1989 Cleveland (A) Indians
Record: 86-74
Finish: 2nd in AL Central Division
Runs Scored: 722
Runs Allowed: 671
Exp W-L: 85-75
 
Ballpark: Cleveland Stadium
Attendance: 2,355,568
Manager: Rocco McGillicutti

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 74-63, 2nd in the American League
AA: 59-78, 11th in the American League
A: 58-79, 12th in the American League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Divisional Series 1-4 to Toronto Blue Jays
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
1B *Mark Grace 25 153 574 82 166 47 3 12 78 2 2 57 39 .289 .354 .444 .798 86.6 18.7 2.3
1B *Clint Hurdle 31 149 559 82 164 32 2 9 80 1 0 61 91 .293 .360 .406 .766 80.8 16.2 0.9
CF #Gerald Young 24 154 561 82 127 30 10 6 51 16 11 51 55 .226 .292 .348 .639 54.3 5.8 5.9
LF *Harold Baines 30 148 556 78 174 39 3 16 111 3 6 39 58 .313 .357 .480 .837 87.3 19.4 3.4
3B  Chris Sabo 27 143 528 70 127 45 2 7 56 6 0 23 64 .241 .275 .373 .648 50.5 5.8 3.8
RF  George Bell 29 148 525 61 144 46 1 15 73 1 3 23 49 .274 .306 .451 .757 65.0 11.2 3.9
2B *Lou Whitaker 32 138 484 66 130 30 1 16 68 0 0 58 65 .269 .347 .434 .781 67.4 13.1 4.5
SS #Johnny Ray 32 148 518 60 154 47 3 5 63 3 4 23 21 .297 .326 .429 .755 61.5 11.7 9.1
C  Dave Roberts 38 130 424 44 118 30 1 4 44 0 1 25 117 .278 .319 .382 .701 48.7 8.3 4.8
C #Tim Blackwell 36 76 202 27 44 17 0 2 19 0 1 35 34 .218 .333 .332 .665 22.9 3.2 2.3
1B *Jerry Turner 35 90 217 19 55 11 0 3 23 2 3 16 31 .253 .302 .346 .648 20.9 2.0 0.8
SS *Eddie Milner 34 104 168 26 36 4 1 2 21 1 3 17 30 .214 .282 .286 .568 13.6 0.1 2.2
3B *Craig Reynolds 36 46 108 12 31 7 3 0 10 0 0 6 16 .287 .322 .407 .729 12.9 2.3 1.0
3B  Charlie Hayes 24 20 77 8 9 5 0 1 8 0 0 5 19 .117 .171 .221 .392 1.2 0.0 0.5
RF *Greg Briley 24 33 44 3 7 2 0 2 3 1 0 2 7 .159 .196 .341 .537 2.6 0.0 0.2
C *Ron Hassey 36 4 16 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .250 .250 .313 .563 1.1 0.0 0.2
  Team Totals 30.8 1684 5561 722 1490 393 30 100 708 36 34 441 700 .268 .321 .403 .725 677.3 117.8 45.9
  Rank among 12 AL teams 2 7 2 2 8 11 6 11 6 12 1 3 7 6 6 9  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Rich Bordi 30 19 9 .679 35 35 0 242.3 170 57 5 23 234 2.12 28.9
 Joe Beckwith 34 13 11 .542 37 37 0 212.7 178 92 26 89 180 3.89 12.7
*Floyd Bannister 34 9 12 .429 33 33 0 185.3 192 93 19 63 150 4.52 7.9
 Scott Sanderson 32 4 15 .211 32 28 1 181.3 199 104 28 72 107 5.16 3.2
 Jeff Lahti 32 12 6 .667 77 0 0 163.3 148 69 12 74 75 3.80 12.2
 Dickie Noles 32 6 5 .545 19 19 0 115.3 95 38 8 41 83 2.97 9.9
 Brad Arnsberg 25 3 3 .500 46 0 1 92.0 104 50 9 39 70 4.89 3.1
 Mike Boddicker 31 9 4 .692 57 4 2 80.3 81 37 13 40 52 4.15 5.7
 Dave Smith 34 8 6 .571 58 0 38 63.3 63 31 7 33 44 4.41 8.2
 Jeff Robinson 27 1 1 .500 24 0 1 45.0 38 25 9 26 25 5.00 1.6
 Rick Reed 24 1 1 .500 6 4 1 26.7 34 18 2 7 10 6.08 0.1
 Alejandro Pena 30 1 1 .500 23 0 1 23.3 27 12 4 14 18 4.63 0.9
Team Totals 30.4 86 74 .538 447 160 45 1431.0 1329 626 142 521 1048 3.94 94.3
