American League Central · 2021
Cleveland Indians 2021
- Team WAR
- 25.4 14.7 bat / 10.7 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 5.7 WAR, and Shane Bieber the rotation at a 3.17 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
Batting
29 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| José Ramírez | 3B | 152 | 636 | 147 | 36 | 103 | 27 | .266 | .355 | .538 | .375 | 142 | 5.7 |
| Amed Rosario | SS | 141 | 588 | 155 | 11 | 57 | 13 | .282 | .321 | .409 | .317 | 102 | 2.9 |
| Franmil Reyes | DH | 115 | 466 | 106 | 30 | 85 | 4 | .254 | .324 | .522 | .356 | 129 | 1.7 |
| César Hernández | 2B | 149 | 637 | 132 | 21 | 62 | 1 | .232 | .308 | .386 | .305 | 93 | 1.6 |
| Eddie Rosario | LF | 111 | 412 | 98 | 14 | 62 | 11 | .259 | .305 | .435 | .318 | 102 | 1.1 |
| Jordan Luplow | CF | 60 | 193 | 33 | 11 | 28 | 1 | .202 | .326 | .454 | .342 | 119 | 0.9 |
| Bradley Zimmer | CF | 98 | 348 | 68 | 8 | 35 | 15 | .227 | .325 | .344 | .303 | 92 | 0.8 |
| Andrés Giménez | SS | 66 | 210 | 41 | 5 | 16 | 11 | .218 | .282 | .351 | .280 | 75 | 0.6 |
| Bobby Bradley | 1B | 74 | 279 | 51 | 16 | 41 | 0 | .208 | .294 | .445 | .317 | 102 | 0.5 |
| Harold Ramírez | LF | 97 | 361 | 91 | 7 | 41 | 3 | .268 | .305 | .398 | .304 | 92 | 0.3 |
| Óscar Mercado | LF | 70 | 238 | 48 | 6 | 19 | 7 | .224 | .300 | .369 | .297 | 87 | 0.2 |
| Yu Chang | 1B | 83 | 251 | 54 | 9 | 39 | 1 | .228 | .267 | .426 | .296 | 87 | 0.1 |
| Josh Naylor | RF | 68 | 250 | 59 | 7 | 21 | 1 | .253 | .301 | .399 | .304 | 92 | 0.1 |
| René Rivera | C | 24 | 78 | 16 | 2 | 9 | 0 | .232 | .293 | .362 | .290 | 83 | 0.1 |
| Cal Quantrill | P | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | .438 | 187 | 0.1 |
| Triston McKenzie | P | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | .438 | 187 | 0.1 |
| Aaron Civale | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .362 | 134 | 0.0 |
| Ryan Lavarnway | C | 9 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .276 | .357 | .275 | 72 | 0.0 |
| Roberto Pérez | C | 44 | 161 | 21 | 7 | 17 | 1 | .149 | .245 | .319 | .254 | 57 | 0.0 |
| J.C. Mejía | 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 |
| Sam Hentges | 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 |
| Eli Morgan | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -122 | -0.0 |
| Shane Bieber | P | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -122 | -0.0 |
| Ernie Clement | 2B | 39 | 133 | 28 | 3 | 9 | 0 | .231 | .285 | .339 | .277 | 73 | -0.1 |
| Daniel Johnson | RF | 28 | 81 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 1 | .221 | .259 | .377 | .275 | 72 | -0.1 |
| Owen Miller | 2B | 58 | 202 | 39 | 4 | 18 | 2 | .204 | .243 | .309 | .242 | 49 | -0.8 |
| Austin Hedges | C | 88 | 312 | 51 | 10 | 31 | 1 | .178 | .220 | .308 | .228 | 39 | -1.0 |
Pitching
22 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Shane Bieber | 16 | 16 | 96.2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 134 | 3.17 | 3.03 | 1.21 | 12.5 | 2.5 |
| Emmanuel Clase | 71 | 0 | 69.2 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 74 | 1.29 | 2.11 | 0.96 | 9.6 | 2.1 |
| Cal Quantrill | 40 | 22 | 149.2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 121 | 2.89 | 4.07 | 1.18 | 7.3 | 1.7 |
| Phil Maton | 65 | 1 | 66.2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 4.72 | 3.50 | 1.45 | 11.5 | 1.0 |
| Zach Plesac | 25 | 25 | 142.2 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 100 | 4.67 | 4.73 | 1.20 | 6.3 | 1.0 |
| Triston McKenzie | 25 | 24 | 120.0 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 136 | 4.95 | 4.70 | 1.18 | 10.2 | 0.8 |
| Nick Sandlin | 34 | 0 | 33.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 2.94 | 2.96 | 1.13 | 12.8 | 0.7 |
| Aaron Civale | 21 | 21 | 124.1 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 99 | 3.84 | 4.83 | 1.12 | 7.2 | 0.7 |
| Sam Hentges | 30 | 12 | 68.2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 68 | 6.68 | 4.48 | 1.78 | 8.9 | 0.4 |
| Blake Parker | 47 | 0 | 43.2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 3.09 | 4.06 | 1.31 | 7.6 | 0.4 |
| James Karinchak | 60 | 0 | 55.1 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 78 | 4.07 | 4.31 | 1.21 | 12.7 | 0.3 |
| Anthony Gose | 6 | 0 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1.35 | 1.37 | 0.60 | 12.1 | 0.3 |
| Bryan Shaw | 81 | 0 | 77.1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 71 | 3.49 | 4.53 | 1.38 | 8.3 | 0.2 |
| Eli Morgan | 18 | 18 | 89.1 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 81 | 5.34 | 5.14 | 1.25 | 8.2 | 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 |
| 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 | -0.0 |
| Justin Garza | 21 | 0 | 28.2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 4.71 | 5.30 | 1.57 | 9.1 | -0.2 |
| Logan Allen | 14 | 11 | 50.1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 37 | 6.26 | 6.05 | 1.49 | 6.6 | -0.5 |
| Trevor Stephan | 43 | 0 | 63.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 75 | 4.41 | 5.49 | 1.41 | 10.7 | -0.5 |
| J.C. Mejía | 17 | 11 | 52.1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 47 | 8.25 | 6.15 | 1.61 | 8.1 | -0.6 |
Attendance
Announced gate at 77 home dates, 2021.
- Average
- 14,472 77 home dates
- Median
- 12,675
- Total
- 1,114,368
- Best
- 31,406 2021-08-21
- Quietest
- 1,832 2021-08-22
- On the road
- 16,264 what they drew away
By situation
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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.
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.