American League Central · 2017
Cleveland Indians
- Team WAR
- 52.0 25.4 bat / 26.6 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 6.5 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
Batting
26 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| José Ramírez | 3B | 152 | 645 | 186 | 29 | 83 | 17 | .318 | .374 | .583 | .402 | 154 | 6.5 |
| Francisco Lindor | SS | 159 | 723 | 178 | 33 | 89 | 15 | .273 | .337 | .505 | .357 | 123 | 5.2 |
| Edwin Encarnación | DH | 157 | 669 | 143 | 38 | 107 | 2 | .258 | .377 | .504 | .377 | 137 | 3.2 |
| Carlos Santana | 1B | 154 | 667 | 148 | 23 | 79 | 5 | .259 | .363 | .455 | .355 | 122 | 2.5 |
| Austin Jackson | LF | 84 | 318 | 89 | 7 | 35 | 3 | .318 | .387 | .482 | .376 | 136 | 2.1 |
| Lonnie Chisenhall | RF | 81 | 270 | 68 | 12 | 53 | 2 | .288 | .360 | .521 | .373 | 134 | 1.6 |
| Yan Gomes | C | 104 | 383 | 79 | 14 | 56 | 0 | .232 | .309 | .399 | .310 | 91 | 1.5 |
| Michael Brantley | LF | 90 | 375 | 101 | 9 | 52 | 11 | .299 | .357 | .444 | .345 | 115 | 1.5 |
| Bradley Zimmer | CF | 94 | 332 | 72 | 8 | 39 | 18 | .241 | .307 | .385 | .302 | 85 | 0.9 |
| Jason Kipnis | 2B | 90 | 373 | 78 | 12 | 35 | 6 | .232 | .291 | .414 | .304 | 87 | 0.7 |
| Roberto Pérez | C | 70 | 248 | 45 | 8 | 38 | 0 | .207 | .291 | .373 | .293 | 79 | 0.6 |
| Yandy Díaz | 3B | 48 | 179 | 41 | 0 | 13 | 2 | .263 | .352 | .327 | .309 | 91 | 0.4 |
| Erik González | 2B | 42 | 115 | 28 | 4 | 11 | 1 | .255 | .272 | .418 | .294 | 79 | 0.1 |
| Abraham Almonte | RF | 62 | 195 | 40 | 3 | 14 | 2 | .233 | .314 | .366 | .302 | 86 | 0.0 |
| Corey Kluber | P | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | .437 | 179 | 0.0 |
| Greg Allen | CF | 18 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | .229 | .282 | .343 | .273 | 66 | -0.0 |
| Andrew Miller | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -123 | -0.0 |
| Brandon Guyer | RF | 66 | 192 | 39 | 2 | 20 | 2 | .236 | .326 | .327 | .297 | 82 | -0.0 |
| Carlos Carrasco | P | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .142 | -25 | -0.1 |
| Trevor Bauer | P | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -123 | -0.1 |
| Mike Clevinger | P | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -123 | -0.1 |
| Josh Tomlin | P | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .125 | -37 | -0.1 |
| Francisco Mejía | DH | 11 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .154 | .214 | .154 | .135 | -30 | -0.2 |
| Tyler Naquin | CF | 15 | 40 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .216 | .250 | .270 | .230 | 36 | -0.2 |
| Daniel Robertson | RF | 30 | 88 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .225 | .287 | .338 | .273 | 65 | -0.2 |
| Gio Urshela | 3B | 57 | 165 | 35 | 1 | 15 | 0 | .224 | .262 | .288 | .245 | 46 | -0.5 |
Pitching
18 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Corey Kluber | 29 | 29 | 203.2 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 265 | 2.25 | 2.50 | 0.87 | 11.7 | 6.0 |
| Carlos Carrasco | 32 | 32 | 200.0 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 226 | 3.29 | 3.10 | 1.09 | 10.2 | 4.6 |
| Trevor Bauer | 32 | 31 | 176.1 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 196 | 4.19 | 3.88 | 1.37 | 10.0 | 2.6 |
| Andrew Miller | 57 | 0 | 62.2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 95 | 1.44 | 1.99 | 0.83 | 13.6 | 1.9 |
| Danny Salazar | 23 | 19 | 103.0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 145 | 4.28 | 3.48 | 1.34 | 12.7 | 1.9 |
| Josh Tomlin | 26 | 26 | 141.0 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 109 | 4.98 | 4.12 | 1.28 | 7.0 | 1.7 |
| Mike Clevinger | 27 | 21 | 121.2 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 137 | 3.11 | 3.85 | 1.25 | 10.1 | 1.7 |
| Bryan Shaw | 79 | 0 | 76.2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 73 | 3.52 | 2.96 | 1.21 | 8.6 | 1.5 |
| Cody Allen | 69 | 0 | 67.1 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 92 | 2.94 | 3.19 | 1.16 | 12.3 | 1.2 |
| Nick Goody | 56 | 0 | 54.2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 72 | 2.80 | 3.45 | 1.08 | 11.9 | 0.8 |
| Dan Otero | 52 | 0 | 60.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 2.85 | 3.64 | 1.20 | 5.7 | 0.8 |
| Zach McAllister | 50 | 0 | 62.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 66 | 2.61 | 3.77 | 1.19 | 9.6 | 0.7 |
| Tyler Olson | 30 | 0 | 20.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0.00 | 2.41 | 0.95 | 8.1 | 0.5 |
| Ryan Merritt | 5 | 4 | 20.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1.74 | 3.06 | 1.45 | 3.0 | 0.5 |
| Boone Logan | 39 | 0 | 21.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 4.71 | 3.16 | 1.38 | 12.0 | 0.4 |
| Michael Martinez | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.16 | 1.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Kyle Crockett | 4 | 0 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10.80 | 4.36 | 3.00 | 10.8 | 0.0 |
| Shawn Armstrong | 21 | 0 | 24.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4.38 | 5.51 | 1.34 | 7.3 | -0.2 |
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.