Rank among 12 AL teams 4 4 5 4 7 3 9 6 8 3 6  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 30.8
D.Roberts 948.3 106 112 714 28 4 0 .995 16.7
T.Blackwell 446.7 50 54 336 21 3 0 .992 40.7
R.Hassey 36.0 4 4 27 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1431.0 160 170 1077 49 7 0 .994 22.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.30
M.Grace 955.3 106 109 1069 85 9 90 .992 10.87
C.Hurdle 328.3 37 39 395 29 3 37 .993 11.62
J.Turner 105.0 12 16 120 4 1 8 .992 10.63
T.Blackwell 22.3 3 4 24 1 0 1 1.000 10.08
C.Reynolds 16.0 2 3 17 2 0 0 1.000 10.69
H.Baines 4.0 0 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1431.0 160 174 1629 121 13 136 .993 11.01
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.72
L.Whitaker 1099.0 124 125 218 453 12 77 .982 5.49
C.Reynolds 181.7 19 23 30 72 1 16 .990 5.05
C.Hayes 77.3 9 9 14 12 0 4 1.000 3.03
E.Milner 72.0 8 8 11 23 3 5 .919 4.25
J.Ray 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1431.0 160 166 273 560 16 102 .981 5.24
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 2.54
C.Sabo 1193.3 137 139 73 226 17 20 .946 2.26
C.Hayes 99.0 11 11 4 23 2 4 .931 2.45
C.Reynolds 68.0 6 15 5 13 1 2 .947 2.38
D.Roberts 47.0 5 7 6 9 0 0 1.000 2.87
L.Whitaker 14.0 0 10 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.93
E.Milner 9.0 1 1 1 3 0 0 1.000 4.00
Team Total 1430.3 160 183 89 277 20 26 .948 2.30
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 5.16
J.Ray 1214.0 140 144 161 509 11 80 .984 4.97
E.Milner 202.0 20 36 25 77 5 9 .953 4.54
C.Reynolds 11.0 0 7 2 4 0 1 1.000 4.91
T.Blackwell 4.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1431.0 160 188 188 590 16 90 .980 4.89
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 1.77
H.Baines 1224.0 138 140 229 2 5 2 .979 1.70
J.Turner 134.0 15 16 21 0 0 0 1.000 1.41
G.Briley 38.0 3 7 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.89
E.Milner 17.0 2 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.12
J.Ray 9.0 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
C.Hurdle 9.0 1 1 1 0 1 0 .500 1.00
Team Total 1431.0 160 168 266 2 6 2 .978 1.69
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 2.35
G.Young 1265.3 148 151 351 4 1 1 .997 2.53
E.Milner 154.0 12 38 32 2 0 0 1.000 1.99
C.Hurdle 9.7 0 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.80
G.Briley 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1431.0 160 194 386 6 1 1 .997 2.47
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 1.91
G.Bell 1198.7 139 147 246 6 1 2 .996 1.89
J.Turner 103.7 9 21 18 1 0 0 1.000 1.65
G.Briley 61.0 7 11 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.03
D.Roberts 31.0 4 4 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.32
H.Baines 14.0 0 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.86
E.Milner 9.7 1 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.80
C.Sabo 9.0 0 6 5 0 0 0 1.000 5.00
C.Hurdle 4.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1431.0 160 196 292 9 1 2 .997 1.89
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 1.97
