1979 Cleveland Indians Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 81-80
Finished 6th in the AL's East Division
Attendance: 1,011,644, Avg. 13,672
Ballpark: Cleveland Stadium
Manager: Jeff Torborg (43-52)
Manager: Dave Garcia (38-28)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio

1979 Cleveland Indians Roster
1979 Cleveland Indians Results

The Cleveland Indians of the American League ended the 1979 season with a record of 81 wins and 80 losses, finishing sixth in the AL's East Division.

The Indians scored 760 runs and yielded 805 runs. Andre Thornton led Cleveland with 26 home runs, while Cliff Johnson, Gary Alexander, Bobby Bonds and Toby Harrah each walloped 20 or more as well. Andre Thornton accounted for 93 RBI. Toby Harrah paced all regular batters by hitting .279. Rick Waits topped the team with 16 wins, and Rick Wise added 15 or more victories as well Sid Monge earned a 2.40 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Jeff Torborg and Dave Garcia coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Rick Waits	16	13	.552	4.44	34	34	0	8	3	0	231.0	230	123	114	26	91	1	91	4	0	5	982
Rick Wise	15	10	.600	3.73	34	34	0	9	2	0	231.7	229	111	96	24	68	9	108	1	0	2	979
Sid Monge	12	10	.545	2.40	76	0	53	0	0	19	131.0	96	37	35	9	64	8	108	1	2	9	542
Dan Spillner	9	5	.643	4.62	49	13	14	3	0	1	157.7	153	82	81	16	64	4	97	3	0	5	680
Mike Paxton	8	8	.500	5.92	33	24	1	3	0	0	159.7	210	118	105	14	52	1	70	2	1	3	733
Len Barker	6	6	.500	4.92	29	19	3	2	0	0	137.3	146	79	75	6	70	1	93	2	0	10	609
Wayne Garland	4	10	.286	5.23	18	14	1	2	0	0	94.7	120	70	55	11	34	2	40	3	0	3	431
David Clyde	3	4	.429	5.91	9	8	1	1	0	0	45.7	50	33	30	7	13	0	17	1	0	4	195
Victor Cruz	3	9	.250	4.23	61	0	48	0	0	10	78.7	70	41	37	10	44	4	63	1	2	1	343
Paul Reuschel	2	1	.667	7.94	17	1	5	0	0	1	45.3	73	43	40	7	11	0	22	0	0	0	212
Eric Wilkins	2	4	.333	4.39	16	14	0	0	0	0	69.7	77	41	34	4	38	1	52	4	0	1	316
Don Hood	1	0	1.000	3.68	13	0	3	0	0	1	22.0	13	9	9	1	14	1	7	1	0	1	92
Sandy Wihtol	0	0		3.38	5	0	0	0	0	0	10.7	10	4	4	0	3	0	6	0	0	0	45
Larry Andersen	0	0		7.56	8	0	4	0	0	0	16.7	25	14	14	3	4	0	7	0	0	0	77
Totals	81	80	.503	4.58	402	161	133	28	5	32	1431.7	1502	805	729	138	570	32	781	23	5	44	6236

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Bobby Bonds	146	631	538	93	148	24	1	25	85	34	23	74	135	.275	.367	.463	.830	249	9	8	4	7	4
Toby Harrah	149	635	527	99	147	25	1	20	77	20	9	89	60	.279	.389	.444	.833	234	8	8	7	4	2
Rick Manning	144	632	560	67	145	12	2	3	51	30	8	55	48	.259	.323	.304	.626	170	13	1	9	7	3
Duane Kuiper	140	528	479	46	122	9	5	0	39	4	9	37	27	.255	.313	.294	.608	141	14	4	8	0	7
Andre Thornton	143	617	515	89	120	31	1	26	93	5	4	90	93	.233	.347	.449	.796	231	8	4	1	7	2
Mike Hargrove	100	413	338	60	110	21	4	10	56	2	3	63	40	.325	.433	.500	.933	169	10	5	2	5	2
Tom Veryzer	149	501	449	41	99	9	3	0	34	2	5	34	54	.220	.279	.254	.533	114	10	4	10	4	0
Jim Norris	124	406	353	50	87	15	6	3	30	15	10	44	35	.246	.328	.348	.676	123	12	0	6	3	1
Gary Alexander	110	415	358	54	82	9	2	15	54	4	2	46	100	.229	.313	.391	.704	140	7	1	3	7	3
Cliff Johnson	72	274	240	37	65	10	0	18	61	2	0	24	39	.271	.343	.538	.881	129	6	5	0	5	1
Ron Hassey	75	249	223	20	64	14	0	4	32	1	0	19	19	.287	.339	.404	.742	90	8	0	4	3	2
Paul Dade	44	185	170	22	48	4	1	3	18	12	6	12	22	.282	.326	.371	.697	63	1	0	1	2	1
Ron Pruitt	64	188	166	23	47	7	0	2	21	2	0	19	21	.283	.355	.361	.716	60	5	0	2	1	1
Ted Cox	78	208	189	17	40	6	0	4	22	3	4	14	27	.212	.272	.307	.579	58	7	2	2	1	1
Dave Rosello	59	134	107	20	26	6	1	3	14	1	0	15	27	.243	.328	.402	.730	43	2	0	9	3	0
Dell Alston	54	74	62	10	18	0	2	1	12	4	4	10	10	.290	.384	.403	.787	25	0	0	1	1	1
Wayne Cage	29	61	56	6	13	2	0	1	6	0	2	5	16	.232	.295	.321	.617	18	1	0	0	0	0
Bo Diaz	15	35	32	0	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	6	.156	.206	.219	.425	7	1	0	1	0	0
Horace Speed	26	19	14	6	2	0	0	0	1	2	1	5	7	.143	.368	.143	.511	2	0	0	0	0	0
Rick Waits	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Sandy Wihtol	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Larry Andersen	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Dan Spillner	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Eric Wilkins	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Reuschel	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Paxton	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Len Barker	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Sid Monge	76	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
David Clyde	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Don Hood	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Victor Cruz	61	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Wayne Garland	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Rick Wise	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	2123	6205	5376	760	1388	206	29	138	707	143	90	657	786	.258	.340	.384	.724	2066	122	42	70	60	31

