American League Central · 2019
Cleveland Indians
- Team WAR
- 33.2 15.8 bat / 17.4 pitch
- Win %
- .574 pyth .572
- Run diff
- +112 4.75 / 4.06 per g
- wRC+
- 99
- ERA
- 3.93 FIP 4.11
- Home runs
- 211
The Cleveland Indians went 93-69 in 2019, a .574 winning percentage — 8th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 769 runs and allowed 657, a run differential of +112. The offence ranked 16th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.93 staff ERA was 5th of 30. Their 99 team wRC+ was 1% below league average — 13th of 30 in MLB. Francisco Lindor led the position players at 4.4 WAR, and Shane Bieber the rotation at a 3.28 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,255 team hits
Batting
28 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Francisco Lindor | SS | 143 | 654 | 170 | 32 | 74 | 22 | .284 | .335 | .518 | .352 | 121 | 4.4 |
| Carlos Santana | 1B | 158 | 686 | 161 | 34 | 93 | 4 | .281 | .397 | .515 | .384 | 143 | 4.1 |
| José Ramírez | 3B | 128 | 542 | 123 | 23 | 83 | 24 | .255 | .327 | .479 | .337 | 111 | 2.8 |
| Roberto Pérez | C | 117 | 449 | 93 | 24 | 63 | 0 | .239 | .321 | .452 | .329 | 105 | 2.4 |
| Jordan Luplow | RF | 82 | 261 | 62 | 15 | 38 | 3 | .276 | .372 | .551 | .387 | 145 | 1.8 |
| Óscar Mercado | CF | 114 | 482 | 118 | 15 | 54 | 15 | .269 | .318 | .443 | .323 | 101 | 1.6 |
| Jason Kipnis | 2B | 121 | 511 | 112 | 17 | 65 | 7 | .245 | .304 | .410 | .304 | 88 | 1.0 |
| Mike Freeman | 2B | 70 | 213 | 49 | 4 | 24 | 1 | .277 | .362 | .390 | .330 | 106 | 0.8 |
| Tyler Naquin | RF | 87 | 294 | 79 | 10 | 34 | 4 | .288 | .325 | .467 | .332 | 107 | 0.7 |
| Kevin Plawecki | C | 54 | 174 | 35 | 3 | 17 | 0 | .222 | .287 | .342 | .275 | 68 | 0.2 |
| Zach Plesac | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0 |
| Corey Kluber | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.0 |
| Mike Clevinger | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.0 |
| Adam Plutko | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.0 |
| Aaron Civale | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.0 |
| Shane Bieber | P | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.1 |
| Yu Chang | 3B | 27 | 84 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .178 | .286 | .274 | .257 | 56 | -0.1 |
| Eric Haase | C | 8 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .063 | .118 | .250 | .157 | -13 | -0.2 |
| Hanley Ramirez | DH | 16 | 57 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 0 | .184 | .298 | .327 | .281 | 73 | -0.2 |
| Ryan Flaherty | 3B | 8 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .238 | .157 | -12 | -0.2 |
| Bobby Bradley | DH | 15 | 49 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .178 | .245 | .356 | .258 | 56 | -0.2 |
| Max Moroff | SS | 15 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .125 | .176 | .250 | .186 | 7 | -0.2 |
| Bradley Zimmer | RF | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .071 | .000 | .051 | -85 | -0.3 |
| Leonys Martin | CF | 65 | 264 | 47 | 9 | 19 | 4 | .199 | .276 | .343 | .272 | 66 | -0.3 |
| Greg Allen | LF | 82 | 256 | 53 | 4 | 27 | 8 | .229 | .290 | .346 | .276 | 69 | -0.3 |
| Jake Bauers | LF | 115 | 423 | 84 | 12 | 43 | 3 | .226 | .312 | .371 | .299 | 85 | -0.4 |
| Eric Stamets | SS | 14 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .049 | .149 | .073 | .120 | -38 | -0.6 |
| Carlos González | LF | 45 | 166 | 29 | 3 | 10 | 0 | .200 | .289 | .283 | .257 | 56 | -0.7 |
