1989 Cleveland Indians season

1989 Cleveland Indians
1989 Cleveland Indians
Division	Eastern Division
Ballpark	Cleveland Stadium
City	Cleveland, Ohio
Managers	Doc Edwards and John Hart
Television	none
Radio	none

The 1989 Cleveland Indians season was their 89th season in the American League. For the 8th consecutive season, the Indians had a losing record. The Indians had a least 70 wins for the 2nd consecutive season.

Offseason

December 3, 1988: Jesse Orosco signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.
March 25, 1989: Felix Fermin was sent by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Cleveland Indians to complete an earlier deal made on November 28, 1988. The Pittsburgh Pirates sent a player to be named later and Denny Gonzalez to the Cleveland Indians for a player to be named later. The Cleveland Indians sent Jay Bell (March 25, 1989) to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade. The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Felix Fermin (March 25, 1989) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade. ^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

v
t
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AL East
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Toronto Blue Jays	89	73	.549	—	46‍–‍35	43‍–‍38
Baltimore Orioles	87	75	.537	2	47‍–‍34	40‍–‍41
Boston Red Sox	83	79	.512	6	46‍–‍35	37‍–‍44
Milwaukee Brewers	81	81	.500	8	45‍–‍36	36‍–‍45
New York Yankees	74	87	.460	14½	41‍–‍40	33‍–‍47
Cleveland Indians	73	89	.451	16	41‍–‍40	32‍–‍49
Detroit Tigers	59	103	.364	30	38‍–‍43	21‍–‍60

Notable Transactions

June 5, 1989: Jim Thome was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 13th round of the 1989 amateur draft. Player signed June 18, 1989.

Roster

Roster

Pitchers

11 Doug Jones
15 Neil Allen
21 Greg Swindell
22 Keith Atherton
22 Brad Havens
27 Joe Skalski
34 Ed Wojna
36 Tim Stoddard
37 Steve Davis
40 Bud Black
42 Rich Yett
43 Scott Bailes
47 Jeff Kaiser
47 Jesse Orosco
49 Tom Candiotti
50 Steve Olin
52 John Farrell
53 Kevin Wickander
54 Rod Nichols
64 Rudy Seanez

Catchers

6 Andy Allanson
13 Joel Skinner
76 Tom Magrann

Infielders

1 Tommy Hinzo
9 Pete O’Brien
14 Jerry Browne
16 Felix Fermin
26 Brook Jacoby

Outfielders

20 Dion James
20 Oddibe McDowell
28 Cory Snyder
30 Joe Carter
36 Albert Belle
45 Brad Komminsk
55 Beau Allred

Manager

- Doc Edwards
- John A Hart

Game log

Game Log

April

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Record
1	04-03-1989	vs Milwaukee Brewers	2-1	1-0
2	04-06-1989	vs Milwaukee Brewers	0-3	1-1
3	04-07-1989	at New York Yankees	4-2	2-1
4	04-08-1989	at New York Yankees	11-1	3-1
5	04-09-1989	at New York Yankees	4-3	4-1
6	04-10-1989	at Boston Red Sox	2-5	4-2
7	04-12-1989	at Boston Red Sox	10-6	5-2
8	04-13-1989	at Boston Red Sox	1-9	5-3
9	04-14-1989	at Milwaukee Brewers	4-8	5-4
10	04-15-1989	at Milwaukee Brewers	1-5	5-5
11	04-16-1989	at Milwaukee Brewers	3-4	5-6
12	04-19-1989	vs Boston Red Sox	4-8	5-7
13	04-20-1989	vs Boston Red Sox	2-5	5-8
14	04-21-1989	vs New York Yankees	6-5	6-8
15	04-22-1989	vs New York Yankees	3-1	7-8
16	04-23-1989	vs New York Yankees	0-5	7-9
17	04-24-1989	vs New York Yankees	3-6	7-10
18	04-25-1989	vs Texas Rangers	7-11	7-11
19	04-26-1989	vs Texas Rangers	2-3	7-12
20	04-28-1989	at Minnesota Twins	9-7	8-12
21	04-29-1989	at Minnesota Twins	4-1	9-12
22	04-30-1989	at Minnesota Twins	1-2	9-13

