1978 Cleveland (A) Indians
Record: 81-79
Finish: 3rd in AL Central Division
Runs Scored: 704
Runs Allowed: 705
Exp W-L: 80-80
 
Ballpark: Cleveland Stadium
Attendance: 1,968,693
Manager: Jason Morton

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 71-66, 5th in the American League
AA: 75-62, 3rd in the American League
A: 64-73, 8th 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
CF *Lyman Bostock 27 148 565 72 151 25 7 3 54 17 13 40 23 .267 .315 .352 .668 59.6 7.9 5.4
2B *Jorge Orta 27 150 558 66 162 22 2 7 61 15 18 46 45 .290 .343 .375 .718 67.2 11.0 5.6
1B *Cecil Cooper 28 142 537 59 164 16 0 16 79 3 2 30 34 .305 .340 .425 .765 73.8 14.8 2.4
RF  Bob Watson 32 140 532 62 132 34 6 11 59 1 1 32 51 .248 .294 .397 .691 57.3 8.0 3.5
C  Thurman Munson 31 138 508 52 125 20 3 5 42 8 5 29 53 .246 .290 .327 .616 46.5 4.6 3.5
SS *Van Kelly 32 140 435 64 117 14 2 7 48 1 0 34 54 .269 .322 .359 .681 46.3 6.6 5.2
3B  Buddy Bell 26 113 403 54 113 30 2 5 45 0 2 35 12 .280 .336 .402 .738 53.1 9.9 4.1
RF  Otto Velez 27 126 350 45 79 19 3 9 45 0 0 59 74 .226 .337 .374 .712 44.5 6.8 2.8
DH *Bernie Carbo 30 97 325 50 87 20 3 12 57 1 0 61 52 .268 .381 .458 .840 57.1 12.9 1.1
DH  Roy Foster 32 83 285 36 72 17 0 15 60 0 0 23 42 .253 .312 .470 .782 41.6 8.0 0.1
RF  Steve Henderson 25 63 203 23 50 12 2 2 18 3 7 19 33 .246 .311 .355 .666 20.2 2.2 1.6
RF  Cesar Cedeno 27 51 197 34 68 9 7 2 31 19 4 16 6 .345 .395 .492 .888 36.1 9.3 1.5
3B  Bob Oliver 35 70 164 20 32 5 0 4 19 0 2 14 46 .195 .260 .299 .558 13.5 0.1 3.4
2B #Jim Lefebvre 36 64 147 12 30 4 1 1 11 0 2 11 30 .204 .259 .265 .525 7.9 0.0 1.3
3B  Davey Johnson 35 45 116 18 27 4 0 3 15 0 1 18 18 .233 .338 .345 .683 14.5 2.0 1.3
C  Andy Etchebarren 35 46 102 15 28 3 0 1 16 0 0 11 19 .275 .347 .333 .681 12.8 2.0 0.7
C  Ray Fosse 31 44 106 5 31 2 0 0 11 0 0 4 10 .292 .315 .311 .627 10.5 1.4 1.1
1B  Tom Paciorek 31 30 99 17 27 7 1 1 5 1 0 5 15 .273 .311 .394 .705 11.8 2.2 0.4
  Team Totals 30.4 1690 5632 704 1495 263 39 104 676 69 57 487 617 .265 .324 .381 .706 674.3 109.6 45.1
  Rank among 12 AL teams 3 8 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 8 3 7 7 8 8 8  
* - 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 27 10 15 .400 36 36 0 249.7 217 102 30 79 156 3.68 15.3
 Jerry Stephenson 34 10 11 .476 36 36 0 243.7 231 106 16 121 160 3.92 13.2
 Frank Maccormack 23 17 12 .586 35 35 0 242.3 240 100 11 93 100 3.71 15.8
*Kevin Kobel 24 12 14 .462 29 29 0 230.3 237 109 26 58 116 4.26 10.7
 Pat Zachry 26 4 9 .308 29 18 2 151.3 133 76 21 64 106 4.52 4.7
 Steve Hargan 35 5 2 .714 31 0 1 70.0 67 32 8 26 21 4.11 4.3
*Skip Guinn 33 7 2 .778 37 0 8 52.7 42 21 4 26 46 3.59 6.3
*Jamie Easterly 25 1 3 .250 22 0 1 49.3 54 27 5 23 14 4.93 1.2
 Joe Niekro 33 2 2 .500 6 6 0 42.7 49 22 7 16 25 4.64 1.7
 Ron Tompkins 33 2 1 .667 16 0 0 35.0 32 16 1 12 12 4.11 2.0
 Rick Rhoden 25 5 2 .714 20 7 3 34.0 27 8 1 9 14 2.12 5.5
 Ken Wright 31 5 5 .500 22 0 10 27.3 26 7 0 14 8 2.31 5.5
 Fred Holdsworth 26 1 1 .500 10 0 1 26.3 23 11 3 5 14 3.76 2.0
Team Totals 28.8 81 79 .506 329 167 26 1454.6 1378 637 133 546 792 3.94 88.2
Rank among 12 AL teams 6 6 6 6 4 2 8 5 6 2 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 .987 32.1
