2013 Cleveland Indians season

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2013  Cleveland Indians
American League Wild Card Winners
League American League
Division Central
Ballpark Progressive Field
City Cleveland, Ohio
Record92–70 (.568)
Divisional place2nd
Owners Larry Dolan
General managers Chris Antonetti
Managers Terry Francona
Television SportsTime Ohio  · WKYC
(Matt Underwood, Rick Manning)
Radio WTAM  · WMMS
Cleveland Indians Radio Network
(Tom Hamilton, Jim Rosenhaus)
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The 2013 Cleveland Indians season was the 113th season for the franchise. The team, managed by Terry Francona, began their season on April 2. They advanced to the postseason and lost to the Tampa Bay Rays in the ALWC Game.

Contents

Offseason

Departures

Infielder Brent Lillibridge refused assignment and became a free agent on November 25, 2012. The Indians did not tender contracts to infielder Jack Hannahan, Rafael Perez and Chris Seddon, making them free agents. All three went on to sign with other clubs. In a three-team trade on December 11, the Indians traded Shin-Soo Choo, Jason Donald, Tony Sipp and Lars Anderson. [1]

Arrivals

Following the firing of three-year manager Manny Acta, [2] the Indians signed former Boston Red Sox manager, Terry Francona to a four-year deal on October 6, 2012. [1] Francona and Sandy Alomar Jr. were the only candidates for the position. Francona previously had a history with the Cleveland Indians as a front office advisor in 2001. Also, Francona and his dad, Tito, both played in the Major Leagues for the Indians. He stated that he is close with Indians president, Mark Shapiro and general manager, Chris Antonetti and that's what intrigued him the most. [3]

On November 2, Blake Wood was claimed off waivers from Kansas City. The next day, Mike Avilés and Yan Gomes were acquired in a trade with Toronto. [1] Mike McDade was also claimed off waivers from Toronto about a month later. [1] On December 9, the Indians signed Mark Reynolds to a one-year, $6 million contract. Two days later, the Indians made their biggest trade of the offseason. They acquired Drew Stubbs from Cincinnati and Trevor Bauer, Bryan Shaw, and Matt Albers from Arizona. [1] In one of the biggest signings of the offseason, the Indians signed Nick Swisher to a four-year, $56 million on December 23. [4] Brett Myers agreed to a 1-year, $7 million deal January 1, 2013. [5] After signing Michael Bourn to a four-year $48 million contract, the Indians finished the offseason with spending $117 million on free agents after spending just $8 million the past two seasons. [6]

The busy offseason left many fans and writers saying the Indians will be the most improved team in 2013 [7] and "if there was an offseason championship, the trophy would be heading to Cleveland". [6]

Spring training

On November 29, the Indians announced their spring training schedule. [8] Pitchers and catchers reported to spring training on February 10, 2013. The first full team workout took place on February 15 and the first game took place on February 22 against the Cincinnati Reds. [9]

Injuries

Michael Brantley was accidentally spiked by Oakland Athletics third basemen Josh Donaldson on February 25 at spring training. He received 15 stitches and was expected to be out 10 days. [10] Chris Perez also sprained his shoulder during spring training and was expected to be out three to four weeks. [11] The Indians had several players on the disabled list (DL) to start the season; Frank Herrmann, Blake Wood and Josh Tomlin started the season on the 60-day DL after having Tommy John surgery. [12]

Regular season

The Indians started the regular season in Toronto against the Blue Jays on April 2. Their home opener, which was on April 8, sold out in 6 minutes; one of the fastest sell outs in Indians history. [13]

Opening Day starting lineup

  1. CF Michael Bourn
  2. SS Asdrúbal Cabrera
  3. 2B Jason Kipnis
  4. 1B Nick Swisher
  5. LF Michael Brantley
  6. C Carlos Santana
  7. DH Mark Reynolds
  8. 3B Lonnie Chisenhall
  9. RF Drew Stubbs

SP Justin Masterson

April

For the second straight year, the Indians opened the season against the Toronto Blue Jays, this time in Toronto. Unlike the 2012 opener, the Indians won the game 4–1 with ace Justin Masterson going eight dominant innings and closer Chris Perez picking up the save. Despite this win, the Tribe started the season slowly, at just 8–13. The Indians' struggles during April included a crushing 11–6 defeat by the New York Yankees in the team's home opener, and a 3-game sweep at the hands of the Boston Red Sox.

