American League Central · 2016
Cleveland Indians 2016
- Team WAR
- 39.2 19.4 bat / 19.8 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 4.1 WAR, and Corey Kluber the rotation at a 3.14 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
Batting
25 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Francisco Lindor | SS | 158 | 684 | 182 | 15 | 78 | 19 | .301 | .358 | .435 | .343 | 108 | 4.1 |
| José Ramírez | 3B | 149 | 618 | 176 | 11 | 76 | 22 | .312 | .363 | .462 | .358 | 118 | 4.0 |
| Jason Kipnis | 2B | 156 | 688 | 168 | 23 | 82 | 15 | .275 | .343 | .469 | .351 | 113 | 3.7 |
| Carlos Santana | DH | 158 | 688 | 151 | 34 | 87 | 5 | .259 | .366 | .498 | .375 | 128 | 3.1 |
| Tyler Naquin | CF | 109 | 365 | 95 | 14 | 43 | 6 | .296 | .372 | .514 | .379 | 131 | 2.9 |
| Mike Napoli | 1B | 150 | 645 | 133 | 34 | 101 | 5 | .239 | .335 | .465 | .347 | 111 | 1.7 |
| Rajai Davis | CF | 132 | 495 | 113 | 12 | 48 | 43 | .249 | .306 | .388 | .305 | 84 | 1.2 |
| Lonnie Chisenhall | RF | 120 | 418 | 110 | 8 | 57 | 6 | .286 | .328 | .439 | .330 | 100 | 1.2 |
| Marlon Byrd | RF | 34 | 129 | 31 | 5 | 19 | 0 | .270 | .326 | .452 | .332 | 101 | 0.3 |
| 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 | 0.1 |
| Abraham Almonte | LF | 65 | 194 | 48 | 1 | 22 | 8 | .264 | .294 | .401 | .297 | 79 | 0.1 |
| Mike Clevinger | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -111 | -0.0 |
| Erik González | SS | 13 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .313 | .353 | .313 | .299 | 80 | -0.0 |
| Roberto Pérez | C | 55 | 184 | 28 | 3 | 17 | 0 | .183 | .285 | .294 | .264 | 58 | -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 |
| Adam Moore | C | 3 | 5 | 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 | -0.2 |
| Collin Cowgill | RF | 6 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .214 | .083 | .162 | -7 | -0.2 |
| Chris Gimenez | C | 55 | 155 | 30 | 4 | 11 | 0 | .216 | .272 | .331 | .267 | 60 | -0.2 |
| 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 | -0.6 |
| Yan Gomes | C | 68 | 264 | 42 | 9 | 34 | 0 | .167 | .201 | .327 | .229 | 35 | -1.0 |
Pitching
25 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Corey Kluber | 32 | 32 | 215.0 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 227 | 3.14 | 3.26 | 1.06 | 9.5 | 5.2 |
| Carlos Carrasco | 25 | 25 | 146.1 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 150 | 3.32 | 3.72 | 1.15 | 9.2 | 2.7 |
| Trevor Bauer | 35 | 28 | 190.0 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 168 | 4.26 | 3.99 | 1.31 | 8.0 | 2.7 |
| Danny Salazar | 25 | 25 | 137.1 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 161 | 3.87 | 3.74 | 1.34 | 10.6 | 2.5 |
| Dan Otero | 62 | 0 | 70.2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 57 | 1.53 | 2.33 | 0.91 | 7.3 | 2.0 |
| Cody Allen | 67 | 0 | 68.0 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 87 | 2.51 | 3.31 | 1.00 | 11.5 | 1.2 |
| Josh Tomlin | 30 | 29 | 174.0 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 118 | 4.40 | 4.88 | 1.19 | 6.1 | 0.9 |
| Tommy Hunter | 33 | 0 | 34.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 3.18 | 3.06 | 1.26 | 6.1 | 0.7 |
| Bryan Shaw | 75 | 0 | 66.2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 69 | 3.24 | 3.94 | 1.26 | 9.3 | 0.7 |
| Zach McAllister | 53 | 2 | 52.1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 54 | 3.44 | 4.01 | 1.45 | 9.3 | 0.5 |
| Kyle Crockett | 29 | 0 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5.06 | 2.33 | 1.44 | 9.6 | 0.5 |
| Ryan Merritt | 4 | 1 | 11.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.64 | 2.06 | 0.55 | 4.9 | 0.4 |
| Joba Chamberlain | 20 | 0 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2.25 | 3.80 | 1.15 | 8.1 | 0.2 |
| Perci Garner | 8 | 0 | 9.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4.82 | 2.82 | 1.82 | 11.6 | 0.2 |
| Mike Clevinger | 17 | 10 | 53.0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 50 | 5.26 | 4.86 | 1.49 | 8.5 | 0.2 |
| Cody Anderson | 19 | 9 | 60.2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 54 | 6.68 | 4.84 | 1.62 | 8.0 | 0.2 |
| TJ House | 4 | 0 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3.38 | 2.77 | 2.25 | 6.8 | 0.1 |
| Shawn Armstrong | 10 | 0 | 10.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2.53 | 4.46 | 1.31 | 5.9 | 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 |
| Jeff Manship | 53 | 0 | 43.1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 3.12 | 5.11 | 1.43 | 7.5 | -0.1 |
| Tom Gorzelanny | 7 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 21.00 | 9.81 | 3.00 | 12.0 | -0.2 |
| Austin Adams | 19 | 0 | 18.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 9.82 | 5.98 | 1.85 | 8.3 | -0.2 |
| Shawn Morimando | 2 | 0 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11.57 | 9.79 | 3.00 | 9.6 | -0.3 |
Attendance
Announced gate at 81 home dates, 2016.
- Average
- 19,650 81 home dates
- Median
- 17,803
- Total
- 1,591,667
- Best
- 34,493 2016-04-05
- Quietest
- 8,766 2016-05-04
- On the road
- 26,941 what they drew away
By situation
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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.
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.