American League Central · 2018
Cleveland Indians 2018
- Team WAR
- 47.1 25.5 bat / 21.6 pitch
- Win %
- .562 pyth .605
- Run diff
- +170 5.05 / 4.00 per g
- wRC+
- 106
- ERA
- 3.81 FIP 3.76
- Home runs
- 211
The Cleveland Indians went 91-71 in 2018, a .562 winning percentage — 8th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 818 runs and allowed 648, a run differential of +170. The offence ranked the third best in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.81 staff ERA was 8th of 30. Their 106 team wRC+ was 6% above league average — 6th of 30 in MLB. José Ramírez led the position players at 7.7 WAR, and Trevor Bauer the rotation at a 2.21 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
Batting
28 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| José Ramírez | 3B | 157 | 698 | 156 | 39 | 105 | 34 | .270 | .387 | .552 | .397 | 149 | 7.7 |
| Francisco Lindor | SS | 158 | 745 | 183 | 38 | 92 | 25 | .277 | .352 | .519 | .372 | 133 | 6.8 |
| Michael Brantley | LF | 143 | 631 | 176 | 17 | 76 | 12 | .309 | .364 | .468 | .362 | 126 | 3.4 |
| Yan Gomes | C | 112 | 435 | 107 | 16 | 48 | 0 | .266 | .313 | .449 | .328 | 103 | 2.3 |
| Jason Kipnis | 2B | 147 | 601 | 122 | 18 | 75 | 7 | .230 | .315 | .389 | .312 | 92 | 1.9 |
| Edwin Encarnación | DH | 137 | 579 | 123 | 32 | 107 | 3 | .246 | .336 | .474 | .349 | 117 | 1.7 |
| Yonder Alonso | 1B | 142 | 574 | 129 | 23 | 83 | 0 | .250 | .317 | .421 | .322 | 99 | 0.7 |
| Lonnie Chisenhall | RF | 28 | 95 | 27 | 1 | 9 | 1 | .321 | .394 | .452 | .371 | 132 | 0.6 |
| Greg Allen | CF | 84 | 291 | 68 | 2 | 20 | 21 | .257 | .310 | .343 | .291 | 78 | 0.5 |
| Melky Cabrera | RF | 78 | 278 | 70 | 6 | 39 | 1 | .280 | .335 | .420 | .329 | 104 | 0.5 |
| Yandy Díaz | DH | 37 | 120 | 34 | 1 | 15 | 0 | .312 | .375 | .422 | .351 | 118 | 0.3 |
| Erik González | 2B | 61 | 143 | 36 | 1 | 16 | 3 | .265 | .301 | .375 | .298 | 83 | 0.3 |
| Shane Bieber | P | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .400 | .500 | .397 | 149 | 0.1 |
| Bradley Zimmer | CF | 32 | 114 | 24 | 2 | 9 | 4 | .226 | .281 | .330 | .272 | 66 | 0.0 |
| Brandon Barnes | RF | 14 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .263 | .333 | .421 | .332 | 106 | 0.0 |
| Adam Plutko | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0 |
| Carlos Carrasco | P | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .220 | 31 | 0.0 |
| Adam Rosales | 2B | 11 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .211 | .250 | .421 | .289 | 77 | 0.0 |
| Neil Ramírez | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.0 |
| Andrew Miller | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.0 |
| Trevor Bauer | P | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.0 |
| Mike Clevinger | P | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.0 |
| Brandon Guyer | RF | 89 | 221 | 40 | 7 | 27 | 1 | .206 | .300 | .371 | .301 | 85 | -0.1 |
| Corey Kluber | P | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.1 |
| Tyler Naquin | RF | 58 | 183 | 46 | 3 | 23 | 1 | .264 | .295 | .356 | .284 | 74 | -0.1 |
| Eric Haase | C | 8 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .125 | .176 | .125 | .146 | -19 | -0.2 |
| Roberto Pérez | C | 62 | 210 | 30 | 2 | 19 | 1 | .168 | .256 | .263 | .240 | 44 | -0.5 |
| Rajai Davis | CF | 82 | 216 | 44 | 1 | 6 | 21 | .224 | .278 | .281 | .253 | 53 | -0.6 |
Pitching
21 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Trevor Bauer | 28 | 27 | 175.1 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 221 | 2.21 | 2.44 | 1.09 | 11.3 | 5.7 |
| Corey Kluber | 33 | 33 | 215.0 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 222 | 2.89 | 3.12 | 0.99 | 9.3 | 5.3 |
| Carlos Carrasco | 32 | 30 | 192.0 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 231 | 3.38 | 2.94 | 1.13 | 10.8 | 5.1 |