The Indians' fortunes turned around late in the month. Beginning with the second game of an April 28 doubleheader against the Kansas City Royals, the Indians won six straight games and 18 of 22 going through the middle of May. On April 30, the Indians tied a team record with seven home runs in a game, as they defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 14–2.

May

The Indians started May on a high note, winning 15 of their first 19 games of the month. This included four-game sweeps of the defending AL West champion Oakland Athletics and the Seattle Mariners, the latter of which featuring three walk-off hits. After the Seattle series, however, the Indians struggled for the rest of the month and into early June, losing 16 of their next 20, including a May 26 loss to the Boston Red Sox, in which the Indians blew a 5–2 9th inning lead and closer Chris Perez left the game with a shoulder injury. Perez would be out until late June.

During April and May, the Indians defeated seven former Cy Young Award winners: R. A. Dickey (April 2), David Price (April 7), Roy Halladay (April 30), Cliff Lee (May 1), Bartolo Colón (May 9), Justin Verlander (May 11), and Félix Hernández (May 19). Also, slugger Mark Reynolds was among the league leaders with 14 home runs at the end of May.

June

June started slowly for the Indians as they lost eight straight games from June 2–10. After that losing streak, however, the Indians would go 14–5 the rest of the month. Vinnie Pestano filled the role of closer as Chris Perez was on the disabled list for most of the month.

Second baseman Jason Kipnis was named the American League Player of the Month for June. During the month, he hit .419 with 12 doubles, four home runs, and 25 RBI. He also stole nine bases and received Player of the Week honors twice during June.

July

on July 6, second baseman Jason Kipnis and starting pitcher Justin Masterson were named to the American League All-Star team. This marked the first All-Star selection for both Kipnis and Masterson. Kipnis had an RBI double in the game, as the American League won 3–0.

The Indians started July by losing 5 of 7 to division rivals Kansas City and Detroit, before finishing the first half on a strong note, taking five of six from Toronto and Kansas City. Late July was highlighted by an eight-game winning streak, which included sweeps of the then AL West leading Texas Rangers and the Chicago White Sox.

The sweep of Chicago was the Tribe's second four-game sweep over the White Sox of the season, marking the first time since 1960 that the Indians swept two four-game series from the same club. On the July 29 win over the White Sox, slugger Jason Giambi became the oldest player ever to hit a walk-off home run at 42 years and 202 days. Chris Perez regained his closing duties in July and saved eight games. Meanwhile, late reliever Vinnie Pestano had struggled throughout the month and was sent to AAA Columbus on July 31.

August

On August 5, the Indians began a key four-game home series against the Detroit Tigers just three games behind Detroit for the division lead. Taking a 2–0 lead into the 9th inning of game 1, Chris Perez gave up four runs en route to a 4–2 loss. The Tigers ended up sweeping the series and leaving Cleveland with a 7-game lead. The Indians went on to lose their next two games – to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim – and were in danger of finishing their homestand 0–7, which would be their first winless homestand since 2004. They managed to win that final game 6–5 after trailing 5–0.

The team's struggles continued throughout the month, as they finished August 12–16, their worst month of the season. The Indians lost their final 5 games of the month to playoff contenders Atlanta and Detroit.

September

The Indians celebrate after clinching a wild card slot 2013-09-29 Cleveland Indians defeat Minnesota Twins to go to playoffs.jpg
The Indians celebrate after clinching a wild card slot

On September 1, the Indians salvaged their final game of the season against Detroit, 4–0 on a Mike Avilés grand slam, but the Tigers won the season series 15–4 and had a commanding lead in the division. The next day, all-star starter Justin Masterson left the game against the Baltimore Orioles with an oblique injury. The Indians lost that game and sat 31⁄2 games out of a wild card spot without their top pitcher.

