Another in a long line of bad Indians teams in the 1980s. With my 1954 project going, coincidentally, the next team to be covered were will be the 1954 Indians, a team that held the mark for a very long time as the winningest team in the history of the American League, so hold on Indians fans, we will get to a better team soon...meanwhile, the 1983 Indians.
Best Player: Andre Thornton...led the team in homers, and was 2nd runs scored, RBI, and OBP, 3rd in BA.
Best Pitcher: Rick Sutcliffe...won 17 games for this team
All-Stars: Rick Sutcliffe, Manny Trillo
Hall-of-Famers: Bert Blyleven
Rookie Card of the Year: Julio Franco...I really dropped the ball when putting up my post on the 1983 Phillies back in December. I noted that there were no Phillies not in Topps sets...how could I ever have forgotten Julio Franco...the guy was pushing to be the first 50 year old to play, at least since I have been paying attention, and that was as recently as 2007. His true rookie card is in the Donruss set showing him as a Phillie.
Other rookies: Bud Anderson, Tom Brennan, Carmelo Castillo, Mike Fischlin
First Indian card: Rod Craig, Jamie Easterly, Juan Eichelberger, Jim Essian, Mike Ferraro, Ed Glynn, Bill Nahorodny (listed under Detroit Tigers), Broderick Perkins, Gorman Thomas, George Vukovich
Most interesting non-Topps card: Carmelo Castillo, played through 1991 with the Indians and Twins...his rookie card is in the Fleer set.
Other notes: Pat Tabler had cards in both the Donruss and Fleer sets, although they both show him as a Cub. He played the entire season with the Tribe, so those cards are listed on this checklist.
Starters
| __ | TO | 689 | C | Ron Hassey | CLE |
| __ | TO | 660 | 1B | Mike Hargrove | CLE |
| __ | TT | 116 | 2B | Manny Trillo | CLE |
| __ | TT | 34 | SS | Julio Franco | CLE |
| __ | TO | 480 | 3B | Toby Harrah | CLE |
| __ | FL | 509 | LF | Pat Tabler (or DO 552) | CHC |
| __ | TT | 111 | CF | Gorman Thomas | CLE |
| __ | TT | 122 | RF | George Vukovich | CLE |
| __ | TO | 640 | DH | Andre Thornton | CLE |
| __ | TO | 348 | UT | Alan Bannister | CLE |
| __ | TO | 182 | 2B | Mike Fischlin | CLE |
| __ | TO | 248 | UT | Bake McBride | CLE |
Starting Pitchers
| __ | TO | 497 | SP | Rick Sutcliffe | |
| __ | TO | 48 | SP | Lary Sorensen | CLE |
| __ | TO | 280 | SP | Bert Blyleven | CLE |
| __ | TO | 120 | SP | Len Barker | CLE |
| __ | TT | 29 | SP | Juan Eichelberger | CLE |
Relief Pitchers
| __ | TO | 725 | CL | Dan Spillner | CLE |
| __ | RP | Neal Heaton | |||
| __ | TO | 367 | RP | Bud Anderson | CLE |
| __ | TT | 28 | RP | Jamie Easterly | CLE |
Other Players
| __ | TO | 757 | CF | Rick Manning | CLE |
| __ | TT | 86 | UT | Broderick Perkins | CLE |
| __ | TO | 227 | C | Chris Bando | CLE |
| __ | TT | 30 | C | Jim Essian | CLE |
| __ | TO | 303 | LF | Miguel Dilone | CLE |
| __ | FL | 404 | RF | Carmelo Castillo | CLE |
| __ | TO | 569 | 2B | Jack Perconte | CLE |
| __ | DH | Otto Velez | |||
| __ | UT | Kevin Rhomberg | |||
| __ | UT | Karl Pagel | |||
| __ | UT | Wil Culmer | |||
| __ | TO | 524 | RP | Tom Brennan | CLE |
| __ | RP | Mike Jeffcoat | |||
| __ | SP | Rick Behenna | |||
| __ | RP | Jerry Reed | |||
| __ | TO | 779 | RP | Rick Waits | CLE |
| __ | TO | 614 | RP | Ed Glynn | CLE |
| __ | SP | Rich Barnes | |||
| __ | RP | Ernie Camacho |
Minor Leagues
| __ | DO | 515 | MN | Rod Craig | CLE |
Manager
| __ | TT | 32 | MG | Mike Ferraro | CLE |
| __ | MG | Pat Corrales |
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