American League Central · 2026
Cleveland Guardians
58-61Progressive FieldAmerican League
- Team WAR
- 20.6 8.5 bat / 12.1 pitch
- Win %
- .487 pyth .475
- Run diff
- -27 3.97 / 4.20 per g
- wRC+
- 87
- ERA
- 3.75 FIP 3.87
- Home runs
- 114
The Cleveland Guardians went 58-61 in 2026, a .487 winning percentage — 18th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 473 runs and allowed 500, a run differential of -27. The offence ranked 28th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.75 staff ERA was 7th of 30. Their 87 team wRC+ is 13% below league average — the second worst in MLB. Brayan Rocchio leads the position players at 1.8 WAR, and Parker Messick the rotation at a 2.57 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
922 team hits
Batting
22 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Brayan Rocchio | SS | 116 | 452 | 103 | 9 | 50 | 15 | .254 | .319 | .373 | .310 | 92 | 1.8 |
| Travis Bazzana | 2B | 86 | 370 | 77 | 9 | 36 | 17 | .241 | .338 | .386 | .325 | 103 | 1.7 |
| Chase DeLauter | RF | 101 | 429 | 105 | 12 | 56 | 7 | .277 | .354 | .433 | .349 | 119 | 1.6 |
| José Ramírez | 3B | 86 | 375 | 76 | 10 | 36 | 29 | .237 | .337 | .388 | .318 | 98 | 1.6 |
| Steven Kwan | LF | 108 | 445 | 100 | 2 | 22 | 8 | .265 | .364 | .329 | .321 | 100 | 1.4 |
| Austin Hedges | C | 54 | 178 | 42 | 4 | 18 | 1 | .269 | .333 | .391 | .322 | 101 | 1.0 |
| Angel Genao | 2B | 5 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .368 | .429 | .526 | .420 | 168 | 0.3 |
| Angel Martínez | LF | 73 | 288 | 63 | 12 | 42 | 9 | .235 | .270 | .429 | .302 | 87 | 0.2 |
| Gabriel Arias | 3B | 41 | 136 | 31 | 5 | 11 | 4 | .240 | .279 | .380 | .287 | 76 | 0.2 |
| Rhys Hoskins | 1B | 91 | 306 | 46 | 13 | 38 | 1 | .182 | .310 | .387 | .313 | 95 | 0.2 |
| Stuart Fairchild | CF | 13 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .158 | .407 | .158 | .314 | 95 | 0.1 |
| Kyle Manzardo | 1B | 102 | 356 | 67 | 13 | 39 | 0 | .215 | .306 | .378 | .307 | 90 | 0.0 |
| CJ Kayfus | LF | 8 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .182 | .280 | .364 | .290 | 79 | -0.0 |
| Kahlil Watson | RF | 27 | 91 | 21 | 1 | 11 | 9 | .239 | .264 | .341 | .266 | 62 | -0.0 |
| David Fry | LF | 70 | 168 | 26 | 6 | 13 | 0 | .182 | .304 | .336 | .292 | 80 | -0.0 |
| Daniel Schneemann | 3B | 81 | 276 | 52 | 6 | 28 | 6 | .206 | .275 | .321 | .270 | 65 | -0.1 |
| Petey Halpin | CF | 44 | 123 | 25 | 2 | 7 | 8 | .219 | .250 | .316 | .251 | 52 | -0.1 |
| Patrick Bailey | C | 76 | 248 | 43 | 6 | 23 | 2 | .191 | .248 | .302 | .247 | 49 | -0.1 |
| Juan Brito | 2B | 15 | 56 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .176 | .250 | .255 | .235 | 41 | -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 | 27 | 90 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 0 | .143 | .200 | .238 | .200 | 17 | -0.4 |
Pitching
21 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Parker Messick | 23 | 23 | 136.2 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 136 | 2.57 | 3.19 | 1.04 | 9.0 | 2.9 |
| Gavin Williams | 24 | 24 | 144.2 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 185 | 3.55 | 3.42 | 1.04 | 11.5 | 2.7 |
| Joey Cantillo | 25 | 25 | 119.2 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 132 | 3.91 | 3.96 | 1.48 | 9.9 | 1.5 |
| Cade Smith | 50 | 0 | 53.1 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 74 | 2.36 | 2.36 | 1.11 | 12.5 | 1.3 |
| Colin Holderman | 46 | 0 | 46.1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 45 | 2.14 | 2.91 | 0.91 | 8.7 | 0.9 |
| Tanner Bibee | 24 | 24 | 138.0 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 110 | 3.85 | 4.57 | 1.13 | 7.2 | 0.8 |
| Slade Cecconi | 23 | 21 | 110.0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 88 | 5.07 | 4.59 | 1.50 | 7.2 | 0.6 |
| Erik Sabrowski | 43 | 0 | 32.1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 53 | 3.62 | 3.33 | 1.45 | 14.8 | 0.5 |
| Matt Festa | 50 | 0 | 48.1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 52 | 4.28 | 3.79 | 1.41 | 9.7 | 0.5 |
| Logan Allen | 2 | 1 | 7.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2.45 | 2.00 | 2.05 | 12.3 | 0.2 |
| Will Dion | 14 | 0 | 23.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 3.86 | 3.73 | 1.24 | 10.0 | 0.2 |
| Franco Aleman | 15 | 0 | 16.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 3.31 | 3.58 | 1.35 | 11.6 | 0.2 |
| Hunter Gaddis | 46 | 0 | 39.1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 37 | 3.43 | 4.23 | 1.37 | 8.5 | 0.2 |
| Codi Heuer | 8 | 0 | 9.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4.66 | 3.71 | 1.76 | 5.6 | 0.1 |
| Daniel Espino | 6 | 0 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4.50 | 3.25 | 1.50 | 18.0 | 0.1 |
| Austin Hedges | 3 | 0 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.75 | 2.34 | 1.50 | 3.4 | 0.1 |
| Shawn Armstrong | 38 | 0 | 33.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 4.91 | 4.57 | 1.45 | 9.0 | 0.0 |
| Kolby Allard | 4 | 0 | 8.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 10.38 | 5.39 | 2.19 | 9.3 | -0.1 |
| Peyton Pallette | 16 | 0 | 20.2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 5.23 | 4.97 | 1.60 | 9.6 | -0.1 |
| Tim Herrin | 48 | 0 | 39.1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 3.66 | 4.87 | 1.42 | 7.6 | -0.1 |
| Connor Brogdon | 15 | 0 | 15.1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5.28 | 6.09 | 1.11 | 8.2 | -0.2 |
Record versus run differential
Cleveland Guardians are 58-61, a .487 win rate, while their -27 run differential implies .475. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.