1979 Cleveland Indians
Record: 72-90
Finish: 4th in AL Central Division Division
Runs Scored: 770
Runs Allowed: 838
Exp W-L: 75-87
 
Ballpark: Cleveland Stadium
Attendance: 1,968,259
Manager: CJ Verbeck

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
SS  Larvell Blanks 29 161 644 90 181 18 5 4 77 30 11 42 43 .281 .322 .343 .666 74.8 8.9 9.3
LF *Mitchell Page 27 159 588 97 167 36 7 19 85 30 5 78 80 .284 .375 .466 .841 100.0 18.8 3.7
C  Ray Fosse 32 157 599 65 164 26 7 7 88 4 5 27 49 .274 .309 .376 .685 68.3 10.5 5.1
1B *Mike Jorgensen 30 146 503 87 126 22 2 16 78 12 9 62 79 .250 .332 .398 .729 68.3 9.8 2.1
C  Ron Pruitt 27 150 493 58 137 27 2 4 61 2 13 57 28 .278 .355 .365 .720 61.1 9.4 3.9
1B *Bruce Bochte 28 139 473 74 140 15 1 9 58 4 4 59 33 .296 .371 .389 .760 68.4 13.7 0.4
CF *John Lowenstein 32 127 473 57 132 19 2 11 81 6 5 55 72 .279 .351 .397 .748 64.8 12.6 2.4
2B  Paul Dade 27 135 450 63 131 24 3 1 40 24 9 21 46 .291 .323 .364 .688 51.0 8.3 3.2
2B  Juan Bernhardt 25 113 438 43 108 14 4 2 39 2 1 13 20 .247 .272 .311 .582 30.8 0.5 0.0
RF *Jim Norris 30 136 411 63 117 19 10 1 52 16 10 42 33 .285 .351 .387 .738 54.0 10.5 2.3
2B  Marty Perez 32 125 331 37 84 15 3 0 37 1 6 25 35 .254 .313 .317 .630 30.5 3.2 4.8
1B  Bill Melton 33 102 252 35 59 13 0 7 32 3 6 24 29 .234 .310 .369 .679 28.0 1.8 0.6
2B *Dave Oliver 28 44 50 6 11 0 2 1 6 0 1 6 1 .220 .298 .360 .658 5.7 0.7 0.8
C  Jim Gaudet 24 12 37 4 10 2 0 0 9 0 0 1 6 .270 .282 .324 .606 3.3 0.4 0.3
C  Alan Knicely 24 2 9 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .222 .222 .222 .444 0.3 0.1 0.1
RF *Rick Manning 24 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
1B  Roger Freed 33 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 0.4 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.5 1713 5755 780 1570 251 48 82 745 135 86 512 557 .273 .334 .376 .709 709.8 109.2 38.9
  Rank among 14 AL teams 7 7 6 9 4 13 7 5 12 8 5 4 5 10 7 7  
* - 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
 Al Fitzmorris 33 12 15 .444 35 35 0 221.3 255 102 13 67 81 4.15 9.1
 Jim Slaton 29 9 17 .346 34 34 0 215.7 232 122 33 79 67 5.09 5.7
*Mike Willis 28 12 9 .571 30 28 0 180.0 191 81 12 67 72 4.05 9.4
 Mike Scott 24 10 10 .500 29 29 0 180.0 187 88 12 52 65 4.40 7.9
 Pat Dobson 37 6 11 .353 24 24 0 159.0 181 86 13 51 50 4.87 3.8
 Steve Baker 22 7 10 .412 22 22 0 123.0 155 72 9 58 53 5.27 1.5
*Kim Seaman 22 2 2 .500 47 0 2 96.7 78 42 15 45 34 3.91 5.4
 Stan Thomas 29 5 6 .455 14 14 0 96.0 120 57 8 48 19 5.34 2.2
 Cardell Camper 26 2 6 .250 56 1 1 77.7 62 33 6 44 66 3.82 5.0
 Larry Andersen 26 4 4 .500 46 0 0 66.0 79 38 4 30 38 5.18 1.8
 Jim Kern 30 3 6 .333 61 0 35 60.3 63 17 1 26 42 2.54 9.1
*Rick Waits 27 4 5 .444 43 0 2 53.7 63 18 3 26 29 3.02 4.2
 Greg Thayer 29 1 3 .250 30 0 2 44.3 42 17 8 19 27 3.45 2.2
