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1979 Cleveland (A) Indians
Record: 82-78
Finish: 1st in AL Central Division
Runs Scored: 713
Runs Allowed: 735
Exp W-L: 78-82
 
Ballpark: Cleveland Stadium
Attendance: 2,151,687
Manager: Jason Morton

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 74-63, 3rd in the American League
AA: 95-42, 1st in the American League
A: 64-73, 9th in the American League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Divisional Series 0-4 to Seattle Mariners
 
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
RF  Cesar Cedeno 28 153 609 87 179 25 9 10 61 52 38 40 45 .294 .334 .414 .748 78.1 12.9 3.7
2B *Jorge Orta 28 143 580 79 169 29 9 7 72 11 16 36 35 .291 .331 .409 .740 72.5 13.2 5.3
1B *Cecil Cooper 29 152 573 69 168 19 4 17 92 6 4 25 46 .293 .322 .429 .752 73.3 14.0 3.5
DH *Bernie Carbo 31 144 477 74 113 35 4 12 57 4 0 94 90 .237 .363 .403 .766 73.2 15.0 2.5
3B  Buddy Bell 27 149 486 51 120 25 5 4 41 0 0 26 31 .247 .282 .344 .626 44.0 4.6 3.5
SS  Alan Trammell 21 141 461 60 128 30 2 4 56 6 4 37 47 .278 .331 .377 .709 52.2 8.7 5.1
C  Thurman Munson 32 129 440 37 124 14 3 6 56 3 2 28 47 .282 .326 .368 .694 50.7 8.3 4.4
CF *Lyman Bostock 28 130 439 63 142 20 3 6 56 20 15 37 20 .323 .377 .424 .800 62.4 13.4 4.5
RF  Bob Watson 33 122 445 47 112 15 3 12 60 0 1 27 41 .252 .292 .380 .672 48.1 6.4 0.7
RF  Otto Velez 28 115 270 52 63 15 0 9 37 0 0 50 44 .233 .352 .389 .741 37.2 6.2 1.7
DH  Roy Foster 33 78 195 33 54 11 0 12 36 0 0 23 29 .277 .364 .518 .882 37.2 9.0 0.3
CF *Dwayne Murphy 24 44 151 16 29 2 0 5 17 0 0 19 32 .192 .282 .305 .587 12.3 0.5 1.4
3B  Davey Johnson 36 59 130 10 24 9 0 0 13 0 0 9 23 .185 .237 .254 .491 6.3 0.0 1.6
3B  Bob Oliver 36 39 96 6 17 5 0 1 6 0 0 1 22 .177 .186 .260 .446 2.2 0.0 1.1
C  Andy Etchebarren 36 33 90 9 17 2 1 3 11 0 1 3 17 .189 .229 .333 .563 6.3 0.0 1.1
C  Ray Fosse 32 49 78 4 11 4 1 0 6 0 1 4 14 .141 .183 .218 .401 0.8 0.0 0.6
CF #Tony Scott 27 41 62 15 27 5 1 0 8 1 2 5 3 .435 .471 .548 1.019 13.6 4.1 0.4
  Team Totals 29.9 1721 5582 712 1497 265 45 108 685 103 84 464 586 .268 .324 .390 .714 670.3 116.3 41.3
  Rank among 12 AL teams 2 7 4 2 2 5 8 5 9 8 1 3 6 3 4 7  
* - 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
*Mike McQueen 28 13 11 .542 35 35 0 246.0 191 71 14 63 153 2.60 22.4
 Frank Maccormack 24 10 19 .345 35 35 0 235.7 249 119 12 85 89 4.54 8.1
*Kevin Kobel 25 16 12 .571 31 31 0 233.7 259 103 25 47 139 3.97 13.5
 Jerry Stephenson 35 9 9 .500 30 30 0 195.0 182 100 18 114 112 4.62 6.8
 Bill Gogolewski 31 9 6 .600 18 18 0 123.0 90 39 6 43 86 2.85 10.8
 Pat Zachry 27 1 3 .250 60 0 3 108.0 124 65 15 43 51 5.42 1.8
 Fred Holdsworth 27 6 5 .545 65 0 24 78.7 67 28 4 29 41 3.20 13.4
 Ken Wright 32 5 3 .625 34 4 10 64.0 73 44 8 41 29 6.19 0.6
 Joe Niekro 34 3 3 .500 7 7 0 45.7 42 17 6 15 25 3.35 3.5