R.Bordi 242.3 35 35 15 35 1 3 .980 1.86
J.Beckwith 212.7 37 37 17 42 0 4 1.000 2.50
F.Bannister 185.3 33 33 16 23 1 2 .975 1.89
S.Sanderson 181.3 28 32 10 33 0 1 1.000 2.13
J.Lahti 163.3 0 77 13 31 0 1 1.000 2.42
D.Noles 115.3 19 19 3 19 5 0 .815 1.72
B.Arnsberg 92.0 0 46 3 10 0 1 1.000 1.27
M.Boddicker 80.3 4 57 2 17 1 2 .950 2.13
D.Smith 63.3 0 58 3 6 0 0 1.000 1.28
J.Robinson 45.0 0 24 2 13 0 0 1.000 3.00
R.Reed 26.7 4 6 3 4 0 0 1.000 2.36
A.Pena 23.3 0 23 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.16
Team Total 1431.0 160 447 88 235 8 14 .976 2.03
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Baines .313
On-Base Pct Hurdle .360
Slugging Pct Baines .480
OPS Baines .837
XR Baines 87.3
Games Young 154
At-Bats Grace 574
Runs Grace, Young, Hurdle 82
Hits Baines 174
Total Bases Baines 267
Singles Hurdle 121
Doubles Grace, Ray 47
Triples Young 10
Homeruns Baines, Whitaker 16
RBIs Baines 111
Stolen Bases Young 16
Caught Stealing Young 11
Walks Hurdle 61
Strikeouts Roberts 117
ERA Bordi 2.12
Wins Bordi 19
Losses Sanderson 15
Winning Pct Bordi .679
Saves Smith 38
Games Pitched Lahti 77
Games Started Beckwith 37
Complete Games Bordi 4
Shutouts Bordi 4
Innings Pitched Bordi 242.3
Hits Allowed Sanderson 199
Homeruns Allowed Sanderson 28
Strikeouts Bordi 234
Walks Allowed Beckwith 89
Walks per 9IP Bordi 0.9
Hits per 9IP Bordi 6.3
Strikeouts per 9IP Bordi 8.7
WHiP Bordi 0.80
OAVG Bordi .195
OOBP Bordi .217
OSLG Bordi .309
OOPS Bordi .526
Team All-Stars
Harold Baines
Rich Bordi
Dave Smith
Player Salaries
Clint Hurdle $ 10,010,010
Lou Whitaker $ 9,000,000
Rich Bordi $ 7,020,000
Dickie Noles $ 5,700,000
Joe Beckwith $ 5,040,000
Floyd Bannister $ 4,000,000
Harold Baines $ 3,121,429
George Bell $ 3,050,000
Dave Smith $ 2,250,000
Dave Roberts $ 2,080,000
Johnny Ray $ 2,000,000
Tim Blackwell $ 2,000,000
Jerry Turner $ 1,750,000
Scott Sanderson $ 1,530,000
Mike Boddicker $ 1,040,000
Bill Laskey $ 700,000
George Riley $ 675,000
Roy Howell $ 578,000
Dick Davis $ 570,000
Tom Johnson $ 500,000
Jeff Lahti $ 480,000
Ron Hassey $ 450,000
Bump Wills $ 370,000
Wayne Tolleson $ 350,000
Alejandro Pena $ 350,000
Craig Reynolds $ 350,000
Chuck Porter $ 310,000
Chris Sabo $ 300,000
Jeff Robinson $ 300,000
Eddie Milner $ 300,000
Greg Briley $ 300,000
Brad Arnsberg $ 300,000
Mark Grace $ 300,000
Charlie Hayes $ 300,000
Gerald Young $ 300,000
Rick Reed $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/4 Traded Albert Belle New York (A) Charlie Hayes
Wilson Alvarez
2/4 Signed     Floyd Bannister
2/5 Signed     Tim Blackwell
2/5 Signed     Joe Beckwith
2/6 Signed     Lou Whitaker
2/6 Signed     Jeff Lahti
2/7 Signed     Scott Sanderson
2/8 Traded Wilson Alvarez Cleveland (N) Rich Bordi
Mike Boddicker
Dave Smith
Clint Hurdle
Jerry Turner
2/11 Signed     Dick Davis
2/17 Signed     Roy Howell
2/22 Traded Guy Hoffman
Juan Bernhardt
Cleveland (N) Harold Baines
Johnny Ray
George Bell
Dickie Noles
Alejandro Pena
3/4 Traded Jeff King
Jaime Navarro
Trevor Wilson
Cleveland (N) Chris Sabo
7/29 Released Dick Ruthven