1978 Cleveland Indians

69-90 • 0.434 Win% • 6th in AL E

📊 Season Record

69 Wins
90 Losses
0.434 Win %
6th Rank
639 R 694 RA
Diff -55

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⚡ Quick Stats

639 Runs Scored
694 Runs Allowed
-55 Run Diff
807K Attendance

📈 vs. 1978 AL Average

Batting Avg .260 equal to the 1978 league average (.261)
OBP .322 1% below the 1978 league average (.325)
SLG .320 2% below the 1978 league average (.327)
Team ERA 3.97 5% worse than the 1978 league average (3.76)
Runs Scored 639 6% below the 1978 league average (679 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumCleveland Stadium
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Home Games 78
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Total Attendance 807,123
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Avg per Game 10,347

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Bernie Carbo 0.287 2 Duane Kuiper 0.283 3 Jim Norris 0.283 4 Buddy Bell 0.282 5 Tom Veryzer 0.271

Home Runs

1 Andre Thornton 33 2 Gary Alexander 17 3 Johnny Grubb 14 4 Buddy Bell 6 5 Ron Pruitt 6

RBI

1 Andre Thornton 105 2 Gary Alexander 62 3 Buddy Bell 62 4 Johnny Grubb 61 5 Rick Manning 50
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Rick Manning 148 566 65 149 0 0 3 50 38 62 12 0.263
Buddy Bell 142 556 71 157 0 0 6 62 39 43 1 0.282
Duane Kuiper 149 547 52 155 0 0 0 43 19 35 4 0.283
Andre Thornton 145 508 97 133 0 0 33 105 93 72 4 0.262
Tom Veryzer 130 421 48 114 0 0 1 32 13 36 1 0.271
Johnny Grubb 113 378 54 100 0 0 14 61 59 60 5 0.265
Gary Alexander 90 324 39 76 0 0 17 62 35 100 0 0.235
Jim Norris 113 315 41 89 0 0 2 27 42 20 12 0.283
Paul Dade 93 307 37 78 0 0 3 20 34 45 12 0.254
Ted Cox 82 227 14 53 0 0 1 19 16 30 0 0.233
Larvell Blanks 70 193 19 49 0 0 2 20 10 16 0 0.254
Ron Pruitt 71 187 17 44 0 0 6 17 16 20 2 0.235
Bernie Carbo 60 174 21 50 0 0 4 16 20 31 1 0.287
Willie Horton 50 169 15 42 0 0 5 22 15 25 3 0.249
Bo Diaz 44 127 12 30 0 0 2 11 4 17 0 0.236
Horace Speed 70 106 13 24 0 0 0 4 14 31 2 0.226
Wayne Cage 36 98 11 24 0 0 4 13 9 28 1 0.245
Ron Hassey 25 74 5 15 0 0 2 9 5 7 2 0.203
Dan Briggs 15 49 4 8 0 0 1 1 4 9 0 0.163
Mike Vail 14 34 2 8 0 0 0 2 1 9 1 0.235
Alfredo Griffin 5 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.500
Jim Kern 58 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
David Clyde 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Al Fitzmorris 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dave Freisleben 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Wayne Garland 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Don Hood 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dennis Kinney 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Rick Kreuger 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Larry Lintz 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000
Sid Monge 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Paxton 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Paul Reuschel 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dan Spillner 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Rick Waits 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Rick Wise 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Sid Monge 2.76 2 Jim Kern 3.08 3 Paul Reuschel 3.11 4 Rick Waits 3.20 5 Dan Spillner 3.67

Wins

1 Rick Waits 13 2 Mike Paxton 12 3 Jim Kern 10 4 Rick Wise 9 5 David Clyde 8

Strikeouts

1 Rick Wise 106 2 Rick Waits 97 3 Mike Paxton 96 4 Jim Kern 95 5 David Clyde 83
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Rick Waits 13 15 3.20 34 33 0 230.1 86 97
Rick Wise 9 19 4.34 33 31 0 211.2 59 106
Mike Paxton 12 11 3.86 33 27 1 191.0 63 96
Don Hood 5 6 4.48 36 19 0 154.2 77 73
David Clyde 8 11 4.28 28 25 0 153.1 60 83
Jim Kern 10 10 3.08 58 0 13 99.1 58 95
Paul Reuschel 2 4 3.11 18 6 0 89.2 22 24
Sid Monge 4 3 2.76 48 2 6 84.2 51 54
Dan Spillner 3 1 3.67 36 0 3 56.1 21 48
Dave Freisleben 1 4 7.11 12 10 0 44.1 31 19
Dennis Kinney 0 2 4.42 18 0 5 38.2 14 19
Wayne Garland 2 3 7.89 6 6 0 29.2 16 13
Al Fitzmorris 0 1 6.28 7 0 0 14.1 7 5
Rick Kreuger 0 0 3.86 6 0 0 9.1 3 7

👥 Roster (36)

Gary Alexander Buddy Bell Larvell Blanks Dan Briggs Wayne Cage Bernie Carbo David Clyde Ted Cox Paul Dade Bo Diaz Al Fitzmorris Dave Freisleben +24 more

36 players

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