1978 Cleveland Indians season

Offseason

December 5, 1977: Bruce Compton and Norm Churchill were traded by the Indians to the Chicago Cubs for Dave Rosello.
February 28, 1978: Tom Buskey and John Lowenstein were traded by the Indians to the Texas Rangers for Willie Horton and David Clyde.
March 15, 1978: Rico Carty was traded by the Indians to the Toronto Blue Jays for Dennis DeBarr.
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.
Regular season

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

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

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

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		90	324	76	.235	17	62
1B		145	508	133	.262	33	105
2B		149	547	155	.283	0	43
3B		142	556	157	.282	6	62
SS		130	421	114	.271	1	32
LF		113	378	100	.265	14	61
CF		148	566	149	.263	3	50
RF		93	307	78	.254	3	20
DH		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
	113	315	89	.283	2	27
	82	227	53	.233	1	19
	50	169	42	.249	5	22
	44	127	30	.236	2	11
	70	106	24	.226	0	4
	15	49	8	.163	1	1
	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
	33	211.2	9	19	4.34	106
	33	191	12	11	3.86	96
	28	153.1	8	11	4.28	83
	12	44.1	1	4	7.11	19
	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
	36	154.2	5	6	4.48	73
	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
	58	10	10	13	3.08	95
	36	3	1	3	3.67	48
	18	0	2	5	4.42	19
	7	0	1	0	6.28	5

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

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