*Skip Guinn 34 5 5 .500 37 0 3 43.0 31 14 5 33 37 2.93 4.0
 Steve Hargan 36 1 1 .500 23 0 1 40.0 62 27 3 23 17 6.08 0.0
*Jamie Easterly 26 4 1 .800 40 0 2 37.0 41 16 2 17 13 3.89 3.4
Team Totals 29.9 82 78 .513 415 160 43 1449.6 1411 643 118 553 792 3.99 88.4
Rank among 12 AL teams 4 4 2 4 4 4 6 6 7 2 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 .986 32.3
T.Munson 1096.0 122 128 628 48 7 0 .990 25.2
A.Etchebarren 241.7 26 31 126 14 1 0 .993 40.0
R.Fosse 112.0 12 16 64 0 1 0 .985 0.0
Team Total 1449.7 160 175 818 62 9 0 .990 26.4
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.79
C.Cooper 1293.3 147 151 1645 117 21 132 .988 12.26
T.Scott 87.0 8 20 97 8 1 9 .991 10.86
B.Watson 47.3 3 10 66 1 0 5 1.000 12.74
B.Oliver 20.0 2 5 34 2 0 2 1.000 16.20
C.Cedeno 2.0 0 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1449.7 160 187 1846 128 22 148 .989 12.26
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 6.02
J.Orta 1232.7 137 139 228 558 24 103 .970 5.74
D.Johnson 123.3 13 16 34 60 2 16 .979 6.86
B.Oliver 83.0 9 10 17 44 0 8 1.000 6.61
O.Velez 8.0 1 1 2 2 0 1 1.000 4.50
R.Foster 2.7 0 1 0 3 0 1 1.000 10.15
Team Total 1449.7 160 167 281 667 26 129 .973 5.89
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 2.91
B.Bell 1249.7 146 146 99 322 13 29 .970 3.03
R.Fosse 94.7 6 33 7 23 2 2 .938 2.85
D.Johnson 87.0 7 21 6 19 0 1 1.000 2.59
B.Oliver 18.3 1 6 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.96
Team Total 1449.7 160 206 113 367 15 32 .970 2.98
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.37
A.Trammell 1185.3 141 141 173 502 20 88 .971 5.13
B.Oliver 111.0 10 19 13 44 0 7 1.000 4.62
D.Johnson 110.7 9 23 15 54 2 8 .972 5.61
R.Foster 26.0 0 10 9 9 1 2 .947 6.23
B.Carbo 8.0 0 1 1 3 0 0 1.000 4.50
B.Bell 4.0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.50
J.Orta 3.0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 9.00
O.Velez 1.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1449.3 160 198 212 616 23 105 .973 5.14
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.98
C.Cedeno 956.0 107 109 188 1 1 0 .995 1.78
B.Watson 292.0 36 36 48 0 3 0 .941 1.48
O.Velez 105.0 11 15 25 0 1 0 .962 2.14
B.Carbo 36.3 2 8 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.99
R.Foster 31.0 3 5 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.32
L.Bostock 25.3 1 8 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.13
J.Orta 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1449.7 160 183 279 1 5 0 .982 1.74
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.66
L.Bostock 660.0 75 78 206 8 2 4 .991 2.92
D.Murphy 375.7 42 42 90 3 1 1 .989 2.23
C.Cedeno 341.7 36 36 74 2 2 0 .974 2.00
T.Scott 70.3 7 11 9 1 0 0 1.000 1.28
R.Foster 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1449.7 160 169 379 14 5 5 .987 2.44