Pitching
27 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Shane Bieber | 34 | 33 | 214.1 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 259 | 3.28 | 3.32 | 1.05 | 10.9 | 4.6 |
| Mike Clevinger | 21 | 21 | 126.0 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 169 | 2.71 | 2.49 | 1.06 | 12.1 | 3.8 |
| Trevor Bauer | 34 | 34 | 213.0 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 253 | 4.48 | 4.34 | 1.25 | 10.7 | 2.4 |
| Brad Hand | 60 | 0 | 57.1 | 6 | 4 | 34 | 84 | 3.30 | 2.80 | 1.24 | 13.2 | 1.3 |
| Aaron Civale | 10 | 10 | 57.2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 46 | 2.34 | 3.40 | 1.04 | 7.2 | 1.2 |
| Tyler Clippard | 53 | 3 | 62.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 2.90 | 3.89 | 0.85 | 9.3 | 0.7 |
| Carlos Carrasco | 23 | 12 | 80.0 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 96 | 5.29 | 4.41 | 1.35 | 10.8 | 0.6 |
| Oliver Pérez | 67 | 0 | 40.2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 48 | 3.98 | 3.56 | 1.23 | 10.6 | 0.6 |
| Zach Plesac | 21 | 21 | 115.2 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 88 | 3.81 | 4.94 | 1.23 | 6.8 | 0.6 |
| Corey Kluber | 7 | 7 | 35.2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 38 | 5.80 | 4.06 | 1.65 | 9.6 | 0.5 |
| Nick Wittgren | 55 | 0 | 57.2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 60 | 2.81 | 4.17 | 1.08 | 9.4 | 0.5 |
| Jefry Rodriguez | 10 | 8 | 46.2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 33 | 4.63 | 4.54 | 1.48 | 6.4 | 0.4 |
| Adam Cimber | 68 | 0 | 56.2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 41 | 4.45 | 4.36 | 1.32 | 6.5 | 0.3 |
| A.J. Cole | 25 | 0 | 26.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 3.81 | 3.83 | 1.50 | 10.4 | 0.3 |
| James Karinchak | 5 | 0 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1.69 | 0.78 | 0.75 | 13.5 | 0.2 |
| Adam Plutko | 21 | 20 | 109.1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 78 | 4.86 | 5.23 | 1.29 | 6.4 | 0.2 |
| Tyler Olson | 39 | 0 | 30.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 4.40 | 4.42 | 1.63 | 8.2 | 0.2 |
| Nick Goody | 39 | 0 | 40.2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 50 | 3.54 | 4.62 | 1.28 | 11.1 | 0.1 |
| Josh D. Smith | 14 | 0 | 12.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6.39 | 4.32 | 1.74 | 9.9 | 0.1 |
| Kevin Plawecki | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.21 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| James Hoyt | 8 | 0 | 8.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2.16 | 4.65 | 0.96 | 10.8 | 0.0 |
| Cody Anderson | 5 | 2 | 8.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 9.35 | 5.75 | 2.31 | 9.3 | -0.1 |
| Dan Otero | 25 | 0 | 29.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4.85 | 5.17 | 1.52 | 4.9 | -0.1 |
| Mike Freeman | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 9.71 | 1.00 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| Danny Salazar | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4.50 | 10.96 | 1.75 | 4.5 | -0.2 |
| Jon Edwards | 9 | 0 | 8.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2.25 | 8.21 | 1.38 | 5.6 | -0.3 |
| Neil Ramírez | 22 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 5.40 | 6.73 | 1.64 | 8.6 | -0.5 |
Record versus run differential
Cleveland Indians are 93-69, a .574 win rate, while their +112 run differential implies .572. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.