1983 Cleveland (A) Indians
Record: 98-62
Finish: 1st in AL Central Division
Runs Scored: 838
Runs Allowed: 638
Exp W-L: 100-60
 
Ballpark: Cleveland Stadium
Attendance: 2,187,896
Manager: Shashank Misra

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 66-71, 7th in the American League
AA: 69-68, 7th in the American League
A: 61-76, 10th in the American League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost AL League Series 3-4 to Indianapolis Hoosiers
Won Divisional Series 4-3 over Detroit Tigers
 
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
3B *George Brett 30 151 582 94 172 46 9 14 112 4 1 51 22 .296 .350 .478 .828 88.8 20.5 3.7
RF  Cesar Cedeno 32 149 576 86 166 43 10 6 83 18 6 36 47 .288 .333 .429 .762 80.5 17.3 4.0
RF  Otto Velez 32 148 511 85 137 22 6 21 87 0 0 102 104 .268 .389 .458 .847 88.8 20.2 0.5
CF *Lyman Bostock 32 142 504 87 180 37 6 2 67 11 10 37 21 .357 .400 .466 .866 84.7 21.3 3.7
RF  Steve Henderson 30 145 496 67 131 24 9 11 68 9 8 45 83 .264 .322 .415 .737 66.8 11.6 3.0
SS  Bucky Dent 31 148 473 70 128 26 3 11 59 3 3 38 14 .271 .324 .408 .732 58.2 10.2 6.8
2B *Jorge Orta 32 118 447 66 132 28 9 11 76 4 2 28 40 .295 .340 .472 .812 65.1 14.4 6.5
C  Steve Swisher 31 105 360 62 119 19 0 5 53 1 2 33 41 .331 .387 .425 .812 53.9 12.5 3.2
1B *Cecil Cooper 33 99 327 42 89 15 1 8 49 4 0 18 31 .272 .307 .398 .704 38.9 6.4 1.2
C *Ron Hassey 30 101 307 40 77 20 1 3 27 0 0 24 21 .251 .304 .352 .656 29.3 3.6 3.7
SS  Larry Wolfe 30 69 219 27 42 12 3 2 22 0 0 26 34 .192 .275 .301 .577 16.9 0.2 3.5
SS  Alan Trammell 25 90 204 35 57 16 1 3 34 0 0 17 23 .279 .327 .412 .739 28.2 5.4 0.8
RF  Leon Roberts 32 70 185 21 49 11 2 3 23 0 1 18 32 .265 .327 .395 .721 23.5 4.2 1.1
3B  Dave Hostetler 27 49 156 20 33 4 1 4 20 4 0 16 42 .212 .282 .327 .609 16.8 2.1 1.0
1B *Al Woods 29 38 134 16 33 7 1 4 15 0 0 4 5 .246 .266 .403 .669 12.8 1.2 0.6
CF #Tony Scott 31 54 114 14 33 8 0 0 11 2 3 8 15 .289 .333 .360 .693 11.9 1.8 0.8
CF *Gary Thomasson 31 11 31 6 12 1 0 0 6 1 1 8 8 .387 .512 .419 .932 7.7 2.1 0.1
  Team Totals 30.5 1687 5626 838 1590 339 62 108 812 61 37 509 583 .283 .341 .423 .764 772.9 154.9 44.0
  Rank among 12 AL teams 1 2 1 2 1 8 2 7 7 6 1 1 3 2 2 3  
* - 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
 Terry Leach 29 19 7 .731 37 31 0 238.7 222 77 7 50 92 2.90 19.4
*Kevin Kobel 29 14 9 .609 34 26 4 207.3 179 70 19 39 135 3.04 16.4
*Mike McQueen 32 10 4 .714 33 23 1 161.7 145 90 21 74 123 5.01 4.8
 Rick Camp 30 11 5 .688 29 22 2 161.7 170 67 11 43 74 3.73 9.5
 Frank Maccormack 28 11 8 .579 26 20 2 151.7 175 77 13 12 70 4.57 6.5
 Fred Holdsworth 31 9 5 .643 66 10 13 120.3 126 49 9 31 72 3.66 10.2
*Jamie Easterly 30 6 6 .500 38 14 6 116.7 96 42 6 45 63 3.24 9.3
 Steve Crawford 25 8 8 .500 59 5 6 116.7 119 54 15 27 50 4.17 6.0
 Pat Zachry 31 6 4 .600 27 6 4 69.0 66 32 3 21 43 4.17 4.7
