American League Central · 2026
Cleveland Guardians 2026
- Team WAR
- 34.2 14.9 bat / 19.2 pitch
- Win %
- .525 pyth .504
- Run diff
- +6 4.16 / 4.12 per g
- wRC+
- 92
- ERA
- 3.70 FIP 3.84
- Home runs
- 149
The Cleveland Guardians are 84-76 through 160 games of 2026, a .525 winning percentage — 11th of 30 record in baseball. They have scored 665 runs and have allowed 659, a run differential of +6. The offence ranks 24th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.70 staff ERA is 6th of 30. Their 92 team wRC+ is 8% below league average — 27th of 30 in MLB. Chase DeLauter leads the position players at 2.9 WAR, and Parker Messick the rotation at a 2.55 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
Batting
22 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Chase DeLauter | RF | 132 | 554 | 141 | 15 | 66 | 11 | .287 | .363 | .452 | .360 | 127 | 2.9 |
| Steven Kwan | LF | 149 | 632 | 149 | 3 | 31 | 10 | .279 | .379 | .342 | .334 | 109 | 2.6 |
| Travis Bazzana | 2B | 122 | 509 | 107 | 15 | 57 | 19 | .243 | .334 | .401 | .328 | 105 | 2.5 |
| Brayan Rocchio | SS | 152 | 588 | 132 | 13 | 71 | 20 | .249 | .310 | .375 | .306 | 90 | 2.3 |
| José Ramírez | 3B | 123 | 539 | 111 | 12 | 53 | 37 | .237 | .323 | .372 | .306 | 90 | 2.0 |
| Angel Martínez | RF | 105 | 408 | 99 | 18 | 62 | 11 | .260 | .296 | .475 | .332 | 108 | 1.4 |
| Austin Hedges | C | 73 | 245 | 53 | 6 | 25 | 1 | .249 | .328 | .380 | .318 | 98 | 1.1 |
| Gabriel Arias | 3B | 46 | 147 | 34 | 5 | 13 | 4 | .245 | .286 | .374 | .289 | 78 | 0.4 |
| Juan Brito | 2B | 29 | 107 | 26 | 3 | 14 | 1 | .263 | .308 | .414 | .317 | 97 | 0.3 |
| Kyle Manzardo | 1B | 102 | 356 | 67 | 13 | 39 | 0 | .215 | .306 | .378 | .308 | 91 | 0.2 |
| David Fry | LF | 89 | 210 | 35 | 8 | 20 | 0 | .194 | .310 | .361 | .304 | 89 | 0.1 |
| Stuart Fairchild | CF | 13 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .158 | .407 | .158 | .315 | 96 | 0.1 |
| Patrick Bailey | C | 102 | 338 | 62 | 8 | 34 | 3 | .205 | .272 | .317 | .266 | 63 | 0.1 |
| Rhys Hoskins | 1B | 95 | 317 | 47 | 13 | 38 | 1 | .179 | .306 | .376 | .308 | 92 | 0.1 |
| CJ Kayfus | LF | 8 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .182 | .280 | .364 | .291 | 79 | 0.0 |
| Petey Halpin | CF | 69 | 190 | 39 | 4 | 14 | 10 | .224 | .265 | .328 | .264 | 61 | -0.0 |
| Kahlil Watson | RF | 27 | 91 | 21 | 1 | 11 | 9 | .239 | .264 | .341 | .266 | 63 | -0.1 |
| Daniel Schneemann | 3B | 87 | 282 | 53 | 6 | 29 | 6 | .205 | .273 | .318 | .268 | 64 | -0.1 |
| Angel Genao | 2B | 38 | 134 | 26 | 2 | 6 | 1 | .211 | .276 | .293 | .261 | 59 | -0.2 |
| George Valera | LF | 13 | 38 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .216 | .237 | .297 | .236 | 42 | -0.2 |
| Cooper Ingle | LF | 7 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .095 | .208 | .095 | .165 | -7 | -0.3 |
| Bo Naylor | C | 29 | 98 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 0 | .154 | .214 | .275 | .221 | 32 | -0.3 |
Pitching
23 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Parker Messick | 31 | 31 | 183.1 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 191 | 2.55 | 3.07 | 1.04 | 9.4 | 4.7 |
| Gavin Williams | 32 | 32 | 184.1 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 248 | 3.76 | 3.48 | 1.11 | 12.1 | 3.8 |
| Joey Cantillo | 33 | 30 | 159.0 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 171 | 3.62 | 3.98 | 1.42 | 9.7 | 2.3 |
| Cade Smith | 68 | 0 | 73.1 | 6 | 1 | 41 | 107 | 1.96 | 2.17 | 0.97 | 13.1 | 2.2 |
| Tanner Bibee | 32 | 32 | 182.0 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 142 | 4.35 | 4.60 | 1.22 | 7.0 | 1.4 |
| Erik Sabrowski | 60 | 0 | 48.1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 76 | 2.61 | 2.81 | 1.18 | 14.2 | 1.1 |
