American League Central · 2021
Cleveland Indians
- Team WAR
- 22.9 14.3 bat / 8.6 pitch
- Win %
- .494 pyth .494
- Run diff
- -10 4.43 / 4.49 per g
- wRC+
- 96
- ERA
- 4.32 FIP 4.40
- Home runs
- 211
The Cleveland Indians went 80-82 in 2021, a .494 winning percentage — 16th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 717 runs and allowed 727, a run differential of -10. The offence ranked 18th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.32 staff ERA was 17th of 30. Their 96 team wRC+ was 4% below league average — 20th of 30 in MLB. José Ramírez led the position players at 5.5 WAR, and Shane Bieber the rotation at a 3.17 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,264 team hits
Batting
29 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| José Ramírez | 3B | 152 | 636 | 147 | 36 | 103 | 27 | .266 | .355 | .538 | .375 | 142 | 5.5 |
| Amed Rosario | SS | 141 | 588 | 155 | 11 | 57 | 13 | .282 | .321 | .409 | .317 | 102 | 2.8 |
| Franmil Reyes | DH | 115 | 466 | 106 | 30 | 85 | 4 | .254 | .324 | .522 | .356 | 129 | 1.8 |
| César Hernández | 2B | 149 | 637 | 132 | 21 | 62 | 1 | .232 | .308 | .386 | .305 | 93 | 1.5 |
| Eddie Rosario | LF | 111 | 412 | 98 | 14 | 62 | 11 | .259 | .305 | .435 | .318 | 102 | 0.9 |
| Jordan Luplow | CF | 60 | 193 | 33 | 11 | 28 | 1 | .202 | .326 | .454 | .342 | 119 | 0.8 |
| Bradley Zimmer | CF | 98 | 348 | 68 | 8 | 35 | 15 | .227 | .325 | .344 | .303 | 92 | 0.7 |
| Andrés Giménez | SS | 66 | 210 | 41 | 5 | 16 | 11 | .218 | .282 | .351 | .280 | 75 | 0.4 |
| Harold Ramírez | LF | 97 | 361 | 91 | 7 | 41 | 3 | .268 | .305 | .398 | .304 | 92 | 0.4 |
| Bobby Bradley | 1B | 74 | 279 | 51 | 16 | 41 | 0 | .208 | .294 | .445 | .317 | 102 | 0.3 |
| René Rivera | C | 24 | 78 | 16 | 2 | 9 | 0 | .232 | .293 | .362 | .290 | 83 | 0.2 |
| Óscar Mercado | LF | 70 | 238 | 48 | 6 | 19 | 7 | .224 | .300 | .369 | .297 | 87 | 0.2 |
| Josh Naylor | RF | 68 | 250 | 59 | 7 | 21 | 1 | .253 | .301 | .399 | .304 | 92 | 0.2 |
| Yu Chang | 1B | 83 | 251 | 54 | 9 | 39 | 1 | .228 | .267 | .426 | .296 | 87 | 0.1 |
| Ryan Lavarnway | C | 9 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .276 | .357 | .275 | 72 | 0.1 |
| Triston McKenzie | P | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | .438 | 187 | 0.0 |
| Cal Quantrill | P | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | .438 | 187 | 0.0 |
| Roberto Pérez | C | 44 | 161 | 21 | 7 | 17 | 1 | .149 | .245 | .319 | .254 | 57 | 0.0 |
| Aaron Civale | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .362 | 134 | 0.0 |
| Ernie Clement | 2B | 39 | 133 | 28 | 3 | 9 | 0 | .231 | .285 | .339 | .277 | 73 | -0.0 |
| Sam Hentges | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -122 | -0.0 |
| Phil Maton | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -122 | -0.0 |
| Logan Allen | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -122 | -0.0 |
| J.C. Mejía | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -122 | -0.0 |
| Eli Morgan | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -122 | -0.0 |
| Daniel Johnson | RF | 28 | 81 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 1 | .221 | .259 | .377 | .275 | 72 | -0.1 |
| Shane Bieber | P | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -122 | -0.1 |
| Austin Hedges | C | 88 | 312 | 51 | 10 | 31 | 1 | .178 | .220 | .308 | .228 | 39 | -0.6 |
| Owen Miller | 2B | 58 | 202 | 39 | 4 | 18 | 2 | .204 | .243 | .309 | .242 | 49 | -0.7 |
Pitching
22 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Shane Bieber | 16 | 16 | 96.2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 134 | 3.17 | 3.03 | 1.21 | 12.5 | 2.3 |
| Emmanuel Clase | 71 | 0 | 69.2 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 74 | 1.29 | 2.11 | 0.96 | 9.6 | 2.0 |
| Cal Quantrill | 40 | 22 | 149.2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 121 | 2.89 | 4.07 | 1.18 | 7.3 | 1.5 |
| Phil Maton | 65 | 1 | 66.2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 4.72 | 3.50 | 1.45 | 11.5 | 0.9 |
| Zach Plesac | 25 | 25 | 142.2 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 100 | 4.67 | 4.73 | 1.20 | 6.3 | 0.7 |
| Nick Sandlin | 34 | 0 | 33.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 2.94 | 2.96 | 1.13 | 12.8 | 0.7 |
| Triston McKenzie | 25 | 24 | 120.0 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 136 | 4.95 | 4.70 | 1.18 | 10.2 | 0.6 |
| Aaron Civale | 21 | 21 | 124.1 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 99 | 3.84 | 4.83 | 1.12 | 7.2 | 0.5 |
| Sam Hentges | 30 | 12 | 68.2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 68 | 6.68 | 4.48 | 1.78 | 8.9 | 0.3 |
| Blake Parker | 47 | 0 | 43.2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 3.09 | 4.06 | 1.31 | 7.6 | 0.3 |
| James Karinchak | 60 | 0 | 55.1 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 78 | 4.07 | 4.31 | 1.21 | 12.7 | 0.2 |
| Anthony Gose | 6 | 0 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1.35 | 1.37 | 0.60 | 12.1 | 0.2 |
| Bryan Shaw | 81 | 0 | 77.1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 71 | 3.49 | 4.53 | 1.38 | 8.3 | 0.2 |
| Francisco Pérez | 4 | 0 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4.05 | 3.02 | 1.35 | 6.8 | 0.1 |
| Oliver Pérez | 5 | 0 | 3.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0.00 | 1.81 | 1.64 | 9.8 | 0.1 |
| Eli Morgan | 18 | 18 | 89.1 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 81 | 5.34 | 5.14 | 1.25 | 8.2 | 0.0 |
| Kyle Nelson | 10 | 0 | 9.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9.31 | 4.62 | 1.86 | 7.4 | 0.0 |
| Nick Wittgren | 60 | 1 | 62.1 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 61 | 5.05 | 4.84 | 1.25 | 8.8 | -0.1 |
| Justin Garza | 21 | 0 | 28.2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 4.71 | 5.30 | 1.57 | 9.1 | -0.2 |
| Trevor Stephan | 43 | 0 | 63.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 75 | 4.41 | 5.49 | 1.41 | 10.7 | -0.5 |
| Logan Allen | 14 | 11 | 50.1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 37 | 6.26 | 6.05 | 1.49 | 6.6 | -0.5 |
| J.C. Mejía | 17 | 11 | 52.1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 47 | 8.25 | 6.15 | 1.61 | 8.1 | -0.7 |
Record versus run differential
Cleveland Indians are 80-82, a .494 win rate, while their -10 run differential implies .494. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.