*Gary Lucas 28 4 4 .500 46 3 13 66.0 73 24 5 17 32 3.27 6.6
 Larry Anderson 30 0 2 .000 17 0 2 35.0 34 16 4 9 16 4.11 1.6
Team Totals 29.4 98 62 .613 412 160 53 1444.6 1405 598 113 368 770 3.73 95.0
Rank among 12 AL teams 1 1 1 1 3 3 5 3 3 5 3  
* - 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 .987 37.2
S.Swisher 733.0 78 95 401 35 7 0 .984 35.7
R.Hassey 711.7 82 85 411 35 3 1 .993 37.3
Team Total 1444.7 160 180 812 70 10 1 .989 36.4
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.72
C.Cooper 612.7 66 80 756 45 7 61 .991 11.77
A.Woods 280.0 32 36 371 22 0 31 1.000 12.63
D.Hostetler 269.3 32 35 351 16 2 32 .995 12.26
L.Roberts 225.3 26 32 312 19 2 15 .994 13.22
T.Scott 40.0 3 13 50 3 0 4 1.000 11.93
G.Brett 14.3 1 4 19 4 0 2 1.000 14.45
C.Cedeno 3.0 0 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1444.7 160 202 1860 110 11 146 .994 12.27
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 5.90
J.Orta 990.3 110 111 213 455 5 89 .993 6.07
L.Wolfe 446.3 49 53 88 215 3 35 .990 6.11
L.Bostock 8.0 1 1 1 2 0 1 1.000 3.38
Team Total 1444.7 160 165 302 672 8 125 .992 6.07
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .949 2.90
G.Brett 1253.3 138 144 71 316 22 25 .946 2.78
D.Hostetler 91.0 12 13 11 25 0 0 1.000 3.56
L.Wolfe 66.0 7 10 1 22 0 0 1.000 3.14
T.Scott 34.3 3 5 2 11 0 1 1.000 3.41
Team Total 1444.7 160 172 85 374 22 26 .954 2.86
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.31
B.Dent 1232.0 145 148 166 563 11 90 .985 5.33
A.Trammell 175.7 11 50 27 62 1 9 .989 4.56
L.Wolfe 37.0 4 6 3 21 0 1 1.000 5.84
Team Total 1444.7 160 204 196 646 12 100 .986 5.25
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 1.96
C.Cedeno 913.7 101 102 213 5 0 2 1.000 2.15
O.Velez 276.3 32 33 36 2 1 0 .974 1.24
G.Thomasson 74.0 10 10 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.09
L.Bostock 72.7 6 15 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.11
L.Roberts 44.0 5 5 13 1 1 0 .933 2.86
T.Scott 43.0 5 6 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.09
J.Orta 12.0 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
S.Henderson 7.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
A.Woods 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1444.7 160 176 298 8 2 2 .994 1.91
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 2.62
L.Bostock 954.0 107 112 241 10 1 3 .996 2.37
C.Cedeno 312.0 34 42 92 2 3 0 .969 2.71
T.Scott 103.0 14 14 18 2 0 0 1.000 1.75
L.Roberts 63.7 5 12 15 0 1 0 .938 2.12
J.Orta 10.0 0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
S.Henderson 2.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1444.7 160 186 373 14 5 3 .987 2.41
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.04
S.Henderson 1181.3 134 142 251 2 5 2 .981 1.93
L.Roberts 119.3 13 21 27 0 1 0 .964 2.04
T.Scott 48.0 5 11 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.88