Indians #2 starter Ubaldo Jiménez stepped up in Masterson's absence, going 4–0 with a 1.09 ERA during the month of September. He was named American League Pitcher of the Month. The Indians played some of their best baseball of the season in September, going 21–6 in the month including a 10-game winning streak to close the season. Throughout the month, the Indians closed the gap on the Texas Rangers and Tampa Bay Rays, and took the lead for one of the wild card spots with about a week left in the regular season. The Indians needed this strong month to clinch a Wild Card spot, as they were not able to clinch until the final game of the season, a 5–1 victory over the division rival Twins. The Indians finished the season 92–70, which was good enough for the top wild card spot, which meant they would host the 2013 American League Wild Card Game at Progressive Field. This was the Indians' first playoff appearance since 2007. They finished one game better than both Texas and Tampa Bay, who would face off in a tie-breaker game. Tampa Bay won this game, and the Wild Card playoff was set.

Also of note during the month, the Indians swept the Chicago White sox in a four-game series for the third time this season, a first in franchise history and the first time since 1963 that any team accomplished this feat. The Indians finished the season 17–2 against the White Sox. On September 24, Jason Giambi hit a walk-off home run against the White Sox, again becoming the oldest player ever to hit a walk-off home run at 42 years and 259 days, breaking the record he set less than two months earlier.

Season standings

American League Central

AL Central
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Detroit Tigers 9369.574—51‍–‍3042‍–‍39
Cleveland Indians 9270.568151‍–‍3041‍–‍40
Kansas City Royals 8676.531744‍–‍3742‍–‍39
Minnesota Twins 6696.4072732‍–‍4934‍–‍47
Chicago White Sox 6399.3893037‍–‍4426‍–‍55

American League Wild Card

Division Winners
Team W L Pct.
Boston Red Sox 9765.599
Oakland Athletics 9666.593
Detroit Tigers 9369.574
Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)
Team W L Pct. GB
Cleveland Indians 9270.568+½
Tampa Bay Rays 9271.564—
Texas Rangers 9172.5581
Kansas City Royals 8676.5315½
New York Yankees 8577.5256½
Baltimore Orioles 8577.5256½
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 7884.48113½
Toronto Blue Jays 7488.45717½
Seattle Mariners 7191.43820½
Minnesota Twins 6696.40725½
Chicago White Sox 6399.38928½
Houston Astros 51111.31540½

Record vs. opponents

2013 American League record
Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2013
TeamBALBOSCWSCLEDETHOUKCLAAMINNYYOAKSEATBTEXTORNL
Baltimore —11–84–33–44–24–23–45–23–39–105–22–46–135–210–911–9
Boston 8–11—4–26–13–46–12–53–34–313–63–36–112–72–411–814–6
Chicago 3–42–4—2–177–123–49–103–48–113–32–53–32–54–24–38–12
Cleveland 4–31–617–2—4–156–110–94–213–61–65–25–22–45–14–211–9
Detroit 2–44–312–715–4—6–19–100–611–83–33–45–23–33–45–212–8
Houston 2–41–64–31–61–6—2–410–91–51–54–159–102–52–173–48–12
Kansas City 4–35–210–99–1010–94–2—2–515–42–51–54–36–13–32–49–11
Los Angeles 2–53–34–32–46–09–105–2—1–53–48–1111–84–34–156–110–10
Minnesota 3–33–411–86–138–115–14–155–1—2–51–64–31–64–31–58–12
New York 10–96–133–36–13–35–15–24–35–2—1–54–37–123–414–59–11
Oakland 2–53–35–22–54–315–45–111–86–15–1—8–113–310–94–313–7
Seattle 4–21–63–32–52–510–93–48–113–43–411–8—3–37–123–38–12
Tampa Bay 13–67–125–24–23–35–21–63–46–112–73–33–3—4–411–812–8
Texas 2–54–22–41–54–317–23–315–43–44–39–1012–74–4—1–610–10
Toronto 9–108–113–42–42–54–34–21–65–15–143–43–38–116–1—11–9

Detailed records

Roster

2013 Cleveland Indians
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Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Game log

