American League Central · 2022
Cleveland Guardians
- Team WAR
- 33.3 17.4 bat / 15.9 pitch
- Win %
- .568 pyth .544
- Run diff
- +64 4.31 / 3.91 per g
- wRC+
- 98
- ERA
- 3.48 FIP 3.75
- Home runs
- 132
The Cleveland Guardians went 92-70 in 2022, a .568 winning percentage — 7th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 698 runs and allowed 634, a run differential of +64. The offence ranked 15th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.48 staff ERA was 6th of 30. Their 98 team wRC+ was 2% below league average — 16th of 30 in MLB. José Ramírez led the position players at 5.4 WAR, and Shane Bieber the rotation at a 2.88 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,448 team hits
Batting
22 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| José Ramírez | 3B | 157 | 685 | 168 | 29 | 126 | 20 | .280 | .355 | .514 | .365 | 140 | 5.4 |
| Andrés Giménez | 2B | 144 | 557 | 146 | 17 | 69 | 20 | .297 | .371 | .466 | .366 | 141 | 5.0 |
| Amed Rosario | SS | 153 | 670 | 180 | 11 | 71 | 18 | .283 | .312 | .403 | .312 | 102 | 3.2 |
| Steven Kwan | LF | 147 | 638 | 168 | 6 | 52 | 19 | .298 | .373 | .400 | .343 | 124 | 3.2 |
| Oscar Gonzalez | RF | 91 | 382 | 107 | 11 | 43 | 1 | .296 | .327 | .461 | .341 | 122 | 1.6 |
| Josh Naylor | 1B | 122 | 498 | 115 | 20 | 79 | 6 | .256 | .319 | .452 | .333 | 117 | 1.5 |
| Luke Maile | C | 63 | 206 | 40 | 3 | 17 | 0 | .221 | .301 | .326 | .284 | 82 | 0.7 |
| Will Brennan | LF | 11 | 45 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 2 | .357 | .400 | .500 | .385 | 154 | 0.4 |
| Gabriel Arias | 3B | 16 | 57 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 1 | .191 | .321 | .319 | .297 | 91 | 0.2 |
| Tyler Freeman | 3B | 23 | 86 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .247 | .314 | .286 | .276 | 76 | 0.1 |
| Nolan Jones | RF | 28 | 94 | 21 | 2 | 13 | 0 | .244 | .309 | .372 | .299 | 93 | 0.1 |
| Myles Straw | CF | 151 | 596 | 118 | 0 | 32 | 21 | .221 | .291 | .273 | .259 | 64 | 0.0 |
| Owen Miller | 1B | 124 | 472 | 103 | 6 | 51 | 2 | .243 | .301 | .351 | .289 | 85 | -0.0 |
| Bryan Lavastida | C | 4 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .267 | .083 | .200 | 22 | -0.1 |
| Bo Naylor | C | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -122 | -0.2 |
| Óscar Mercado | RF | 49 | 128 | 25 | 4 | 16 | 2 | .207 | .242 | .372 | .267 | 69 | -0.3 |
| Bobby Bradley | 1B | 7 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .118 | .118 | .118 | .104 | -47 | -0.3 |
| Richie Palacios | LF | 53 | 123 | 26 | 0 | 10 | 2 | .232 | .293 | .286 | .260 | 65 | -0.3 |
| Will Benson | CF | 26 | 61 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .182 | .250 | .200 | .214 | 31 | -0.3 |
| Austin Hedges | C | 99 | 338 | 48 | 7 | 30 | 2 | .163 | .241 | .248 | .227 | 41 | -0.5 |
| Ernie Clement | 3B | 61 | 179 | 30 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .184 | .243 | .209 | .211 | 29 | -1.0 |
| Franmil Reyes | DH | 118 | 473 | 97 | 14 | 47 | 2 | .221 | .273 | .365 | .281 | 80 | -1.0 |
Pitching
24 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Shane Bieber | 31 | 31 | 200.0 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 198 | 2.88 | 2.87 | 1.04 | 8.9 | 4.7 |
| Triston McKenzie | 31 | 30 | 191.1 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 190 | 2.96 | 3.59 | 0.95 | 8.9 | 2.8 |
| Emmanuel Clase | 77 | 0 | 72.2 | 3 | 4 | 42 | 77 | 1.36 | 1.98 | 0.73 | 9.5 | 2.1 |
| Trevor Stephan | 66 | 0 | 63.2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 82 | 2.69 | 2.19 | 1.18 | 11.6 | 1.7 |
| Cal Quantrill | 32 | 32 | 186.1 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 128 | 3.38 | 4.12 | 1.21 | 6.2 | 1.6 |
| Sam Hentges | 57 | 0 | 62.0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 72 | 2.32 | 2.48 | 0.97 | 10.5 | 1.4 |
| Aaron Civale | 20 | 20 | 97.0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 98 | 4.92 | 3.87 | 1.19 | 9.1 | 1.1 |
| Enyel De Los Santos | 50 | 0 | 53.1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 61 | 3.04 | 2.62 | 1.07 | 10.3 | 1.1 |
| James Karinchak | 38 | 0 | 39.0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 62 | 2.08 | 2.29 | 1.10 | 14.3 | 1.0 |
| Eli Morgan | 50 | 1 | 66.2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 72 | 3.37 | 3.58 | 0.88 | 9.7 | 0.7 |
| Zach Plesac | 25 | 24 | 131.2 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 100 | 4.31 | 4.45 | 1.32 | 6.8 | 0.6 |
| Nick Sandlin | 46 | 0 | 44.0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 2.25 | 3.68 | 1.16 | 8.4 | 0.4 |
| Konnor Pilkington | 15 | 11 | 58.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 50 | 3.88 | 4.49 | 1.47 | 7.8 | 0.2 |
| Cody Morris | 7 | 5 | 23.2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 2.28 | 4.34 | 1.39 | 8.7 | 0.1 |
| Logan Allen | 7 | 0 | 7.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5.87 | 3.63 | 2.22 | 8.2 | 0.1 |
| Sandy León | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.11 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Xzavion Curry | 2 | 2 | 9.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5.79 | 6.11 | 2.04 | 2.9 | -0.1 |
| Anthony Gose | 22 | 0 | 21.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 4.71 | 5.06 | 1.38 | 12.0 | -0.2 |
| Tanner Tully | 3 | 0 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6.00 | 7.61 | 2.33 | 3.0 | -0.2 |
| Ernie Clement | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 16.11 | 3.00 | 0.0 | -0.3 |
| Bryan Shaw | 60 | 2 | 58.1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 52 | 5.40 | 4.88 | 1.44 | 8.0 | -0.3 |
| Anthony Castro | 12 | 0 | 13.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 7.42 | 8.44 | 2.17 | 8.1 | -0.6 |
| Hunter Gaddis | 2 | 2 | 7.1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 18.41 | 15.39 | 2.45 | 6.1 | -0.9 |
| Kirk McCarty | 13 | 2 | 37.2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 4.54 | 6.64 | 1.33 | 6.2 | -0.9 |
Record versus run differential
Cleveland Guardians are 92-70, a .568 win rate, while their +64 run differential implies .544. That is about 4 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.