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1977 Cleveland Indians (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1976/1978) 71-90, Finished 5th in AL Eastern Division View League Standings and Leaders Scored 676 runs, Allowed 739 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 74-87 Managed by Frank Robinson and Jeff Torborg Ballpark: Cleveland Stadium (ballparks.com) Attendance: 900,365 (13th of 14) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 96, Pitching - 97   (one-year): Batting - 98, Pitching - 99   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates BaseballAmerica.com: Team Executives Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1977 Stats (1976/1978) / Schedule / Transactions / Lineups / Batting Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / Gamelogs: Bat / Pitch / Amateur Draft

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Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Fred Kendall        28  103  317   18   79  13  1   3   39  16   27  .249  .283  .325   0   1   8   1   7   5   1   69
1B  Andre Thornton      27  131  433   77  114  20  5  28   70  70   82  .263  .378  .527   3   4   9  11   1   2   1  149
2B *Duane Kuiper        27  148  610   62  169  15  8   1   50  37   55  .277  .324  .333  11  11   9   7  21   4   1   83
3B  Buddy Bell          25  129  479   64  140  23  4  11   64  45   63  .292  .351  .426   1   8  14   1   8   5   5  115
SS  Frank Duffy         30  122  334   30   67  13  2   4   31  21   47  .201  .247  .287   8   3   8   0  13   1   0   48
LF *Bruce Bochte        26  112  392   52  119  19  1   5   43  40   38  .304  .364  .395   3   2  17   0   7   5   3  111
CF *Jim Norris          28  133  440   59  119  23  6   2   37  64   57  .270  .360  .364  26  17  10   0   9   4   4  102
RF  Paul Dade           25  134  461   65  134  15  3   3   45  32   58  .291  .333  .356  16   8  12   2   4   9   4   92
DH  Rico Carty          37  127  461   50  129  23  1  15   80  56   51  .280  .355  .432   1   2  17   0   0   4   6  118
    Larvell Blanks      27  105  322   43   92  10  4   6   38  19   37  .286  .324  .398   3   0   7   1   5   4   1  100
   *Rick Manning        22   68  252   33   57   7  3   5   18  21   35  .226  .282  .337   9   5   4   0   6   4   0   71
    Ray Fosse           30   78  238   25   63   7  1   6   27   7   26  .265  .293  .378   0   5   5   3   8   1   2   85
    Ron Pruitt          25   78  219   29   63  10  2   2   32  28   22  .288  .369  .379   2   3  10   2   1   3   0  109
   *John Lowenstein     30   81  149   24   36   6  1   4   12  21   29  .242  .335  .376   1   8   6   0   2   0   1   98
    Bill Melton         31   50  133   17   32  11  0   0   14  17   21  .241  .331  .323   1   3   9   2   0   2   0   83
    Charlie Spikes      26   32   95   13   22   2  0   3   11  11   17  .232  .321  .347   0   2   4   2   0   1   0   86
   *Johnny Grubb        28   34   93    8   28   3  3   2   14  19   18  .301  .425  .462   0   3   3   1   0   0   2  147
   #Alfredo Griffin     19   14   41    5    6   1  0   0    3   3    5  .146  .205  .171   2   2   1   0   0   0   0    6
   *Dave Oliver         26    7   22    2    7   0  1   0    3   4    0  .318  .444  .409   0   0   0   1   2   0   0  140
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.7  161 5491  676 1476 221 46 100  631 531  688  .269  .333  .380  87  87 153  34  94  54  31   98
    Rank among 14 AL teams        10    9    8  12  6  13        7   11     7     7    12   9   3                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Wayne Garland       26  38   3.60  13  19  0  38   0  21   1  282.7  281  130  113  23   88  118 1184  12   2  1   8 110
SP  Dennis Eckersley    22  33   3.53  14  13  0  33   0  12   3  247.3  214  100   97  31   54  191 1006   3   7  0  11 112
SP  Jim Bibby           32  37   3.57  12  13  2  30   5   9   2  206.7  197  100   82  17   73  141  876  12   4  4   2 111
SP  Al Fitzmorris       31  29   5.41   6  10  0  21   1   1   0  133.0  164   87   80  12   53   54  601   4   1  1   4  73
SP  Pat Dobson          35  33   6.14   3  12  1  17   4   0   0  133.3  155   94   91  23   65   81  595   3   1  2   7  64

