American League Central · 2015
Cleveland Indians
- Team WAR
- 39.9 21.3 bat / 18.6 pitch
- Win %
- .503 pyth .520
- Run diff
- +29 4.16 / 3.98 per g
- wRC+
- 94
- ERA
- 3.72 FIP 3.62
- Home runs
- 147
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 4.5 WAR, and Corey Kluber the rotation at a 3.49 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,465 team hits
Batting
28 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Jason Kipnis | 2B | 141 | 641 | 171 | 9 | 52 | 12 | .303 | .372 | .451 | .359 | 121 | 4.5 |
| Michael Brantley | LF | 137 | 596 | 164 | 15 | 84 | 15 | .310 | .379 | .480 | .372 | 129 | 4.3 |
| Francisco Lindor | SS | 99 | 438 | 122 | 12 | 51 | 12 | .313 | .353 | .482 | .361 | 122 | 3.9 |
| Carlos Santana | 1B | 154 | 666 | 127 | 19 | 85 | 11 | .231 | .357 | .395 | .336 | 106 | 1.9 |
| Ryan Raburn | DH | 80 | 201 | 52 | 8 | 29 | 0 | .301 | .393 | .543 | .402 | 149 | 1.7 |
| Roberto Pérez | C | 66 | 226 | 42 | 7 | 21 | 0 | .228 | .348 | .402 | .336 | 106 | 1.6 |
| Yan Gomes | C | 95 | 389 | 84 | 12 | 45 | 0 | .231 | .267 | .391 | .286 | 73 | 1.1 |
| Abraham Almonte | CF | 81 | 258 | 58 | 5 | 24 | 7 | .250 | .310 | .409 | .316 | 92 | 1.0 |
| Brandon Moss | RF | 145 | 526 | 106 | 19 | 58 | 0 | .226 | .304 | .407 | .312 | 90 | 0.7 |
| David Murphy | LF | 132 | 391 | 102 | 10 | 50 | 0 | .283 | .318 | .421 | .321 | 96 | 0.6 |
| José Ramírez | SS | 91 | 355 | 69 | 6 | 27 | 10 | .219 | .291 | .340 | .284 | 71 | 0.6 |
| Lonnie Chisenhall | 3B | 106 | 362 | 82 | 7 | 44 | 4 | .246 | .294 | .372 | .291 | 76 | 0.4 |
| Carlos Carrasco | P | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | .881 | 463 | 0.2 |
| Brett Hayes | C | 12 | 36 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 0 | .156 | .229 | .438 | .290 | 76 | 0.1 |
| Jerry Sands | RF | 46 | 133 | 29 | 4 | 19 | 0 | .236 | .286 | .390 | .297 | 80 | 0.0 |
| Jesús Aguilar | 1B | 7 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .316 | .350 | .368 | .321 | 96 | 0.0 |
| Gio Urshela | 3B | 80 | 288 | 60 | 6 | 21 | 0 | .225 | .279 | .330 | .273 | 64 | 0.0 |
| Adam Moore | C | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .220 | 30 | -0.0 |
| Austin Adams | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -114 | -0.0 |
| Trevor Bauer | P | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .286 | .167 | .228 | 35 | -0.0 |
| Michael Bourn | CF | 136 | 482 | 101 | 0 | 30 | 17 | .238 | .310 | .282 | .272 | 64 | -0.0 |
| Michael Martinez | LF | 12 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .267 | .290 | .333 | .276 | 66 | -0.1 |
| Cody Anderson | P | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -114 | -0.1 |
| Danny Salazar | P | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -114 | -0.1 |
| Corey Kluber | P | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -114 | -0.1 |
| Mike Aviles | LF | 92 | 317 | 67 | 5 | 17 | 3 | .231 | .282 | .317 | .269 | 62 | -0.1 |
| Tyler Holt | CF | 11 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .097 | .176 | .097 | .141 | -22 | -0.4 |
| Zach Walters | LF | 12 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .133 | .133 | .133 | .117 | -37 | -0.4 |
Pitching
27 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Corey Kluber | 32 | 32 | 222.0 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 245 | 3.49 | 2.97 | 1.05 | 9.9 | 4.9 |
| Carlos Carrasco | 30 | 30 | 183.2 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 216 | 3.63 | 2.84 | 1.07 | 10.6 | 4.4 |
| Danny Salazar | 30 | 30 | 185.0 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 195 | 3.45 | 3.61 | 1.13 | 9.5 | 2.7 |
| Cody Allen | 70 | 0 | 69.1 | 2 | 5 | 34 | 99 | 2.99 | 1.82 | 1.17 | 12.9 | 2.1 |
| Trevor Bauer | 31 | 30 | 176.0 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 170 | 4.55 | 4.33 | 1.31 | 8.7 | 1.1 |
| Zach McAllister | 61 | 1 | 69.0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 84 | 3.00 | 3.15 | 1.35 | 11.0 | 1.0 |
| Jeff Manship | 32 | 0 | 39.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0.92 | 2.63 | 0.76 | 7.6 | 0.8 |
| Cody Anderson | 15 | 15 | 91.1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 44 | 3.05 | 4.27 | 1.11 | 4.3 | 0.6 |
| Marc Rzepczynski | 72 | 0 | 35.0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 41 | 5.66 | 3.36 | 1.54 | 10.5 | 0.4 |
| Ryan Webb | 40 | 0 | 50.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 3.20 | 3.77 | 1.14 | 5.5 | 0.4 |
| Josh Tomlin | 10 | 10 | 65.2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 57 | 3.02 | 4.43 | 0.84 | 7.8 | 0.3 |
| Bryan Shaw | 74 | 0 | 64.0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 54 | 2.95 | 4.01 | 1.22 | 7.6 | 0.3 |
| Austin Adams | 28 | 0 | 33.1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 3.78 | 3.70 | 1.50 | 6.2 | 0.3 |
| Anthony Swarzak | 10 | 0 | 13.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3.38 | 3.06 | 1.65 | 8.8 | 0.2 |
| Gavin Floyd | 7 | 0 | 13.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2.70 | 3.21 | 1.13 | 4.7 | 0.2 |
| Nick Hagadone | 36 | 0 | 27.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 4.28 | 3.83 | 1.54 | 9.2 | 0.2 |
| Kyle Crockett | 31 | 0 | 17.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4.08 | 3.53 | 1.36 | 7.6 | 0.2 |
| Shawn Armstrong | 8 | 0 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2.25 | 2.76 | 0.88 | 12.4 | 0.2 |
| C.C. Lee | 2 | 0 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5.40 | 1.33 | 3.00 | 16.2 | 0.1 |
| Giovanni Soto | 6 | 0 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.13 | 0.90 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Ryan Raburn | 1 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 7.63 | 3.00 | 0.0 | -0.0 |
| TJ House | 4 | 4 | 13.0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 13.15 | 6.29 | 2.54 | 4.8 | -0.2 |
| David Murphy | 1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 60.13 | 9.00 | 0.0 | -0.2 |
| Toru Murata | 1 | 1 | 3.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8.10 | 10.63 | 1.50 | 5.4 | -0.2 |
| Bruce Chen | 2 | 2 | 6.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 12.79 | 8.50 | 2.84 | 5.7 | -0.3 |
| Shaun Marcum | 7 | 6 | 35.0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 5.40 | 5.79 | 1.23 | 7.7 | -0.4 |
| Scott Atchison | 23 | 0 | 19.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 6.86 | 6.64 | 1.37 | 5.5 | -0.5 |
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.