1978 Cleveland Indians season

MLB yearly infobox alt
name = Cleveland Indians
season = 1978
misc =

current league = American League
y1 = 1901
division = Eastern Division
y2 = 1969
Uniform
ballpark = Cleveland Municipal Stadium
y4 = 1932
city = Cleveland, Ohio
y5 = 1901
owners = Alva "Ted" Bonda, F.J. "Steve" O'Neill
general managers = Phil Seghi
managers = Jeff Torborg
television = WJKW
(Ed Doucette, Jim Mueller)
radio = WWWE
(Herb Score, Joe Tait)|

Offseason

*February 28, 1978: Tom Buskey and John Lowenstein were traded by the Indians to the Texas Rangers for Willie Horton and David Clyde. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/clydeda01.shtml David Clyde page at Baseball Reference] ]
*March 15, 1978: Rico Carty was traded by the Indians to the Toronto Blue Jays for Dennis DeBarr. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cartyri01.shtml Rico Carty page at Baseball Reference] ]
* 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 Diaz. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/e/eckerde01.shtml Dennis Eckersley page at Baseball Reference] ]

Regular season

*On May 12, 1978, Nolan Ryan struck out Buddy Bell for the 2500th strikeout in his career. [ [http://www.smackbomb.com/nolanryan/strikeouts.html The Nolan Ryan Express | The Strikeout King | smackbomb.com/nolanryan ] ]

eason standings

Transactions

*June 14, 1978: Dennis Kinney was traded by the Indians to the San Diego Padres for Dan Spillner. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/spillda01.shtml Dan Spillner page at Baseball Reference] ]
*June 15, 1978: Mike Vail was traded by the Indians to the Chicago Cubs for Joe Wallis. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/w/wallijo01.shtml Joe Wallis page at Baseball Reference] ]
*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. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/laxtobi01.shtml Bill Laxton page at Baseball Reference] ]
*July 3, 1978: Willie Horton was released by the Cleveland Indians. [ http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hortowi01.shtml]

Roster

Pitching

tarting pitchers

Award Winners

All-Star Game

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CLE/1978.shtml 1978 Cleveland Indians team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1978&t=CLE 1978 Cleveland Indians team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]