American League Central · 2020
Cleveland Indians 2020
- Team WAR
- 15.0 4.0 bat / 11.0 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 3.1 WAR, and Shane Bieber the rotation at a 1.63 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
Batting
19 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| José Ramírez | 3B | 58 | 254 | 64 | 17 | 46 | 10 | .292 | .386 | .607 | .417 | 162 | 3.1 |
| César Hernández | 2B | 58 | 261 | 66 | 3 | 20 | 0 | .283 | .355 | .408 | .338 | 109 | 1.4 |
| Francisco Lindor | SS | 60 | 266 | 61 | 8 | 27 | 6 | .258 | .335 | .415 | .326 | 101 | 1.2 |
| Franmil Reyes | DH | 59 | 241 | 58 | 9 | 34 | 0 | .275 | .344 | .450 | .343 | 113 | 0.5 |
| Carlos Santana | 1B | 60 | 255 | 41 | 8 | 30 | 0 | .199 | .349 | .350 | .320 | 97 | 0.4 |
| Delino DeShields | CF | 36 | 120 | 27 | 0 | 7 | 3 | .252 | .310 | .318 | .284 | 73 | 0.1 |
| Bradley Zimmer | CF | 18 | 50 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | .162 | .360 | .243 | .304 | 86 | 0.0 |
| Mike Freeman | LF | 21 | 43 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .237 | .302 | .316 | .278 | 69 | -0.0 |
| Greg Allen | LF | 10 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | .154 | .281 | .308 | .270 | 64 | -0.0 |
| Sandy León | C | 23 | 81 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .136 | .296 | .242 | .263 | 59 | -0.0 |
| Yu Chang | SS | 6 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .182 | .308 | .182 | .247 | 48 | -0.1 |
| Jordan Luplow | LF | 29 | 92 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 0 | .192 | .304 | .359 | .297 | 82 | -0.1 |
| Josh Naylor | LF | 40 | 104 | 24 | 1 | 6 | 1 | .247 | .291 | .330 | .276 | 68 | -0.2 |
| Domingo Santana | RF | 24 | 84 | 11 | 2 | 12 | 0 | .157 | .298 | .286 | .274 | 67 | -0.2 |
| Daniel Johnson | RF | 4 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .154 | .083 | .074 | -68 | -0.3 |
| Beau Taylor | C | 7 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .048 | .130 | .048 | .101 | -50 | -0.3 |
| Roberto Pérez | C | 31 | 110 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .165 | .264 | .216 | .231 | 37 | -0.4 |
| Tyler Naquin | RF | 39 | 141 | 29 | 4 | 20 | 0 | .218 | .248 | .383 | .269 | 63 | -0.4 |
| Óscar Mercado | CF | 32 | 93 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 3 | .128 | .174 | .174 | .160 | -10 | -0.9 |
Pitching
16 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Shane Bieber | 12 | 12 | 77.1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 122 | 1.63 | 2.07 | 0.87 | 14.2 | 3.1 |
| Carlos Carrasco | 12 | 12 | 68.0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 82 | 2.91 | 3.59 | 1.21 | 10.9 | 1.6 |
| Zach Plesac | 8 | 8 | 55.1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 57 | 2.28 | 3.39 | 0.80 | 9.3 | 1.4 |
| Aaron Civale | 12 | 12 | 74.0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 69 | 4.74 | 4.03 | 1.32 | 8.4 | 1.3 |
| James Karinchak | 27 | 0 | 27.0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 53 | 2.67 | 1.52 | 1.11 | 17.7 | 1.1 |
| Brad Hand | 23 | 0 | 22.0 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 29 | 2.05 | 1.37 | 0.77 | 11.9 | 0.9 |
| Phil Maton | 23 | 0 | 21.2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 4.57 | 2.22 | 1.34 | 13.3 | 0.7 |
| Triston McKenzie | 8 | 6 | 33.1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 3.24 | 3.91 | 0.90 | 11.3 | 0.6 |
| Oliver Pérez | 21 | 0 | 18.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 2.00 | 3.14 | 1.06 | 7.0 | 0.4 |
| Nick Wittgren | 25 | 0 | 23.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 3.42 | 4.42 | 1.01 | 10.6 | 0.2 |
| Adam Cimber | 14 | 0 | 11.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3.97 | 3.99 | 1.32 | 4.0 | 0.1 |
| Adam Plutko | 10 | 4 | 27.2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 4.88 | 5.32 | 1.34 | 4.9 | -0.0 |
| Logan Allen | 3 | 0 | 10.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3.38 | 5.35 | 1.78 | 5.9 | -0.0 |
| Dominic Leone | 12 | 0 | 9.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 8.38 | 5.47 | 1.97 | 14.9 | -0.0 |
| Cam Hill | 18 | 0 | 18.1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 4.91 | 5.43 | 0.87 | 7.9 | -0.1 |
| Kyle Nelson | 1 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54.00 | 27.19 | 6.00 | 0.0 | -0.2 |
Attendance
30 home dates played behind closed doors, 2020.
- Average
- 0 no crowd admitted
- Median
- 0
- Total
- 0
- On the road
- 0 what they drew away
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All home | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Night | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Day | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Weekend | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Weekday | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| On the road | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
By season
Every home game this season was played with no crowd admitted. The zero is the season, not a missing number — which is why it is shown rather than left out. 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 60 completed games, 2020.
- Regulation
- 3:04 54 games
- All games
- 3:06
- Extra innings
- 3:29 6 of them
- Longest
- 3:32 2020-08-12, 9 inn
- Shortest
- 2:37 2020-08-22
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Fastest | Longest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | 60 | 3:06 | 3:04 | 2:24 | 4:06 |
| Regulation | 54 | 3:04 | 3:02 | 2:24 | 3:51 |
| Extra innings | 6 | 3:29 | 3:21 | 2:52 | 4:06 |
| Home | 30 | 3:05 | 3:04 | 2:37 | 3:32 |
| Road | 30 | 3:08 | 3:05 | 2:24 | 4:06 |
| Day | 13 | 3:11 | 3:11 | 2:24 | 4:06 |
| Night | 47 | 3:05 | 3:03 | 2:29 | 4:02 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Jul | 6 | 2:58 |
| Aug | 10 | 3:07 |
| Sep | 14 | 3:05 |
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 184 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 35-25, a .583 win rate, while their +39 run differential implies .578. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.