| Colin Holderman | 54 | 0 | 52.2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 50 | 2.73 | 3.16 | 1.04 | 8.5 | 1.0 |
| Matt Festa | 66 | 0 | 66.2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 69 | 3.78 | 3.61 | 1.30 | 9.3 | 0.9 |
| Slade Cecconi | 27 | 21 | 120.0 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 99 | 4.95 | 4.56 | 1.44 | 7.4 | 0.8 |
| Hunter Gaddis | 68 | 0 | 60.1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 57 | 2.98 | 3.96 | 1.28 | 8.5 | 0.5 |
| Tim Herrin | 67 | 0 | 56.2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 54 | 3.02 | 4.09 | 1.31 | 8.6 | 0.4 |
| Daniel Espino | 14 | 3 | 15.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 4.11 | 3.75 | 1.24 | 14.7 | 0.2 |
| Codi Heuer | 8 | 0 | 9.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4.66 | 3.72 | 1.76 | 5.6 | 0.1 |
| Austin Peterson | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 0.50 | 13.5 | 0.1 |
| Austin Hedges | 4 | 0 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.23 | 2.64 | 1.62 | 2.1 | 0.1 |
| Shawn Armstrong | 40 | 0 | 34.1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 4.72 | 4.53 | 1.40 | 8.7 | 0.1 |
| Craig Yoho | 33 | 0 | 38.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 4.50 | 4.65 | 1.16 | 9.7 | 0.0 |
| Logan Allen | 7 | 2 | 16.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5.94 | 4.96 | 1.74 | 8.6 | -0.0 |
| Franco Aleman | 21 | 0 | 22.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 4.43 | 4.80 | 1.57 | 11.3 | -0.0 |
| Carlos Hernández | 2 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6.00 | 5.77 | 2.00 | 12.0 | -0.0 |
| Peyton Pallette | 16 | 0 | 20.2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 5.23 | 4.99 | 1.60 | 9.6 | -0.1 |
| Kolby Allard | 4 | 0 | 8.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 10.38 | 5.41 | 2.19 | 9.3 | -0.1 |
| Connor Brogdon | 16 | 0 | 16.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5.06 | 6.04 | 1.13 | 8.4 | -0.2 |
Attendance
Announced gate at 80 home dates, 2026.
- Average
- 25,018 80 home dates
- Median
- 24,542
- Total
- 2,001,415
- Best
- 37,360 2026-04-03
- Quietest
- 10,328 2026-04-07
- On the road
- 28,307 what they drew away
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All home | 80 | 25,018 | 24,542 | 10,328 | 37,360 |
| Night | 48 | 25,213 | 24,153 | 12,565 | 36,639 |
| Day | 32 | 24,724 | 24,789 | 10,328 | 37,360 |
| Weekend | 41 | 29,280 | 30,862 | 17,408 | 37,360 |
| Weekday | 39 | 20,537 | 20,379 | 10,328 | 31,586 |
| On the road | 79 | 28,307 | 27,738 | 11,390 | 53,614 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 16 | 16,529 |
| May | 15 | 25,121 |
| Jun | 10 | 29,250 |
| Jul | 13 | 27,128 |
| Aug | 14 | 27,783 |
| Sep | 13 | 25,079 |
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 160 completed games, 2026.
- Regulation
- 2:41 148 games
- All games
- 2:43
- Extra innings
- 3:09 12 of them
- Longest
- 3:41 2026-06-08, 10 inn
- Shortest
- 2:12 2026-06-30
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Fastest | Longest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | 160 | 2:43 | 2:41 | 1:58 | 3:41 |
| Regulation | 148 | 2:41 | 2:40 | 1:58 | 3:39 |
| Extra innings | 12 | 3:09 | 3:17 | 2:43 | 3:41 |
| Home | 81 | 2:44 | 2:42 | 2:12 | 3:41 |
| Road | 79 | 2:42 | 2:41 | 1:58 | 3:23 |
| Day | 60 | 2:42 | 2:40 | 1:58 | 3:28 |
| Night | 100 | 2:43 | 2:42 | 2:05 | 3:41 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 16 | 2:39 |
| May | 15 | 2:45 |
| Jun | 10 | 2:47 |
| Jul | 13 | 2:49 |
| Aug | 14 | 2:42 |
| Sep | 13 | 2:44 |
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 161 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 84-76, a .525 win rate, while their +6 run differential implies .504. That is about 3 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.