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1978 Cleveland (N) Spiders
Record: 91-69
Finish: 1st in NL Central Division
Runs Scored: 746
Runs Allowed: 621
Exp W-L: 93-67
 
Ballpark: League Park
Attendance: 2,258,195
Manager: Ricky Sanford II

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 62-75, 12th in the National League
AA: 72-65, 6th in the National League
A: 81-56, 2nd in the National League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Divisional Series 0-4 to Montreal Expos
 
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 *Tony Solaita 31 156 592 79 139 26 2 24 78 0 0 83 138 .235 .327 .407 .735 79.6 13.3 0.0
1B *Curt Blefary 34 153 546 80 119 26 2 22 85 2 1 73 104 .218 .313 .394 .707 70.2 10.8 3.3
1B  Andre Thornton 28 149 536 67 138 25 1 17 95 0 0 78 73 .257 .349 .403 .752 77.3 14.4 2.6
RF *Jim Spencer 30 135 522 80 153 23 1 25 73 1 0 41 37 .293 .347 .485 .831 82.8 17.7 4.1
CF *Terry Crowley 31 137 499 69 151 17 1 16 62 0 0 55 60 .303 .375 .437 .811 81.0 18.3 4.1
2B *Rance Mulliniks 22 138 452 48 119 20 2 7 46 0 1 49 56 .263 .336 .363 .699 52.3 8.2 8.1
C  Earl Williams 29 113 347 46 76 8 2 16 53 0 0 23 61 .219 .267 .392 .659 33.7 2.2 2.4
SS  Dave Hilton 27 115 331 33 86 17 1 6 32 0 0 17 29 .260 .296 .372 .668 34.1 4.1 5.3
3B  Joe Foy 35 103 287 35 78 14 1 2 31 0 0 33 62 .272 .348 .348 .696 35.6 6.3 3.6
CF *Rick Monday 32 77 271 51 71 8 0 15 40 4 4 46 71 .262 .370 .458 .827 45.0 9.0 1.9
C  Frank Fernandez 35 70 232 36 42 8 0 8 26 1 0 47 55 .181 .320 .319 .639 28.6 3.2 1.8
2B  Ted Sizemore 33 78 252 25 92 12 4 4 32 0 1 8 6 .365 .385 .492 .877 38.5 9.5 3.8
3B  Kurt Bevacqua 31 71 194 19 44 8 1 4 11 0 0 22 39 .227 .304 .340 .644 19.5 2.1 1.9
1B  Nate Colbert 32 67 152 26 40 3 1 8 21 1 0 14 39 .263 .325 .454 .779 22.5 4.6 0.8
RF #Bobby Thompson 24 84 117 32 14 4 1 0 8 29 6 6 23 .120 .169 .171 .340 3.2 0.0 0.7
3B  Rene Lachemann 33 29 61 10 13 2 1 2 14 0 0 9 13 .213 .314 .377 .691 7.3 0.9 0.6
SS  Rick Renick 34 27 46 9 12 0 0 1 7 0 0 5 9 .261 .333 .326 .659 5.5 1.0 0.5
  Team Totals 30.6 1702 5437 745 1387 221 21 177 714 38 13 609 875 .255 .331 .401 .732 716.7 125.5 45.6
  Rank among 12 NL teams 10 5 8 10 12 2 5 7 2 3 12 8 5 4 5 5  
* - 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
 Bill Slayback 30 14 9 .609 27 26 0 215.7 198 72 6 54 125 3.00 18.5
*Jim Shellenback 34 14 9 .609 30 29 0 210.3 230 79 11 45 83 3.38 16.2
 Dave Pagan 28 14 12 .538 33 28 0 203.3 208 99 9 82 78 4.38 9.0
 Dennis Leonard 27 12 10 .545 27 27 0 198.0 195 105 19 69 109 4.77 7.4
*Balor Moore 27 7 10 .412 26 26 0 177.7 141 76 22 70 132 3.85 10.2
*Steve Carlton 33 7 7 .500 17 16 1 136.7 143 49 5 29 89 3.23 9.9
 Pedro Borbon 31 8 6 .571 45 5 11 110.3 102 38 10 29 48 3.10 12.3
*Bill Landis 35 11 5 .688 53 1 10 90.7 66 32 5 38 64 3.18 11.3
 Steve Rogers 28 3 1 .750 31 2 2 59.7 57 23 6 23 20 3.47 4.8
 Skip Lockwood 31 1 0 1.000 13 0 4 24.0 28 9 1 6 16 3.38 2.4
