1977 Cleveland (A) Indians
Record: 69-91
Finish: 4th in AL Central Division
Runs Scored: 671
Runs Allowed: 729
Exp W-L: 74-86
 
Ballpark: Cleveland Stadium
Attendance: 1,511,201
Manager: Jason Morton

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 85-52, 1st in the American League
AA: 63-74, 10th in the American League
A: 81-56, 3rd in the American League
 
 
 
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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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  Buddy Bell 25 155 598 82 172 46 2 5 62 0 5 41 22 .288 .333 .396 .729 71.2 10.7 2.3
2B *Jorge Orta 26 155 585 69 176 33 8 6 66 21 14 53 60 .301 .357 .415 .772 81.3 13.8 4.3
1B  Tom Paciorek 30 155 578 77 156 25 0 8 57 4 6 47 93 .270 .327 .355 .682 63.7 7.9 3.5
LF  Tommie Agee 34 150 563 67 157 14 4 12 75 18 7 39 135 .279 .326 .382 .708 66.4 9.0 0.0
CF *Lyman Bostock 26 152 548 72 160 30 8 2 45 17 17 32 26 .292 .332 .387 .719 61.9 8.4 5.0
CF  Mickey Stanley 34 152 543 61 127 21 2 10 60 14 8 33 48 .234 .278 .335 .613 46.0 1.9 4.1
C  Thurman Munson 30 141 517 57 140 31 5 8 88 7 4 33 38 .271 .317 .397 .713 61.8 8.3 8.5
RF  Otto Velez 26 127 369 59 84 25 3 15 50 1 4 49 79 .228 .320 .434 .754 51.0 7.2 2.6
CF *Ralph Garr 31 111 352 30 104 13 1 2 39 15 11 13 22 .295 .322 .355 .678 33.3 3.4 3.0
SS *Van Kelly 31 106 241 19 53 8 1 5 22 0 2 23 25 .220 .287 .324 .610 19.9 0.5 3.7
3B  Bob Oliver 34 88 236 34 62 12 1 8 33 1 1 14 56 .263 .304 .424 .728 28.3 3.7 3.0
SS  Denis Menke 36 68 167 16 32 2 0 5 19 0 1 19 42 .192 .274 .293 .568 12.9 0.1 2.1
C  Rico Carty 37 40 122 14 34 4 1 1 12 0 0 6 21 .279 .313 .352 .665 12.2 1.3 1.2
C  Ray Fosse 30 39 82 7 22 4 0 2 9 0 0 7 14 .268 .326 .390 .716 9.5 1.2 1.1
RF  Bob Christian 31 16 25 5 5 1 0 1 4 1 1 9 2 .200 .412 .360 .772 4.8 0.8 0.2
P *Ron Guidry 26 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.4 1659 5527 671 1484 269 36 90 641 99 81 418 683 .269 .320 .379 .699 624.1 78.3 44.6
  Rank among 12 AL teams 8 8 7 6 6 11 9 6 10 11 3 6 8 8 8 10  
* - 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
*Kevin Kobel 23 17 14 .548 34 34 0 266.7 298 131 39 57 172 4.42 13.4
*Ron Guidry 26 12 16 .429 34 34 0 263.7 265 120 34 92 184 4.10 15.8
*Mike McQueen 26 11 16 .407 36 36 0 231.3 227 97 25 84 160 3.77 15.6
*Jamie Easterly 24 10 10 .500 27 27 0 163.7 181 76 12 70 63 4.18 9.6
 Joe Coleman 30 2 7 .222 17 17 0 120.0 129 69 19 42 67 5.18 3.5
 Pat Zachry 25 4 12 .250 27 12 1 117.0 123 58 16 56 66 4.46 4.9
 Ron Tompkins 32 8 6 .571 52 0 8 84.7 65 33 1 39 30 3.51 9.5
 Ken Wright 30 1 4 .200 39 0 4 81.3 61 27 3 52 36 2.99 7.5
 Steve Renko 32 2 3 .400 20 0 2 42.7 55 23 5 13 19 4.85 1.7
 Rick Baldwin 24 1 0 1.000 18 0 1 35.0 49 14 3 8 13 3.60 2.5
 Rick Rhoden 24 1 3 .250 23 0 13 13.3 26 10 3 6 7 6.75 0.0
Team Totals 26.9 69 91 .431 327 160 29 1419.3 1479 658 160 519 817 4.17 84.0
Rank among 12 AL teams 9 9 4 10 11 6 12 4 5 5 5  
* - 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 .989 33.0
T.Munson 1124.3 125 135 714 66 11 2 .986 35.5
R.Carty 171.0 20 21 88 12 3 0 .971 47.6
R.Fosse 124.0 15 17 63 10 0 0 1.000 66.7
Team Total 1419.3 160 173 865 88 14 2 .986 39.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .994 11.54
T.Paciorek 1328.3 150 153 1535 108 14 131 .992 11.13
B.Oliver 83.0 10 12 97 11 0 6 1.000 11.71
O.Velez 8.0 0 1 9 0 0 1 1.000 10.13
Team Total 1419.3 160 166 1641 119 14 138 .992 11.16
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.95
V.Kelly 575.0 60 83 141 247 5 54 .987 6.07
B.Oliver 492.7 59 69 133 183 7 36 .978 5.77
D.Menke 345.7 41 48 76 140 2 24 .991 5.62
J.Orta 6.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1419.3 160 203 350 570 14 114 .985 5.83
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .964 2.95
B.Bell 1294.3 147 149 96 336 20 27 .956 3.00
R.Fosse 56.0 5 11 3 18 0 0 1.000 3.38
V.Kelly 41.0 5 6 5 12 0 1 1.000 3.73
D.Menke 25.0 3 3 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.44
R.Carty 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1419.3 160 170 106 368 20 28 .960 3.01
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 5.26
M.Stanley 1223.3 141 150 178 482 14 75 .979 4.86
D.Menke 74.7 7 16 10 36 4 8 .920 5.55
B.Oliver 60.7 7 10 8 31 0 5 1.000 5.79
V.Kelly 53.0 5 15 5 23 0 4 1.000 4.75
B.Bell 4.0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