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 2.19
B.Carbo 729.7 80 90 168 3 6 0 .966 2.11
O.Velez 403.0 42 58 92 2 2 1 .979 2.10
L.Bostock 297.0 37 37 62 3 1 0 .985 1.97
T.Scott 8.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
R.Foster 8.0 1 1 1 0 1 0 .500 1.13
C.Cedeno 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1449.7 160 191 324 8 10 1 .971 2.06
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 2.03
M.McQueen 246.0 35 35 19 39 0 2 1.000 2.12
F.Maccormack 235.7 35 35 12 37 0 1 1.000 1.87
K.Kobel 233.7 31 31 14 40 1 3 .982 2.08
J.Stephenson 195.0 30 30 11 35 0 4 1.000 2.12
B.Gogolewski 123.0 18 18 9 22 2 2 .939 2.27
P.Zachry 108.0 0 60 7 19 1 0 .963 2.17
F.Holdsworth 78.7 0 65 4 15 0 0 1.000 2.17
K.Wright 64.0 4 34 6 14 2 3 .909 2.81
J.Niekro 45.7 7 7 5 9 0 0 1.000 2.76
S.Guinn 43.0 0 37 2 4 1 0 .857 1.26
S.Hargan 40.0 0 23 1 3 0 1 1.000 0.90
J.Easterly 37.0 0 40 2 6 0 1 1.000 1.95
Team Total 1449.6 160 415 92 243 7 17 .980 2.08
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Bostock .307
On-Base Pct Carbo .363
Slugging Pct Cooper .429
OPS Carbo .766
XR Cedeno 78.1
Games Cedeno 153
At-Bats Cedeno 609
Runs Cedeno 87
Hits Cedeno 179
Total Bases Cedeno 252
Singles Cedeno 135
Doubles Carbo 35
Triples Cedeno, Orta 9
Homeruns Cooper 17
RBIs Cooper 92
Stolen Bases Cedeno 52
Caught Stealing Cedeno 38
Walks Carbo 94
Strikeouts Carbo 90
ERA McQueen 2.60
Wins Kobel 16
Losses Maccormack 19
Winning Pct Kobel .571
Saves Holdsworth 24
Games Pitched Holdsworth 65
Games Started Maccormack, McQueen 35
Complete Games Kobel 6
Shutouts Maccormack, McQueen 1
Innings Pitched McQueen 246.0
Hits Allowed Kobel 259
Homeruns Allowed Kobel 25
Strikeouts McQueen 153
Walks Allowed Stephenson 114
Walks per 9IP Kobel 1.8
Hits per 9IP McQueen 7.0
Strikeouts per 9IP McQueen 5.6
WHiP McQueen 1.03
OAVG McQueen .212
OOBP McQueen .265
OSLG McQueen .316
OOPS McQueen .580
Team All-Stars
Kevin Kobel
Jorge Orta
Player Salaries
Bernie Carbo $ 10,000,000
Cesar Cedeno $ 8,000,000
Bob Watson $ 5,500,000
Jerry Stephenson $ 5,500,000
Bill Gogolewski $ 5,190,000
Buddy Bell $ 3,600,000
Thurman Munson $ 3,500,000
Jorge Orta $ 2,857,143
Davey Johnson $ 2,750,088
Otto Velez $ 2,600,000
Skip Guinn $ 2,250,000
Ken Wright $ 1,810,000
Cecil Cooper $ 1,707,143
Lyman Bostock $ 1,700,000
Roy Foster $ 1,500,000
Pat Zachry $ 1,348,571
Steve Hargan $ 1,003,023
Andy Etchebarren $ 300,000
Ray Fosse $ 300,000
Jamie Easterly $ 300,000
Kevin Kobel $ 300,000
Frank Maccormack $ 300,000
Mike McQueen $ 300,000
Dwayne Murphy $ 300,000
Bob Oliver $ 300,000
Tony Scott $ 300,000
Alan Trammell $ 300,000
Fred Holdsworth $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
7/1 Traded Lenn Sakata
Joe Niekro		 New York (N) Bill Gogolewski
 
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