1978 Cleveland Indians
Record: 68-94
Finish: 6th in AL East Division Division
Runs Scored: 679
Runs Allowed: 886
Exp W-L: 62-100
 
Ballpark: Cleveland Stadium
Attendance: 2,417,391
Manager: Tarome Scruggs

Statistics / Schedule

 
 
 
 
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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
SS  Larvell Blanks 28 157 646 93 179 14 9 13 74 35 10 38 50 .277 .319 .387 .706 77.6 9.5 9.4
C  Ray Fosse 31 162 633 69 178 25 4 6 67 8 4 37 46 .281 .329 .362 .691 70.6 7.5 5.3
2B  Paul Dade 26 162 624 79 176 27 3 2 63 29 21 52 73 .282 .334 .345 .679 69.4 8.9 5.8
CF *John Lowenstein 31 159 561 70 147 29 1 16 75 4 4 65 89 .262 .335 .403 .738 75.3 9.5 3.6
1B  Rico Carty 38 147 558 52 165 26 0 10 67 5 4 37 64 .296 .338 .396 .734 67.7 9.6 0.6
C  Ron Pruitt 26 158 515 61 137 29 1 4 50 0 0 63 36 .266 .354 .350 .704 61.4 9.4 5.2
LF *Mitchell Page 26 139 379 66 98 20 1 11 52 28 3 76 68 .259 .386 .404 .790 65.0 9.8 3.9
1B *Bruce Bochte 27 129 403 37 108 14 0 3 65 7 6 44 22 .268 .335 .325 .660 46.0 5.7 0.4
1B  Bill Melton 32 125 319 35 77 22 0 1 39 0 2 42 39 .241 .342 .320 .662 35.6 3.4 1.0
2B #Rodney Scott 24 117 283 33 69 5 1 1 24 6 5 24 26 .244 .312 .279 .591 24.4 0.8 5.1
RF *Jim Norris 29 103 270 43 81 18 1 2 29 11 10 38 23 .300 .385 .396 .781 40.6 6.4 1.9
2B  Frank Duffy 31 102 283 32 65 8 3 4 25 9 10 16 33 .230 .270 .322 .592 19.6 0.0 5.9
2B *Dave Oliver 27 48 135 8 25 3 2 0 7 0 0 7 7 .185 .225 .237 .462 3.0 0.0 2.3
RF *Rick Manning 23 41 46 7 13 1 1 1 7 3 2 2 2 .283 .313 .413 .726 5.1 0.1 0.2
1B  Hank Small 24 10 29 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 .103 .156 .103 .260 0.2 0.0 0.1
  Team Totals 28.2 1759 5684 687 1521 241 27 74 645 145 81 543 581 .268 .334 .359 .692 661.7 80.6 50.6
  Rank among 14 AL teams 6 13 9 13 14 13 13 2 13 3 6 9 7 13 12 11  
* - 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
 Jim Bibby 33 10 14 .417 36 36 0 240.0 256 106 21 85 125 3.98 14.6
 Al Fitzmorris 32 9 13 .409 32 32 0 192.3 213 98 16 60 57 4.59 9.3
 Steve Baker 21 8 15 .348 33 33 0 180.0 243 123 19 80 83 6.15 1.8
 Steve Renko 33 7 11 .389 20 20 0 136.7 134 68 15 46 64 4.48 7.4
*Rick Waits 26 7 4 .636 70 6 2 132.3 150 74 6 58 59 5.03 6.5
 Cardell Camper 25 7 4 .636 57 11 0 129.3 115 40 6 63 110 2.78 10.7
*Ross Baumgarten 23 3 12 .200 43 18 0 123.7 165 101 20 69 35 7.35 0.0
 Greg Thayer 28 6 5 .545 67 0 6 120.3 111 56 7 86 70 4.19 7.8
 Jim Kern 29 8 9 .471 70 0 32 85.3 87 36 1 47 46 3.80 11.4
 Larry Andersen 25 1 7 .125 51 1 1 81.0 89 54 7 38 52 6.00 0.4
 Pat Dobson 36 3 2 .600 8 8 0 55.7 57 29 7 16 19 4.69 2.9
Team Totals 28.3 69 96 .418 487 165 41 1476.6 1620 785 125 648 720 4.78 72.7
Rank among 14 AL teams 12 13 4 12 3 12 7 13 14 2 13  
* - 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 .991 39.2
R.Fosse 1447.0 162 162 771 63 6 5 .993 32.5
P.Dade 8.7 0 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1455.7 162 163 775 63 6 5 .993 32.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.24
B.Melton 827.7 96 107 939 68 6 119 .994 10.95
R.Carty 518.0 61 62 578 38 4 67 .994 10.70
H.Small 46.0 5 8 48 6 0 12 1.000 10.57
J.Norris 33.0 0 16 37 2 0 10 1.000 10.64
B.Bochte 28.0 0 13 32 3 0 4 1.000 11.25
J.Lowenstein 3.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1455.7 162 208 1635 117 10 212 .994 10.83
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 6.44
L.Blanks 639.0 71 72 156 259 4 76 .990 5.85
P.Dade 393.3 47 47 103 149 2 41 .992 5.77
D.Oliver 297.7 31 45 76 133 7 41 .968 6.32
R.Scott 124.0 13 15 22 58 2 11 .976 5.81
Team Total 1454.0 162 179 357 599 15 169 .985 5.92
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .953 3.18
P.Dade 673.3 78 79 57 140 6 23 .970 2.63
R.Scott 513.3 55 65 40 156 0 12 1.000 3.44
L.Blanks 99.0 11 11 12 21 1 1 .971 3.00
R.Pruitt 41.3 5 5 4 13 0 1 1.000 3.70
B.Melton 4.0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
H.Small 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Manning 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1336.0 149 165 113 332 7 38 .985 3.00
