1979 Cleveland Indians season

1979 Cleveland Indians
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Eastern Division (since 1969)
Location
Cleveland Municipal Stadium (since 1932)
Cleveland, Ohio (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Steve O'Neill
General manager(s)	Phil Seghi
Manager(s)	Jeff Torborg, Dave Garcia
Local television	WJKW
Local radio	WWWE
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Offseason

October 3, 1978: Larvell Blanks and Jim Kern were traded by the Indians to the Texas Rangers for Len Barker and Bobby Bonds.^[1]
December 5, 1978: Carmen Castillo was drafted by the Indians from the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1978 minor league draft.^[2]
December 6, 1978: Cardell Camper was traded by the Indians to the Philadelphia Phillies for Joe Charboneau.^[3]

Regular season

Season standings

AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Baltimore Orioles	102	57	0.642	—	55–24	47–33
Milwaukee Brewers	95	66	0.590	8	52–29	43–37
Boston Red Sox	91	69	0.569	11½	51–29	40–40
New York Yankees	89	71	0.556	13½	51–30	38–41
Detroit Tigers	85	76	0.528	18	46–34	39–42
Cleveland Indians	81	80	0.503	22	47–34	34–46
Toronto Blue Jays	53	109	0.327	50½	32–49	21–60

Record vs. opponents

1979 American League Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	8–5	9–3	8–3	8–5	7–6	6–6	8–5	8–4	5–6	8–4	10–2	6–6	11–2
Boston	5–8	—	5–7	5–6	6–7	8–5	8–4	8–4	9–3	5–8	9–3	8–4	6–6	9–4
California	3–9	7–5	—	9–4	6–6	4–8	7–6	7–5	9–4	7–5	10–3	7–6	5–8	7–5
Chicago	3–8	6–5	4–9	—	6–6	3–9	5–8	5–7	5–8	4–8	9–4	5–8	11–2	7–5
Cleveland	5–8	7–6	6–6	6–6	—	6–6	6–6	4–9	8–4	5–8	8–4	7–5	5–7	8–5
Detroit	6–7	5–8	8–4	9–3	6–6	—	5–7	6–7	4–8	7–6	7–5	7–5	6–6	9–4
Kansas City	6–6	4–8	6–7	8–5	6–6	7–5	—	5–7	7–6	5–7	9–4	7–6	6–7	9–3
Milwaukee	5–8	4–8	5–7	7–5	9–4	7–6	7–5	—	8–4	9–4	6–6	9–3	9–3	10–3
Minnesota	4–8	3–9	4–9	8–5	4–8	8–4	6–7	4–8	—	7–5	9–4	10–3	4–9	11–1
New York	6–5	8–5	5–7	8–4	8–5	6–7	7–5	4–9	5–7	—	9–3	6–6	8–4	9–4
Oakland	4–8	3–9	3–10	4–9	4–8	5–7	4–9	6–6	4–9	3–9	—	8–5	2–11	4–8
Seattle	2–10	4–8	6–7	8–5	5–7	5–7	6–7	3–9	3–10	6–6	5–8	—	6–7	8–4
Texas	6–6	6–6	8–5	2–11	7–5	6–6	7–6	3–9	9–4	4–8	11–2	7–6	—	7–5
Toronto	2–11	4–9	5–7	5–7	5–8	4–9	3–9	3–10	1–11	4–9	8–4	4–8	5–7	—

Notable transactions

June 5, 1979: Von Hayes was drafted by the Indians in the 7th round of the 1979 Major League Baseball Draft. Player signed August 24, 1979.^[4]
July 18, 1979: Mike Stanton was signed as a free agent by the Indians.^[5]

Roster

1979 Cleveland Indians

Roster

Pitchers

42 Larry Andersen

39 Len Barker

32 David Clyde

23 Víctor Cruz

17 Wayne Garland

44 Don Hood

43 Sid Monge

48 Mike Paxton

41 Paul Reuschel

37 Dan Spillner

36 Rick Waits

56 Sandy Wihtol

33 Eric Wilkins

40 Rick Wise

Catchers

35 Gary Alexander

16 Bo Díaz

9 Ron Hassey

44 Cliff Johnson

Infielders

31 Wayne Cage

22 Ted Cox

11 Toby Harrah

18 Duane Kuiper

12 Dave Rosello

29 Andre Thornton

21,15 Tom Veryzer

Outfielders

30 Dell Alston

25 Bobby Bonds

00 Paul Dade

21 Mike Hargrove

28 Rick Manning

27 Jim Norris

13 Ron Pruitt

20 Horace Speed

Manager

1 Dave Garcia

10 Jeff Torborg

Coaches

4 Dave Duncan (Bullpen)

1 Dave Garcia (Third Base)

2 Chuck Hartenstein (Pitching)

24 Joe Nossek (First Base)

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
1B	Thornton, AndreAndre Thornton	143	515	120	.233	26	93
RF	Bonds, BobbyBobby Bonds	146	538	148	.275	25	85

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Clyde, DavidDavid Clyde	9	45.2	3	4	5.91	17

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Barker, LenLen Barker	29	137.1	6	6	4.92	93

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Cruz, VíctorVíctor Cruz	61	3	9	10	4.23	63
Andersen, LarryLarry Andersen	8	0	0	0	7.56	7

Awards and honors

Andre Thornton, Roberto Clemente Award

All-Star Game

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Tacoma Tugs	Pacific Coast League	Gene Dusan
AA	Chattanooga Lookouts	Southern League	Woody Smith
A	Waterloo Indians	Midwest League	Cal Emery
A-Short Season	Batavia Trojans	New York–Penn League	Tom Trebelhorn

Notes

↑ Larvell Blanks page at Baseball-Reference
↑ Carmen Castillo page at Baseball-Reference
↑ Joe Charboneau page at Baseball-Reference
↑ Von Hayes page at Baseball Reference
↑ Mike Stanton page at Baseball Reference
↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References

1979 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York Toronto

AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

1979 MLB draft 1979 All-Star Game 1979 World Series

Cleveland Indians

Founded in 1894
Formerly the Grand Rapids Rustlers, Cleveland Lake Shores, Cleveland Bluebirds, Cleveland Broncos, and Cleveland Naps
Based in Cleveland, Ohio

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Culture and lore

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Key personnel

Owner: Larry Dolan
Chairman/CEO: Paul Dolan
President: Chris Antonetti
General manager: Mike Chernoff
Manager: Terry Francona

Postseason appearances (12)

Division championships (8)

American League pennants (6)

World Series championships (2)

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