Cleveland Indians

Frank Robinson	Manager	3rd season	160-158	.504
Jeff Torborg	Bench Coach
Rocky Colavito	Hitting Coach
Harvey Haddix	Pitching Coach

Cleveland Stadium (78,000 / Grass)

	LFL	LF	LC	CF	RC	RF	RFL
Distances (in feet)	320	353	385	400	385	353	320
Walls (in feet)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

1976 All-Stars:

CL Dave LaRouche

Key Offseason Transactions:

Traded Alan Ashby and Doug Howard to TOR for Al Fitzmorris. Signed Wayne Garland as a free agent. Traded Stan Perzanowski and cash to CAL for Bill Melton. Traded John Lowenstein and Rick Cerone to TOR for Rico Carty. Traded George Hendrick to SD for Johnny Grubb, Fred Kendall and Hector Torres. Traded Jackie Brown to MON for Andre Thornton. Traded Hector Torres to TOR for John Lowenstein. Released Boog Powell.

Starting Pitching: B+

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

W

L

S

IP

BB

K

ERA

AVG

SP SP SP SP SP

Wayne Garland Dennis Eckersley Jim Bibby Al Fitzmorris Pat Dobson

26 22 32 31 35

4 2 5 8 10

A+ A- B+ A- B-

20 13 13 15 16

7 12 7 11 12

1 1 1 0 0

232.1 199.1 163.1 220.1 217.1

64 78 56 56 65

113 200 84 80 117

2.67 3.43 3.20 3.06 3.48

.250 .211 .259 .269 .267

Bullpen: C-

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

W

L

S

IP

BB

K

ERA

AVG

MR MR MR MR MR

Rick Waits Don Hood Larry Anderson Jim Kern Tom Buskey

24 27 23 28 30

3 4 1 3 4

F F C A+ B+

7 3 0 10 5

9 5 0 7 4

0 1 0 15 1

123.2 77.2 0.0 117.2 94.1

54 41 0 50 34

65 32 0 111 32

4.00 4.87 0.00 2.37 3.63

.295 .295 .000 .218 .254

Closer: A+

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

W

L

S

IP

BB

K

ERA

AVG

CL

Dave LaRoche

28

7

A+

1

4

21

96.1

49

104

2.24

.174

Infield: D

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

AB

H

R

HR

RBI

AVG

SB

OBP

C 1B 2B 3B SS

Ray Fosse Andre Thornton Duane Kuiper Buddy Bell Larvell Blanks

30 27 26 25 27

10 4 3 5 5

D- B- F C D

276 268 506 604 328

83 52 133 170 92

26 28 47 75 45

2 11 0 7 5

30 38 37 60 41

.301 .194 .263 .281 .280

1 4 10 3 1

.347 .323 .303 .329 .337

Outfield: C-

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

AB

H

R

HR

RBI

AVG

SB

OBP

LF CF RF

Johnny Grubb Rick Manning Jim Norris

28 22 28

5 2 0

C- C C-

384 552 0

109 161 0

54 73 0

5 6 0

27 43 0

.284 .292 .000

1 16 0

.391 .337 .000

Designated Hitter: B+

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

AB

H

R

HR

RBI

AVG

SB

OBP

DH

Rico Carty

37

12

B+

552

171

67

13

83

.310

1

.379

Bench: F

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

AB

H

R

HR

RBI

AVG

SB

OBP

C SS 3B LF RF

Fred Kendall Alfredo Griffin Bill Melton John Lowenstein Charlie Spikes

28 19 31 30 26

8 1 9 7 5

F F D F F

456 4 341 229 334

112 1 71 47 79

30 0 31 33 34

2 0 6 2 3

39 0 42 14 31

.246 .250 .208 .205 .237

1 0 2 11 5

.302 .250 .300 .283 .294

Outlook: 69-93. The