The Cleveland Indians went 81-80 in 2015, a .503 winning percentage — 15th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 669 runs and allowed 640, a run differential of +29. The offence ranked 18th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.72 staff ERA was 9th of 30. Their 94 team wRC+ was 6% below league average — 22nd of 30 in MLB. Jason Kipnis led the position players at 4.4 WAR, and Corey Kluber the rotation at a 3.49 ERA.
The 2015 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 3rd in the AL Central, 13.5 games back. They were as far as 18 games back on August 19. Their best month was May at 17-12, their worst March/April at 7-14. The longest runs were a 6-game winning streak from May 19 to May 24 and a 6-game losing streak from July 23 to July 28. They were 39-41 at home and 42-39 on the road, 15-18 in one-run games and 41-46 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 17-4 against the Twins on August 8; the heaviest defeat, 17-0 against the Cubs on June 17.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
7
14
.333
79
98
-19
May
17
12
.586
146
123
+23
June
11
15
.423
79
112
-33
July
13
13
.500
93
99
-6
August
16
12
.571
137
102
+35
Sept/Oct
17
14
.548
135
106
+29
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
39-41
.487
Road
42-39
.519
One-run games
15-18
.455
Extra innings
5-4
.556
Within the division
32-43
.427
Against .500+ clubs
41-46
.471
Decided by 5+ runs
27-21
.563
Last 10
6-4
.600
American League Central standings, 2015
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League Central, 2015. 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
17,806
16,258
9,668
35,789
Night
52
17,139
15,659
9,668
31,666
Day
26
19,142
18,080
11,042
35,789
Weekend
37
21,908
22,273
13,282
35,789
Weekday
41
14,105
13,052
9,668
23,618
On the road
81
29,150
30,698
10,437
47,031
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
9
15,626
May
15
16,988
Jun
14
18,834
Jul
14
18,986
Aug
11
21,914
Sep
13
10,524
Oct
4
21,526
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 160 completed games, 2015.
Regulation
2:57
151 games
All games
3:00
Extra innings
3:40
9 of them
Longest
5:04
2015-08-11, 16 inn
Shortest
2:25
2015-07-12
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
160
3:00
2:58
2:06
5:04
Regulation
151
2:57
2:56
2:06
4:16
Extra innings
9
3:40
3:32
2:34
5:04
Home
80
3:03
3:01
2:25
5:04
Road
80
2:56
2:55
2:06
4:36
Day
53
3:03
2:58
2:06
4:36
Night
107
2:58
2:57
2:15
5:04
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
9
3:14
May
15
3:00
Jun
14
3:03
Jul
14
2:51
Aug
11
3:16
Sep
13
3:08
Oct
4
2:49
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 81-80, a .503 win rate, while their +29 run differential implies .520. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
