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American League Central · 2017

Cleveland Indians 2017

102-60Progressive FieldAmerican League CentralAmerican League
Team WAR
55.9
26.2 bat / 29.7 pitch
Win %
.630
pyth .664
Run diff
+254
5.05 / 3.48 per g
wRC+
111
ERA
3.30
FIP 3.35
Home runs
205

The Cleveland Indians went 102-60 in 2017, a .630 winning percentage — the second best record in baseball. They scored 818 runs and allowed 564, a run differential of +254. The offence ranked 6th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.30 staff ERA was the best. Their 111 team wRC+ was 11% above league average — the second best in MLB. José Ramírez led the position players at 6.6 WAR, and Corey Kluber the rotation at a 2.25 ERA.

Where the offence comes from

Roster contribution by share of the team total.

1,408 team hits
José Ramírez186José Ramírez — 186 hits (13.2%)Francisco Lindor178Francisco Lindor — 178 hits (12.6%)Carlos Santana148Carlos Santana — 148 hits (10.5%)Edwin Encarnación143Edwin Encarnación — 143 hits (10.2%)Michael Brantley101Michael Brantley — 101 hits (7.2%)Austin Jackson89Austin Jackson — 89 hits (6.3%)Yan Gomes79Yan Gomes — 79 hits (5.6%)Jason Kipnis78Jason Kipnis — 78 hits (5.5%)Bradley Zimmer72Bradley Zimmer — 72 hits (5.1%)Chisenhall68Lonnie Chisenhall — 68 hits (4.8%)Roberto Pérez45Roberto Pérez — 45 hits (3.2%)Yandy Díaz41Yandy Díaz — 41 hits (2.9%)Almonte40Abraham Almonte — 40 hits (2.8%)Brandon Guyer39Brandon Guyer — 39 hits (2.8%)Gio Urshela35Gio Urshela — 35 hits (2.5%)Erik González28Erik González — 28 hits (2.0%)Robertson18Daniel Robertson — 18 hits (1.3%)Greg Allen — 8 hits (0.6%)Tyler Naquin — 8 hits (0.6%)Francisco Mejía — 2 hits (0.1%)Corey Kluber — 1 hits (0.1%)Josh Tomlin — 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

26 players, ranked by dbWAR.

José Ramírez3B152645186298317.318.374.583.4021546.6
Francisco LindorSS159723178338915.273.337.505.3571235.4
Edwin EncarnaciónDH157669143381072.258.377.504.3771373.2
Carlos Santana1B15466714823795.259.363.455.3551223.0
Austin JacksonLF84318897353.318.387.482.3761361.9
Lonnie ChisenhallRF812706812532.288.360.521.3731341.7
Michael BrantleyLF9037510195211.299.357.444.3451151.6
Yan GomesC1043837914560.232.309.399.310911.1
Bradley ZimmerCF943327283918.241.307.385.302850.9
Jason Kipnis2B903737812356.232.291.414.304870.9
Roberto PérezC70248458380.207.291.373.293790.5
Yandy Díaz3B48179410132.263.352.327.309910.3
Abraham AlmonteRF62195403142.233.314.366.302860.2
Erik González2B42115284111.255.272.418.294790.1
Greg AllenCF18398161.229.282.343.273660.1
Corey KluberP121000.500.500.500.4371790.0
Carlos CarrascoP250000.000.200.000.142-25-0.0
Mike ClevingerP230000.000.000.000.000-123-0.0
Josh TomlinP371000.143.143.143.125-37-0.0
Andrew MillerP110000.000.000.000.000-123-0.0
Trevor BauerP230000.000.000.000.000-123-0.0
Brandon GuyerRF66192392202.236.326.327.29782-0.1
Francisco MejíaDH11142010.154.214.154.135-30-0.2
Tyler NaquinCF15408010.216.250.270.23036-0.2
Daniel RobertsonRF308818170.225.287.338.27365-0.3
Gio Urshela3B57165351150.224.262.288.24546-0.5

Pitching

18 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.

Corey Kluber2929203.218402652.252.500.8711.76.7
Carlos Carrasco3232200.018602263.293.101.0910.25.2
Trevor Bauer3231176.117901964.193.881.3710.03.0
Danny Salazar2319103.05601454.283.481.3412.72.1
Josh Tomlin2626141.010901094.984.121.287.02.0
Andrew Miller57062.2432951.441.990.8313.62.0
Mike Clevinger2721121.212601373.113.851.2510.12.0
Bryan Shaw79076.2463733.522.961.218.61.7
Cody Allen69067.13730922.943.191.1612.31.3
Nick Goody56054.2120722.803.451.0811.90.9
Dan Otero52060.0300382.853.641.205.70.8
Zach McAllister50062.0220662.613.771.199.60.8
Tyler Olson30020.0101180.002.410.958.10.6
Ryan Merritt5420.220071.743.061.453.00.5
Boone Logan39021.0100284.713.161.3812.00.4
Michael Martinez101.000000.003.161.000.00.0
Kyle Crockett401.2000210.804.363.0010.80.0
Shawn Armstrong21024.2100204.385.511.347.3-0.2

Attendance

Announced gate at 81 home dates, 2017.

Average
25,286
81 home dates
Median
24,654
Total
2,048,138
Best
35,002
2017-04-11
Quietest
14,184
2017-05-30
On the road
27,729
what they drew away

By situation

Day and night divide the home schedule, and so do weekend and weekday. The road line is a different question.
SplitGamesAvgMedLowHigh
All home8125,28624,65414,18435,002
Night5324,40522,36414,18434,726
Day2826,95227,38717,73935,002
Weekend3929,29530,45917,73934,726
Weekday4221,56321,23414,18435,002
On the road8027,72926,9059,53348,350

Through the season

Average home crowd by month.
MonthGamesAverage
Apr1220,376
May1321,979
Jun1425,104
Jul1327,523
Aug1328,497
Sep1527,210
Oct130,036

By season

26029.013014.50.0151617181920212223242526

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 162 completed games, 2017.

Regulation
3:05
156 games
All games
3:06
Extra innings
3:33
6 of them
Longest
4:14
2017-07-25, 11 inn
Shortest
2:26
2017-07-24

By situation

Regulation and extra innings divide the season, and so do home and road. Day and night overlap both.
SplitGamesAvgMedFastestLongest
All1623:063:022:194:14
Regulation1563:053:022:194:00
Extra innings63:333:293:014:14
Home813:052:592:264:14
Road813:063:042:193:55
Day563:063:022:353:59
Night1063:063:042:194:14

Through the season

Average completed game by month.
MonthGamesAverage
Apr123:10
May132:59
Jun143:10
Jul133:14
Aug133:01
Sep153:01
Oct12:37

By season

184.892.40.0151617181920212223242526

Regulation games only, in minutes. 185 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 102-60, a .630 win rate, while their +254 run differential implies .664. That is about 6 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.