T.Munson 1144.7 127 132 655 48 10 1 .986 22.0
A.Etchebarren 218.0 22 34 124 9 0 0 1.000 33.3
R.Fosse 92.0 11 13 48 3 0 0 1.000 28.6
Team Total 1454.7 160 179 827 60 10 1 .989 24.1
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.57
C.Cooper 1152.7 127 131 1400 92 12 140 .992 11.65
B.Watson 162.7 18 20 204 14 1 18 .995 12.06
J.Lefebvre 42.3 4 9 55 1 0 2 1.000 11.91
T.Paciorek 35.0 3 5 41 3 0 5 1.000 11.31
B.Oliver 27.0 3 5 31 6 0 2 1.000 12.33
C.Cedeno 2.3 0 1 2 0 0 1 1.000 7.83
Team Total 1422.0 155 171 1733 116 13 168 .993 11.70
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.89
J.Orta 1256.7 140 146 267 542 27 122 .968 5.79
J.Lefebvre 77.0 8 12 21 33 1 4 .982 6.31
B.Oliver 51.0 5 9 9 28 1 7 .974 6.53
V.Kelly 25.0 2 5 7 9 0 1 1.000 5.76
D.Johnson 14.4 2 2 4 7 0 2 1.000 6.88
Team Total 1424.1 157 174 308 619 29 136 .970 5.86
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 2.95
B.Bell 966.7 108 109 79 238 13 24 .961 2.95
D.Johnson 268.2 35 36 18 71 4 5 .957 2.99
R.Fosse 135.7 11 26 6 45 1 4 .981 3.38
B.Oliver 71.0 9 9 4 23 0 0 1.000 3.42
J.Lefebvre 66.3 8 16 4 15 1 2 .950 2.58
V.Kelly 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1509.9 171 197 111 392 19 35 .964 3.00
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 5.24
V.Kelly 1065.3 120 134 143 401 11 76 .980 4.60
B.Oliver 232.7 22 38 47 143 4 26 .979 7.35
J.Lefebvre 113.0 15 16 15 44 5 9 .922 4.70
D.Johnson 20.2 2 5 5 6 0 3 1.000 4.90
B.Bell 3.7 0 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 7.38
C.Cooper 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1437.9 159 196 211 596 20 114 .976 5.05
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 2.04
B.Watson 549.3 62 64 124 1 3 1 .977 2.05
S.Henderson 457.3 52 52 96 6 1 3 .990 2.01
C.Cedeno 111.2 13 13 23 1 0 0 1.000 1.94
O.Velez 77.0 5 18 14 0 1 0 .933 1.64
R.Foster 14.0 1 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
T.Paciorek 12.6 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.43
B.Carbo 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Orta 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
A.Etchebarren 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1225.5 134 156 261 8 5 4 .982 1.98
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.64
L.Bostock 1273.3 140 143 330 6 5 3 .985 2.37
T.Paciorek 47.8 4 6 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.07
C.Cedeno 28.4 3 4 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.85
O.Velez 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
B.Bell 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
J.Orta 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1356.5 147 156 352 6 5 3 .986 2.38
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.13
O.Velez 675.3 76 84 165 4 3 2 .983 2.25
B.Carbo 361.7 39 45 75 2 3 1 .963 1.92
B.Watson 282.3 31 32 73 3 0 0 1.000 2.42
C.Cedeno 275.3 32 33 66 1 2 0 .971 2.19
J.Lefebvre 44.0 5 6 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.64
B.Oliver 36.0 4 5 8 1 0 1 1.000 2.25
R.Foster 26.9 2 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.34
T.Paciorek 15.1 0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.58
