The Cleveland Indians went 68-94 in 2012, a .420 winning percentage — 26th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 667 runs and allowed 845, a run differential of -178. The offence ranked 22nd of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.78 staff ERA was the second worst. Their 98 team wRC+ was 2% below league average — 13th of 30 in MLB. Shin-Soo Choo led the position players at 4.1 WAR, and Justin Masterson the rotation at a 4.93 ERA.
The 2012 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 4th in the AL Central, 20 games back. They spent 40 of 182 days in first place, led by as many as 4 games on May 17 and were as far as 20.5 games back on September 18. Their best month was March/April at 11-9, their worst August at 5-24. The longest runs were a 4-game winning streak from April 13 to April 17 and an 11-game losing streak from July 27 to August 7. They were 37-44 at home and 31-50 on the road, 24-12 in one-run games and 42-53 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 15-3 against the Royals on September 30; the heaviest defeat, 14-1 against the Red Sox on August 12.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
11
9
.550
90
91
-1
May
16
14
.533
129
152
-23
June
12
15
.444
120
137
-17
July
11
15
.423
100
130
-30
August
5
24
.172
96
179
-83
Sept/Oct
13
17
.433
132
156
-24
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
37-44
.457
Road
31-50
.383
One-run games
24-12
.667
Extra innings
5-8
.385
Within the division
31-41
.431
Against .500+ clubs
42-53
.442
Decided by 5+ runs
12-32
.273
Last 10
6-4
.600
American League Central standings, 2012
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League Central, 2012. 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
81
19,797
18,775
9,072
43,190
Night
51
19,647
18,093
9,137
36,247
Day
30
20,053
19,003
9,072
43,190
Weekend
38
22,689
21,273
10,518
36,247
Weekday
43
17,243
14,813
9,072
43,190
On the road
81
28,286
27,856
11,343
45,099
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
11
14,486
May
18
17,952
Jun
9
24,115
Jul
14
26,127
Aug
15
21,015
Sep
11
16,383
Oct
3
14,288
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, 2012.
Regulation
2:53
149 games
All games
2:58
Extra innings
3:49
13 of them
Longest
5:14
2012-04-05, 16 inn
Shortest
2:21
2012-05-24
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
2:58
2:54
2:14
5:14
Regulation
149
2:53
2:51
2:14
3:57
Extra innings
13
3:49
3:41
3:03
5:14
Home
81
3:00
2:59
2:21
5:14
Road
81
2:55
2:47
2:14
4:10
Day
56
3:01
3:00
2:21
5:14
Night
106
2:56
2:50
2:14
4:52
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
11
3:07
May
18
2:53
Jun
9
2:54
Jul
14
2:51
Aug
15
3:03
Sep
11
3:18
Oct
3
3:05
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 173 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 68-94, a .420 win rate, while their -178 run differential implies .393. That is about 4 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.
