1979 Cleveland Indians season explained

Cleveland Indians
Season:	1979
League:	American League
Division:	East
Ballpark:	Cleveland Municipal Stadium
City:	Cleveland, Ohio
Owners:	Steve O'Neill
General Managers:	Phil Seghi
Managers:	Jeff Torborg, Dave Garcia
Television:	WJKW
Radio:	WWWE

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

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]

Opening Day Lineup

Opening Day Starters

	Name	Position
11		3B
27		DH
25		RF
29		1B
35		C
22		LF
18		2B
21
20		CF
40		P

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Roster

1979 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
align=left		110	358	54	82	9	2	15	54	.229	4
align=left		54	62	10	18	0	2	1	12	.290	4
align=left		146	538	93	148	24	1	25	85	.275	34
align=left		29	56	6	13	2	0	1	6	.232	0
align=left		78	189	17	40	6	0	4	22	.212	3
align=left		44	170	22	48	4	1	3	18	.282	12
align=left		15	32	0	5	2	0	0	1	.156	0
align=left		100	338	60	110	21	4	10	56	.325	2
align=left		149	527	99	147	25	1	20	77	.279	20
align=left		75	223	20	64	14	0	4	32	.287	1
align=left		72	240	37	65	10	0	18	61	.271	2
align=left		140	479	46	122	9	5	0	39	.255	4
align=left		144	560	67	145	12	2	3	51	.259	30
align=left		124	353	50	87	15	6	3	30	.246	15
align=left		64	166	23	47	7	0	2	21	.283	2
align=left		59	107	20	26	6	1	3	14	.243	1
align=left		26	14	6	2	0	0	0	1	.143	2
align=left		143	515	89	120	31	1	26	93	.233	5
align=left		149	449	41	99	9	3	0	34	.220	2
Team Totals	161	5376	760	1388	206	29	138	707	.258	143

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
align=left		0	0	7.56	8	0	0	16.2	25	14	14	4	7
align=left		6	6	4.92	29	19	0	137.1	146	79	75	70	93
align=left		3	4	5.91	9	8	0	45.2	50	33	30	13	17
align=left		3	9	4.23	61	0	10	78.2	70	41	37	34	40
align=left		4	10	5.23	18	14	0	94.2	120	70	55	34	40
align=left		1	0	3.68	13	0	1	22.0	13	9	9	14	7
align=left		12	10	2.40	76	0	19	131.0	96	37	35	64	108
align=left		8	8	5.92	33	24	0	159.2	210	118	105	52	70
align=left		2	1	7.94	17	1	1	45.1	73	43	40	11	22
align=left		9	5	4.62	49	13	1	157.2	153	82	81	64	97
align=left		16	13	4.44	34	34	0	231.0	230	123	114	91	91
align=left		0	0	3.38	5	0	0	10.2	10	4	4	3	6
align=left		2	4	4.39	16	14	0	69.2	77	41	34	38	52
align=left		15	10	3.73	34	34	0	231.2	229	111	96	68	108
Team Totals	81	80	4.57	161	161	32	1431.2	1502	805	727	570	781

Awards and honors

• Andre Thornton, Roberto Clemente Award

All-Star Game

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

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References

• 1979 Cleveland Indians team page at Baseball Reference
• 1979 Cleveland Indians team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/blankla01.shtml Larvell Blanks page at Baseball-Reference
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/castica01.shtml Carmen Castillo page at Baseball-Reference
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/charbjo01.shtml Joe Charboneau page at Baseball-Reference
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hayesvo01.shtml Von Hayes page at Baseball Reference
5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/stantmi01.shtml Mike Stanton page at Baseball Reference
6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/BOS/BOS197904050.shtml 1979 Opening Day Lineup
7. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007