The Cleveland Guardians went 76-86 in 2023, a .469 winning percentage — 22nd of 30 record in baseball. They scored 662 runs and allowed 697, a run differential of -35. The offence ranked 27th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.94 staff ERA was 8th of 30. Their 92 team wRC+ was 8% below league average — 21st of 30 in MLB. José Ramírez led the position players at 4.4 WAR, and Tanner Bibee the rotation at a 2.98 ERA.
The 2023 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 3rd in the AL Central, 11 games back. They spent 10 of 186 days in first place, led by as many as 0.5 games on April 5 and were as far as 11 games back on September 30. Their best month was June at 14-12, their worst August at 11-16. The longest runs were a 4-game winning streak from March 31 to April 3 and a 4-game losing streak from July 9 to July 16. They were 42-39 at home and 34-47 on the road, 27-31 in one-run games and 41-45 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 14-1 at the Royals on June 28; the heaviest defeat, 20-6 against the Twins on September 4.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
13
15
.464
108
125
-17
May
12
15
.444
92
107
-15
June
14
12
.538
122
106
+16
July
14
12
.538
122
104
+18
August
11
16
.407
101
112
-11
Sept/Oct
12
16
.429
117
143
-26
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
42-39
.519
Road
34-47
.420
One-run games
27-31
.466
Extra innings
11-9
.550
Within the division
23-29
.442
Against .500+ clubs
41-45
.477
Decided by 5+ runs
17-21
.447
Last 10
4-6
.400
American League Central standings, 2023
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League Central, 2023. 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
78
23,514
23,170
9,258
38,260
Night
51
23,900
22,177
9,258
38,260
Day
27
22,784
23,905
9,841
34,821
Weekend
41
26,699
27,305
12,664
38,260
Weekday
37
19,984
19,630
9,258
38,106
On the road
80
26,438
26,420
3,035
45,268
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
15,281
May
15
20,554
Jun
12
25,190
Jul
13
28,270
Aug
14
22,836
Sep
15
23,525
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, 2023.
Regulation
2:35
142 games
All games
2:40
Extra innings
3:11
20 of them
Longest
4:03
2023-06-09, 14 inn
Shortest
1:51
2023-07-07
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
162
2:40
2:36
1:50
4:03
Regulation
142
2:35
2:33
1:50
3:26
Extra innings
20
3:11
3:05
2:41
4:03
Home
81
2:39
2:35
1:51
4:03
Road
81
2:40
2:39
1:50
3:34
Day
63
2:41
2:38
1:50
3:48
Night
99
2:39
2:36
1:51
4:03
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
2:37
May
15
2:29
Jun
12
2:47
Jul
13
2:37
Aug
14
2:37
Sep
15
2:50
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 155 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 Guardians are 76-86, a .469 win rate, while their -35 run differential implies .476. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
