1982 Cleveland Indians

78-84 • .481 Win% • 6th in AL E

The 1982 Cleveland Indians went 78-84 (.481) finishing 6th in the AL E division. The club scored 683 runs, allowed 748, and played home games at Cleveland Stadium. Team leaders included Andre Thornton (32 HR, 116 RBI) and Len Barker (15-11, 3.90 ERA).

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
L (Losses):
Games charged to the pitcher of record when the opposing team took a lead it never surrendered.
RS (Runs Scored (team)):
Total runs a team scored across the season.
RA (Runs Allowed):
Total runs a team allowed across the season.

Data updated

📊 Season Record

78 Wins
84 Losses
.481 Win %
6th Rank
683 R 748 RA
Diff -65

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683 Runs Scored
748 Runs Allowed
-65 Run Diff
1,044K Attendance

📈 vs. 1982 AL Average

Batting Avg .262 1% below the 1982 league average (.264)
OBP .341 4% above the 1982 league average (.327)
SLG .373 7% below the 1982 league average (.402)
Team ERA 4.11 1% worse than the 1982 league average (4.07)
Runs Scored 683 6% below the 1982 league average (726 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumCleveland Stadium
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 1,044,041
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Avg per Game 12,889

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1982

Batting Avg

1 Bake McBride 0.365 2 Toby Harrah 0.304 3 Larry Milbourne 0.275 4 Andre Thornton 0.273 5 Mike Hargrove 0.271

Home Runs

1 Andre Thornton 32 2 Toby Harrah 25 3 Von Hayes 14 4 Rick Manning 8 5 Ron Hassey 5

RBI

1 Andre Thornton 116 2 Von Hayes 82 3 Toby Harrah 78 4 Mike Hargrove 65 5 Rick Manning 44
1982 Cleveland Indians — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Toby Harrah 162 602 100 183 29 4 25 78 84 52 17 0.304
Mike Hargrove 160 591 67 160 26 1 4 65 101 58 2 0.271
Andre Thornton 161 589 90 161 26 1 32 116 109 81 6 0.273
Rick Manning 152 562 71 152 18 2 8 44 54 60 12 0.270
Von Hayes 150 527 65 132 25 3 14 82 42 63 32 0.250
Miguel Dilone 104 379 50 89 12 3 3 25 25 36 33 0.235
Alan Bannister 101 348 40 93 16 1 4 41 42 41 18 0.267
Ron Hassey 113 323 33 81 18 0 5 34 53 32 3 0.251
Larry Milbourne 82 291 29 80 11 4 2 25 12 20 2 0.275
Mike Fischlin 112 276 34 74 12 1 0 21 34 36 9 0.268
Jack Perconte 93 219 27 52 4 4 0 15 22 25 9 0.237
Jerry Dybzinski 80 212 19 49 6 2 0 22 21 25 3 0.231
Chris Bando 66 184 13 39 6 1 3 16 24 30 0 0.212
Carmelo Castillo 47 120 11 25 4 0 2 11 6 17 0 0.208
Bill Nahorodny 39 94 6 21 5 1 4 18 2 9 0 0.223
Bake McBride 27 85 8 31 3 3 0 13 2 12 2 0.365
Rod Craig 49 65 7 15 2 0 0 1 4 6 3 0.231
Joe Charboneau 22 56 7 12 2 1 2 9 5 7 0 0.214
Karl Pagel 23 18 3 3 0 0 0 2 7 11 0 0.167
Kevin Rhomberg 16 18 3 6 0 0 1 1 2 4 0 0.333
Bud Anderson 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Len Barker 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bert Blyleven 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
John Bohnet 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tom Brennan 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
John Denny 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ed Glynn 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Neal Heaton 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dennis Lewallyn 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jerry Reed 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Lary Sorensen 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dan Spillner 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Rick Sutcliffe 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Rick Waits 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ed Whitson 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Sandy Wihtol 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1982

ERA

1 Dan Spillner 2.49 2 Rick Sutcliffe 2.96 3 Ed Whitson 3.26 4 Bud Anderson 3.35 5 Len Barker 3.90

Wins

1 Len Barker 15 2 Rick Sutcliffe 14 3 Dan Spillner 12 4 Lary Sorensen 10 5 John Denny 6

Strikeouts

1 Len Barker 187 2 Rick Sutcliffe 142 3 John Denny 94 4 Dan Spillner 90 5 Lary Sorensen 62
1982 Cleveland Indians — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Len Barker 15 11 3.90 33 33 0 244.2 211 106 88 187
Rick Sutcliffe 14 8 2.96 34 27 1 216.0 174 71 98 142
Lary Sorensen 10 15 5.61 32 30 0 189.1 251 118 55 62
John Denny 6 11 5.01 21 21 0 138.1 126 77 73 94
Dan Spillner 12 10 2.49 65 0 21 133.2 117 37 45 90
Rick Waits 2 13 5.40 25 21 0 115.0 128 69 57 44
Ed Whitson 4 2 3.26 40 9 2 107.2 91 39 58 61
Tom Brennan 4 2 4.27 30 4 2 92.2 112 44 10 46
Bud Anderson 3 4 3.35 25 5 0 80.2 84 30 30 44
Ed Glynn 5 2 4.17 47 0 4 49.2 43 23 30 54
Neal Heaton 0 2 5.23 8 4 0 31.0 32 18 16 14
Bert Blyleven 2 2 4.87 4 4 0 20.1 16 11 11 19
Jerry Reed 1 1 3.45 6 1 0 15.2 15 6 3 10
John Bohnet 0 0 6.94 3 3 0 11.2 11 9 7 4
Sandy Wihtol 0 0 4.63 6 0 0 11.2 9 6 7 8
Dennis Lewallyn 0 1 6.97 4 0 0 10.1 13 8 1 3

👥 Roster (36)

Bud Anderson Chris Bando Alan Bannister Len Barker Bert Blyleven John Bohnet Tom Brennan Carmelo Castillo Joe Charboneau Rod Craig John Denny Miguel Dilone +24 more

36 players

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Frequently Asked Questions about the 1982 Cleveland Indians

What was the 1982 Cleveland Indians record?
The 1982 Cleveland Indians finished 78-84 (.481 win pct).
Who led the 1982 Cleveland Indians in home runs?
Andre Thornton led the 1982 Cleveland Indians with 32 home runs.
What was the 1982 Cleveland Indians team ERA?
The 1982 Cleveland Indians posted a team ERA of 4.11.
Did the 1982 Cleveland Indians win the World Series?
No. The 1982 Cleveland Indians did not win the World Series.
Where did the 1982 Cleveland Indians play?
The 1982 Cleveland Indians played home games at Cleveland Stadium.
Who led the 1982 Cleveland Indians in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Andre Thornton (32 HR, 116 RBI) and Len Barker (15-11, 3.90 ERA).
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