1979 Cleveland Indians

81-80 • 0.503 Win% • 6th in AL E

📊 Season Record

81 Wins
80 Losses
0.503 Win %
6th Rank
760 R 805 RA
Diff -45

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⚡ Quick Stats

760 Runs Scored
805 Runs Allowed
-45 Run Diff
1,011K Attendance

📈 vs. 1979 AL Average

Batting Avg .258 4% below the 1979 league average (.269)
OBP .338 1% above the 1979 league average (.333)
SLG .335 4% below the 1979 league average (.348)
Team ERA 4.57 8% worse than the 1979 league average (4.22)
Runs Scored 760 1% above the 1979 league average (752 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumCleveland Stadium
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 1,011,744
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Avg per Game 12,490

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Mike Hargrove 0.325 2 Dell Alston 0.290 3 Ron Hassey 0.287 4 Ron Pruitt 0.283 5 Paul Dade 0.282

Home Runs

1 Andre Thornton 26 2 Bobby Bonds 25 3 Toby Harrah 20 4 Cliff Johnson 18 5 Gary Alexander 15

RBI

1 Andre Thornton 93 2 Bobby Bonds 85 3 Toby Harrah 77 4 Cliff Johnson 61 5 Mike Hargrove 56
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Rick Manning 144 560 67 145 0 0 3 51 55 48 30 0.259
Bobby Bonds 146 538 93 148 0 0 25 85 74 135 34 0.275
Toby Harrah 149 527 99 147 0 0 20 77 89 60 20 0.279
Andre Thornton 143 515 89 120 0 0 26 93 90 93 5 0.233
Duane Kuiper 140 479 46 122 0 0 0 39 37 27 4 0.255
Tom Veryzer 149 449 41 99 0 0 0 34 34 54 2 0.220
Gary Alexander 110 358 54 82 0 0 15 54 46 100 4 0.229
Jim Norris 124 353 50 87 0 0 3 30 44 35 15 0.246
Mike Hargrove 100 338 60 110 0 0 10 56 63 40 2 0.325
Cliff Johnson 72 240 37 65 0 0 18 61 24 39 2 0.271
Ron Hassey 75 223 20 64 0 0 4 32 19 19 1 0.287
Ted Cox 78 189 17 40 0 0 4 22 14 27 3 0.212
Paul Dade 44 170 22 48 0 0 3 18 12 22 12 0.282
Ron Pruitt 64 166 23 47 0 0 2 21 19 21 2 0.283
Dave Rosello 59 107 20 26 0 0 3 14 15 27 1 0.243
Dell Alston 54 62 10 18 0 0 1 12 10 10 4 0.290
Wayne Cage 29 56 6 13 0 0 1 6 5 16 0 0.232
Bo Diaz 15 32 0 5 0 0 0 1 2 6 0 0.156
Horace Speed 26 14 6 2 0 0 0 1 5 7 2 0.143
Larry Andersen 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Len Barker 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
David Clyde 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Victor Cruz 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Wayne Garland 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Don Hood 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Sid Monge 76 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 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dan Spillner 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Rick Waits 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Sandy Wihtol 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Eric Wilkins 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Rick Wise 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Sid Monge 2.40 2 Rick Wise 3.73 3 Victor Cruz 4.23 4 Eric Wilkins 4.39 5 Rick Waits 4.44

Wins

1 Rick Waits 16 2 Rick Wise 15 3 Sid Monge 12 4 Dan Spillner 9 5 Mike Paxton 8

Strikeouts

1 Sid Monge 108 2 Rick Wise 108 3 Dan Spillner 97 4 Len Barker 93 5 Rick Waits 91
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Rick Wise 15 10 3.73 34 34 0 231.2 68 108
Rick Waits 16 13 4.44 34 34 0 231.0 91 91
Mike Paxton 8 8 5.92 33 24 0 159.2 52 70
Dan Spillner 9 5 4.62 49 13 1 157.2 64 97
Len Barker 6 6 4.92 29 19 0 137.1 70 93
Sid Monge 12 10 2.40 76 0 19 131.0 64 108
Wayne Garland 4 10 5.23 18 14 0 94.2 34 40
Victor Cruz 3 9 4.23 61 0 10 78.2 44 63
Eric Wilkins 2 4 4.39 16 14 0 69.2 38 52
David Clyde 3 4 5.91 9 8 0 45.2 13 17
Paul Reuschel 2 1 7.94 17 1 1 45.1 11 22
Don Hood 1 0 3.68 13 0 1 22.0 14 7
Larry Andersen 0 0 7.56 8 0 0 16.2 4 7
Sandy Wihtol 0 0 3.38 5 0 0 10.2 3 6

👥 Roster (33)

Gary Alexander Dell Alston Larry Andersen Len Barker Bobby Bonds Wayne Cage David Clyde Ted Cox Victor Cruz Paul Dade Bo Diaz Wayne Garland +21 more

33 players

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