American League Central · 2016
Cleveland Indians
- Team WAR
- 38.2 22.7 bat / 15.5 pitch
- Win %
- .584 pyth .563
- Run diff
- +101 4.83 / 4.20 per g
- wRC+
- 99
- ERA
- 3.88 FIP 3.94
- Home runs
- 181
The Cleveland Indians went 94-67 in 2016, a .584 winning percentage — 4th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 777 runs and allowed 676, a run differential of +101. The offence ranked 5th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.88 staff ERA was 8th of 30. Their 99 team wRC+ was 1% below league average — 14th of 30 in MLB. Francisco Lindor led the position players at 4.4 WAR, and Corey Kluber the rotation at a 3.14 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,398 team hits
Batting
25 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Francisco Lindor | SS | 158 | 684 | 182 | 15 | 78 | 19 | .301 | .358 | .435 | .343 | 108 | 4.4 |
| Jason Kipnis | 2B | 156 | 688 | 168 | 23 | 82 | 15 | .275 | .343 | .469 | .351 | 113 | 4.3 |
| José Ramírez | 3B | 149 | 618 | 176 | 11 | 76 | 22 | .312 | .363 | .462 | .358 | 118 | 4.1 |
| Carlos Santana | DH | 158 | 688 | 151 | 34 | 87 | 5 | .259 | .366 | .498 | .375 | 128 | 3.4 |
| Tyler Naquin | CF | 109 | 365 | 95 | 14 | 43 | 6 | .296 | .372 | .514 | .379 | 131 | 3.0 |
| Mike Napoli | 1B | 150 | 645 | 133 | 34 | 101 | 5 | .239 | .335 | .465 | .347 | 111 | 2.0 |
| Rajai Davis | CF | 132 | 495 | 113 | 12 | 48 | 43 | .249 | .306 | .388 | .305 | 84 | 1.4 |
| Lonnie Chisenhall | RF | 120 | 418 | 110 | 8 | 57 | 6 | .286 | .328 | .439 | .330 | 100 | 1.3 |
| Marlon Byrd | RF | 34 | 129 | 31 | 5 | 19 | 0 | .270 | .326 | .452 | .332 | 101 | 0.4 |
| Abraham Almonte | LF | 65 | 194 | 48 | 1 | 22 | 8 | .264 | .294 | .401 | .297 | 79 | 0.2 |
| Roberto Pérez | C | 55 | 184 | 28 | 3 | 17 | 0 | .183 | .285 | .294 | .264 | 58 | 0.1 |
| Chris Gimenez | C | 55 | 155 | 30 | 4 | 11 | 0 | .216 | .272 | .331 | .267 | 60 | 0.1 |
| Josh Tomlin | P | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 | .400 | .600 | .428 | 163 | 0.1 |
| Corey Kluber | P | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .500 | .316 | 91 | 0.0 |
| Erik González | SS | 13 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .313 | .353 | .313 | .299 | 80 | -0.0 |
| Mike Clevinger | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -111 | -0.0 |
| Adam Moore | C | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -111 | -0.1 |
| Danny Salazar | P | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -111 | -0.1 |
| Trevor Bauer | P | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -111 | -0.1 |
| Jesús Aguilar | 1B | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -111 | -0.1 |
| Collin Cowgill | RF | 6 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .214 | .083 | .162 | -7 | -0.1 |
| Michael Brantley | LF | 11 | 43 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 1 | .231 | .279 | .282 | .240 | 42 | -0.2 |
| Michael Martinez | 2B | 47 | 106 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .238 | .267 | .307 | .253 | 51 | -0.3 |
| Juan Uribe | 3B | 73 | 259 | 49 | 7 | 25 | 0 | .206 | .259 | .332 | .259 | 54 | -0.4 |
| Yan Gomes | C | 68 | 264 | 42 | 9 | 34 | 0 | .167 | .201 | .327 | .229 | 35 | -0.5 |
Pitching
25 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Corey Kluber | 32 | 32 | 215.0 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 227 | 3.14 | 3.26 | 1.06 | 9.5 | 4.4 |
| Carlos Carrasco | 25 | 25 | 146.1 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 150 | 3.32 | 3.72 | 1.15 | 9.2 | 2.2 |
| Trevor Bauer | 35 | 28 | 190.0 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 168 | 4.26 | 3.99 | 1.31 | 8.0 | 2.1 |
| Danny Salazar | 25 | 25 | 137.1 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 161 | 3.87 | 3.74 | 1.34 | 10.6 | 2.1 |
| Dan Otero | 62 | 0 | 70.2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 57 | 1.53 | 2.33 | 0.91 | 7.3 | 1.8 |
| Cody Allen | 67 | 0 | 68.0 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 87 | 2.51 | 3.31 | 1.00 | 11.5 | 1.0 |
| Tommy Hunter | 33 | 0 | 34.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 3.18 | 3.06 | 1.26 | 6.1 | 0.6 |
| Bryan Shaw | 75 | 0 | 66.2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 69 | 3.24 | 3.94 | 1.26 | 9.3 | 0.5 |
| Kyle Crockett | 29 | 0 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5.06 | 2.33 | 1.44 | 9.6 | 0.4 |
| Josh Tomlin | 30 | 29 | 174.0 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 118 | 4.40 | 4.88 | 1.19 | 6.1 | 0.4 |
| Zach McAllister | 53 | 2 | 52.1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 54 | 3.44 | 4.01 | 1.45 | 9.3 | 0.4 |
| Ryan Merritt | 4 | 1 | 11.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.64 | 2.06 | 0.55 | 4.9 | 0.3 |
| Perci Garner | 8 | 0 | 9.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4.82 | 2.82 | 1.82 | 11.6 | 0.2 |
| Joba Chamberlain | 20 | 0 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2.25 | 3.80 | 1.15 | 8.1 | 0.2 |
| TJ House | 4 | 0 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3.38 | 2.77 | 2.25 | 6.8 | 0.1 |
| Mike Clevinger | 17 | 10 | 53.0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 50 | 5.26 | 4.86 | 1.49 | 8.5 | 0.0 |
| Shawn Armstrong | 10 | 0 | 10.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2.53 | 4.46 | 1.31 | 5.9 | 0.0 |
| Cody Anderson | 19 | 9 | 60.2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 54 | 6.68 | 4.84 | 1.62 | 8.0 | 0.0 |
| Adam Plutko | 2 | 0 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7.36 | 6.69 | 1.91 | 7.4 | -0.1 |
| Chris Gimenez | 2 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.00 | 7.48 | 1.33 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| Joe Colón J | 11 | 0 | 10.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 7.20 | 5.85 | 1.90 | 9.0 | -0.1 |
| Tom Gorzelanny | 7 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 21.00 | 9.81 | 3.00 | 12.0 | -0.2 |
| Jeff Manship | 53 | 0 | 43.1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 3.12 | 5.11 | 1.43 | 7.5 | -0.2 |
| Shawn Morimando | 2 | 0 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11.57 | 9.79 | 3.00 | 9.6 | -0.3 |
| Austin Adams | 19 | 0 | 18.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 9.82 | 5.98 | 1.85 | 8.3 | -0.3 |
Record versus run differential
Cleveland Indians are 94-67, a .584 win rate, while their +101 run differential implies .563. That is about 3 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.