American League Central · 2015
Cleveland Indians 2015
- Team WAR
- 39.5 17.0 bat / 22.6 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 4.4 WAR, and Corey Kluber the rotation at a 3.49 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
Batting
28 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Jason Kipnis | 2B | 141 | 641 | 171 | 9 | 52 | 12 | .303 | .372 | .451 | .359 | 121 | 4.4 |
| Michael Brantley | LF | 137 | 596 | 164 | 15 | 84 | 15 | .310 | .379 | .480 | .372 | 129 | 3.9 |
| Francisco Lindor | SS | 99 | 438 | 122 | 12 | 51 | 12 | .313 | .353 | .482 | .361 | 122 | 3.5 |
| Ryan Raburn | DH | 80 | 201 | 52 | 8 | 29 | 0 | .301 | .393 | .543 | .402 | 149 | 1.7 |
| Carlos Santana | 1B | 154 | 666 | 127 | 19 | 85 | 11 | .231 | .357 | .395 | .336 | 106 | 1.6 |
| Roberto Pérez | C | 66 | 226 | 42 | 7 | 21 | 0 | .228 | .348 | .402 | .336 | 106 | 1.1 |
| Abraham Almonte | CF | 81 | 258 | 58 | 5 | 24 | 7 | .250 | .310 | .409 | .316 | 92 | 0.8 |
| José Ramírez | SS | 91 | 355 | 69 | 6 | 27 | 10 | .219 | .291 | .340 | .284 | 71 | 0.5 |
| David Murphy | LF | 132 | 391 | 102 | 10 | 50 | 0 | .283 | .318 | .421 | .321 | 96 | 0.5 |
| Lonnie Chisenhall | 3B | 106 | 362 | 82 | 7 | 44 | 4 | .246 | .294 | .372 | .291 | 76 | 0.5 |
| Yan Gomes | C | 95 | 389 | 84 | 12 | 45 | 0 | .231 | .267 | .391 | .286 | 73 | 0.5 |
| Brandon Moss | RF | 145 | 526 | 106 | 19 | 58 | 0 | .226 | .304 | .407 | .312 | 90 | 0.2 |
| 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 |
| Trevor Bauer | P | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .286 | .167 | .228 | 35 | 0.0 |
| Jesús Aguilar | 1B | 7 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .316 | .350 | .368 | .321 | 96 | 0.0 |
| Jerry Sands | RF | 46 | 133 | 29 | 4 | 19 | 0 | .236 | .286 | .390 | .297 | 80 | -0.0 |
| Austin Adams | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -114 | -0.0 |
| Adam Moore | C | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .220 | 30 | -0.0 |
| Cody Anderson | P | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -114 | -0.0 |
| 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 |
| Michael Martinez | LF | 12 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .267 | .290 | .333 | .276 | 66 | -0.1 |
| Michael Bourn | CF | 136 | 482 | 101 | 0 | 30 | 17 | .238 | .310 | .282 | .272 | 64 | -0.2 |
| Tyler Holt | CF | 11 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .097 | .176 | .097 | .141 | -22 | -0.3 |
| Gio Urshela | 3B | 80 | 288 | 60 | 6 | 21 | 0 | .225 | .279 | .330 | .273 | 64 | -0.4 |
| Zach Walters | LF | 12 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .133 | .133 | .133 | .117 | -37 | -0.4 |
| Mike Aviles | LF | 92 | 317 | 67 | 5 | 17 | 3 | .231 | .282 | .317 | .269 | 62 | -0.8 |
Pitching
27 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Corey Kluber | 32 | 32 | 222.0 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 245 | 3.49 | 2.97 | 1.05 | 9.9 | 5.6 |
| Carlos Carrasco | 30 | 30 | 183.2 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 216 | 3.63 | 2.84 | 1.07 | 10.6 | 4.9 |
| Danny Salazar | 30 | 30 | 185.0 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 195 | 3.45 | 3.61 | 1.13 | 9.5 | 3.3 |
| Cody Allen | 70 | 0 | 69.1 | 2 | 5 | 34 | 99 | 2.99 | 1.82 | 1.17 | 12.9 | 2.3 |
| Trevor Bauer | 31 | 30 | 176.0 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 170 | 4.55 | 4.33 | 1.31 | 8.7 | 1.5 |
| Zach McAllister | 61 | 1 | 69.0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 84 | 3.00 | 3.15 | 1.35 | 11.0 | 1.2 |
| Jeff Manship | 32 | 0 | 39.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0.92 | 2.63 | 0.76 | 7.6 | 0.9 |
| Cody Anderson | 15 | 15 | 91.1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 44 | 3.05 | 4.27 | 1.11 | 4.3 | 0.9 |
| Marc Rzepczynski | 72 | 0 | 35.0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 41 | 5.66 | 3.36 | 1.54 | 10.5 | 0.5 |
| Josh Tomlin | 10 | 10 | 65.2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 57 | 3.02 | 4.43 | 0.84 | 7.8 | 0.5 |
| Ryan Webb | 40 | 0 | 50.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 3.20 | 3.77 | 1.14 | 5.5 | 0.5 |
| Bryan Shaw | 74 | 0 | 64.0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 54 | 2.95 | 4.01 | 1.22 | 7.6 | 0.5 |
| Austin Adams | 28 | 0 | 33.1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 3.78 | 3.70 | 1.50 | 6.2 | 0.4 |
| Nick Hagadone | 36 | 0 | 27.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 4.28 | 3.83 | 1.54 | 9.2 | 0.3 |
| Anthony Swarzak | 10 | 0 | 13.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3.38 | 3.06 | 1.65 | 8.8 | 0.2 |
| Kyle Crockett | 31 | 0 | 17.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4.08 | 3.53 | 1.36 | 7.6 | 0.2 |
| Gavin Floyd | 7 | 0 | 13.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2.70 | 3.21 | 1.13 | 4.7 | 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 | -0.3 |
| Scott Atchison | 23 | 0 | 19.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 6.86 | 6.64 | 1.37 | 5.5 | -0.5 |
Attendance
Announced gate at 78 home dates, 2015.
- Average
- 17,806 78 home dates
- Median
- 16,258
- Total
- 1,388,905
- Best
- 35,789 2015-04-10
- Quietest
- 9,668 2015-04-27
- On the road
- 29,150 what they drew away
By situation
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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.
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.