1976 Cleveland (A) Indians
Record: 69-93
Finish: 5th in AL Union Division Division
Runs Scored: 713
Runs Allowed: 828
Exp W-L: 70-92
 
Ballpark: Cleveland Stadium
Attendance: 1,639,508
Manager: Jason Morton

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 72-65, 6th in the American League
AA: 67-70, 6th in the American League
A: 72-65, 5th in the American League
 
 
 
 
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 *Jim Spencer 28 154 565 78 155 32 2 17 73 1 4 62 58 .274 .343 .428 .771 79.4 13.2 3.3
C  Rico Carty 36 146 554 65 176 23 1 6 56 0 0 57 97 .318 .381 .395 .776 71.7 12.4 0.1
3B  Kurt Bevacqua 29 147 537 80 158 21 3 10 53 3 3 64 74 .294 .369 .400 .769 77.0 13.9 3.8
2B  Ted Sizemore 31 150 534 63 150 30 1 2 69 5 1 39 15 .281 .328 .352 .680 60.4 8.1 4.5
2B *Jorge Orta 25 131 517 63 137 19 7 18 68 4 3 29 46 .265 .306 .433 .739 64.2 9.2 3.6
CF  Mickey Stanley 33 144 508 65 126 28 8 15 80 6 5 38 34 .248 .299 .423 .722 57.9 6.7 5.7
C  Thurman Munson 29 135 479 61 134 24 0 5 55 2 6 40 39 .280 .341 .361 .702 53.5 6.5 5.1
1B *Tony Solaita 29 136 428 69 109 26 1 19 64 0 0 65 95 .255 .350 .453 .803 67.5 11.6 2.1
1B  Nate Colbert 30 124 366 51 90 16 2 14 61 7 5 42 87 .246 .325 .415 .741 49.5 7.3 2.1
SS  Bill Melton 30 126 372 43 90 23 2 2 31 1 0 30 60 .242 .299 .331 .629 33.2 2.2 3.1
1B  Tom Paciorek 29 78 208 22 58 8 3 2 22 0 1 12 27 .279 .315 .375 .690 22.6 2.8 1.2
RF  Otto Velez 25 58 167 20 35 12 0 3 18 0 0 30 47 .210 .330 .335 .665 19.8 2.3 1.0
1B *Bill Buckner 26 77 123 10 30 8 0 1 19 0 0 14 8 .244 .321 .333 .655 11.9 0.7 0.4
C *Bruce Look 33 40 117 9 23 7 0 0 11 0 0 17 29 .197 .296 .256 .553 8.0 0.0 1.4
2B  Bill Stein 29 44 76 10 18 4 0 1 6 0 1 1 14 .237 .247 .329 .576 4.1 0.0 0.4
CF *Ralph Garr 30 5 15 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .067 .067 .067 .133 -0.6 0.0 0.0
CF *Gary Thomasson 24 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.2 1698 5566 711 1490 281 30 115 686 30 29 540 731 .268 .332 .391 .723 680.3 97.0 37.9
  Rank among 10 AL teams 8 6 5 4 7 5 6 10 1 8 2 4 5 6 5 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
 Pat Zachry 24 9 18 .333 36 36 0 244.3 256 132 28 119 176 4.86 8.3
 Danny Frisella 30 13 16 .448 36 36 0 235.3 220 115 23 105 195 4.40 13.1
 Joe Coleman 29 10 14 .417 30 27 2 211.7 197 99 25 66 139 4.21 13.1
 Bob Moose 28 11 9 .550 25 25 0 203.0 200 74 12 73 83 3.28 17.3
*Ron Guidry 25 8 17 .320 27 27 0 201.3 217 111 22 75 144 4.96 7.6
 Bert Blyleven 25 5 10 .333 34 9 2 107.7 139 71 16 49 61 5.94 0.8
 Ron Tompkins 31 5 4 .556 50 0 4 74.7 98 66 10 42 33 7.96 0.0
 Jerry Cram 28 4 1 .800 26 2 4 64.3 55 19 6 21 21 2.66 8.4
 Steve Renko 31 0 1 .000 27 0 0 41.0 57 28 8 15 14 6.15 0.0
*Les Cain 28 2 1 .667 24 11 4 25.0 31 14 5 10 20 5.04 1.0
 Rick Rhoden 23 1 2 .333 12 0 1 19.3 21 6 2 6 5 2.79 1.4
*Jim Merritt 32 1 0 1.000 5 0 0 10.0 6 3 1 2 5 2.70 1.2