*Ross Baumgarten 24 1 1 .500 7 2 0 21.7 26 15 4 13 8 6.23 0.0
*Jeff Rineer 23 1 0 1.000 12 0 0 20.7 22 12 4 10 3 5.23 0.7
Team Totals 27.3 79 105 .429 490 189 42 1616.0 1756 800 145 635 654 4.46 67.9
Rank among 14 AL teams 7 14 8 12 3 12 11 12 13 5 11  
* - 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 .989 39.6
R.Fosse 1345.3 150 155 600 90 6 6 .991 40.8
J.Gaudet 63.7 8 10 34 5 0 0 1.000 20.0
R.Pruitt 18.0 2 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
A.Knicely 18.0 2 2 4 2 0 0 1.000 66.7
Team Total 1445.0 162 169 644 97 6 6 .992 39.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.41
M.Jorgensen 1107.3 122 135 1327 112 17 155 .988 11.70
B.Melton 314.3 38 42 354 35 0 31 1.000 11.14
J.Norris 13.3 1 5 11 1 1 0 .923 8.10
B.Bochte 10.0 1 6 14 0 0 0 1.000 12.60
Team Total 1445.0 162 188 1706 148 18 186 .990 11.55
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 6.40
M.Perez 741.0 88 106 198 338 13 82 .976 6.51
D.Oliver 136.0 8 43 36 59 1 18 .990 6.29
P.Dade 96.0 8 23 22 40 2 11 .969 5.81
L.Blanks 3.0 0 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 976.0 104 174 257 439 16 111 .978 6.42
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .948 3.16
R.Pruitt 1116.7 127 129 100 285 24 35 .941 3.10
P.Dade 301.3 34 35 31 79 6 12 .948 3.29
B.Melton 19.0 1 4 1 4 2 0 .714 2.37
M.Perez 6.0 0 2 4 2 0 0 1.000 9.00
J.Norris 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Bochte 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1445.0 162 172 137 370 32 47 .941 3.16
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 5.45
L.Blanks 1404.0 159 159 225 544 25 118 .969 4.93
M.Perez 29.0 3 6 6 16 0 5 1.000 6.83
J.Norris 12.0 0 2 2 4 1 1 .857 4.50
Team Total 1445.0 162 167 233 564 26 124 .968 4.96
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 2.03
J.Lowenstein 1090.3 125 125 272 8 19 2 .936 2.31
B.Bochte 247.3 28 32 40 2 2 1 .955 1.53
P.Dade 50.7 5 7 16 2 0 0 1.000 3.20
J.Norris 31.0 3 6 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.61
R.Pruitt 12.0 1 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Page 7.0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
J.Gaudet 3.7 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Manning 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Melton 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1445.0 162 182 339 12 21 3 .944 2.19
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 2.63
M.Page 1357.0 152 153 399 17 35 5 .922 2.76
P.Dade 48.0 6 6 22 0 1 0 .957 4.13
M.Jorgensen 17.0 2 2 8 0 0 0 1.000 4.24
J.Norris 15.0 2 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
R.Pruitt 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
J.Lowenstein 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1443.0 162 166 437 17 36 5 .927 2.83
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 2.07