CL  Jim Kern            28  60   3.42   8  10 18   0  46   0   0   92.0   85   39   35   3   47   91  393   4   6  0   8 115
RP *Don Hood            27  41   3.00   2   1  0   5   7   1   0  105.0   87   42   35   3   49   62  448   1   4  0   7 132
RP *Sid Monge           26  33   6.23   1   2  3   0  15   0   0   39.0   47   31   27   6   27   25  186   2   0  0   4  63
RP  Tom Buskey          30  21   5.29   0   0  0   0   9   0   0   34.0   45   24   20   6    8   15  157   1   1  0   1  75
RP *Rick Waits          25  37   3.99   9   7  2  16   9   1   0  135.3  132   67   60   8   64   62  581   0   1  0   7  99

   *Dave LaRoche        29  13   5.30   2   2  4   0  11   0   0   18.7   15   13   11   3    7   18   75   1   0  0   1  74
    Larry Andersen      24  11   3.14   0   1  0   0   7   0   0   14.3   10    7    5   1    9    8   62   1   0  0   3 126
    Cardell Camper      24   3   3.86   1   0  0   1   1   0   0    9.3    7    4    4   0    4    9   40   1   0  0   1 102
   *Bill Laxton         29   2   5.40   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    1.7    2    1    1   0    2    1    9   2   0  0   0  73
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.9 161   4.10  71  90 30 161 116  45   8 1452.0 1441  739  661 136  550  876 6213  47  27  8  64  96
    Rank among 14 AL teams          7  10   5  7           5   7      4    6    7        4    9    2

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- FKendall 832 93 102 506 35 5 5 .991 4 21 90 28 RFosse 603 67 77 426 48 8 4 .983 4 25 67 35 RPruitt 17 1 4 9 4 0 0 1.000 0 1 1 1 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1452 161 161 941 87 13 9 .988 8 47 158 64 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 *10.02 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- AThornton 1021 114 117 1026 71 6 97 .995 9.66 BBochte 294 34 36 277 21 3 17 .990 9.10 BMelton 108 11 15 134 8 0 10 1.000 11.83 RCarty 16 2 2 20 3 0 4 1.000 12.94 JNorris 7 0 3 6 0 0 1 1.000 7.71 JLowenstein 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 RFosse 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1452 161 161 1465 103 9 129 .994 9.72 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *5.42 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DKuiper 1322 148 148 334 449 12 104 .985 5.33 LBlanks 70 7 12 15 23 0 3 1.000 4.86 DOliver 57 6 7 20 17 2 7 .949 5.84 PDade 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1452 161 161 371 489 14 114 .984 5.33 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 *2.97 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BBell 1017 115 118 111 253 15 23 .960 3.22 PDade 190 20 26 23 41 5 1 .928 3.03 LBlanks 149 16 18 11 42 3 3 .946 3.19 BMelton 94 10 13 8 20 2 1 .933 2.68 RPruitt 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1452 161 161 153 356 25 28 .953 3.15 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .963 *4.82 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FDuffy 930 104 121 145 301 15 62 .967 4.31 LBlanks 418 45 66 74 116 8 21 .960 4.09 AGriffin 104 12 13 17 30 3 6 .940 4.07 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1452 161 161 236 447 26 89 .963 4.23 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 *2.11 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BBochte 635 72 74 159 6 6 1 .965 2.34 JGrubb 217 26 27 47 2 0 0 1.000 2.03 PDade 201 21 28 38 1 1 1 .975 1.75 RPruitt 168 17 27 44 0 0 0 1.000 2.35 JLowenstein 128 14 18 31 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 BBell 97 11 11 23 0 1 0 .958 2.13 JNorris 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1452 161 161 342 10 8 2 .978 2.18 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 *2.83 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JNorris 607 67 73 205 5 5 0 .977 3.11 RManning 574 62 68 191 2 2 0 .990 3.02 PDade 220 27 28 48 2 1 0 .980 2.04 JLowenstein 30 3 5 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.70 RPruitt 11 1 2 2 1 0 0 1.000 2.31 BBochte 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1452 161 161 456 10 8 0 .983 2.89 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 *2.08 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JNorris 421 48 50 114 4 1 1 .992 2.52 PDade 363 40 52 81 7 0 1 1.000 2.18 RPruitt 346 38 43 59 1 2 0 .968 1.56 CSpikes 207 24 27 34 1 1 1 .972 1.52 JLowenstein 107 11 17 25 0 0 0 1.000 2.10 BBochte 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 JGrubb 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1452 161 161 314 13 4 3 .988 2.03 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *2.34 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- JNorris 1033 115 124 320 9 6 1 .982 2.87 PDade 785 88 99 167 10 2 2 .989 2.03 BBochte 647 73 76 161 7 6 1 .966 2.33 RManning 574 62 68 191 2 2 0 .990 3.02 RPruitt 526 56 69 104 2 3 0 .972 1.81 JLowenstein 265 28 39 62 1 0 0 1.000 2.14 JGrubb 220 26 28 47 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 CSpikes 207 24 27 34 1 1 1 .972 1.52 BBell 97 11 11 23 0 1 0 .958 2.13 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1452 161 161 1109 34 21 5 .982 2.36 161 161 161 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .948 *1.95 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- WGarland 282 38 38 24 42 3 3 .957 2.10 DEckersley 247 33 33 6 22 2 1 .933 1.02 JBibby 206 30 37 14 21 5 0 .875 1.52 RWaits 135 16 37 4 24 2 1 .933 1.86 PDobson 133 17 33 9 22 2 0 .939 2.09 AFitzmorris 133 21 29 7 22 1 1 .967 1.96 DHood 105 5 41 4 10 2 1 .875 1.20 JKern 92 0 60 5 13 3 2 .857 1.76 SMonge 39 0 33 1 3 0 0 1.000 0.92 TBuskey 34 0 21 4 3 0 0 1.000 1.85 DLaRoche 18 0 13 1 1 0 1 1.000 0.96 LAndersen 14 0 11 3 6 2 1 .818 5.66 CCamper 9 1 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 BLaxton 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 5.29 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1452 161 161 82 190 22 11 .925 1.69 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Des. Hitter G ------------+--- RCarty 123 JLowenstein 19 BMelton 14 AThornton 9 PDade 7 LBlanks 6 JGrubb 4 RPruitt 4 CSpikes 2 BBochte 1 RFosse 1 AGriffin 1 DHood 1 FKendall 1 RWaits 1 ------------+---

