1978 Cleveland Guardians roster

26 players appeared for the Cleveland Guardians in the 1978 MLB season.

1978 Guardians roster: batting

1978 Cleveland Guardians batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Rick ManningDH1485666514935012.263.309.647
Buddy Bell3B142556711576621.282.328.720
Duane Kuiper2B149547521550434.283.311.649
Andre ThorntonDH14550897133331054.262.377.893
Tom VeryzerSS130421481141321.271.298.638
Jim Norris1B113315418922712.283.364.742
Paul Dade3B93307377832012.254.331.660
Ted Cox3B8222714531190.233.286.563
Larvell BlanksSS7019319492200.254.285.622
Ron PruittC7118717446172.235.296.670
Bo DiazC4412712302110.236.260.575
Horace Speed—701061324042.226.320.603
Wayne Cage—369811244131.245.308.757
Ron HasseyC2574515292.203.256.540
Dan Briggs1B154948110.163.226.492
Alfredo GriffinSS5412000.500.6671.417

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1978 Guardians roster: pitching

1978 Cleveland Guardians pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Rick WaitsRP343313153.20230.1971.270
Rick WiseRP33319194.34211.21061.350
Mike PaxtonRP332712113.86191.0961.271
Don HoodRP3619564.48154.2731.570
David ClydeP28258114.28153.1831.470
Jim KernRP58010103.0899.1951.3613
Sid MongeRP482432.7684.2541.446
Wayne GarlandSP66237.8929.2131.990
Rick KreugerP60003.869.170.960

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.