1978 Cleveland Indians season

1978 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, Steve O'Neill
General manager(s)	Phil Seghi
Manager(s)	Jeff Torborg
Local television	WJKW
Local radio	WWWE
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Offseason

December 5, 1977: Bruce Compton (minors) and Norm Churchill (minors) were traded by the Indians to the Chicago Cubs for Dave Rosello.^[1]
February 28, 1978: Tom Buskey and John Lowenstein were traded by the Indians to the Texas Rangers for Willie Horton and David Clyde.^[2]
March 15, 1978: Rico Carty was traded by the Indians to the Toronto Blue Jays for Dennis DeBarr.^[3]
March 30, 1978: Dennis Eckersley and Fred Kendall were traded by the Indians to the Boston Red Sox for Rick Wise, Mike Paxton, Ted Cox, and Bo Díaz.^[4]

Regular season

On May 12, pitcher Nolan Ryan of the California Angels struck out Buddy Bell for the 2500th strikeout of his career.^[5]

Season standings

AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	100	63	0.613	—	55–26	45–37
Boston Red Sox	99	64	0.607	1	59–23	40–41
Milwaukee Brewers	93	69	0.574	6½	54–27	39–42
Baltimore Orioles	90	71	0.559	9	51–30	39–41
Detroit Tigers	86	76	0.531	13½	47–34	39–42
Cleveland Indians	69	90	0.434	29	42–36	27–54
Toronto Blue Jays	59	102	0.366	40	37–44	22–58

Record vs. opponents

1978 American League Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	7–8	4–6	8–1	9–6	7–8	2–8	7–8	5–5	6–9	11–0	9–1	7–4	8–7
Boston	8–7	—	9–2	7–3	7–8	12–3	4–6	10–5	9–2	7–9	5–5	7–3	3–7	11–4
California	6–4	2–9	—	8–7	6–4	4–7	9–6	5–5	12–3	5–5	9–6	9–6	5–10	7–3
Chicago	1–8	3–7	7–8	—	8–2	2–9	8–7	4–7	8–7	1–9	7–8	7–8	11–4	4–6
Cleveland	6–9	8–7	4–6	2–8	—	5–10	5–6	5–10	5–5	6–9	4–6	8–1	1–9	10–4
Detroit	8–7	3–12	7–4	9–2	10–5	—	4–6	7–8	4–6	4–11	6–4	8–2	7–3	9–6
Kansas City	8–2	6–4	6–9	7–8	6–5	6–4	—	6–4	7–8	6–5	10–5	12–3	7–8	5–5
Milwaukee	8–7	5–10	5–5	7–4	10–5	8–7	4–6	—	4–7	10–5	9–1	5–5	6–4	12–3
Minnesota	5–5	2–9	3–12	7–8	5–5	6–4	8–7	7–4	—	3–7	9–6	6–9	6–9	6–4
New York	9–6	9–7	5–5	9–1	9–6	11–4	5–6	5–10	7–3	—	8–2	6–5	6–4	11–4
Oakland	0–11	5–5	6–9	8–7	6–4	4–6	5–10	1–9	6–9	2–8	—	13–2	6–9	7–4
Seattle	1–9	3–7	6–9	8–7	1–8	2–8	3–12	5–5	9–6	5–6	2–13	—	3–12	8–2
Texas	4–7	7–3	10–5	4–11	9–1	3–7	8–7	4–6	9–6	4–6	9–6	12–3	—	4–7
Toronto	7–8	4–11	3–7	6–4	4–10	6–9	5–5	3–12	4–6	4–11	4–7	2–8	7–4	—

Notable transactions

June 14, 1978: Dennis Kinney was traded by the Indians to the San Diego Padres for Dan Spillner.^[6]
June 15, 1978: Mike Vail was traded by the Indians to the Chicago Cubs for Joe Wallis.^[7]
June 15, 1978: Joe Wallis was traded by the Indians to the Oakland Athletics for Gary Alexander.^[7]
June 22, 1978: Bill Laxton was traded by the Indians to the San Diego Padres for Dave Freisleben.^[8]
June 26, 1978: Dennis DeBarr was traded by the Indians to the Chicago Cubs for Paul Reuschel.^[9]
July 3, 1978: Willie Horton was released by the Indians.^[10]

