American League Central · 2025
Cleveland Guardians
88-74Progressive FieldAmerican League
- Team WAR
- 22.0 7.2 bat / 14.8 pitch
- Win %
- .543 pyth .496
- Run diff
- -6 3.97 / 4.01 per g
- wRC+
- 85
- ERA
- 3.70 FIP 3.96
- Home runs
- 168
The Cleveland Guardians went 88-74 in 2025, a .543 winning percentage — 10th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 643 runs and allowed 649, a run differential of -6. The offence ranked 28th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.70 staff ERA was 6th of 30. Their 85 team wRC+ is 15% below league average — 28th of 30 in MLB. José Ramírez leads the position players at 5.3 WAR, and Cade Smith the rotation at a 2.93 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,201 team hits
Batting
21 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| José Ramírez | 3B | 158 | 673 | 168 | 30 | 85 | 44 | .283 | .360 | .503 | .361 | 132 | 5.3 |
| Steven Kwan | LF | 156 | 693 | 170 | 11 | 56 | 21 | .272 | .330 | .374 | .312 | 98 | 1.4 |
| Bo Naylor | C | 119 | 414 | 70 | 14 | 47 | 1 | .195 | .282 | .379 | .291 | 83 | 1.3 |
| Kyle Manzardo | DH | 142 | 531 | 110 | 27 | 70 | 2 | .234 | .313 | .455 | .331 | 111 | 1.1 |
| Gabriel Arias | SS | 128 | 471 | 95 | 11 | 54 | 8 | .220 | .274 | .363 | .279 | 75 | 0.6 |
| Brayan Rocchio | SS | 111 | 383 | 80 | 5 | 44 | 8 | .233 | .290 | .340 | .280 | 76 | 0.5 |
| Daniel Schneemann | 2B | 127 | 422 | 78 | 12 | 41 | 9 | .206 | .283 | .354 | .283 | 77 | 0.4 |
| CJ Kayfus | RF | 42 | 138 | 27 | 4 | 19 | 4 | .220 | .292 | .415 | .308 | 95 | 0.2 |
| Angel Martínez | CF | 136 | 484 | 100 | 11 | 45 | 8 | .224 | .269 | .359 | .275 | 72 | 0.2 |
| George Valera | DH | 16 | 48 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .220 | .333 | .415 | .333 | 113 | 0.1 |
| Petey Halpin | LF | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .500 | .333 | .402 | 161 | 0.1 |
| Dom Nuñez | C | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .253 | 57 | 0.0 |
| Johnathan Rodríguez | RF | 27 | 77 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 1 | .197 | .260 | .366 | .274 | 71 | -0.1 |
| Will Brennan | RF | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .091 | .231 | .091 | .180 | 6 | -0.2 |
| Austin Hedges | C | 58 | 180 | 25 | 5 | 10 | 1 | .161 | .250 | .277 | .242 | 49 | -0.2 |
| Will Wilson | 3B | 33 | 91 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .192 | .267 | .244 | .239 | 47 | -0.2 |
| Lane Thomas | CF | 38 | 142 | 20 | 4 | 11 | 4 | .160 | .246 | .272 | .238 | 46 | -0.4 |
| Nolan Jones | RF | 130 | 403 | 75 | 5 | 34 | 8 | .211 | .296 | .304 | .273 | 71 | -0.5 |
| Carlos Santana | 1B | 122 | 474 | 91 | 11 | 54 | 7 | .219 | .308 | .325 | .288 | 81 | -0.5 |
| David Fry | DH | 66 | 157 | 25 | 8 | 23 | 1 | .171 | .229 | .363 | .258 | 60 | -0.7 |
| Jhonkensy Noel | RF | 61 | 153 | 24 | 6 | 13 | 0 | .162 | .183 | .297 | .207 | 24 | -1.1 |
Pitching
25 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Cade Smith | 76 | 0 | 73.2 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 104 | 2.93 | 1.95 | 1.00 | 12.7 | 2.2 |
| Tanner Bibee | 31 | 31 | 182.1 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 162 | 4.24 | 4.34 | 1.23 | 8.0 | 1.5 |
| Joey Cantillo | 34 | 13 | 95.1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 108 | 3.21 | 3.55 | 1.26 | 10.2 | 1.3 |
| Gavin Williams | 31 | 31 | 167.2 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 173 | 3.06 | 4.39 | 1.27 | 9.3 | 1.3 |
| Logan Allen | 30 | 29 | 156.2 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 122 | 4.25 | 4.37 | 1.40 | 7.0 | 1.2 |
| Emmanuel Clase | 48 | 0 | 47.1 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 47 | 3.23 | 2.71 | 1.23 | 8.9 | 1.0 |
| Parker Messick | 7 | 7 | 39.2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 2.72 | 2.98 | 1.31 | 8.6 | 0.9 |
| Matt Festa | 63 | 0 | 54.2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 56 | 4.12 | 3.14 | 1.08 | 9.2 | 0.9 |
| Luis Ortiz | 16 | 16 | 88.2 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 96 | 4.36 | 4.18 | 1.38 | 9.7 | 0.9 |
| Jakob Junis | 57 | 0 | 66.2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 55 | 2.97 | 3.45 | 1.23 | 7.4 | 0.9 |
| Hunter Gaddis | 73 | 0 | 66.2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 73 | 3.10 | 3.50 | 1.18 | 9.9 | 0.8 |
| Kolby Allard | 33 | 2 | 65.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 2.63 | 3.54 | 1.20 | 5.8 | 0.8 |
| Slade Cecconi | 23 | 23 | 132.0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 109 | 4.30 | 4.64 | 1.19 | 7.4 | 0.6 |
| Erik Sabrowski | 33 | 0 | 29.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 1.84 | 3.61 | 1.19 | 12.9 | 0.3 |
| Nic Enright | 27 | 0 | 31.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 2.03 | 3.81 | 1.16 | 8.7 | 0.3 |
| Ben Lively | 9 | 9 | 44.2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 3.22 | 4.59 | 1.19 | 5.8 | 0.2 |
| Zak Kent | 12 | 0 | 17.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4.58 | 3.59 | 1.42 | 8.2 | 0.2 |
| Cody Bolton | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13.50 | 2.14 | 2.00 | 4.5 | 0.1 |
| Austin Hedges | 3 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.00 | 3.47 | 2.33 | 3.0 | 0.0 |
| Paul Sewald | 22 | 0 | 19.2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 4.58 | 4.66 | 1.22 | 9.2 | -0.0 |
| Doug Nikhazy | 2 | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 13.50 | 5.14 | 2.75 | 11.3 | -0.0 |
| Andrew Walters | 2 | 0 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13.50 | 9.89 | 1.50 | 13.5 | -0.1 |
| Will Wilson | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 9.64 | 1.00 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| Triston McKenzie | 4 | 0 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11.12 | 7.72 | 2.47 | 6.4 | -0.2 |
| Tim Herrin | 54 | 0 | 42.2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 45 | 4.85 | 5.08 | 1.57 | 9.5 | -0.2 |
Record versus run differential
Cleveland Guardians are 88-74, a .543 win rate, while their -6 run differential implies .496. That is about 8 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.