| Mike Clevinger | 32 | 32 | 200.0 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 207 | 3.02 | 3.52 | 1.16 | 9.3 | 4.0 |
| Shane Bieber | 20 | 19 | 114.2 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 118 | 4.55 | 3.23 | 1.33 | 9.3 | 2.7 |
| Oliver Pérez | 51 | 0 | 32.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 1.39 | 1.74 | 0.74 | 12.0 | 1.1 |
| Andrew Miller | 37 | 0 | 34.0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 45 | 4.24 | 3.51 | 1.38 | 11.9 | 0.5 |
| Tyler Olson | 43 | 0 | 27.1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 4.94 | 3.45 | 1.39 | 13.2 | 0.4 |
| Evan Marshall | 10 | 0 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7.71 | 2.73 | 2.29 | 11.6 | 0.2 |
| Zach McAllister | 44 | 0 | 45.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 6.20 | 4.47 | 1.49 | 7.8 | 0.1 |
| Cody Allen | 70 | 0 | 67.0 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 80 | 4.70 | 4.56 | 1.36 | 10.7 | 0.1 |
| Brandon Guyer | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.16 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Dan Otero | 61 | 0 | 58.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 5.22 | 4.76 | 1.26 | 6.6 | -0.0 |
| Ben Taylor | 6 | 0 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6.00 | 5.33 | 1.17 | 12.0 | -0.0 |
| Jon Edwards | 9 | 0 | 8.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3.12 | 5.24 | 1.15 | 10.4 | -0.1 |
| Alexi Ogando | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18.00 | 10.16 | 5.00 | 9.0 | -0.1 |
| Neil Ramírez | 47 | 0 | 41.2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 51 | 4.54 | 5.03 | 1.30 | 11.0 | -0.1 |
| Nick Goody | 12 | 0 | 11.2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6.94 | 7.10 | 1.71 | 9.3 | -0.3 |
| Jeff Beliveau | 9 | 0 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11.57 | 11.73 | 2.57 | 3.9 | -0.4 |
| Adam Plutko | 17 | 12 | 76.2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 60 | 5.28 | 6.10 | 1.32 | 7.0 | -0.9 |
| Josh Tomlin | 32 | 9 | 70.1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 46 | 6.14 | 7.16 | 1.48 | 5.9 | -1.9 |
Attendance
Announced gate at 80 home dates, 2018.
- Average
- 24,084 80 home dates
- Median
- 24,498
- Total
- 1,926,701
- Best
- 35,353 2018-07-14
- Quietest
- 9,843 2018-04-09
- On the road
- 26,089 what they drew away
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All home | 80 | 24,084 | 24,498 | 9,843 | 35,353 |
| Night | 49 | 23,617 | 22,561 | 9,843 | 35,353 |
| Day | 31 | 24,821 | 24,862 | 14,240 | 35,007 |
| Weekend | 40 | 28,374 | 28,629 | 14,240 | 35,353 |
| Weekday | 40 | 19,794 | 19,559 | 9,843 | 31,682 |
| On the road | 81 | 26,089 | 24,771 | 10,599 | 47,149 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 15 | 16,406 |
| May | 14 | 21,550 |
| Jun | 11 | 26,457 |
| Jul | 13 | 29,154 |
| Aug | 14 | 26,308 |
| Sep | 14 | 24,327 |
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 161 completed games, 2018.
- Regulation
- 2:58 148 games
- All games
- 3:04
- Extra innings
- 4:15 13 of them
- Longest
- 4:53 2018-05-27, 14 inn
- Shortest
- 2:17 2018-08-18
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Fastest | Longest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | 161 | 3:04 | 2:57 | 2:17 | 5:13 |
| Regulation | 148 | 2:58 | 2:56 | 2:17 | 3:56 |
| Extra innings | 13 | 4:15 | 4:20 | 3:08 | 5:13 |
| Home | 80 | 3:05 | 2:59 | 2:17 | 4:53 |
| Road | 81 | 3:03 | 2:56 | 2:20 | 5:13 |
| Day | 59 | 3:02 | 2:56 | 2:17 | 4:53 |
| Night | 102 | 3:05 | 2:58 | 2:18 | 5:13 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 15 | 2:54 |
| May | 14 | 3:26 |
| Jun | 11 | 2:55 |
| Jul | 12 | 3:06 |
| Aug | 14 | 2:53 |
| Sep | 14 | 3:14 |
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 91-71, a .562 win rate, while their +170 run differential implies .605. That is about 7 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.