Team Totals 27.8 69 93 .426 332 173 17 1437.7 1497 738 158 583 896 4.62 72.1
Rank among 10 AL teams 8 8 10 8 9 6 7 8 7 5 9  
* - 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 31.7
T.Munson 1130.3 127 133 706 55 5 0 .993 27.7
B.Look 300.3 35 39 208 20 5 0 .979 31.0
R.Carty 6.0 0 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1436.7 162 173 918 75 10 0 .990 28.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.45
T.Solaita 934.0 104 125 1092 87 11 96 .991 11.36
T.Paciorek 404.0 47 55 460 39 3 42 .994 11.12
B.Buckner 83.7 10 12 98 4 1 6 .990 10.97
N.Colbert 15.0 1 6 19 0 0 2 1.000 11.40
Team Total 1436.7 162 198 1669 130 15 146 .992 11.27
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 5.79
T.Sizemore 1262.0 147 149 257 510 15 108 .981 5.47
B.Melton 106.7 9 23 16 34 1 4 .980 4.22
B.Stein 58.0 6 12 6 25 2 3 .939 4.81
J.Spencer 7.0 0 2 2 3 0 1 1.000 6.43
J.Orta 3.0 0 1 0 4 0 0 1.000 12.00
Team Total 1436.7 162 187 281 576 18 116 .979 5.37
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 2.84
K.Bevacqua 1232.0 145 145 74 294 19 20 .951 2.69
B.Stein 118.3 10 23 8 25 4 4 .892 2.51
B.Melton 71.3 6 11 2 11 1 2 .929 1.64
M.Stanley 15.0 1 3 0 6 0 0 1.000 3.60
Team Total 1436.7 162 182 84 336 24 26 .946 2.63
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 5.18
M.Stanley 946.7 105 110 156 392 12 79 .979 5.21
B.Melton 490.0 57 61 75 191 11 32 .960 4.89
Team Total 1436.7 162 171 231 583 23 111 .973 5.10
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 1.94
N.Colbert 924.0 107 110 197 1 0 1 1.000 1.93
J.Orta 336.0 39 40 79 0 0 0 1.000 2.12
B.Buckner 52.7 5 10 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.88
M.Stanley 51.7 6 7 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.57
O.Velez 30.0 3 6 4 0 1 0 .800 1.20
R.Carty 20.0 1 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.35
T.Paciorek 14.0 1 4 2 1 1 1 .750 1.93
J.Spencer 4.3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
R.Garr 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Thomasson 0.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1434.7 162 187 306 2 2 2 .994 1.93
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.43
J.Orta 767.3 87 90 225 4 2 1 .991 2.69
J.Spencer 374.7 44 46 110 1 3 0 .974 2.67
B.Melton 117.0 13 15 33 0 0 0 1.000 2.54
M.Stanley 75.0 8 10 22 0 0 0 1.000 2.64
B.Buckner 43.3 5 8 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.25
T.Paciorek 42.3 3 13 13 1 0 0 1.000 2.98
R.Garr 17.0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.53
Team Total 1436.7 162 184 410 6 5 1 .988 2.61
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 1.98
J.Spencer 875.7 100 101 188 2 0 1 1.000 1.95
O.Velez 384.0 46 49 89 2 0 1 1.000 2.13
B.Melton 57.0 6 7 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.26
B.Buckner 46.7 4 13 7 0 1 0 .875 1.35