R.Garr 2.0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 13.50
R.Fosse 1.7 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 5.42
Team Total 1419.3 160 195 204 575 18 92 .977 4.94
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 1.98
J.Orta 1269.3 143 143 273 10 0 2 1.000 2.01
O.Velez 58.0 7 7 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.02
R.Carty 57.0 7 7 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.58
B.Christian 18.0 2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
R.Garr 14.0 1 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
L.Bostock 3.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1419.3 160 165 303 10 0 2 1.000 1.98
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 2.59
R.Garr 798.7 91 97 196 2 2 0 .990 2.23
L.Bostock 609.7 69 78 169 6 2 2 .989 2.58
B.Bell 7.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
B.Christian 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Stanley 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1419.3 160 181 367 8 4 2 .989 2.38
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 2.01
O.Velez 775.7 83 107 162 5 2 2 .988 1.94
L.Bostock 560.0 69 72 146 5 3 1 .981 2.43
B.Christian 44.0 6 7 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.66
R.Garr 22.0 2 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.05
J.Orta 12.0 0 7 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
M.Stanley 3.7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.46
B.Bell 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1419.3 160 199 330 10 5 3 .986 2.16
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 2.00
K.Kobel 266.7 34 34 21 43 2 5 .970 2.16
R.Guidry 263.7 34 34 12 37 0 5 1.000 1.67
M.McQueen 231.3 36 36 15 33 1 2 .980 1.87
J.Easterly 163.7 27 27 10 31 1 4 .976 2.25
J.Coleman 120.0 17 17 11 25 0 1 1.000 2.70
P.Zachry 117.0 12 27 4 15 1 0 .950 1.46
R.Tompkins 84.7 0 52 5 11 0 1 1.000 1.70
K.Wright 81.3 0 39 3 25 1 1 .966 3.10
S.Renko 42.7 0 20 2 6 2 0 .800 1.69
R.Baldwin 35.0 0 18 3 9 0 0 1.000 3.09
R.Rhoden 13.3 0 23 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.35
Team Total 1419.3 160 327 87 236 8 19 .976 2.05
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Orta .301
On-Base Pct Orta .357
Slugging Pct Orta .415
OPS Orta .772
XR Orta 81.3
Games Bell, Orta, Paciorek 155
At-Bats Bell 598
Runs Bell 82
Hits Orta 176
Total Bases Orta 243
Singles Orta 129
Doubles Bell 46
Triples Bostock, Orta 8
Homeruns Velez 15
RBIs Munson 88
Stolen Bases Orta 21
Caught Stealing Bostock 17
Walks Orta 53
Strikeouts Agee 135
ERA McQueen 3.77
Wins Kobel 17
Losses Guidry, McQueen 16
Winning Pct Kobel .548
Saves Rhoden 13
Games Pitched Tompkins 52
Games Started McQueen 36
Complete Games Kobel 10
Shutouts No Qualifiers
Innings Pitched Kobel 266.7
Hits Allowed Kobel 298
Homeruns Allowed Kobel 39
Strikeouts Guidry 184
Walks Allowed Guidry 92
Walks per 9IP Kobel 1.9
Hits per 9IP McQueen 8.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Guidry 6.3
WHiP Kobel 1.33
OAVG McQueen .259
OOBP Kobel .318
OSLG Easterly .394
OOPS McQueen .737
Team All-Stars
Thurman Munson
Player Salaries
Rico Carty $ 14,000,000
Joe Coleman $ 9,500,000
Tommie Agee $ 2,200,000
Ken Wright $ 2,050,000
Denis Menke $ 1,750,000
Buddy Bell $ 1,450,000
Thurman Munson $ 1,342,857
Mickey Stanley $ 1,100,000
Ron Tompkins $ 350,000
Rick Baldwin $ 300,000
Lyman Bostock $ 300,000
Mike McQueen $ 300,000
Ralph Garr $ 300,000
Jamie Easterly $ 300,000
Ray Fosse $ 300,000
Bob Christian $ 300,000
Ron Guidry $ 300,000
Kevin Kobel $ 300,000
Pat Zachry $ 300,000
Bob Oliver $ 300,000
Jorge Orta $ 300,000
Tom Paciorek $ 300,000
Steve Renko $ 300,000
Rick Rhoden $ 300,000
Otto Velez $ 300,000
Van Kelly $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Tony Solaita
Jim Spencer
Ted Sizemore
Cleveland (N) Tommie Agee
Kevin Kobel
Frank Maccormack
Skip Guinn
2/1 Traded Kurt Bevacqua
Nate Colbert
Cleveland (N) Ken Wright
Al Ferrara
Denis Menke
Fred Holdsworth
2/1 Traded Bob Moose San Diego Buddy Bell
Jamie Easterly
2/1 Traded Danny Frisella Boston (N) Larry Anderson
2/7 Traded Jerry Cram Toronto Lyman Bostock
2/7 Traded Skip Guinn
$1,700,000
New York (N) Tony Scott
Bob Oliver
4/3 Traded Al Ferrara
Jerry Davanon
Leron Lee
Bruce Look
Tom Murphy
Baltimore John Caneira