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 5.7 WAR, and Shane Bieber the rotation at a 3.17 ERA.
The 2021 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 2nd in the AL Central, 13 games back. They spent 5 of 186 days in first place, led by as many as 0.5 games on April 11 and were as far as 14 games back on October 2. Their best month was May at 17-12, their worst July at 9-15. The longest runs were a 5-game winning streak from May 2 to May 6 and a 9-game losing streak from June 30 to July 7. They were 40-41 at home and 40-41 on the road, 17-22 in one-run games and 28-51 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 11-0 at the Tigers on August 15; the heaviest defeat, 17-0 against the Athletics on August 12.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
12
12
.500
95
96
-1
May
17
12
.586
114
120
-6
June
13
11
.542
128
127
+1
July
9
15
.375
103
126
-23
August
14
14
.500
136
117
+19
Sept/Oct
15
18
.455
141
141
0
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
40-41
.494
Road
40-41
.494
One-run games
17-22
.436
Extra innings
7-9
.438
Within the division
43-33
.566
Against .500+ clubs
28-51
.354
Decided by 5+ runs
26-25
.510
Last 10
5-5
.500
American League Central standings, 2021
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League Central, 2021. Games back of the best record in the division.
The players whose season belongs to this club, by position and then by dbWAR. A player traded mid-season is listed with the club he played most of his games for, so a deadline arrival may appear on his other club’s page instead.
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.
Day and night divide the home schedule, and so do weekend and weekday. The road line is a different question.
Split
Games
Avg
Med
Low
High
All home
77
14,472
12,675
1,832
31,406
Night
52
14,171
11,936
1,832
24,961
Day
25
15,098
15,121
5,903
31,406
Weekend
39
17,218
18,614
1,832
31,406
Weekday
38
11,655
11,429
4,176
23,341
On the road
80
16,264
12,524
5,997
39,088
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
13
6,968
May
12
8,249
Jun
11
13,045
Jul
13
20,238
Aug
16
17,649
Sep
16
14,739
By season
Announced gate — tickets distributed, which is the figure every reference publishes and is not the same as people through the turnstile. A game the feed reports no gate for is left out rather than counted as empty. 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 161 completed games, 2021.
Regulation
3:01
145 games
All games
3:04
Extra innings
3:32
16 of them
Longest
3:59
2021-08-28, 10 inn
Shortest
2:05
2021-05-30
By situation
Regulation and extra innings divide the season, and so do home and road. Day and night overlap both.
Split
Games
Avg
Med
Fastest
Longest
All
161
3:04
3:04
2:04
4:16
Regulation
145
3:01
3:02
2:04
3:59
Extra innings
16
3:32
3:38
2:45
4:16
Home
80
3:02
3:02
2:05
3:59
Road
81
3:05
3:06
2:04
4:16
Day
57
3:05
3:06
2:04
4:16
Night
104
3:03
3:04
2:08
3:43
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
13
3:06
May
11
2:56
Jun
11
3:03
Jul
13
3:07
Aug
16
3:10
Sep
16
2:50
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 181 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.
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.