2013 Game Log: 92–70 (Home: 51–30; Away: 41–40)
April: 11–13 (Home: 3–6; Away: 8–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
1April 2@ Blue Jays 4–1 Masterson (1–0) Dickey (0–1) Perez (1)48,8571–0W1
2April 3@ Blue Jays 3–2 (11) Albers (1–0) Santos (0–1) Smith (1)24,6192–0W2
3April 4@ Blue Jays 8–10 Delabar (1–0) Myers (0–1) Janssen (1)19,5152–1L1
4April 5@ Rays 0–4 Moore (1–0) McAllister (0–1)—16,0192–2L2
5April 6@ Rays 0–6 Cobb (1–0) Bauer (0–1)—32,2172–3L3
6April 7@ Rays 13–0 Masterson (2–0) Price (0–1)—21,6293–3W1
7April 8 Yankees 6–11 Kuroda (1–1) Jiménez (0–1)—41,5673–4L1
8April 9 Yankees 1–14 Pettitte (2–0) Carrasco (0–1)—12,6633–5L2
April 10 Yankees Postponed (rain). Makeup: May 13 (Game 1)
April 11 Yankees Postponed (rain). Makeup: May 13 (Game 2)
9April 12 White Sox 1–0 Masterson (3–0) Crain (0–1)—11,8644–5W1
10April 13 White Sox 9–4 McAllister (1–1) Sale (1–1)—11,4225–5W2
11April 14 White Sox 1–3 Peavy (2–1) Myers (0–2) Reed (4)11,6825–6L1
12April 16 Red Sox 2–7 Doubront (1–0) Jiménez (0–2)—9,1435–7l2
13April 17 Red Sox 3–6 Aceves (1–0) Masterson (3–1) Bailey (1)10,2825–8L3
14April 18 Red Sox 3–6 Lester (3–0) McAllister (1–2) Bailey (2)12,9365–9L4
15April 19@ Astros 2–3 Harrell (1–2) Myers (0–3) Veras (1)17,2415–10L5
16April 20@ Astros 19–6 Kluber (1–0) Humber (0–4)19,9046–10W1
17April 21@ Astros 5–4 Allen (1–0) Ambriz (0–1) Perez (2)22,0057–10W2
18April 22@ White Sox 3–2 Masterson (4–1) Thornton (0–1) Perez (3)14,9508–10W3
April 23@ White Sox Postponed (rain). Makeup: June 28 (Game 1)
19April 24@ White Sox 2–3 Quintana (2–0) McAllister (1–3) Reed (6)16,7658–11L1
April 26@ Royals Postponed (rain). Makeup: April 28 (Game 2)
20April 27@ Royals 2–3 Santana (3–1) Kazmir (0–1) Holland (6)19,2248–12L2
21April 28@ Royals 0–9 Guthrie (3–0) Masterson (4–2)—22,0018–13L3
22April 28@ Royals 10–3 Kluber (2–0) Smith (0–1)—19,8319–13W1
23April 29@ Royals 9–0 Jiménez (1–2) Davis (2–2)—14,25510–13W2
24April 30 Phillies 14–2 McAllister (2–3) Halladay (2–3)—10,84111–13W3
May: 18–12 (Home: 14–5, Road: 4–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
25May 1 Phillies 6–0 Bauer (1–1) Lee (2–2)12,73012–13
26May 3 Twins 7–6 (10) Perez (1–0) Fien (1–2)20,20013–13
27May 4 Twins 7–3 Kazmir (1–1) Correia (3–2)17,83014–13
28May 5 Twins 4–2 Pelfrey (3–3) Kluber (2–1) Perkins (7)14,01514–14
29May 6 Athletics 7–3 Jiménez (2–2) Parker (1–5)9,51415–14
30May 7 Athletics 1–0 McAllister (3–3) Milone (3–4) Perez (4)9,47416–14
31May 8 Athletics 4–3 Masterson (5–2) Griffin (3–3) Perez (5)11,12517–14
32May 9 Athletics 9–2 Kazmir (2–1) Colón (3–2)12,47718–14
33May 10@ Tigers 10–4 Scherzer (5–0) Kluber (2–2)37,54718–15
34May 11@ Tigers 7–6 Jiménez (3–2) Verlander (4–3) Perez (6)41,43819–15
35May 12@ Tigers 4–3 (10) Smith (1–0) Downs (0–1) Allen (1)35,26020–15