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

Team Leaders
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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Bell .292 On-base % Thornton .378 Slugging % Thornton .527 OPS Thornton .905 Games Kuiper 148 At Bats Kuiper 610 Plate Appearances (approx.) Kuiper 679 Runs Thornton 77 Hits Kuiper 169 Total Bases Thornton 228 Doubles Bell, Carty, and Norris 23 Triples Kuiper 8 Home Runs Thornton 28 RBI Carty 80 Bases on Balls Thornton 70 Strikeouts Thornton 82 Stolen Bases Norris 26 Singles Kuiper 145 Adjusted OPS+ Thornton 149 Runs Created Thornton 89 Adjusted Batting Runs Thornton 31 Batting Wins Thornton 3.0 Extra-Base Hits Thornton 53 Times on Base Kuiper 213 Offensive Win% Thornton .686 Hit By Pitch Thornton 11 Sac. Hits Kuiper 21 Sac. Flies Dade 9 Intentional Walks Carty 6 Grounded into Double Plays Bochte and Carty 17 Caught Stealing Norris 17 Power/Speed Number Manning 6.4 At Bats per Strikeout Kuiper 11.1 At Bats per Home Run Thornton 15.5 Outs Kuiper 486

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Eckersley 3.53 Wins Eckersley 14 Won-Loss % Waits .563 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Eckersley 1.084 Hits Allowed/9IP Eckersley 7.79 Bases on Balls/9IP Eckersley 1.96 Strikeouts/9IP Eckersley 6.95 Games Kern 60 Saves Kern 18 Innings Garland 282.7 Strikeouts Eckersley 191 Games Started Garland 38 Comp. Games Garland 21 Shutouts Eckersley 3 Home Runs Allow. Eckersley 31 Bases On Balls Allow. Garland 88 Hits Allowed Garland 281 SO to Walk Eckersley 3.54 Losses Garland 19 Earned Runs Allow. Garland 113 Wild Pitches Bibby and Garland 12 Hit Batsmen Eckersley 7 Batters Faced Garland 1184 Games Finished Kern 46 Adjusted ERA+ Eckersley 112

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