1977 Cleveland Indians season

1977 Cleveland Indians
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Eastern Division (since 1969)
Location
Cleveland Municipal Stadium (since 1932)
Cleveland, Ohio (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Ted Bonda
General manager(s)	Phil Seghi
Manager(s)	Frank Robinson, Jeff Torborg
Local television	WJW-TV
Local radio	WWWE
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Offseason

November 5, 1976: Joe Lis was drafted from the Indians by the Seattle Mariners in the 1976 Major League Baseball expansion draft.^[1]
December 6, 1976: Rick Cerone and John Lowenstein were traded by the Indians to the Toronto Blue Jays for Rico Carty.^[2]
December 10, 1976: Jackie Brown was traded by the Indians to the Montreal Expos for Andre Thornton.^[3]
March 30, 1977: Boog Powell was released by the Indians.^[4]

Regular season

On May 30, Indians pitcher Dennis Eckersley threw a no-hitter against the California Angels.

Season standings

AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	100	62	0.617	—	55–26	45–36
Baltimore Orioles	97	64	0.602	2½	54–27	43–37
Boston Red Sox	97	64	0.602	2½	51–29	46–35
Detroit Tigers	74	88	0.457	26	39–42	35–46
Cleveland Indians	71	90	0.441	28½	37–44	34–46
Milwaukee Brewers	67	95	0.414	33	37–44	30–51
Toronto Blue Jays	54	107	0.335	45½	25–55	29–52

Record vs. opponents

1977 American League Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	6–8	5–6	5–5	11–4	12–3	4–7	11–4	6–4	8–7	8–2	7–3	4–6	10–5
Boston	8–6	—	7–3	3–7	8–7	9–6	5–5	9–6	4–6	8–7	8–3	10–1	6–4	12–3
California	6–5	3–7	—	8–7	6–4	4–6	6–9	5–5	7–8	4–7	5–10	9–6	5–10	6–4
Chicago	5–5	7–3	7–8	—	6–4	4–6	8–7	6–5	10–5	3–7	10–5	10–5	6–9	8–3
Cleveland	4–11	7–8	4–6	4–6	—	8–7	3–7	11–4	2–9	3–12	7–3	7–3	2–9	9–5
Detroit	3–12	6–9	6–4	6–4	7–8	—	3–8	10–5	5–5	6–9	5–5	5–6	2–8	10–5
Kansas City	7–4	5–5	9–6	7–8	7–3	8–3	—	8–2	10–5	5–5	9–6	11–4	8–7	8–2
Milwaukee	4–11	6–9	5–5	5–6	4–11	5–10	2–8	—	3–8	8–7	5–5	7–3	5–5	8–7
Minnesota	4–6	6–4	8–7	5–10	9–2	5–5	5–10	8–3	—	2–8	8–6	7–8	8–7	9–1
New York	7–8	7–8	7–4	7–3	12–3	9–6	5–5	7–8	8–2	—	9–2	6–4	7–3	9–6
Oakland	2–8	3–8	10–5	5–10	3–7	5–5	6–9	5–5	6–8	2–9	—	7–8	2–13	7–3
Seattle	3–7	1–10	6–9	5–10	3–7	6–5	4–11	3–7	8–7	4–6	8–7	—	9–6	4–6
Texas	6–4	4–6	10–5	9–6	9–2	8–2	7–8	5–5	7–8	3–7	13–2	6–9	—	7–4
Toronto	5–10	3–12	4–6	3–8	5–9	5–10	2–8	7–8	1–9	6–9	3–7	6–4	4–7	—

Transactions

June 7, 1977: Jerry Dybzinski was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 15th round of the 1977 amateur draft.^[5]
September 9, 1977: Ray Fosse was traded by the Indians to the Seattle Mariners for Bill Laxton and cash.^[6]

Roster

1977 Cleveland Indians

Roster

Pitchers

42 Larry Andersen

22 Jim Bibby

35 Tom Buskey

49 Cardell Camper

41 Pat Dobson

37 Dennis Eckersley

39 Al Fitzmorris

23,17 Wayne Garland

44 Don Hood

34 Jim Kern

17 Dave LaRoche

38 Bill Laxton

43 Sid Monge

36 Rick Waits

Catchers

10 Ray Fosse

16 Fred Kendall

Infielders

25 Buddy Bell

14 Larvell Blanks

9 Rico Carty

15 Frank Duffy

8 Alfredo Griffin

18 Duane Kuiper

11 Bill Melton

26 Dave Oliver

29 Andre Thornton

Outfielders

23 Bruce Bochte

00 Paul Dade

1 Johnny Grubb

30 John Lowenstein

28 Rick Manning

27 Jim Norris

13 Ron Pruitt

24 Charlie Spikes

Manager

20 Frank Robinson

7 Jeff Torborg

Coaches

6 Rocky Colavito (Hitting)

2 Harvey Haddix (Pitching)

4 Joe Nossek (Third Base)

7 Jeff Torborg (Bullpen)

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Kendall, FredFred Kendall	103	317	79	.249	3	39
1B	Thornton, AndreAndre Thornton	131	433	114	.263	28	70
2B	Kuiper, DuaneDuane Kuiper	148	610	169	.277	1	50
SS	Duffy, FrankFrank Duffy	122	334	67	.201	4	31
3B	Bell, BuddyBuddy Bell	129	479	140	.292	11	64
LF	Bochte, BruceBruce Bochte	112	392	119	.304	5	43
CF	Norris, JimJim Norris	133	440	119	.270	2	37
RF	Dade, PaulPaul Dade	134	461	134	.291	3	45
DH	Carty, RicoRico Carty	127	461	129	.280	15	80

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Fosse, RayRay Fosse	78	238	63	.265	6	27

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Eckersley, DennisDennis Eckersley	33	247.1	14	13	3.53	191
Bibby, JimJim Bibby	37	206.2	12	13	3.57	141

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	L	ERA	SO
Buskey, TomTom Buskey	21	0	5.29	15
Andersen, LarryLarry Andersen	11	1	3.14	8
Laxton, BillBill Laxton	2	0	5.40	1

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Toledo Mud Hens	International League	Jack Cassini
AA	Jersey City Indians	Eastern League	John Orsino
A	Waterloo Indians	Midwest League	Woody Smith
A-Short Season	Batavia Trojans	New York–Penn League	Gene Dusan

Notes

↑ Joe Lis at Baseball-Reference
↑ Rick Cerone at Baseball-Reference
↑ Andre Thornton at Baseball-Reference
↑ Boog Powell at Baseball-Reference
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/dybzije01.shtml
↑ Ray Fosse at Baseball-Reference
↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References

1977 Cleveland Indians team at Baseball-Reference
1977 Cleveland Indians team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

1977 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York Toronto

AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

1977 MLB draft 1977 All-Star Game 1977 World Series

Cleveland Indians

Founded in 1894
Formerly the Grand Rapids Rustlers, Cleveland Lake Shores, Cleveland Bluebirds, Cleveland Broncos, and Cleveland Naps
Based in Cleveland, Ohio

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Owner: Larry Dolan
Chairman/CEO: Paul Dolan
President: Chris Antonetti
General manager: Mike Chernoff
Manager: Terry Francona

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American League pennants (6)

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