1979 Cleveland Indians season

The 1979 Cleveland Indians season was the 79th season for the franchise, the 65th as the Indians and the 48th season at Cleveland Stadium. They improved upon their 69–90 campaign from the previous season, but missed the playoffs for the 25th consecutive season, finishing the season at 81–80.

Offseason

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

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.
July 18, 1979: Mike Stanton was signed as a free agent by the Indians.

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
	110	358	54	82	9	2	15	54	.229	4
	54	62	10	18	0	2	1	12	.290	4
	146	538	93	148	24	1	25	85	.275	34
	29	56	6	13	2	0	1	6	.232	0
	78	189	17	40	6	0	4	22	.212	3
	44	170	22	48	4	1	3	18	.282	12
	15	32	0	5	2	0	0	1	.156	0
	100	338	60	110	21	4	10	56	.325	2
	149	527	99	147	25	1	20	77	.279	20
	75	223	20	64	14	0	4	32	.287	1
	72	240	37	65	10	0	18	61	.271	2
	140	479	46	122	9	5	0	39	.255	4
	144	560	67	145	12	2	3	51	.259	30
	124	353	50	87	15	6	3	30	.246	15
	64	166	23	47	7	0	2	21	.283	2
	59	107	20	26	6	1	3	14	.243	1
	26	14	6	2	0	0	0	1	.143	2
	143	515	89	120	31	1	26	93	.233	5
	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
	0	0	7.56	8	0	0	16.2	25	14	14	4	7
	6	6	4.92	29	19	0	137.1	146	79	75	70	93
	3	4	5.91	9	8	0	45.2	50	33	30	13	17
	3	9	4.23	61	0	10	78.2	70	41	37	34	40
	4	10	5.23	18	14	0	94.2	120	70	55	34	40
	1	0	3.68	13	0	1	22.0	13	9	9	14	7
	12	10	2.40	76	0	19	131.0	96	37	35	64	108
	8	8	5.92	33	24	0	159.2	210	118	105	52	70
	2	1	7.94	17	1	1	45.1	73	43	40	11	22
	9	5	4.62	49	13	1	157.2	153	82	81	64	97
	16	13	4.44	34	34	0	231.0	230	123	114	91	91
	0	0	3.38	5	0	0	10.2	10	4	4	3	6
	2	4	4.39	16	14	0	69.2	77	41	34	38	52
	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'''