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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
Francisco Lindor182Francisco Lindor — 182 hits (13.0%)José Ramírez176José Ramírez — 176 hits (12.6%)Jason Kipnis168Jason Kipnis — 168 hits (12.0%)Carlos Santana151Carlos Santana — 151 hits (10.8%)Mike Napoli133Mike Napoli — 133 hits (9.5%)Rajai Davis113Rajai Davis — 113 hits (8.1%)Lonnie Chisenhall110Lonnie Chisenhall — 110 hits (7.9%)Tyler Naquin95Tyler Naquin — 95 hits (6.8%)Juan Uribe49Juan Uribe — 49 hits (3.5%)Abraham Almonte48Abraham Almonte — 48 hits (3.4%)Yan Gomes42Yan Gomes — 42 hits (3.0%)Marlon Byrd31Marlon Byrd — 31 hits (2.2%)Chris Gimenez30Chris Gimenez — 30 hits (2.1%)Roberto Pérez28Roberto Pérez — 28 hits (2.0%)Martinez24Michael Martinez — 24 hits (1.7%)Michael Brantley — 9 hits (0.6%)Erik González — 5 hits (0.4%)Josh Tomlin — 2 hits (0.1%)Corey Kluber — 1 hits (0.1%)Collin Cowgill — 1 hits (0.1%)
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.

Batting

25 players, ranked by dbWAR.

Francisco LindorSS158684182157819.301.358.435.3431084.4
Jason Kipnis2B156688168238215.275.343.469.3511134.3
José Ramírez3B149618176117622.312.363.462.3581184.1
Carlos SantanaDH15868815134875.259.366.498.3751283.4
Tyler NaquinCF1093659514436.296.372.514.3791313.0
Mike Napoli1B150645133341015.239.335.465.3471112.0
Rajai DavisCF132495113124843.249.306.388.305841.4
Lonnie ChisenhallRF1204181108576.286.328.439.3301001.3
Marlon ByrdRF34129315190.270.326.452.3321010.4
Abraham AlmonteLF65194481228.264.294.401.297790.2
Roberto PérezC55184283170.183.285.294.264580.1
Chris GimenezC55155304110.216.272.331.267600.1
Josh TomlinP262000.400.400.600.4281630.1
Corey KluberP261000.250.250.500.316910.0
Erik GonzálezSS13175000.313.353.313.29980-0.0
Mike ClevingerP120000.000.000.000.000-111-0.0
Adam MooreC350000.000.000.000.000-111-0.1
Danny SalazarP250000.000.000.000.000-111-0.1
Trevor BauerP360000.000.000.000.000-111-0.1
Jesús Aguilar1B460000.000.000.000.000-111-0.1
Collin CowgillRF6141000.083.214.083.162-7-0.1
Michael BrantleyLF11439071.231.279.282.24042-0.2
Michael Martinez2B4710624140.238.267.307.25351-0.3
Juan Uribe3B73259497250.206.259.332.25954-0.4
Yan GomesC68264429340.167.201.327.22935-0.5

Pitching

25 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.

Corey Kluber3232215.018902273.143.261.069.54.4
Carlos Carrasco2525146.111801503.323.721.159.22.2
Trevor Bauer3528190.012801684.263.991.318.02.1
Danny Salazar2525137.111601613.873.741.3410.62.1
Dan Otero62070.2511571.532.330.917.31.8
Cody Allen67068.03532872.513.311.0011.51.0
Tommy Hunter33034.0220233.183.061.266.10.6
Bryan Shaw75066.2251693.243.941.269.30.5
Kyle Crockett29016.0000175.062.331.449.60.4
Josh Tomlin3029174.013901184.404.881.196.10.4
Zach McAllister53252.1320543.444.011.459.30.4
Ryan Merritt4111.010061.642.060.554.90.3
Perci Garner809.1000124.822.821.8211.60.2
Joba Chamberlain20020.0000182.253.801.158.10.2
TJ House402.200023.382.772.256.80.1
Mike Clevinger171053.0330505.264.861.498.50.0
Shawn Armstrong10010.200072.534.461.315.90.0
Cody Anderson19960.2250546.684.841.628.00.0
Adam Plutko203.200037.366.691.917.4-0.1
Chris Gimenez203.0000012.007.481.330.0-0.1
Joe Colón J11010.0130107.205.851.909.0-0.1
Tom Gorzelanny703.0100421.009.813.0012.0-0.2
Jeff Manship53043.1210363.125.111.437.5-0.2
Shawn Morimando204.2000511.579.793.009.6-0.3
Austin Adams19018.1000179.825.981.858.3-0.3
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.