1989 Cleveland Indians season

1989 Cleveland Indians
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Owner(s) Richard Jacobs
General manager(s) Hank Peters
Manager(s) Doc Edwards, John Hart
Local television WUAB
Local radio WWWE
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The 1989 Cleveland Indians season was their 89th season in the American League. For the 3rd consecutive season, the Indians had a losing record. The Indians had at least 73 wins for the 2nd consecutive season.

Offseason

Ohio Cup

A pennant from the 1989 Ohio Cup.

The first Ohio Cup, which was an annual pre-season baseball game, was played in 1989. The single-game cup was played at Cooper Stadium in Columbus, Ohio, and was staged just days before the start of each new Major League Baseball season.

No. Year Winner Runner-up Score Venue Date Attendance
11989IndiansReds1-0Cooper StadiumApril 215,978

Regular season

Season standings

AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Toronto Blue Jays 89 73 0.549 — 46–35 43–38
Baltimore Orioles 87 75 0.537 2 47–34 40–41
Boston Red Sox 83 79 0.512 6 46–35 37–44
Milwaukee Brewers 81 81 0.500 8 45–36 36–45
New York Yankees 74 87 0.460 14½ 41–40 33–47
Cleveland Indians 73 89 0.451 16 41–40 32–49
Detroit Tigers 59 103 0.364 30 38–43 21–60

Record vs. opponents

1989 American League Records

Sources:

Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore — 6–7 6–6 6–6 7–6 10–3 6–6 7–6 4–8 8–5 5–7 6–6 9–3 7–6
Boston 7–6 — 4–8 7–5 8–5 11–2 4–8 6–7 6–6 7–6 7–5 5–7 6–6 5–8
California 6–6 8–4 — 8–5 5–7 11–1 4–9 7–5 11–2 6–6 5–8 7–6 6–7 7–5
Chicago 6–6 5–7 5–8 — 7–5 4–8 6–7 10–2 5–8 5–6 5–8 7–6 3–10 1–11
Cleveland 6–7 5–8 7–5 5–7 — 5–8 8–4 3–10 5–7 9–4 2–10 6–6 7–5 5–8
Detroit 3–10 2–11 1–11 8–4 8–5 — 6–6 6–7 5–7 6–7 4–8 4–8 4–8 2–11
Kansas City 6–6 8–4 9–4 7–6 4–8 6–6 — 8–4 7–6 6–6 7–6 9–4 8–5 7–5
Milwaukee 6–7 7–6 5–7 2–10 10–3 7–6 4–8 — 9–3 8–5 5–7 7–5 5–7 6–7
Minnesota 8–4 6–6 2–11 8–5 7–5 7–5 6–7 3–9 — 6–6 6–7 7–6 5–8 9–3
New York 5–8 6–7 6–6 6–5 4–9 7–6 6–6 5–8 6–6 — 3–9 8–4 5–7 7–6
Oakland 7–5 5–7 8–5 8–5 10–2 8–4 6–7 7–5 7–6 9–3 — 9–4 8–5 7–5
Seattle 6–6 7–5 6–7 6–7 6–6 8–4 4–9 5–7 6–7 4–8 4–9 — 6–7 5–7
Texas 3–9 6–6 7–6 10–3 5–7 8–4 5–8 7–5 8–5 7–5 5–8 7–6 — 5–7
Toronto 6–7 8–5 5–7 11–1 8–5 11–2 5–7 7–6 3–9 6–7 5–7 7–5 7–5 —

Notable transactions

Roster

1989 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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 Allanson, AndyAndy Allanson 111 323 75 .232 3 17
1B O'Brien, PetePete O'Brien 155 554 144 .260 12 55
2B Browne, JerryJerry Browne 153 598 179 .299 5 45
3B Jacoby, BrookBrook Jacoby 147 519 141 .272 13 64
SS Fermín, FélixFélix Fermín 156 484 115 .238 0 21
LF McDowell, OddibeOddibe McDowell 69 239 53 .222 3 22
CF Carter, JoeJoe Carter 162 651 158 .243 39 112
RF Snyder, CoryCory Snyder 132 489 105 .215 18 59
DH Clark, DaveDave Clark 102 253 60 .237 8 29

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
James, DionDion James 71 245 75 .306 4 29
Belle, AlbertAlbert Belle 62 218 49 .225 7 37
Komminsk, BradBrad Komminsk 71 198 47 .237 8 33
Skinner, JoelJoel Skinner 79 178 41 .230 1 13
Aguayo, LuisLuis Aguayo 47 97 17 .175 1 8
Medina, LuisLuis Medina 30 83 17 .205 4 8
Salas, MarkMark Salas 30 77 17 .221 2 7
Young, MikeMike Young 32 59 11 .186 1 5
González, DennyDenny González 8 17 5 .294 0 1

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
Black, BudBud Black 33 222.1 12 11 3.36 88
Farrell, JohnJohn Farrell 31 208 9 14 3.63 132
Candiotti, TomTom Candiotti 31 206 13 6 3.37 129
Swindell, GregGreg Swindell 28 184.1 13 10 3.10 124

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
Bailes, ScottScott Bailes 34 113.2 5 9 4.28 47
Davis, SteveSteve Davis 12 25.2 1 1 8.06 12

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
Jones, DougDoug Jones 59 7 10 32 2.34 65
Orosco, JesseJesse Orosco 69 3 4 3 2.08 79
Atherton, KeithKeith Atherton 32 0 3 2 4.15 13
Kaiser, JeffJeff Kaiser 6 0 1 0 7.36 4
Seánez, RudyRudy Seánez 5 0 0 0 3.60 7
Allen, NeilNeil Allen 3 0 1 0 15.00 0

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Team leaders

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Colorado Springs Sky Sox Pacific Coast League Mike Hargrove
AA Canton–Akron Indians Eastern League Bob Molinaro
A Kinston Indians Carolina League Ken Bolek
A-Short Season Watertown Indians New York–Penn League Brian Graham
Rookie Burlington Indians Appalachian League Jim Gabella
Rookie GCL Indians Gulf Coast League Mike Bucci

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References

  1. ↑ Félix Fermín at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ "Luis Aguayo". Baseball Reference. Archived from the original on June 14, 2010. Retrieved June 21, 2010.
  3. ↑ Jesse Orosco at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Bud Black at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ Julio Franco at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/atherke01.shtml
  7. ↑ Alan Embree at Baseball Reference
  8. ↑ Jim Thome at Baseball Reference
  9. ↑ Brian Giles at Baseball Reference
  10. ↑ Willie Cañate at Baseball Reference
  11. ↑ Doug Piatt at Baseball Reference
  12. ↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/atherke01.shtml
  13. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  14. ↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/affiliate.cgi?id=CLE&year=1989
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