1977 Cleveland Indians
Record: 85-77
Finish: 3rd in AL East Division Division
Runs Scored: 892
Runs Allowed: 806
Exp W-L: 88-74
 
Ballpark: Cleveland Stadium
Attendance: 3,007,033
Manager: Matt Lovell

Statistics / Schedule

 
 
 
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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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
1B  Rico Carty 37 159 655 91 206 34 2 18 113 2 3 53 53 .315 .364 .455 .819 98.1 19.8 0.0
1B  Andy Thornton 27 159 564 121 130 31 3 24 104 10 2 128 76 .230 .383 .424 .807 100.0 18.1 1.1
3B  Buddy Bell 25 158 600 78 175 32 4 9 80 1 3 50 58 .292 .348 .403 .751 77.4 12.4 5.6
1B *Bruce Bochte 26 158 565 71 170 29 1 10 94 5 4 70 35 .301 .376 .409 .784 85.0 17.0 2.9
C  Fred Kendall 28 151 584 78 162 29 6 5 83 3 1 33 24 .277 .316 .373 .689 61.1 7.9 5.4
2B *Duane Kuiper 27 161 539 64 161 24 2 0 59 6 5 24 33 .299 .334 .351 .685 61.9 7.1 8.2
RF *Jim Norris 28 139 487 101 161 34 10 8 67 23 11 64 48 .331 .404 .491 .895 93.3 21.0 3.3
SS  Larvell Blanks 27 143 481 80 136 12 3 10 56 21 4 42 48 .283 .340 .383 .722 62.8 8.1 6.1
2B  Paul Dade 25 108 351 54 111 12 3 4 40 20 10 33 39 .316 .375 .402 .776 51.4 9.9 3.0
C  Ron Pruitt 25 117 309 48 82 21 1 1 43 1 2 41 16 .265 .359 .350 .709 41.3 6.6 2.6
CF *John Lowenstein 30 123 293 45 71 14 0 11 47 1 2 41 48 .242 .330 .403 .733 40.6 5.1 2.9
2B  Frank Duffy 30 88 200 31 37 7 0 3 24 13 1 18 13 .185 .252 .265 .517 14.4 0.0 3.3
RF *Rick Manning 22 65 118 18 24 2 0 4 17 2 1 15 16 .203 .293 .322 .615 12.1 1.4 1.0
1B  Bill Melton 31 55 82 10 21 5 0 0 17 1 0 7 13 .256 .322 .317 .639 7.8 1.7 0.3
2B *Dave Oliver 26 25 24 2 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 .250 .333 .333 .667 2.9 0.4 0.3
  Team Totals 27.6 1809 5852 892 1653 286 36 107 845 109 49 622 523 .282 .353 .398 .751 810.1 136.4 45.9
  Rank among 14 AL teams 3 3 2 2 11 12 3 4 9 3 4 3 3 8 4 4  
* - 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
 Dennis Eckersley 22 22 9 .710 34 34 0 262.0 248 95 28 46 148 3.26 18.1
 Wayne Garland 26 15 14 .517 34 34 0 237.7 262 114 20 82 81 4.32 10.2
 Al Fitzmorris 31 10 15 .400 34 34 0 194.7 206 94 15 71 56 4.35 6.9
 Jim Bibby 32 8 10 .444 27 27 0 176.7 167 69 12 70 94 3.52 9.3
 Pat Dobson 35 5 12 .294 26 26 0 155.0 178 108 37 60 81 6.27 0.0
*Bill Laxton 29 4 6 .400 68 0 3 113.0 96 58 19 64 65 4.62 4.2
 Tom Buskey 30 5 2 .714 54 0 0 103.7 129 57 13 26 42 4.95 3.4
*Rick Waits 25 5 1 .833 34 5 4 88.3 78 32 3 35 28 3.26 6.1
 Jim Kern 28 7 7 .500 59 0 32 72.3 67 29 4 40 63 3.61 8.8
*Don Hood 27 4 1 .800 45 2 3 62.3 63 20 2 23 24 2.89 5.6
Team Totals 28.5 85 77 .525 415 162 42 1465.6 1494 676 153 517 682 4.15 72.6
Rank among 14 AL teams 5 5 7 5 4 7 9 7 6 3 8  
* - 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 .988 39.2
F.Kendall 1352.7 150 150 672 72 12 3 .984 43.1
R.Pruitt 113.0 12 16 56 7 3 1 .955 10.0
Team Total 1465.7 162 166 728 79 15 4 .982 40.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.45
A.Thornton 1361.0 152 158 1704 122 14 176 .992 12.07
B.Melton 79.7 9 14 114 6 0 7 1.000 13.56
J.Norris 18.0 1 4 24 1 0 2 1.000 12.50
J.Lowenstein 7.0 0 3 6 0 0 2 1.000 7.71
Team Total 1465.7 162 179 1848 129 14 187 .993 12.14
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 6.42
D.Kuiper 1337.0 160 161 321 629 24 143 .975 6.39
P.Dade 63.0 1 23 21 28 0 10 1.000 7.00
D.Oliver 60.7 1 20 13 25 3 7 .927 5.64
L.Blanks 5.0 0 4 1 4 0 1 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1465.7 162 208 356 686 27 161 .975 6.40
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .949 3.31
B.Bell 1340.7 151 153 100 401 32 36 .940 3.36
B.Melton 60.3 6 11 8 13 1 2 .955 3.13
P.Dade 47.0 5 7 7 9 0 0 1.000 3.06
R.Pruitt 14.7 0 5 2 4 0 1 1.000 3.68
L.Blanks 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1465.7 162 177 118 427 33 39 .943 3.35
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 5.43
L.Blanks 1009.7 115 127 147 404 23 88 .960 4.91
