The Cleveland Indians went 96-66 in 2007, a .593 winning percentage — the second best record in baseball. They scored 811 runs and allowed 704, a run differential of +107. The offence ranked 8th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.14 staff ERA was 7th of 30. Their 100 team wRC+ was 0% above league average — 14th of 30 in MLB. Grady Sizemore led the position players at 5.4 WAR, and CC Sabathia the rotation at a 3.21 ERA.
The 2007 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished first in the AL Central, 8 games clear. They spent 123 of 183 days in first place, led by as many as 8 games on September 24 and were as far as 2.5 games back on April 19. Their best month was Sept/Oct at 19-9, their worst July at 12-14. The longest runs were an 8-game winning streak from August 25 to September 1 and a 4-game losing streak from July 28 to August 1. They were 52-29 at home and 44-37 on the road, 29-24 in one-run games and 30-30 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 10-1 at the Orioles on May 7; the heaviest defeat, 12-3 at the Tigers on July 5.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
14
8
.636
115
104
+11
May
19
11
.633
180
139
+41
June
15
13
.536
136
132
+4
July
12
14
.462
121
126
-5
August
17
11
.607
123
104
+19
Sept/Oct
19
9
.679
136
99
+37
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
52-29
.642
Road
44-37
.543
One-run games
29-24
.547
Extra innings
11-8
.579
Within the division
48-24
.667
Against .500+ clubs
30-30
.500
Decided by 5+ runs
26-15
.634
Last 10
6-4
.600
2007 postseason
In October the Cleveland Indians beat the Yankees 3-1 in the ALDS, then lost the ALCS to the Red Sox 4-3.
ALDS vs Yankees3-1 W
Game 1, October 4 W 12-3 vs Yankees
Game 2, October 5 W 2-1 vs Yankees
Game 3, October 7 L 4-8 at Yankees
Game 4, October 8 W 6-4 at Yankees
ALCS vs Red Sox3-4 L
Game 1, October 12 L 3-10 at Red Sox
Game 2, October 13 W 13-6 at Red Sox
Game 3, October 15 W 4-2 vs Red Sox
Game 4, October 16 W 7-3 vs Red Sox
Game 5, October 18 L 1-7 vs Red Sox
Game 6, October 20 L 2-12 at Red Sox
Game 7, October 21 L 2-11 at Red Sox
American League Central standings, 2007
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League Central, 2007. Games back of the best record in the division.
The players whose season belongs to this club, by position and then by dbWAR. A player traded mid-season is listed with the club he played most of his games for, so a deadline arrival may appear on his other club’s page instead.
Each rectangle is a player, sized by his share of the team's hits; darker means a larger share. Top 30 contributors. Select a different statistic above, or click a player for his page.
Day and night divide the home schedule, and so do weekend and weekday. The road line is a different question.
Split
Games
Avg
Med
Low
High
All home
80
28,449
29,740
13,389
41,977
Night
58
28,409
29,223
13,389
41,977
Day
22
28,554
29,967
14,066
41,612
Weekend
36
33,445
35,001
14,887
41,977
Weekday
44
24,361
23,050
13,389
41,103
On the road
81
29,435
28,526
11,506
44,554
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
11
18,283
May
11
25,832
Jun
19
26,107
Jul
16
31,522
Aug
12
32,883
Sep
12
32,973
By season
Announced gate — tickets distributed, which is the figure every reference publishes and is not the same as people through the turnstile. A game the feed reports no gate for is left out rather than counted as empty. Seasons before attendance was carried into the lake are absent from the trend rather than shown as zero.
Game time
First pitch to final out across 162 completed games, 2007.
Regulation
2:57
143 games
All games
3:03
Extra innings
3:44
19 of them
Longest
4:17
2007-05-02, 11 inn
Shortest
2:18
2007-05-17
By situation
Regulation and extra innings divide the season, and so do home and road. Day and night overlap both.
Split
Games
Avg
Med
Fastest
Longest
All
162
3:03
2:59
1:59
4:17
Regulation
143
2:57
2:54
1:59
3:44
Extra innings
19
3:44
3:49
3:00
4:17
Home
81
3:02
2:59
2:18
4:17
Road
81
3:03
3:00
1:59
4:17
Day
47
2:57
2:51
2:17
3:54
Night
115
3:05
3:03
1:59
4:17
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
11
3:01
May
11
2:57
Jun
19
3:04
Jul
16
3:06
Aug
12
3:03
Sep
12
2:59
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 177 minutes this season.
Elapsed time from first pitch to final out. The feed does not itemise delays, so a rain delay is inside these numbers with no way to subtract it. Games called early are excluded — five innings in ninety-three minutes is not a short game — but they still count in attendance, because the crowd turned up.
Record versus run differential
Cleveland Indians are 96-66, a .593 win rate, while their +107 run differential implies .564. That is about 5 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.
