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1978 Cleveland Indians
1978 Cleveland Indians
Division	Eastern Division
Ballpark	Cleveland Municipal Stadium
City	Cleveland, Ohio
Owners	Ted Bonda, Steve O'Neill
Managers	Jeff Torborg
Television	WJKW
Radio	WWWE

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Offseason

December 5, 1977: Bruce Compton (minors) and Norm Churchill (minors) were traded by the Indians to the Chicago Cubs for Dave Rosello.^[1]
February 28, 1978: Tom Buskey and John Lowenstein were traded by the Indians to the Texas Rangers for Willie Horton and David Clyde.^[2]
March 15, 1978: Rico Carty was traded by the Indians to the Toronto Blue Jays for Dennis DeBarr.^[3]
March 30, 1978: Dennis Eckersley and Fred Kendall were traded by the Indians to the Boston Red Sox for Rick Wise, Mike Paxton, Ted Cox, and Bo Díaz.^[4]

Regular season

On May 12, pitcher Nolan Ryan of the California Angels struck out Buddy Bell for the 2500th strikeout of his career.^[5]

Season standings

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Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	100	63	.613	—	55‍–‍26	45‍–‍37
Boston Red Sox	99	64	.607	1	59‍–‍23	40‍–‍41
Milwaukee Brewers	93	69	.574	6½	54‍–‍27	39‍–‍42
Baltimore Orioles	90	71	.559	9	51‍–‍30	39‍–‍41
Detroit Tigers	86	76	.531	13½	47‍–‍34	39‍–‍42
Cleveland Indians	69	90	.434	29	42‍–‍36	27‍–‍54
Toronto Blue Jays	59	102	.366	40	37‍–‍44	22‍–‍58

Notable transactions

June 14, 1978: Dennis Kinney was traded by the Indians to the San Diego Padres for Dan Spillner.^[6]
June 15, 1978: Mike Vail was traded by the Indians to the Chicago Cubs for Joe Wallis.^[7]
June 15, 1978: Joe Wallis was traded by the Indians to the Oakland Athletics for Gary Alexander.^[7]
June 22, 1978: Bill Laxton was traded by the Indians to the San Diego Padres for Dave Freisleben.^[8]
June 26, 1978: Dennis DeBarr was traded by the Indians to the Chicago Cubs for Paul Reuschel.^[9]
July 3, 1978: Willie Horton was released by the Indians.^[10]

Roster

1978 Cleveland Indians

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

23 Willie Horton
30 Larry Lintz

Manager

10 Jeff Torborg

Coaches

6 Rocky Colavito (Hitting)
Dave Duncan
2 Harvey Haddix (Pitching)
7 Joe Moeller (Bullpen)
4 Joe Nossek (Third 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
C	Gary Alexander	90	324	76	.235	17	62
1B	Andre Thornton	145	508	133	.262	33	105
2B	Duane Kuiper	149	547	155	.283	0	43
3B	Buddy Bell	142	556	157	.282	6	62
SS	Tom Veryzer	130	421	114	.271	1	32
LF	Johnny Grubb	113	378	100	.265	14	61
CF	Rick Manning	148	566	149	.263	3	50
RF	Paul Dade	93	307	78	.254	3	20
DH	Bernie Carbo	60	174	50	.287	4	16

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
Jim Norris	113	315	89	.283	2	27
Ted Cox	82	227	53	.233	1	19
Willie Horton	50	169	42	.249	5	22
Bo Díaz	44	127	30	.236	2	11
Horace Speed	70	106	24	.226	0	4
Dan Briggs	15	49	8	.163	1	1
Larry Lintz	3	0	0	----	0	0

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
Rick Wise	33	211.2	9	19	4.34	106
Mike Paxton	33	191	12	11	3.86	96
David Clyde	28	153.1	8	11	4.28	83
Dave Freisleben	12	44.1	1	4	7.11	19
Wayne Garland	6	29	2	3	7.89	13

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
Don Hood	36	154.2	5	6	4.48	73
Paul Reuschel	18	89.2	2	4	3.11	24

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
Jim Kern	58	10	10	13	3.08	95
Dan Spillner	36	3	1	3	3.67	48
Dennis Kinney	18	0	2	5	4.42	19
Al Fitzmorris	7	0	1	0	6.28	5

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Portland Beavers	Pacific Coast League	Gene Dusan
AA	Chattanooga Lookouts	Southern League	John Orsino and Jim Bragan
A	Waterloo Indians	Midwest League	Woody Smith
Short-Season A	Batavia Trojans	New York-Penn League	Luis Isaac

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Notes

^ Dave Rosello page at Baseball Reference
^ David Clyde page at Baseball Reference
^ Rico Carty page at Baseball Reference
^ Dennis Eckersley page at Baseball Reference
^ The Nolan Ryan Express | The Strikeout King | smackbomb.com/nolanryan
^ Dan Spillner page at Baseball Reference
^ ^a ^b Joe Wallis page at Baseball Reference
^ Bill Laxton page at Baseball Reference
^ Paul Reuschel page at Baseball Reference
^ Willie Horton page at Baseball Reference
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007

References

[1] Dave Rosello page at Baseball Reference

[2] David Clyde page at Baseball Reference

[3] Rico Carty page at Baseball Reference

[4] Dennis Eckersley page at Baseball Reference

[5] The Nolan Ryan Express | The Strikeout King | smackbomb.com/nolanryan

[6] Dan Spillner page at Baseball Reference

[wallis-7] Joe Wallis page at Baseball Reference

[8] Bill Laxton page at Baseball Reference

[9] Paul Reuschel page at Baseball Reference

[10] Willie Horton page at Baseball Reference

[11] Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007

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