J.Norris 900.3 106 112 223 8 13 0 .947 2.31
P.Dade 474.3 55 61 128 3 10 1 .929 2.49
B.Bochte 30.3 1 10 6 0 1 0 .857 1.78
R.Pruitt 26.3 0 13 11 0 0 0 1.000 3.76
B.Melton 5.7 0 3 2 0 1 0 .667 3.18
J.Lowenstein 5.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
R.Manning 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1445.0 162 204 372 11 25 1 .939 2.39
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 2.05
A.Fitzmorris 221.3 35 35 18 42 2 5 .968 2.44
J.Slaton 215.7 34 34 21 28 5 3 .907 2.04
M.Willis 180.0 28 30 15 26 1 2 .976 2.05
M.Scott 180.0 29 29 12 29 1 0 .976 2.05
P.Dobson 159.0 24 24 9 29 1 2 .974 2.15
S.Baker 123.0 22 22 5 26 2 4 .939 2.27
K.Seaman 96.7 0 47 7 12 1 2 .950 1.77
S.Thomas 96.0 14 14 4 20 4 4 .857 2.25
C.Camper 77.7 1 56 5 13 0 0 1.000 2.09
L.Andersen 66.0 0 46 6 6 2 2 .857 1.64
J.Kern 60.3 0 61 6 10 1 3 .941 2.39
R.Waits 53.7 0 43 6 8 0 1 1.000 2.35
G.Thayer 44.3 0 30 6 7 2 0 .867 2.64
R.Baumgarten 21.7 2 7 1 5 1 0 .857 2.49
J.Rineer 20.7 0 12 1 5 0 0 1.000 2.61
Team Total 1616.0 189 490 122 266 23 28 .944 2.16
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Bochte .296
On-Base Pct Page .375
Slugging Pct Page .466
OPS Page .841
XR Page 100.0
Games Blanks 161
At-Bats Blanks 644
Runs Page 97
Hits Blanks 181
Total Bases Page 274
Singles Blanks 154
Doubles Page 36
Triples Norris 10
Homeruns Page 19
RBIs Fosse 88
Stolen Bases Blanks, Page 30
Caught Stealing Pruitt 13
Walks Page 78
Strikeouts Page 80
ERA Willis 4.05
Wins Fitzmorris, Willis 12
Losses Slaton 17
Winning Pct Willis .571
Saves Kern 35
Games Pitched Kern 61
Games Started Fitzmorris 35
Complete Games Slaton 6
Shutouts Scott 1
Innings Pitched Fitzmorris 221.3
Hits Allowed Fitzmorris 255
Homeruns Allowed Slaton 33
Strikeouts Fitzmorris 81
Walks Allowed Slaton 79
Walks per 9IP Scott 2.6
Hits per 9IP Scott 9.4
Strikeouts per 9IP Willis 3.6
WHiP Scott 1.33
OAVG Scott .264
OOBP Scott .314
OSLG Scott .368
OOPS Scott .682
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Jim Slaton $ 3,880,000
Mitchell Page $ 2,567,500
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
Rick Waits $ 1,025,000
Bruce Bochte $ 1,025,000
Pat Dobson $ 910,000
Ron Pruitt $ 819,000
Mike Jorgensen $ 700,000
Paul Dade $ 665,750
Jim Norris $ 512,500
Bill Melton $ 364,800
Stan Thomas $ 362,000
Charlie Spikes $ 320,000
Steve Baker $ 300,000
Ross Baumgarten $ 300,000
Juan Bernhardt $ 300,000
Cardell Camper $ 300,000
Greg Thayer $ 300,000
Alan Knicely $ 300,000
Jim Gaudet $ 300,000
Mike Scott $ 300,000
Larry Andersen $ 300,000
Mike Willis $ 300,000
Rick Manning $ 300,000
Dave Oliver $ 300,000
Kim Seaman $ 300,000
Jeff Rineer $ 300,000
Frank Duffy $ 201,000
Skip Jutze $ 100,000
Marty Perez $ 100,000
Roger Freed $ 100,000
 
Player Transactions
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