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Andre Thornton	1B	130	130	1147.3	1089	82	7	100	.994	9.186	9.008	0	0	0
Mike Hargrove	1B	28	25	227.7	221	13	1	23	.996	9.250	8.357	0	0	0
Wayne Cage	1B	7	4	38.7	37	4	0	3	1.000	9.543	5.857	0	0	0
Ron Hassey	1B	2	2	18.0	23	0	0	1	1.000	11.500	11.500	0	0	0
Duane Kuiper	2B	140	137	1196.0	345	380	9	89	.988	5.456	5.179	0	0	0
Dave Rosello	2B	33	24	230.7	40	84	3	12	.976	4.838	3.758	0	0	0
Ted Cox	2B	4	0	5.0	2	1	0	0	1.000	5.400	.750	0	0	0
Toby Harrah	3B	127	124	1021.0	91	160	16	19	.940	2.213	1.976	0	0	0
Ted Cox	3B	52	32	335.0	29	78	4	11	.964	2.875	2.058	0	0	0
Dave Rosello	3B	14	5	70.0	2	12	2	3	.875	1.800	1.000	0	0	0
Ron Pruitt	3B	3	0	4.0	1	1	0	0	1.000	4.500	.667	0	0	0
Paul Dade	3B	2	0	1.7	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Gary Alexander	C	91	86	765.7	404	40	18	5	.961	5.219	4.879	13	80	25	23.8
Ron Hassey	C	68	61	520.0	345	29	3	4	.992	6.473	5.500	2	50	17	25.4
Bo Diaz	C	15	11	98.7	63	6	3	1	.958	6.294	4.600	1	10	3	23.1
Ron Pruitt	C	11	3	45.3	22	3	0	1	1.000	4.963	2.273	0	6	2	25.0
Cliff Johnson	C	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Rick Manning	OF	141	140	1224.0	417	9	6	2	.986	3.132	3.021	0	0	0
Bobby Bonds	OF	116	115	971.7	267	9	6	1	.979	2.556	2.379	0	0	0
Jim Norris	OF	93	75	714.0	214	2	4	0	.982	2.723	2.323	0	0	0
Mike Hargrove	OF	65	61	520.7	135	3	1	0	.993	2.385	2.123	0	0	0
Paul Dade	OF	37	37	316.7	73	4	3	1	.963	2.188	2.081	0	0	0
Ron Pruitt	OF	29	27	227.7	43	1	2	0	.957	1.739	1.517	0	0	0
Dell Alston	OF	30	9	130.7	29	2	1	0	.969	2.135	1.033	0	0	0
Ted Cox	OF	16	16	128.0	26	2	2	0	.933	1.969	1.750	0	0	0
Horace Speed	OF	16	2	53.7	14	0	2	0	.875	2.348	.875	0	0	0
Gary Alexander	OF	2	1	8.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Rick Wise	P	34	34	231.7	23	53	2	2	.974	2.953	2.235	0	0	0
Rick Waits	P	34	34	231.0	15	43	0	2	1.000	2.260	1.706	0	0	0
Mike Paxton	P	33	24	159.7	16	20	0	3	1.000	2.029	1.091	0	0	0
Dan Spillner	P	49	13	157.7	9	18	0	0	1.000	1.541	.551	0	0	0
Len Barker	P	29	19	137.3	8	13	2	1	.913	1.376	.724	0	0	0
Sid Monge	P	76	0	131.0	6	17	3	2	.885	1.580	.303	0	0	0
Wayne Garland	P	18	14	94.7	11	8	3	0	.864	1.806	1.056	0	0	0
Victor Cruz	P	61	0	78.7	1	4	2	0	.714	.572	.082	0	0	0
Eric Wilkins	P	16	14	69.7	4	12	6	2	.727	2.067	1.000	0	0	0
David Clyde	P	9	8	45.7	2	6	1	0	.889	1.577	.889	0	0	0
Paul Reuschel	P	17	1	45.3	2	10	1	2	.923	2.382	.706	0	0	0
Don Hood	P	13	0	22.0	3	4	0	0	1.000	2.864	.538	0	0	0
Larry Andersen	P	8	0	16.7	0	4	0	1	1.000	2.160	.500	0	0	0
Sandy Wihtol	P	5	0	10.7	2	2	0	0	1.000	3.375	.800	0	0	0
Tom Veryzer	SS	148	146	1238.0	238	446	18	90	.974	4.973	4.622	0	0	0
Toby Harrah	SS	33	15	176.0	22	55	3	11	.963	3.938	2.333	0	0	0
Dave Rosello	SS	11	0	17.7	1	2	0	1	1.000	1.528	.273	0	0	0
Totals		1867	1449	12885.0	4295	1642	134	393	.978	4.147	3.180	16	146	47	24.4

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