The Cleveland Indians went 81-81 in 2008, a .500 winning percentage — 17th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 805 runs and allowed 761, a run differential of +44. The offence ranked 7th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.25 staff ERA was 14th of 30. Their 105 team wRC+ was 5% above league average — 8th of 30 in MLB. Grady Sizemore led the position players at 6.3 WAR, and CC Sabathia the rotation at a 2.70 ERA.
The 2008 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 3rd in the AL Central, 7.5 games back. They spent 7 of 184 days in first place, led by as many as 1.5 games on May 15 and were as far as 15.5 games back on July 9. Their best month was August at 18-10, their worst July at 10-14. The longest runs were a 10-game winning streak from August 17 to August 27 and a 10-game losing streak from June 28 to July 9. They were 45-36 at home and 36-45 on the road, 14-17 in one-run games and 37-38 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 15-1 at the Royals on April 22; the heaviest defeat, 13-2 against the Tigers on April 16.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
13
15
.464
127
120
+7
May
12
15
.444
98
90
+8
June
12
16
.429
143
149
-6
July
10
14
.417
135
139
-4
August
18
10
.643
152
128
+24
Sept/Oct
16
11
.593
150
135
+15
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
45-36
.556
Road
36-45
.444
One-run games
14-17
.452
Extra innings
5-9
.357
Within the division
36-36
.500
Against .500+ clubs
37-38
.493
Decided by 5+ runs
29-20
.592
Last 10
6-4
.600
American League Central standings, 2008
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League Central, 2008. 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
27,276
26,681
13,827
41,872
Night
57
26,090
25,257
13,827
40,504
Day
23
30,216
31,598
15,785
41,872
Weekend
38
31,873
33,034
17,228
40,504
Weekday
42
23,117
21,971
13,827
41,872
On the road
80
31,029
33,415
11,181
53,227
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Mar
1
41,872
Apr
15
21,496
May
16
26,864
Jun
12
30,049
Jul
11
30,754
Aug
13
26,113
Sep
13
26,892
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, 2008.
Regulation
2:58
148 games
All games
3:01
Extra innings
3:35
14 of them
Longest
5:33
2008-07-30, 13 inn
Shortest
2:06
2008-06-10
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
3:01
2:59
2:06
5:33
Regulation
148
2:58
2:57
2:06
4:09
Extra innings
14
3:35
3:20
2:44
5:33
Home
81
3:05
3:00
2:06
5:33
Road
81
2:56
2:53
2:15
4:02
Day
46
2:56
2:55
2:27
4:02
Night
116
3:03
3:00
2:06
5:33
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Mar
1
3:21
Apr
15
3:07
May
16
3:02
Jun
12
2:55
Jul
11
3:13
Aug
13
3:04
Sep
13
3:11
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 178 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 81-81, a .500 win rate, while their +44 run differential implies .526. That is about 4 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.
