The Cleveland Indians went 85-77 in 2014, a .525 winning percentage — 12th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 669 runs and allowed 653, a run differential of +16. The offence ranked 11th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.62 staff ERA was 15th of 30. Their 105 team wRC+ was 5% above league average — 7th of 30 in MLB. Michael Brantley led the position players at 6.4 WAR, and Corey Kluber the rotation at a 2.44 ERA.
The 2014 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 3rd in the AL Central, 5 games back. They spent 2 of 182 days in first place and were as far as 10.5 games back on May 18. Their best month was August at 18-9, their worst March/April at 11-17. The longest runs were a 6-game winning streak from May 30 to June 4 and a 6-game losing streak from April 25 to April 30. They were 48-33 at home and 37-44 on the road, 25-21 in one-run games and 36-47 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 15-4 at the Blue Jays on May 14; the heaviest defeat, 12-1 against the Tigers on September 1.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
11
17
.393
106
132
-26
May
15
13
.536
136
131
+5
June
13
13
.500
115
116
-1
July
14
12
.538
122
96
+26
August
18
9
.667
101
80
+21
Sept/Oct
14
13
.519
89
98
-9
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
48-33
.593
Road
37-44
.457
One-run games
25-21
.543
Extra innings
13-8
.619
Within the division
39-37
.513
Against .500+ clubs
36-47
.434
Decided by 5+ runs
24-18
.571
Last 10
6-4
.600
American League Central standings, 2014
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League Central, 2014. 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
78
18,428
17,057
8,848
41,274
Night
52
18,659
16,852
8,848
40,712
Day
26
17,966
17,057
9,930
41,274
Weekend
39
21,988
20,174
11,716
41,274
Weekday
39
14,869
13,924
8,848
28,334
On the road
81
29,107
28,943
11,116
50,199
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
13
13,086
May
15
15,535
Jun
10
21,970
Jul
13
22,228
Aug
13
20,537
Sep
17
15,212
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, 2014.
Regulation
3:04
141 games
All games
3:12
Extra innings
4:07
21 of them
Longest
5:16
2014-05-21, 13 inn
Shortest
2:10
2014-07-30
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
3:12
3:07
2:10
5:32
Regulation
141
3:04
3:05
2:10
4:10
Extra innings
21
4:07
4:03
3:09
5:32
Home
81
3:10
3:05
2:10
5:16
Road
81
3:14
3:08
2:17
5:32
Day
55
3:08
3:05
2:15
5:16
Night
107
3:14
3:07
2:10
5:32
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
13
2:59
May
15
3:15
Jun
10
3:22
Jul
13
3:08
Aug
13
3:14
Sep
17
3:04
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 184 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 85-77, a .525 win rate, while their +16 run differential implies .511. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