May

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Record
23	05-01-1989	at Texas Rangers	11-1	W	10-13
24	05-02-1989	at Texas Rangers	8-3	W	11-13
25	05-03-1989	vs Kansas City Royals	6-2	W	12-13
26	05-04-1989	vs Kansas City Royals	3-1	W	13-13
27	05-05-1989	vs Minnesota Twins	2-3	L	13-14
28	05-07-1989	vs Minnesota Twins	5-4	W	14-14
29	05-07-1989	vs Minnesota Twins	12-1	W	15-14
30	05-09-1989	at Kansas City Royals	1-3	L	15-15
31	05-10-1989	at Kansas City Royals	2-3	L	15-16
32	05-12-1989	vs Detroit Tigers	3-6	L	15-17
33	05-13-1989	vs Detroit Tigers	3-1	W	16-17
34	05-14-1989	vs Detroit Tigers	8-3	W	17-17
35	05-15-1989	at Toronto Blue Jays	3-5	L	17-18
36	05-16-1989	at Toronto Blue Jays	6-7	L	17-19
37	05-17-1989	at Toronto Blue Jays	6-3	W	18-19
38	05-18-1989	at Batimore Orioes	2-3		18-20
39	05-19-1989	at Batimore Orioes	4-1		19-20
40	05-20-1989	at Batimore Orioes	1-5		19-21
41	05-21-1989	at Batimore Orioes	2-0		20-21
42	05-22-1989	at Detroit Tigers	7-3		21-21
43	05-23-1989	at Detroit Tigers	2-7		21-22
44	05-24-1989	at Detroit Tigers	1-2		21-23
45	05-25-1989	at Detroit Tigers	5-9		21-24
46	05-26-1989	vs Batimore Orioes	2-5		21-25
47	05-27-1989	vs Batimore Orioes	1-5		21-26
48	05-28-1989	vs Batimore Orioes	1-0		22-26
49	05-29-1989	vs Toronto Bue Jays	5-3		23-26
50	05-30-1989	vs Toronto Bue Jays	6-2		24-26
51	05-31-1989	vs Toronto Bue Jays	7-4		25-26

June

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
52	06-02-1989	at Oakland Athletics	5-3 ^[2]	Swindell (6-1)	Moore (6-4)	Jones (12)	28,052	26-26
53	06-03-1989	at Oakland Athletics	0-7					26-27
54	06-04-1989	at Oakland Athletics	0-4					26-28
55	06-05-1989	at California Angels	7-3					27-28
56	06-06-1989	at California Angels	1-2					27-29
57	06-07-1989	at California Angels	1-0					28-29
58	06-09-1989	vs Seattle Mariners	5-4					29-29
59	06-10-1989	vs Seattle Mariners	1-3					29-30
60	06-11-1989	vs Seattle Mariners	3-6					29-31
61	06-12-1989	at Chicago White Sox	3-5					29-32
62	06-13-1989	at Chicago White Sox	9-6					30-32
63	06-14-1989	at Chicago White Sox	1-3					30-33
64	06-15-1989	vs Kansas City Royals	4-5	Saberhagen (6-4) ^[3]	Jones (2-3)	Farr (15)	3,661	30-34
65	06-16-1989	vs Kansas City Royals	1-0	Black (6-7) ^[4]	Leach (1-1)	None	11,916	31-34
66	06-17-1989	vs Kansas City Royals	4-3					32-34
67	06-18-1989	vs Kansas City Royals	4-1					33-34
68	06-20-1989	vs Minnesota Twins	4-7					33-35
69	06-21-1989	vs Minnesota Twins	1-5					33-36
70	06-22-1989	vs Minnesota Twins	8-9					33-37
71	06-23-1989	at Texas Rangers	0-4					33-38
72	06-24-1989	at Texas Rangers	7-3					34-38
73	06-25-1989	at Texas Rangers	2-4					34-39
74	06-26-1989	at Texas Rangers	4-3					35-39
75	06-27-1989	vs California Angels	1-2					35-40
76	06-28-1989	vs California Angels	2-1					36-40
77	06-30-1989	vs Oakland Athletics	0-5					36-41

