The Cleveland Guardians went 92-69 in 2024, a .571 winning percentage — 6th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 708 runs and allowed 621, a run differential of +87. The offence ranked 14th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.56 staff ERA was the third best. Their 96 team wRC+ was 4% below league average — 19th of 30 in MLB. José Ramírez led the position players at 6.1 WAR, and Tanner Bibee the rotation at a 3.47 ERA.
The 2024 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished first in the AL Central, 6.5 games clear. They spent 180 of 187 days in first place, led by as many as 9 games on June 25 and were as far as 1.5 games back on April 1. Their best month was May at 19-9, their worst August at 12-17. The longest runs were a 9-game winning streak from May 17 to May 26 and a 7-game losing streak from August 3 to August 9. They were 50-30 at home and 42-39 on the road, 26-19 in one-run games and 50-47 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 12-3 at the Athletics on March 30; the heaviest defeat, 10-1 at the Tigers on July 11.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
19
10
.655
152
107
+45
May
19
9
.679
141
106
+35
June
14
11
.560
114
96
+18
July
13
12
.520
84
101
-17
August
12
17
.414
127
141
-14
Sept/Oct
15
10
.600
90
70
+20
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
50-30
.625
Road
42-39
.519
One-run games
26-19
.578
Extra innings
10-3
.769
Within the division
30-22
.577
Against .500+ clubs
50-47
.515
Decided by 5+ runs
26-16
.619
Last 10
5-5
.500
American League Central standings, 2024
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League Central, 2024. 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
79
26,029
25,654
12,405
37,485
Night
52
25,929
25,637
12,405
37,485
Day
27
26,220
26,344
16,082
37,133
Weekend
38
30,039
32,072
16,262
37,485
Weekday
41
22,311
21,707
12,405
37,151
On the road
81
27,311
27,100
3,837
48,690
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
19,625
May
13
23,584
Jun
10
28,836
Jul
13
31,194
Aug
19
26,383
Sep
13
24,540
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, 2024.
Regulation
2:34
148 games
All games
2:36
Extra innings
3:05
13 of them
Longest
3:15
2024-06-18, 9 inn
Shortest
2:12
2024-09-25
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
2:36
2:35
1:49
4:05
Regulation
148
2:34
2:34
1:49
3:15
Extra innings
13
3:05
3:04
2:36
4:05
Home
80
2:38
2:36
2:12
3:15
Road
81
2:35
2:34
1:49
4:05
Day
57
2:36
2:34
2:07
3:14
Night
104
2:36
2:35
1:49
4:05
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
2:40
May
13
2:30
Jun
10
2:36
Jul
13
2:37
Aug
19
2:43
Sep
13
2:37
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 154 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 92-69, a .571 win rate, while their +87 run differential implies .560. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