Team Totals 30.4 91 69 .569 302 160 28 1426.3 1368 582 94 445 764 3.67 101.9
Rank among 12 NL teams 3 3 5 4 10 2 3 1 3 4 4  
* - 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 .990 34.2
E.Williams 740.3 78 93 411 30 3 0 .993 32.1
F.Fernandez 548.6 62 62 314 32 6 0 .983 37.0
R.Lachemann 26.8 4 4 11 1 0 0 1.000 33.3
Team Total 1315.7 144 159 736 63 9 0 .989 34.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 12.10
A.Thornton 1266.0 145 149 1697 115 11 166 .994 12.88
N.Colbert 93.0 9 16 133 6 1 9 .993 13.45
R.Renick 54.0 6 7 61 7 2 5 .971 11.33
E.Williams 5.0 0 2 10 2 0 2 1.000 21.60
R.Lachemann 1.5 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 12.00
C.Blefary 1.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 27.00
Team Total 1420.5 160 176 1906 130 14 182 .993 12.90
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.97
R.Mulliniks 911.0 107 113 214 424 4 98 .994 6.30
T.Sizemore 494.3 52 73 103 239 4 49 .988 6.23
R.Renick 12.0 1 3 4 7 1 3 .917 8.25
K.Bevacqua 6.0 0 3 2 2 0 1 1.000 6.00
D.Hilton 3.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1426.3 160 193 323 673 9 151 .991 6.28
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 3.05
K.Bevacqua 461.7 55 58 21 141 11 9 .936 3.16
T.Crowley 448.7 51 55 38 130 6 8 .966 3.37
J.Foy 370.0 42 48 20 124 12 6 .923 3.50
R.Lachemann 124.6 19 22 7 33 1 3 .976 2.89
R.Mulliniks 98.0 11 15 12 24 0 3 1.000 3.31
F.Fernandez 20.0 1 8 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.80
R.Renick 16.0 1 5 1 3 0 1 1.000 2.25
T.Sizemore 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1540.9 180 212 101 458 30 30 .949 3.26
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 5.52
D.Hilton 913.0 113 114 132 463 11 89 .982 5.87
J.Foy 364.3 36 57 50 168 2 33 .991 5.39
R.Mulliniks 114.0 10 23 23 49 1 14 .986 5.68
R.Renick 31.0 1 13 3 13 1 1 .941 4.65
N.Colbert 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 4.50
T.Sizemore 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 9.00
K.Bevacqua 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1426.3 160 210 208 695 15 139 .984 5.70
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 1.96
C.Blefary 1100.3 124 126 206 4 3 0 .986 1.72
N.Colbert 260.3 30 33 42 1 0 0 1.000 1.49
T.Crowley 35.7 4 6 6 1 0 0 1.000 1.77
B.Thompson 14.0 1 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
R.Renick 10.0 1 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
J.Foy 3.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
R.Mulliniks 3.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1426.3 160 174 265 6 3 0 .989 1.71
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 2.49
J.Spencer 1126.0 130 131 263 3 2 2 .993 2.13
B.Thompson 196.7 18 30 35 1 1 0 .973 1.65
T.Crowley 101.7 12 13 28 0 0 0 1.000 2.48
K.Bevacqua 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
