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.
The 2017 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished first in the AL Central, 17 games clear. They spent 125 of 182 days in first place, led by as many as 17 games on September 20 and were as far as 3 games back on April 14. Their best month was Sept/Oct at 26-4, their worst May at 13-14. The longest runs were a 22-game winning streak from August 24 to September 14 and a 4-game losing streak from July 9 to July 16. They were 49-32 at home and 53-28 on the road, 20-15 in one-run games and 27-22 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 12-0 at the Orioles on June 19; the heaviest defeat, 11-2 at the Diamondbacks on April 8.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
14
10
.583
117
101
+16
May
13
14
.481
110
105
+5
June
15
12
.556
144
109
+35
July
15
11
.577
135
94
+41
August
19
9
.679
145
87
+58
Sept/Oct
26
4
.867
167
68
+99
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
49-32
.605
Road
53-28
.654
One-run games
20-15
.571
Extra innings
4-2
.667
Within the division
50-26
.658
Against .500+ clubs
27-22
.551
Decided by 5+ runs
38-11
.776
Last 10
7-3
.700
American League Central standings, 2017
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League Central, 2017. 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
25,286
24,654
14,184
35,002
Night
53
24,405
22,364
14,184
34,726
Day
28
26,952
27,387
17,739
35,002
Weekend
39
29,295
30,459
17,739
34,726
Weekday
42
21,563
21,234
14,184
35,002
On the road
80
27,729
26,905
9,533
48,350
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
20,376
May
13
21,979
Jun
14
25,104
Jul
13
27,523
Aug
13
28,497
Sep
15
27,210
Oct
1
30,036
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 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.
Split
Games
Avg
Med
Fastest
Longest
All
162
3:06
3:02
2:19
4:14
Regulation
156
3:05
3:02
2:19
4:00
Extra innings
6
3:33
3:29
3:01
4:14
Home
81
3:05
2:59
2:26
4:14
Road
81
3:06
3:04
2:19
3:55
Day
56
3:06
3:02
2:35
3:59
Night
106
3:06
3:04
2:19
4:14
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
3:10
May
13
2:59
Jun
14
3:10
Jul
13
3:14
Aug
13
3:01
Sep
15
3:01
Oct
1
2:37
By season
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.
