		43	2	0	4	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Duane Kuiper	2B	149		341	408	16	91	.979	0.00
Larvell Blanks	2B	17		25	31	0	3	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Buddy Bell	3B	139		125	355	15	30	.970	0.00
Ted Cox	3B	20		15	36	3	3	.944	0.00
Larvell Blanks	3B	3		2	6	0	0	1.000	0.00
Ron Pruitt	3B	2		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Tom Veryzer	SS	129		177	375	21	58	.963	0.00
Larvell Blanks	SS	43		56	107	13	22	.926	0.00
Alfredo Griffin	SS	2		4	7	1	5	.917	0.00
Ted Cox	SS	1		0	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Rick Manning	OF	144		377	7	2	1	.995	0.00
Johnny Grubb	OF	110		199	14	6	4	.973	0.00
Paul Dade	OF	81		171	6	7	2	.962	0.00
Jim Norris	OF	78		153	6	2	2	.988	0.00
Horace Speed	OF	61		85	1	2	0	.977	0.00
Ted Cox	OF	38		45	3	1	1	.980	0.00
Ron Pruitt	OF	16		29	0	1	0	.967	0.00
Dan Briggs	OF	15		38	1	0	1	1.000	0.00
Mike Vail	OF	9		18	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Bernie Carbo	OF	4		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jim Kern	P	58	99	4	16	0	0	1.000	1.82
Sid Monge	P	48	84	4	11	2	1	.882	1.60
Don Hood	P	36	154	6	26	1	2	.970	1.87
Dan Spillner	P	36	56	0	4	0	0	1.000	0.64
Rick Waits	P	34	230	19	49	1	1	.986	2.66
Mike Paxton	P	33	191	17	20	1	2	.974	1.74
Rick Wise	P	33	211	15	29	2	2	.957	1.88
David Clyde	P	28	153	9	18	1	0	.964	1.59
Dennis Kinney	P	18	38	4	4	1	1	.889	1.88
Paul Reuschel	P	18	89	6	16	0	3	1.000	2.22
Dave Freisleben	P	12	44	4	4	0	0	1.000	1.63
Al Fitzmorris	P	7	14	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.28
Wayne Garland	P	6	29	1	5	0	1	1.000	1.85
Rick Kreuger	P	6	9	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.98
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Bernie Carbo	DH	49						.000	0.00
Willie Horton	DH	48						.000	0.00
Gary Alexander	DH	25						.000	0.00
Wayne Cage	DH	20						.000	0.00
Jim Norris	DH	15						.000	0.00
Ted Cox	DH	12						.000	0.00
Paul Dade	DH	9						.000	0.00
Ron Pruitt	DH	5						.000	0.00
Horace Speed	DH	3						.000	0.00
Buddy Bell	DH	1						.000	0.00
Larvell Blanks	DH	1						.000	0.00
Mike Vail	DH	1						.000	0.00
Rick Waits	DH	1						.000	0.00

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