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.
The 2018 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished first in the AL Central, 13 games clear. They spent 166 of 187 days in first place, led by as many as 16.5 games on September 6 and were as far as 2 games back on April 5. Their best month was August at 19-9, their worst Sept/Oct at 14-14. The longest runs were a 7-game winning streak from June 17 to June 24 and a 4-game losing streak from May 4 to May 8. They were 49-32 at home and 42-39 on the road, 22-24 in one-run games and 23-31 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 19-4 against the Reds on July 11; the heaviest defeat, 13-2 at the Angels on April 3.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
15
12
.556
102
103
-1
May
15
13
.536
179
146
+33
June
14
12
.538
113
91
+22
July
14
11
.560
153
110
+43
August
19
9
.679
132
89
+43
Sept/Oct
14
14
.500
139
109
+30
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
49-32
.605
Road
42-39
.519
One-run games
22-24
.478
Extra innings
4-9
.308
Within the division
49-27
.645
Against .500+ clubs
23-31
.426
Decided by 5+ runs
31-18
.633
Last 10
6-4
.600
American League Central standings, 2018
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League Central, 2018. 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
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
Average home crowd by month.
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
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
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
Average completed game by month.
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.
Record versus run differential
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.
