American League Central · 2018
Cleveland Indians
- Team WAR
- 45.1 27.2 bat / 18.0 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 7.5 WAR, and Trevor Bauer the rotation at a 2.21 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,428 team hits
Batting
28 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| José Ramírez | 3B | 157 | 698 | 156 | 39 | 105 | 34 | .270 | .387 | .552 | .397 | 149 | 7.5 |
| 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 | 3.6 |
| Yan Gomes | C | 112 | 435 | 107 | 16 | 48 | 0 | .266 | .313 | .449 | .328 | 103 | 2.7 |
| Jason Kipnis | 2B | 147 | 601 | 122 | 18 | 75 | 7 | .230 | .315 | .389 | .312 | 92 | 2.0 |
| Edwin Encarnación | DH | 137 | 579 | 123 | 32 | 107 | 3 | .246 | .336 | .474 | .349 | 117 | 1.8 |
| Yonder Alonso | 1B | 142 | 574 | 129 | 23 | 83 | 0 | .250 | .317 | .421 | .322 | 99 | 0.9 |
| Melky Cabrera | RF | 78 | 278 | 70 | 6 | 39 | 1 | .280 | .335 | .420 | .329 | 104 | 0.8 |
| 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 | 0.6 |
| Yandy Díaz | DH | 37 | 120 | 34 | 1 | 15 | 0 | .312 | .375 | .422 | .351 | 118 | 0.5 |
| Erik González | 2B | 61 | 143 | 36 | 1 | 16 | 3 | .265 | .301 | .375 | .298 | 83 | 0.3 |
| Brandon Guyer | RF | 89 | 221 | 40 | 7 | 27 | 1 | .206 | .300 | .371 | .301 | 85 | 0.1 |
| Brandon Barnes | RF | 14 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .263 | .333 | .421 | .332 | 106 | 0.1 |
| Shane Bieber | P | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .400 | .500 | .397 | 149 | 0.0 |
| Bradley Zimmer | CF | 32 | 114 | 24 | 2 | 9 | 4 | .226 | .281 | .330 | .272 | 66 | 0.0 |
| Adam Rosales | 2B | 11 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .211 | .250 | .421 | .289 | 77 | 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 |
| 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 |
| Tyler Naquin | RF | 58 | 183 | 46 | 3 | 23 | 1 | .264 | .295 | .356 | .284 | 74 | -0.1 |
| Trevor Bauer | P | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.1 |
| Mike Clevinger | P | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.1 |
| Corey Kluber | P | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -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 | -0.2 |
| Rajai Davis | CF | 82 | 216 | 44 | 1 | 6 | 21 | .224 | .278 | .281 | .253 | 53 | -0.4 |
Pitching
21 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Trevor Bauer | 28 | 27 | 175.1 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 221 | 2.21 | 2.44 | 1.09 | 11.3 | 5.1 |
| Corey Kluber | 33 | 33 | 215.0 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 222 | 2.89 | 3.12 | 0.99 | 9.3 | 4.7 |
| Carlos Carrasco | 32 | 30 | 192.0 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 231 | 3.38 | 2.94 | 1.13 | 10.8 | 4.5 |
| Mike Clevinger | 32 | 32 | 200.0 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 207 | 3.02 | 3.52 | 1.16 | 9.3 | 3.4 |
| Shane Bieber | 20 | 19 | 114.2 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 118 | 4.55 | 3.23 | 1.33 | 9.3 | 2.3 |
| Oliver Pérez | 51 | 0 | 32.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 1.39 | 1.74 | 0.74 | 12.0 | 1.0 |
| Andrew Miller | 37 | 0 | 34.0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 45 | 4.24 | 3.51 | 1.38 | 11.9 | 0.4 |
| 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 | 0.1 |
| 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 | 0.0 |
| Brandon Guyer | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.16 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 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 |
| Dan Otero | 61 | 0 | 58.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 5.22 | 4.76 | 1.26 | 6.6 | -0.1 |
| Neil Ramírez | 47 | 0 | 41.2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 51 | 4.54 | 5.03 | 1.30 | 11.0 | -0.2 |
| 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 | -1.0 |
| Josh Tomlin | 32 | 9 | 70.1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 46 | 6.14 | 7.16 | 1.48 | 5.9 | -1.9 |
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.