R.Monday 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1427.3 160 176 327 4 3 2 .991 2.09
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 1.99
R.Monday 662.1 74 75 127 4 2 1 .985 1.78
T.Crowley 502.0 58 60 96 3 0 1 1.000 1.77
C.Blefary 189.0 22 23 26 0 1 0 .963 1.24
B.Thompson 55.0 5 12 10 1 0 0 1.000 1.80
J.Spencer 12.0 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
J.Foy 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1422.1 160 173 263 8 3 2 .989 1.72
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.11
B.Slayback 215.7 26 27 12 29 3 2 .932 1.71
J.Shellenback 210.3 29 30 18 33 0 1 1.000 2.18
D.Pagan 203.3 28 33 22 45 1 6 .985 2.97
D.Leonard 198.0 27 27 10 33 5 3 .896 1.95
B.Moore 177.7 26 26 14 23 2 1 .949 1.87
S.Carlton 136.7 16 17 10 27 2 4 .949 2.44
P.Borbon 110.3 5 45 8 25 0 1 1.000 2.69
B.Landis 90.7 1 53 3 12 0 1 1.000 1.49
S.Rogers 59.7 2 31 4 14 0 2 1.000 2.72
S.Lockwood 24.0 0 13 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.13
Team Total 1426.3 160 302 102 243 13 21 .964 2.18
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Crowley .303
On-Base Pct Crowley .375
Slugging Pct Spencer .485
OPS Spencer .831
XR Spencer 82.8
Games Solaita 156
At-Bats Solaita 592
Runs Spencer, Blefary 80
Hits Spencer 153
Total Bases Spencer 253
Singles Crowley 117
Doubles Solaita, Blefary 26
Triples Sizemore 4
Homeruns Spencer 25
RBIs Thornton 95
Stolen Bases Thompson 29
Caught Stealing Thompson 6
Walks Solaita 83
Strikeouts Solaita 138
ERA Slayback 3.00
Wins Pagan, Shellenback, Slayback 14
Losses Pagan 12
Winning Pct Landis .688
Saves Borbon 11
Games Pitched Landis 53
Games Started Shellenback 29
Complete Games Slayback 11
Shutouts Shellenback, Slayback 3
Innings Pitched Slayback 215.7
Hits Allowed Shellenback 230
Homeruns Allowed Moore 22
Strikeouts Moore 132
Walks Allowed Pagan 82
Walks per 9IP Shellenback 1.9
Hits per 9IP Moore 7.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Moore 6.7
WHiP Slayback 1.17
OAVG Moore .215
OOBP Moore .292
OSLG Slayback .314
OOPS Slayback .608
Team All-Stars
Bill Slayback
Player Salaries
Steve Carlton $ 11,600,000
Rick Monday $ 8,500,000
Curt Blefary $ 7,250,000
Pedro Borbon $ 6,500,000
Jim Spencer $ 5,500,000
Bill Slayback $ 5,500,000
Tony Solaita $ 4,000,000
Steve Rogers $ 3,664,286
Ted Sizemore $ 3,000,000
Andre Thornton $ 2,785,714
Terry Crowley $ 2,250,000
Bill Landis $ 2,200,000
Dave Pagan $ 2,100,000
Skip Lockwood $ 2,050,000
Joe Foy $ 2,000,111
Jim Shellenback $ 1,600,000
Rene Lachemann $ 570,000
Nate Colbert $ 400,000
Rick Renick $ 400,000
Kurt Bevacqua $ 300,000
Dennis Leonard $ 300,000
Earl Williams $ 300,000
Dave Hilton $ 300,000
Rance Mulliniks $ 300,000
Bobby Thompson $ 300,000
Balor Moore $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/5 Signed     Joe Foy
7/1 Traded Frank Fernandez
Manny Sarmiento		 Oakland Steve Carlton
Rick Monday
Rene Lachemann
 
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