Roster

1978 Cleveland Indians

Roster

Pitchers

32 David Clyde

39 Al Fitzmorris

38 Dave Freisleben

17 Wayne Garland

44 Don Hood

34 Jim Kern

51 Dennis Kinney

46 Rick Kreuger

43 Sid Monge

48 Mike Paxton

41 Paul Reuschel

37 Dan Spillner

36 Rick Waits

40 Rick Wise

Catchers

35 Gary Alexander

16 Bo Díaz

9 Ron Hassey

7,13 Ron Pruitt

Infielders

25 Buddy Bell

14 Larvell Blanks

31 Wayne Cage

8 Alfredo Griffin

18 Duane Kuiper

29 Andre Thornton

21 Tom Veryzer

Outfielders

23 Dan Briggs

7 Bernie Carbo

22 Ted Cox

00 Paul Dade

1 Johnny Grubb

28 Rick Manning

27 Jim Norris

20 Horace Speed

35 Mike Vail

Other batters

23 Willie Horton

30 Larry Lintz

Manager

10 Jeff Torborg

Coaches

6 Rocky Colavito (Hitting)

Dave Duncan

2 Harvey Haddix (Pitching)

7 Joe Moeller (Bullpen)

4 Joe Nossek (Third Base)

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	Alexander, GaryGary Alexander	90	324	76	.235	17	62
1B	Thornton, AndreAndre Thornton	145	508	133	.262	33	105
2B	Kuiper, DuaneDuane Kuiper	149	547	155	.283	0	43
3B	Bell, BuddyBuddy Bell	142	556	157	.282	6	62
SS	Veryzer, TomTom Veryzer	130	421	114	.271	1	32
LF	Grubb, JohnnyJohnny Grubb	113	378	100	.265	14	61
CF	Manning, RickRick Manning	148	566	149	.263	3	50
RF	Dade, PaulPaul Dade	93	307	78	.254	3	20
DH	Carbo, BernieBernie Carbo	60	174	50	.287	4	16

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
Norris, JimJim Norris	113	315	89	.283	2	27
Cox, TedTed Cox	82	227	53	.233	1	19
Horton, WillieWillie Horton	50	169	42	.249	5	22
Díaz, BoBo Díaz	44	127	30	.236	2	11
Speed, HoraceHorace Speed	70	106	24	.226	0	4
Briggs, DanDan Briggs	15	49	8	.163	1	1
Lintz, LarryLarry Lintz	3	0	0	----	0	0

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
Wise, RickRick Wise	33	211.2	9	19	4.34	106
Paxton, MikeMike Paxton	33	191	12	11	3.86	96
Clyde, DavidDavid Clyde	28	153.1	8	11	4.28	83
Freisleben, DaveDave Freisleben	12	44.1	1	4	7.11	19
Garland, WayneWayne Garland	6	29	2	3	7.89	13

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
Hood, DonDon Hood	36	154.2	5	6	4.48	73
Reuschel, PaulPaul Reuschel	18	89.2	2	4	3.11	24

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Kern, JimJim Kern	58	10	10	13	3.08	95
Spillner, DanDan Spillner	36	3	1	3	3.67	48
Kinney, DennisDennis Kinney	18	0	2	5	4.42	19
Fitzmorris, AlAl Fitzmorris	7	0	1	0	6.28	5

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Portland Beavers	Pacific Coast League	Gene Dusan
AA	Chattanooga Lookouts	Southern League	John Orsino and Jim Bragan
A	Waterloo Indians	Midwest League	Woody Smith
A-Short Season	Batavia Trojans	New York–Penn League	Luis Isaac

Notes

↑ Dave Rosello page at Baseball Reference
↑ David Clyde page at Baseball Reference
↑ Rico Carty page at Baseball Reference
↑ Dennis Eckersley page at Baseball Reference
↑ The Nolan Ryan Express | The Strikeout King | smackbomb.com/nolanryan
↑ Dan Spillner page at Baseball Reference
1 2 Joe Wallis page at Baseball Reference
↑ Bill Laxton page at Baseball Reference
↑ Paul Reuschel page at Baseball Reference
↑ Willie Horton page at Baseball Reference
↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References

1978 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

1978 MLB draft 1978 All-Star Game 1978 World Series

Cleveland Indians

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