July

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
78	07-01-1989	vs Oakland Athletics	4-6					36-42
79	07-02-1989	vs Oakland Athletics	3-11					36-43
80	07-03-1989	vs Chicago White Sox	4-2					37-43
81	07-04-1989	vs Chicago White Sox	3-2	Bailes (4-3) ^[5]	Perez (5-10)	Jones (20)	8,319	38-43
82	07-05-1989	vs Chicago White Sox	4-2					39-43
83	07-07-1989	at Seattle Mariners	4-3					40-43
84	07-08-1989	at Seattle Mariners	3-4					40-44
85	07-09-1989	at Seattle Mariners	0-8					40-45
86	07-13-1989	vs Texas Rangers	3-9					40-46
87	07-14-1989	vs Texas Rangers	11-5					41-46
88	07-15-1989	vs Texas Rangers	7-1					42-46
89	07-16-1989	vs Texas Rangers	11-5					43-46
90	07-17-1989	at Minnesota Twins	2-5					43-47
91	07-18-1989	at Minnesota Twins	4-5					43-48
92	07-19-1989	at Minnesota Twins	10-1					44-48
93	07-20-1989	at Kansas City Royals	4-0	Swindell (13-2) ^[6]	Saberhagen (9-5)	None	38,595	45-48
94	07-21-1989	at Kansas City Royals	1-6	Aquino (5-4) ^[7]	Bailes (4-5)	Montgomery (4)	38,274	45-49
95	07-22-1989	at Kansas City Royals	1-0	Candiotti (8-6) ^[8]	Gordon (11-3)	Jones (23)	38,606	46-49
96	07-23-1989	at Kansas City Royals	17-5	Black (8-7)^[9]	Gubicza (9-8)	None	33,991	47-49
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98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105

August

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134

September

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161

October

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
162	10-01-1989	at Chicago White Sox	1-0	W				73-89

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Player stats

Batting

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
Andy Allanson	111	323	75	.232	3	17
Pete O’Brien	155	554	144	.260	12	55
Jerry Browne	153	598	179	.299	5	45
Felix Fermin	156	484	115	.238	0	21
Joe Carter	162	651	158	.243	39	112
Cory Snyder	132	489	105	.215	18	59
Brad Komminsk	71	198	47	.237	8	33
Dave Clark	102	253	60	.237	8	29

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Dion James	71	245	75	.306	4	29
Oddibe McDowell	69	239	49	.222	3	22
Albert Belle	62	218	49	.225	7	37
Joel Skinner	79	178	41	.230	1	13
Luis Aguayo	47	97	17	.175	1	8
Luis Medina	30	83	17	.205	4	8
Mark Salas	30	77	17	.221	2	7

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

Awards and Honors

All-Star Game

Doug Jones, Relief Pitcher, Reserve
Greg Swindell, Pitcher, Reserve

Team Leaders

Games - Joe Carter (162)
AB - Jerry Browne (598)
Runs - Jerry Browne (83)
Hits - Jerry Browne (179)
Doubles - Joe carter (32)
Triples - Brook Jacoby (5)
Home Runs - Joe Carter (35)
RBI - Joe Carter (105)
Walks - Pete O'Brien (83)
Strikeouts - Cory Snyder (134)
Stolen Bases - Jerry Browne (14)
Batting Average - Dion James (.306)
On-Base Percentage - Jerry Browne (.370)
Hit by Pitch - Joe Carter (8)
Wins - Tom Candiotti, Greg Swindell (13)
Strikeouts - John Farrell - (132)
Earned Run Average - Jesse Orosco - (2.08)
Saves - Doug Jones - (32)

References

Template:MLB Indians franchise

[1] ttp://www.baseball-reference.com/f/fermife01.shtml

[2] ttp://baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=198906020OAK

[3] ttp://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=198906150CLE

[4] ttp://baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=198906160CLE

[5] ttp://baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=198907040CLE

[6] ttp://baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=198907200KCA

[7] ttp://baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=198907210KCA

[8] ttp://baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=198907220KCA

[9] ttp://baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=198907230KCA

[10] ttp://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/schedule.php?y=1989&t=CLE

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