L.Bostock 14.3 1 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.14
B.Bell 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
J.Orta 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1735.0 190 222 415 11 8 4 .982 2.21
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.00
M.McQueen 249.7 36 36 13 43 0 2 1.000 2.02
J.Stephenson 243.7 36 36 12 40 1 0 .981 1.92
F.Maccormack 242.3 35 35 13 26 0 5 1.000 1.45
K.Kobel 230.3 29 29 16 48 1 2 .985 2.50
P.Zachry 151.3 18 29 8 18 2 4 .929 1.55
S.Hargan 70.0 0 31 8 9 1 0 .944 2.19
S.Guinn 52.7 0 37 2 11 0 1 1.000 2.22
J.Easterly 49.3 0 22 4 10 0 1 1.000 2.55
J.Niekro 42.7 6 6 4 8 0 1 1.000 2.53
R.Tompkins 35.0 0 16 2 8 0 1 1.000 2.57
R.Rhoden 34.0 7 20 3 7 0 1 1.000 2.65
K.Wright 27.3 0 22 0 2 0 1 1.000 0.66
F.Holdsworth 26.3 0 10 4 7 0 0 1.000 3.76
Team Total 1454.6 167 329 89 237 5 19 .985 2.02
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Cooper .305
On-Base Pct Orta .343
Slugging Pct Cooper .425
OPS Cooper .765
XR Cooper 73.8
Games Orta 150
At-Bats Bostock 565
Runs Bostock 72
Hits Cooper 164
Total Bases Cooper 228
Singles Cooper 132
Doubles Watson 34
Triples Bostock, Cedeno 7
Homeruns Cooper 16
RBIs Cooper 79
Stolen Bases Cedeno 19
Caught Stealing Orta 18
Walks Carbo 61
Strikeouts Velez 74
ERA McQueen 3.68
Wins Maccormack 17
Losses McQueen 15
Winning Pct Maccormack .586
Saves Wright 10
Games Pitched Guinn 37
Games Started McQueen, Stephenson 36
Complete Games Kobel 11
Shutouts Kobel 2
Innings Pitched McQueen 249.7
Hits Allowed Maccormack 240
Homeruns Allowed McQueen 30
Strikeouts Stephenson 160
Walks Allowed Stephenson 121
Walks per 9IP Kobel 2.3
Hits per 9IP McQueen 7.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Stephenson 5.9
WHiP McQueen 1.19
OAVG McQueen .231
OOBP McQueen .291
OSLG Maccormack .353
OOPS McQueen .687
Team All-Stars
Frank Maccormack
Player Salaries
Bernie Carbo $ 10,000,000
Cesar Cedeno $ 8,000,000
Bob Watson $ 5,500,000
Jerry Stephenson $ 5,500,000
Thurman Munson $ 3,500,000
Davey Johnson $ 2,750,088
Otto Velez $ 2,321,429
Skip Guinn $ 2,250,000
Tommie Agee $ 2,200,000
Buddy Bell $ 2,192,857
Ken Wright $ 2,050,000
Joe Niekro $ 1,690,000
Roy Foster $ 1,500,000
Cecil Cooper $ 1,378,571
Ron Tompkins $ 1,250,000
Steve Hargan $ 1,003,023
Jim Lefebvre $ 1,000,000
Andy Etchebarren $ 750,000
Bob Oliver $ 500,000
Lyman Bostock $ 300,000
Jamie Easterly $ 300,000
Ray Fosse $ 300,000
Steve Henderson $ 300,000
Van Kelly $ 300,000
Pat Zachry $ 300,000
Kevin Kobel $ 300,000
Frank Maccormack $ 300,000
Mike McQueen $ 300,000
Jorge Orta $ 300,000
Fred Holdsworth $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/5 Signed     Andy Etchebarren
2/5 Signed     Bob Oliver
2/8 Signed     Jerry Stephenson
2/9 Signed     Jim Lefebvre
2/14 Traded Joe Coleman Baltimore Bill Moran
2/14 Traded Tucker Ashford New York (N) Bernie Carbo
Skip Guinn
Bob Watson
Steve Hargan
3/4 Traded Rico Carty
Tim Corcoran
Baltimore Tom Egan
4/3 Traded Ron Guidry Pittsburgh Cecil Cooper
6/1 Traded Tom Paciorek Los Angeles Roy Foster
7/31 Traded Rick Rhoden Toronto Cesar Cedeno
Enrique Romo
7/31 Traded Bob Spence New York (N) Davey Johnson
Joe Niekro