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 4.1 WAR, and Corey Kluber the rotation at a 3.14 ERA.
The 2016 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished first in the AL Central, 8 games clear. They spent 122 of 181 days in first place, led by as many as 8 games on September 17 and were as far as 6 games back on May 1. Their best month was June at 22-6, their worst March/April at 10-11. The longest runs were a 14-game winning streak from June 17 to July 1 and a 3-game losing streak from April 29 to May 1. They were 53-28 at home and 41-39 on the road, 28-21 in one-run games and 48-43 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 13-1 against the Reds on May 17; the heaviest defeat, 17-1 at the Blue Jays on July 3.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
10
11
.476
91
85
+6
May
16
13
.552
147
127
+20
June
22
6
.786
143
75
+68
July
12
12
.500
124
121
+3
August
16
14
.533
141
144
-3
Sept/Oct
18
11
.621
131
124
+7
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
53-28
.654
Road
41-39
.512
One-run games
28-21
.571
Extra innings
6-6
.500
Within the division
49-26
.653
Against .500+ clubs
48-43
.527
Decided by 5+ runs
34-20
.630
Last 10
6-4
.600
American League Central standings, 2016
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League Central, 2016. 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
81
19,650
17,803
8,766
34,493
Night
55
18,761
15,365
8,766
34,163
Day
26
21,530
20,638
11,525
34,493
Weekend
39
24,051
24,415
13,236
34,045
Weekday
42
15,563
13,834
8,766
34,493
On the road
79
26,941
25,692
10,114
46,197
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
8
16,094
May
16
14,557
Jun
11
20,120
Jul
12
28,140
Aug
18
19,261
Sep
16
20,269
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, 2016.
Regulation
2:58
148 games
All games
3:03
Extra innings
4:03
12 of them
Longest
4:18
2016-07-09, 11 inn
Shortest
2:19
2016-05-04
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
3:03
2:59
2:19
6:13
Regulation
148
2:58
2:56
2:19
3:44
Extra innings
12
4:03
3:52
3:12
6:13
Home
81
3:04
3:03
2:19
4:18
Road
79
3:03
2:52
2:26
6:13
Day
54
3:10
3:05
2:21
6:13
Night
106
3:00
2:57
2:19
4:21
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
8
3:11
May
16
2:57
Jun
11
2:46
Jul
12
3:10
Aug
18
3:06
Sep
16
3:13
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 178 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 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.