M.Stanley 41.3 4 6 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.74
T.Paciorek 16.0 0 9 10 0 0 0 1.000 5.63
R.Garr 15.0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.60
G.Thomasson 0.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1435.7 163 188 311 4 1 2 .997 1.97
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 1.98
P.Zachry 244.3 36 36 15 35 2 3 .962 1.84
D.Frisella 235.3 36 36 11 40 1 1 .981 1.95
J.Coleman 211.7 27 30 15 23 3 3 .927 1.62
B.Moose 203.0 25 25 19 29 3 5 .941 2.13
R.Guidry 201.3 27 27 7 36 1 1 .977 1.92
B.Blyleven 107.7 9 34 11 22 1 3 .971 2.76
R.Tompkins 74.7 0 50 5 12 0 0 1.000 2.05
J.Cram 64.3 2 26 5 9 0 1 1.000 1.96
S.Renko 41.0 0 27 2 4 1 0 .857 1.32
L.Cain 25.0 11 24 1 4 1 0 .833 1.80
R.Rhoden 19.3 0 12 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.33
J.Merritt 10.0 0 5 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.80
Team Total 1437.7 173 332 92 220 13 17 .960 1.95
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Carty .318
On-Base Pct Carty .381
Slugging Pct Solaita .451
OPS Solaita .800
XR Spencer 79.4
Games Spencer 154
At-Bats Spencer 565
Runs Bevacqua 80
Hits Carty 176
Total Bases Spencer 242
Singles Carty 146
Doubles Spencer 32
Triples Stanley 8
Homeruns Solaita 19
RBIs Stanley 80
Stolen Bases Colbert 7
Caught Stealing Munson 6
Walks Solaita 65
Strikeouts Carty 97
ERA Moose 3.28
Wins Frisella 13
Losses Zachry 18
Winning Pct Moose .550
Saves Cain, Cram, Tompkins 4
Games Pitched Tompkins 50
Games Started Frisella, Zachry 36
Complete Games Moose 10
Shutouts Moose, Zachry 2
Innings Pitched Zachry 244.3
Hits Allowed Zachry 256
Homeruns Allowed Zachry 28
Strikeouts Frisella 195
Walks Allowed Zachry 119
Walks per 9IP Coleman 2.8
Hits per 9IP Coleman 8.4
Strikeouts per 9IP Frisella 7.5
WHiP Coleman 1.24
OAVG Frisella .244
OOBP Coleman .302
OSLG Moose .356
OOPS Moose .681
Team All-Stars
Rico Carty
Player Salaries
Rico Carty $ 14,000,000
Joe Coleman $ 9,500,000
Jim Spencer $ 3,785,714
Danny Frisella $ 3,750,000
Tony Solaita $ 3,542,857
Bob Moose $ 3,135,714
Ted Sizemore $ 3,000,000
Bert Blyleven $ 1,528,571
Mickey Stanley $ 1,100,000
Ralph Garr $ 950,000
Nate Colbert $ 920,000
Thurman Munson $ 394,286
Carl Taylor $ 350,000
Steve Renko $ 350,000
Jerry Cram $ 350,000
Ron Tompkins $ 350,000
Mel Queen $ 300,003
Ron Guidry $ 300,000
Bill Buckner $ 300,000
Bruce Look $ 300,000
Bill Melton $ 300,000
Kurt Bevacqua $ 300,000
Tom Paciorek $ 300,000
Pat Zachry $ 300,000
Rick Rhoden $ 300,000
Bill Stein $ 300,000
Gary Thomasson $ 300,000
Otto Velez $ 300,000
Jorge Orta $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Dick Allen Oakland Rafael Robles
2/13 Traded Ron Clark New York (N) Bill Melton
Mel Queen
$1,800,009
3/3 Traded Bill Sudakis Kansas City Tucker Ashford
Ron Guidry
Otto Velez
6/1 Traded Les Cain
Jim Merritt
Montreal Brian Asselstine
Rick Rhoden
Gary Thomasson