American League Central · 2022
Cleveland Guardians 2022
- Team WAR
- 37.4 20.0 bat / 17.4 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 5.8 WAR, and Shane Bieber the rotation at a 2.88 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
Batting
22 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| José Ramírez | 3B | 157 | 685 | 168 | 29 | 126 | 20 | .280 | .355 | .514 | .365 | 140 | 5.8 |
| Andrés Giménez | 2B | 144 | 557 | 146 | 17 | 69 | 20 | .297 | .371 | .466 | .366 | 141 | 5.3 |
| Steven Kwan | LF | 147 | 638 | 168 | 6 | 52 | 19 | .298 | .373 | .400 | .343 | 124 | 3.6 |
| Amed Rosario | SS | 153 | 670 | 180 | 11 | 71 | 18 | .283 | .312 | .403 | .312 | 102 | 3.3 |
| Oscar Gonzalez | RF | 91 | 382 | 107 | 11 | 43 | 1 | .296 | .327 | .461 | .341 | 122 | 2.0 |
| Josh Naylor | 1B | 122 | 498 | 115 | 20 | 79 | 6 | .256 | .319 | .452 | .333 | 117 | 1.6 |
| Myles Straw | CF | 151 | 596 | 118 | 0 | 32 | 21 | .221 | .291 | .273 | .259 | 64 | 0.7 |
| Luke Maile | C | 63 | 206 | 40 | 3 | 17 | 0 | .221 | .301 | .326 | .284 | 82 | 0.5 |
| Will Brennan | LF | 11 | 45 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 2 | .357 | .400 | .500 | .385 | 154 | 0.4 |
| Owen Miller | 1B | 124 | 472 | 103 | 6 | 51 | 2 | .243 | .301 | .351 | .289 | 85 | 0.2 |
| 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 | 0.2 |
| Nolan Jones | RF | 28 | 94 | 21 | 2 | 13 | 0 | .244 | .309 | .372 | .299 | 93 | 0.1 |
| 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 |
| Richie Palacios | LF | 53 | 123 | 26 | 0 | 10 | 2 | .232 | .293 | .286 | .260 | 65 | -0.3 |
| Bobby Bradley | 1B | 7 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .118 | .118 | .118 | .104 | -47 | -0.3 |
| Óscar Mercado | RF | 49 | 128 | 25 | 4 | 16 | 2 | .207 | .242 | .372 | .267 | 69 | -0.3 |
| Will Benson | CF | 26 | 61 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .182 | .250 | .200 | .214 | 31 | -0.3 |
| Ernie Clement | 3B | 61 | 179 | 30 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .184 | .243 | .209 | .211 | 29 | -0.9 |
| Franmil Reyes | DH | 118 | 473 | 97 | 14 | 47 | 2 | .221 | .273 | .365 | .281 | 80 | -0.9 |
| Austin Hedges | C | 99 | 338 | 48 | 7 | 30 | 2 | .163 | .241 | .248 | .227 | 41 | -0.9 |
Pitching
24 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Shane Bieber | 31 | 31 | 200.0 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 198 | 2.88 | 2.87 | 1.04 | 8.9 | 5.0 |
| Triston McKenzie | 31 | 30 | 191.1 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 190 | 2.96 | 3.59 | 0.95 | 8.9 | 3.1 |
| Emmanuel Clase | 77 | 0 | 72.2 | 3 | 4 | 42 | 77 | 1.36 | 1.98 | 0.73 | 9.5 | 2.1 |
| Cal Quantrill | 32 | 32 | 186.1 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 128 | 3.38 | 4.12 | 1.21 | 6.2 | 1.9 |
| Trevor Stephan | 66 | 0 | 63.2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 82 | 2.69 | 2.19 | 1.18 | 11.6 | 1.7 |
| Sam Hentges | 57 | 0 | 62.0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 72 | 2.32 | 2.48 | 0.97 | 10.5 | 1.5 |
| Aaron Civale | 20 | 20 | 97.0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 98 | 4.92 | 3.87 | 1.19 | 9.1 | 1.3 |
| Enyel De Los Santos | 50 | 0 | 53.1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 61 | 3.04 | 2.62 | 1.07 | 10.3 | 1.2 |
| James Karinchak | 38 | 0 | 39.0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 62 | 2.08 | 2.29 | 1.10 | 14.3 | 1.0 |
| Zach Plesac | 25 | 24 | 131.2 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 100 | 4.31 | 4.45 | 1.32 | 6.8 | 0.8 |
| Eli Morgan | 50 | 1 | 66.2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 72 | 3.37 | 3.58 | 0.88 | 9.7 | 0.7 |
| 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 | -1.0 |
Attendance
Announced gate at 76 home dates, 2022.
- Average
- 17,051 76 home dates
- Median
- 14,658
- Total
- 1,295,870
- Best
- 33,469 2022-04-15
- Quietest
- 8,345 2022-04-21
- On the road
- 25,304 what they drew away
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All home | 76 | 17,051 | 14,658 | 8,345 | 33,469 |
| Night | 46 | 17,776 | 14,377 | 9,104 | 33,469 |
| Day | 30 | 15,940 | 16,187 | 8,345 | 26,789 |
| Weekend | 33 | 22,362 | 22,674 | 9,620 | 33,469 |
| Weekday | 43 | 12,975 | 12,554 | 8,345 | 19,455 |
| On the road | 81 | 25,304 | 23,242 | 6,707 | 53,033 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 6 | 12,303 |
| May | 12 | 11,467 |
| Jun | 16 | 15,840 |
| Jul | 10 | 19,625 |
| Aug | 15 | 17,172 |
| Sep | 17 | 16,380 |
| Oct | 5 | 19,746 |
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 162 completed games, 2022.
- Regulation
- 2:56 143 games
- All games
- 3:01
- Extra innings
- 3:37 19 of them
- Longest
- 5:24 2022-09-17, 15 inn
- Shortest
- 2:07 2022-06-08
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Fastest | Longest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | 162 | 3:01 | 2:58 | 2:07 | 5:24 |
| Regulation | 143 | 2:56 | 2:56 | 2:07 | 3:37 |
| Extra innings | 19 | 3:37 | 3:31 | 2:49 | 5:24 |
| Home | 81 | 3:01 | 2:59 | 2:07 | 5:24 |
| Road | 81 | 3:01 | 2:58 | 2:22 | 4:13 |
| Day | 71 | 2:58 | 2:56 | 2:09 | 3:47 |
| Night | 91 | 3:04 | 3:02 | 2:07 | 5:24 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 6 | 3:00 |
| May | 12 | 3:03 |
| Jun | 16 | 2:59 |
| Jul | 10 | 2:55 |
| Aug | 15 | 2:58 |
| Sep | 17 | 3:11 |
| Oct | 5 | 2:55 |
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 176 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 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.