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American League Central · 2020

Cleveland Indians

Team WAR
13.0
3.7 bat / 9.3 pitch
Win %
.583
pyth .578
Run diff
+39
4.13 / 3.48 per g
wRC+
89
ERA
3.34
FIP 3.45
Home runs
60

The Cleveland Indians went 35-25 in 2020, a .583 winning percentage — 7th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 248 runs and allowed 209, a run differential of +39. The offence ranked 24th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.34 staff ERA was the second best. Their 89 team wRC+ was 11% below league average — 27th of 30 in MLB. José Ramírez led the position players at 3.0 WAR, and Shane Bieber the rotation at a 1.63 ERA.

Where the offence comes from

Roster contribution by share of the team total.

455 team hits
César Hernández66César Hernández — 66 hits (14.5%)José Ramírez64José Ramírez — 64 hits (14.1%)Francisco Lindor61Francisco Lindor — 61 hits (13.4%)Franmil Reyes58Franmil Reyes — 58 hits (12.7%)Carlos Santana41Carlos Santana — 41 hits (9.0%)Tyler Naquin29Tyler Naquin — 29 hits (6.4%)Delino DeShields27Delino DeShields — 27 hits (5.9%)Josh Naylor24Josh Naylor — 24 hits (5.3%)Roberto Pérez16Roberto Pérez — 16 hits (3.5%)Jordan Luplow15Jordan Luplow — 15 hits (3.3%)Santana11Domingo Santana — 11 hits (2.4%)Óscar Mercado11Óscar Mercado — 11 hits (2.4%)Sandy León9Sandy León — 9 hits (2.0%)Freeman9Mike Freeman — 9 hits (2.0%)6Bradley Zimmer — 6 hits (1.3%)Greg Allen — 4 hits (0.9%)Yu Chang — 2 hits (0.4%)Daniel Johnson — 1 hits (0.2%)Beau Taylor — 1 hits (0.2%)
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.

Batting

19 players, ranked by dbWAR.

José Ramírez3B5825464174610.292.386.607.4171623.0
César Hernández2B58261663200.283.355.408.3381091.3
Francisco LindorSS60266618276.258.335.415.3261011.3
Franmil ReyesDH59241589340.275.344.450.3431130.5
Carlos Santana1B60255418300.199.349.350.320970.2
Bradley ZimmerCF18506132.162.360.243.304860.0
Sandy LeónC23819240.136.296.242.263590.0
Delino DeShieldsCF3612027073.252.310.318.284730.0
Greg AllenLF10324142.154.281.308.27064-0.0
Yu ChangSS6132010.182.308.182.24748-0.0
Mike FreemanLF21439030.237.302.316.27869-0.0
Jordan LuplowLF299215280.192.304.359.29782-0.1
Domingo SantanaRF2484112120.157.298.286.27467-0.2
Josh NaylorLF4010424161.247.291.330.27668-0.2
Daniel JohnsonRF4131000.083.154.083.074-68-0.2
Roberto PérezC3111016150.165.264.216.23137-0.3
Beau TaylorC7241020.048.130.048.101-50-0.3
Tyler NaquinRF39141294200.218.248.383.26963-0.4
Óscar MercadoCF329311163.128.174.174.160-10-0.9

Pitching

16 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.

Shane Bieber121277.18101221.632.070.8714.22.7
Carlos Carrasco121268.0340822.913.591.2110.91.3
Zach Plesac8855.1420572.283.390.809.31.2
Aaron Civale121274.0460694.744.031.328.41.1
James Karinchak27027.0121532.671.521.1117.71.0
Brad Hand23022.02116292.051.370.7711.90.8
Phil Maton23021.2330324.572.221.3413.30.6
Triston McKenzie8633.1210423.243.910.9011.30.5
Oliver Pérez21018.0111142.003.141.067.00.3
Nick Wittgren25023.2200283.424.421.0110.60.1
Adam Cimber14011.101053.973.991.324.00.1
Logan Allen3010.200073.385.351.785.9-0.1
Dominic Leone1209.2000168.385.471.9714.9-0.1
Adam Plutko10427.2221154.885.321.344.9-0.1
Cam Hill18018.1201164.915.430.877.9-0.1
Kyle Nelson100.2000054.0027.196.000.0-0.2
Record versus run differential

Cleveland Indians are 35-25, a .583 win rate, while their +39 run differential implies .578. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.