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1989 Cleveland Indians | ||
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League | American League | |
Division | East | |
Ballpark | Cleveland Municipal Stadium | |
City | Cleveland, Ohio | |
Owners | Richard Jacobs | |
General managers | Hank Peters | |
Managers | Doc Edwards, John Hart | |
Television | WUAB Jack Corrigan, Mike Hegan | |
Radio | WWWE Herb Score, Paul Olden | |
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The 1989 Cleveland Indians season was their 89th season in the American League. For the third consecutive season, the Indians had a losing record. The Indians had at least 73 wins for the second consecutive season.
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 |
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1 | 1989 | Indians | Reds | 1-0 | Cooper Stadium | April 2 | 15,978 |
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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 |
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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 | — |
Opening Day Starters | ||
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# | Name | Position |
20 | Oddibe McDowell | LF |
14 | Jerry Browne | 2B |
30 | Joe Carter | CF |
9 | Pete O'Brien | 1B |
28 | Cory Snyder | RF |
25 | Dave Clark | DH |
26 | Brook Jacoby | 3B |
6 | Andy Allanson | C |
16 | Félix Fermín | SS |
21 | Greg Swindell | P |
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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 |
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C | Andy Allanson | 111 | 323 | 75 | .232 | 3 | 17 |
1B | Pete O'Brien | 155 | 554 | 144 | .260 | 12 | 55 |
2B | Jerry Browne | 153 | 598 | 179 | .299 | 5 | 45 |
3B | Brook Jacoby | 147 | 519 | 141 | .272 | 13 | 64 |
SS | Félix Fermín | 156 | 484 | 115 | .238 | 0 | 21 |
LF | Oddibe McDowell | 69 | 239 | 53 | .222 | 3 | 22 |
CF | Joe Carter | 162 | 651 | 158 | .243 | 39 | 112 |
RF | Cory Snyder | 132 | 489 | 105 | .215 | 18 | 59 |
DH | Dave Clark | 102 | 253 | 60 | .237 | 8 | 29 |
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 |
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Dion James | 71 | 245 | 75 | .306 | 4 | 29 |
Albert Belle | 62 | 218 | 49 | .225 | 7 | 37 |
Brad Komminsk | 71 | 198 | 47 | .237 | 8 | 33 |
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 |
Mike Young | 32 | 59 | 11 | .186 | 1 | 5 |
Paul Zuvella | 24 | 58 | 16 | .276 | 2 | 6 |
Dave Hengel | 12 | 25 | 3 | .120 | 0 | 1 |
Beau Allred | 13 | 24 | 6 | .250 | 0 | 1 |
Tommy Hinzo | 18 | 17 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Denny González | 8 | 17 | 5 | .294 | 0 | 1 |
Danny Sheaffer | 7 | 16 | 1 | .063 | 0 | 0 |
Pat Keedy | 9 | 14 | 3 | .214 | 0 | 1 |
Mark Higgins | 6 | 10 | 1 | .100 | 0 | 0 |
Tom Magrann | 9 | 10 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pete Dalena | 5 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Bud Black | 33 | 222.1 | 12 | 11 | 3.36 | 88 |
John Farrell | 31 | 208.0 | 9 | 14 | 3.63 | 132 |
Tom Candiotti | 31 | 206.0 | 13 | 6 | 3.37 | 129 |
Greg Swindell | 28 | 184.1 | 13 | 10 | 3.10 | 124 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Scott Bailes | 34 | 113.2 | 5 | 9 | 4.28 | 47 |
Rich Yett | 32 | 99.0 | 5 | 6 | 5.00 | 47 |
Rod Nichols | 15 | 71.2 | 4 | 6 | 4.40 | 42 |
Ed Wojna | 9 | 33.0 | 0 | 1 | 4.09 | 10 |
Steve Davis | 12 | 25.2 | 1 | 1 | 8.06 | 12 |
Joe Skalski | 2 | 6.2 | 0 | 2 | 6.75 | 3 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Doug Jones | 59 | 7 | 10 | 32 | 2.34 | 65 |
Jesse Orosco | 69 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2.08 | 79 |
Keith Atherton | 32 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4.15 | 13 |
Steve Olin | 25 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3.75 | 24 |
Tim Stoddard | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.95 | 12 |
Brad Havens | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.05 | 6 |
Jeff Kaiser | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7.36 | 4 |
Rudy Seánez | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.60 | 7 |
Neil Allen | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15.00 | 0 |
Kevin Wickander | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 0 |