L.Bostock 47.0 4 11 10 1 0 0 1.000 2.11
O.Velez 47.0 4 10 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.53
C.Cedeno 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1444.7 160 196 306 3 6 2 .981 1.93
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 2.03
T.Leach 238.7 31 37 21 52 0 3 1.000 2.75
K.Kobel 207.3 26 34 12 39 1 3 .981 2.21
M.McQueen 161.7 23 33 7 20 2 0 .931 1.50
R.Camp 161.7 22 29 10 21 3 2 .912 1.73
F.Maccormack 151.7 20 26 17 19 0 3 1.000 2.14
F.Holdsworth 120.3 10 66 7 13 1 2 .952 1.50
S.Crawford 116.7 5 59 5 29 0 1 1.000 2.62
J.Easterly 116.7 14 38 4 25 2 0 .935 2.24
P.Zachry 69.0 6 27 4 12 0 1 1.000 2.09
G.Lucas 66.0 3 46 6 13 0 1 1.000 2.59
L.Anderson 35.0 0 17 3 5 0 2 1.000 2.06
Team Total 1444.6 160 412 96 248 9 18 .975 2.14
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Bostock .357
On-Base Pct Bostock .400
Slugging Pct Brett .478
OPS Bostock .866
XR Velez 88.8
Games Brett 151
At-Bats Brett 582
Runs Brett 94
Hits Bostock 180
Total Bases Brett 278
Singles Bostock 135
Doubles Brett 46
Triples Cedeno 10
Homeruns Velez 21
RBIs Brett 112
Stolen Bases Cedeno 18
Caught Stealing Bostock 10
Walks Velez 102
Strikeouts Velez 104
ERA Leach 2.90
Wins Leach 19
Losses Kobel 9
Winning Pct Leach .731
Saves Holdsworth, Lucas 13
Games Pitched Holdsworth 66
Games Started Leach 31
Complete Games Kobel, Leach 3
Shutouts Kobel 3
Innings Pitched Leach 238.7
Hits Allowed Leach 222
Homeruns Allowed McQueen 21
Strikeouts Kobel 135
Walks Allowed McQueen 74
Walks per 9IP Kobel 1.7
Hits per 9IP Kobel 7.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Kobel 5.9
WHiP Kobel 1.05
OAVG Kobel .234
OOBP Kobel .272
OSLG Leach .332
OOPS Leach .620
Team All-Stars
Lyman Bostock
George Brett
Kevin Kobel
Terry Leach
Player Salaries
Otto Velez $ 11,000,000
Cesar Cedeno $ 11,000,000
Lyman Bostock $ 6,800,000
Mike McQueen $ 6,000,000
George Brett $ 5,500,000
Jorge Orta $ 4,900,000
Frank Maccormack $ 4,071,429
Cecil Cooper $ 3,000,000
Kevin Kobel $ 2,605,714
Fred Holdsworth $ 2,207,143
Dave Hostetler $ 2,180,108
Rick Camp $ 1,994,286
Bucky Dent $ 1,829,874
Alan Trammell $ 1,607,143
Steve Swisher $ 1,307,143
Gary Lucas $ 1,291,429
Jamie Easterly $ 550,000
Pat Zachry $ 550,000
Tony Scott $ 350,000
Steve Henderson $ 300,000
Leon Roberts $ 300,000
Larry Anderson $ 300,000
Terry Leach $ 300,000
Steve Crawford $ 300,000
Gary Thomasson $ 300,000
Larry Wolfe $ 300,000
Al Woods $ 300,000
Ron Hassey $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/6 Signed     Bucky Dent
2/8 Traded Thurman Munson
Dave Heaverlo
Pittsburgh Steve Swisher
2/13 Signed     Dave Hostetler
3/3 Signed     Lee Richard
3/3 Signed     Mickey Rivers
3/3 Signed     Junior Kennedy
3/3 Signed     Boots Day
4/3 Released Jerry Manuel    
4/3 Released Rick Grapenthin    
4/3 Released Jerry Dybzinski    
4/3 Released Bob Stoddard