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .964 5.65
F.Duffy 741.3 87 96 118 305 16 65 .964 5.14
L.Blanks 630.0 73 74 106 236 18 68 .950 4.89
R.Scott 82.3 2 32 15 52 2 14 .971 7.32
R.Manning 2.0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1455.7 162 203 240 594 36 148 .959 5.16
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .947 1.98
J.Lowenstein 1325.0 156 157 299 11 19 3 .942 2.11
B.Bochte 54.0 4 11 7 0 1 0 .875 1.17
R.Manning 31.0 2 8 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.87
M.Page 18.7 0 8 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.93
P.Dade 11.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82
J.Norris 9.0 0 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
R.Pruitt 7.0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86
Team Total 1455.7 162 194 320 11 20 3 .943 2.05
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.66
M.Page 804.0 89 91 279 4 13 0 .956 3.17
R.Pruitt 648.7 76 77 228 4 8 2 .967 3.22
B.Bochte 75.0 8 13 17 0 1 0 .944 2.04
R.Manning 19.0 1 7 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.37
P.Dade 13.0 1 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 2.08
J.Norris 5.0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40
R.Scott 3.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
J.Lowenstein 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1569.7 175 196 536 9 22 2 .961 3.12
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 2.08
R.Pruitt 618.0 69 75 137 4 5 2 .966 2.05
J.Norris 471.3 59 63 128 4 3 0 .978 2.52
P.Dade 247.3 29 31 65 3 2 0 .971 2.47
M.Page 73.3 1 33 9 0 1 0 .900 1.10
B.Bochte 35.7 4 7 7 1 0 0 1.000 2.02
R.Manning 10.0 0 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
Team Total 1455.7 162 213 349 12 11 2 .970 2.23
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .953 2.06
J.Bibby 240.0 36 36 10 34 0 2 1.000 1.65
A.Fitzmorris 192.3 32 32 8 34 3 2 .933 1.97
S.Baker 180.0 33 33 11 23 5 2 .872 1.70
S.Renko 136.7 20 20 9 14 1 2 .958 1.51
R.Waits 132.3 6 70 7 23 2 3 .938 2.04
C.Camper 129.3 11 57 6 19 1 5 .962 1.74
R.Baumgarten 123.7 18 43 9 19 0 4 1.000 2.04
G.Thayer 120.3 0 67 3 18 0 2 1.000 1.57
J.Kern 85.3 0 70 5 18 3 3 .885 2.43
L.Andersen 81.0 1 51 6 9 2 0 .882 1.67
P.Dobson 55.7 8 8 3 9 0 1 1.000 1.94
Team Total 1476.6 165 487 77 220 17 26 .946 1.81
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Carty .296
On-Base Pct Page .359
Slugging Pct Lowenstein .403
OPS Lowenstein .738
XR Blanks 77.6
Games Dade, Fosse 162
At-Bats Blanks 646
Runs Blanks 93
Hits Blanks 179
Total Bases Blanks 250
Singles Dade 144
Doubles Lowenstein, Pruitt 29
Triples Blanks 9
Homeruns Lowenstein 16
RBIs Lowenstein 75
Stolen Bases Blanks 35
Caught Stealing Dade 21
Walks Page 76
Strikeouts Lowenstein 89
ERA Bibby 3.98
Wins Bibby 10
Losses Baker 15
Winning Pct Kern .471
Saves Kern 32
Games Pitched Kern, Waits 70
Games Started Bibby 36
Complete Games Bibby 3
Shutouts Bibby, Dobson, Fitzmorris 1
Innings Pitched Bibby 240.0
Hits Allowed Bibby 256
Homeruns Allowed Bibby 21
Strikeouts Bibby 125
Walks Allowed Thayer 86
Walks per 9IP Fitzmorris 2.8
Hits per 9IP Bibby 9.6
Strikeouts per 9IP Bibby 4.7
WHiP Fitzmorris 1.42
OAVG Bibby .271
OOBP Bibby .332
OSLG Bibby .398
OOPS Bibby .730
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Jim Bibby $ 5,530,000
Mitchell Page $ 2,567,500
Steve Renko $ 1,710,000
Larvell Blanks $ 1,638,000
John Lowenstein $ 1,485,000
Ray Fosse $ 1,485,000
Al Fitzmorris $ 1,370,000
Jim Kern $ 1,283,750
Rico Carty $ 1,247,400
Bruce Bochte $ 1,025,000
Rick Waits $ 1,025,000
Pat Dobson $ 910,000
Ron Pruitt $ 819,000
Paul Dade $ 665,750
Jim Norris $ 512,500
Johnny Oates $ 304,000
Steve Baker $ 300,000
Ross Baumgarten $ 300,000
Greg Thayer $ 300,000
Rodney Scott $ 300,000
Dave Oliver $ 300,000
Rick Manning $ 300,000
Larry Andersen $ 300,000
Hank Small $ 300,000
Cardell Camper $ 300,000
Frank Duffy $ 201,000
Charlie Spikes $ 143,500
Bill Melton $ 100,000
 
Player Transactions
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