F.Duffy 453.0 47 71 72 198 7 45 .975 5.36
J.Norris 2.0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
R.Carty 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1465.7 162 200 219 602 31 133 .964 5.04
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .941 1.95
B.Bochte 1309.7 153 153 244 9 19 3 .930 1.74
R.Pruitt 57.0 5 11 12 0 1 0 .923 1.89
R.Manning 41.0 2 17 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.20
J.Lowenstein 30.0 1 9 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.20
P.Dade 15.0 0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
J.Norris 12.0 1 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
F.Duffy 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1465.7 162 203 281 9 20 3 .935 1.78
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 2.62
J.Lowenstein 543.3 61 75 164 5 0 1 1.000 2.80
R.Pruitt 440.0 49 60 140 2 8 0 .947 2.90
R.Manning 174.0 20 25 44 1 1 0 .978 2.33
P.Dade 171.7 19 21 45 4 2 1 .961 2.57
J.Norris 123.7 13 19 43 0 0 0 1.000 3.13
B.Bell 11.0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64
B.Bochte 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1465.7 162 205 439 12 11 2 .976 2.77
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .949 2.03
J.Norris 861.7 104 108 193 5 9 3 .957 2.07
P.Dade 446.3 53 60 111 4 8 1 .935 2.32
J.Lowenstein 73.0 0 33 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.10
R.Manning 53.7 5 12 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.35
R.Pruitt 25.0 0 13 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.44
B.Bochte 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
L.Blanks 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1465.7 162 229 339 9 17 4 .953 2.14
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 2.08
D.Eckersley 262.0 34 34 16 52 0 1 1.000 2.34
W.Garland 237.7 34 34 16 50 2 5 .971 2.50
A.Fitzmorris 194.7 34 34 9 31 1 6 .976 1.85
J.Bibby 176.7 27 27 8 22 2 3 .938 1.53
P.Dobson 155.0 26 26 5 20 3 1 .893 1.45
B.Laxton 113.0 0 68 7 14 0 2 1.000 1.67
T.Buskey 103.7 0 54 7 19 0 2 1.000 2.26
R.Waits 88.3 5 34 2 5 3 0 .700 0.71
J.Kern 72.3 0 59 2 7 0 1 1.000 1.12
D.Hood 62.3 2 45 3 7 0 0 1.000 1.44
Team Total 1465.6 162 415 75 227 11 21 .965 1.85
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Norris .331
On-Base Pct Norris .404
Slugging Pct Norris .491
OPS Norris .895
XR Thornton 100.0
Games Kuiper 161
At-Bats Carty 655
Runs Thornton 121
Hits Carty 206
Total Bases Carty 298
Singles Carty 152
Doubles Carty, Norris 34
Triples Norris 10
Homeruns Thornton 24
RBIs Carty 113
Stolen Bases Norris 23
Caught Stealing Norris 11
Walks Thornton 128
Strikeouts Thornton 76
ERA Eckersley 3.26
Wins Eckersley 22
Losses Fitzmorris 15
Winning Pct Eckersley .710
Saves Kern 32
Games Pitched Laxton 68
Games Started Eckersley, Fitzmorris, Garland 34
Complete Games Eckersley 14
Shutouts Eckersley, Garland 3
Innings Pitched Eckersley 262.0
Hits Allowed Garland 262
Homeruns Allowed Dobson 37
Strikeouts Eckersley 148
Walks Allowed Garland 82
Walks per 9IP Eckersley 1.6
Hits per 9IP Bibby 8.5
Strikeouts per 9IP Eckersley 5.1
WHiP Eckersley 1.12
OAVG Eckersley .247
OOBP Eckersley .286
OSLG Eckersley .373
OOPS Eckersley .659
Team All-Stars
Larvell Blanks
Dennis Eckersley
Player Salaries
Dennis Eckersley $ 8,210,000
Jim Bibby $ 5,530,000
Wayne Garland $ 2,308,750
Buddy Bell $ 2,050,000
Andy Thornton $ 1,949,500
Don Hood $ 1,767,500
Larvell Blanks $ 1,638,000
Ray Fosse $ 1,485,000
John Lowenstein $ 1,485,000
Al Fitzmorris $ 1,370,000
Jim Kern $ 1,283,750
Rico Carty $ 1,247,400
Rick Waits $ 1,025,000
Bruce Bochte $ 1,025,000
Pat Dobson $ 910,000
Ron Pruitt $ 819,000
Paul Dade $ 665,750
Jim Norris $ 512,500
Dave Oliver $ 300,000
Rick Manning $ 300,000
Bill Laxton $ 300,000
Duane Kuiper $ 300,000
Tom Buskey $ 300,000
Frank Duffy $ 201,000
Charlie Spikes $ 143,500
Bill Melton $ 100,000
Fred Kendall $ 100,000
 
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