36May 13 Yankees 1–0 Masterson (6–2) Phelps (1–2)—21–15
37May 13 Yankees 7–0 Nuño (1–0) Bauer (1–2) Warren (1)23,29921–16
38May 14@ Phillies 6–2 Pettibone (3–0) Kazmir (2–2)39,68921–17
39May 15@ Phillies 10–4 Kluber (3–2) Hamels (1–6)38,44022–17
40May 17 Mariners 6–3 (10) Pestano (1–0) Luetge (0–1)34,28223–17
41May 18 Mariners 5–4 Perez (2–0) Pérez (1–1)17,57424–17
42May 19 Mariners 6–0 Masterson (7–2) Hernández (5–3)19,74425–17
43May 20 Mariners 10–8 (10) Smith (2–0) Furbush (0–3)19,39026–17
44May 21 Tigers 5–1 Scherzer (6–0) Kluber (3–3)17,37426–18
45May 22 Tigers 11–7 Verlander (5–4) Jiménez (3–3)16,56226–19
46May 23@ Red Sox 12–3 McAllister (4–3) Dempster (2–5) Barnes (1)35,25427–19
47May 24@ Red Sox 8–1 Lackey (3–4) Masterson (7–3)34,07427–20
48May 25@ Red Sox 7–4 Tazawa (4–2) Pestano (1–1) Bailey (6)36,50427–21
49May 26@ Red Sox 6–5 Breslow (2–0) Perez (2–1)37,04627–22
50May 27@ Reds 4–2 Broxton (2–1) Hagadone (0–1) Chapman (13)38,82227–23
51May 28@ Reds 8–2 Latos (5–0) McAllister (4–4)28,81227–24
52May 29 Reds 5–2 Masterson (8–3) Arroyo (5–5)18,00428–24
53May 30 Reds 7–1 Kazmir (3–2) Bailey (3–4)18,36429–24
54May 31 Rays 9–2 Wright (1–1) Barnes (0–1) Ramos (1)29,60329–25
June: 15–13 (Home: 7–4, Away: 8–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
55June 1 Rays 5–0 Jiménez (4–3) Archer (0–1)22,74830–25
56June 2 Rays 11–3 Hellickson (3–2) McAllister (4–5)18,10630–26
57June 3@ Yankees 7–4 Kelley (3–0) Masterson (8–4)40,00730–27
58June 4@ Yankees 4–3 Phelps (4–3) Kazmir (3–3) Rivera (21)36,20830–28
59June 5@ Yankees 6–4 Sabathia (6–4) Kluber (3–4)42,47730–29
60June 7@ Tigers 7–5 Verlander (8–4) Jiménez (4–4)39,00830–30
61June 8@ Tigers 6–4 Porcello (3–3) Carrasco (0–2) Valverde (8)41,69130–31
62June 9@ Tigers 4–1 Alvarez (1–0) Masterson (8–5) Benoit (3)41,26230–32
63June 10@ Rangers 6–3 Ross (3–1) Kazmir (3–4) Nathan (20)33,00330–33
64June 11@ Rangers 5–2 Kluber (4–4) Holland (5–3)45,20031–33
65June 12@ Rangers 5–2 Jiménez (5–4) Tepesch (3–6)34,24832–33
66June 14 Nationals 2–1 Smith (3–0) Abad (0–1)30,82433–33
67June 15 Nationals 7–6 Storen (1–1) Pestano (1–2) Soriano (18)33,30733–34
68June 16 Nationals 2–0 Kluber (5–4) Strasburg (3–6) Pestano (1)21,84534–34
69June 17 Royals 2–1 Crow (3–2) Shaw (0–1) Holland (15)12,80334–35
70June 18 Royals 4–3 Allen (2–0) Herrera (3–5) Pestano (2)14,85335–35
71June 19 Royals 6–3 Masterson (9–5) Mendoza (2–4)17,34936–35
72June 21 Twins 5–1 Kazmir (4–4) Deduno (3–2)26,44237–35
73June 22 Twins 8–7 Kluber (6–4) Walters (2–3) Pestano (3)21,41738–35
74June 23 Twins 5–3 Hernández (3–1) Carrasco (0–3) Perkins (19)17,14338–36
75June 24@ Orioles 5–2 Jiménez (6–4) Britton (1–2) Pestano (4)18,54439–36
76June 25@ Orioles 6–3 Tillman (9–2) Masterson (9–6) Johnson (27)20,92439–37
77June 26@ Orioles 4–3 Smith (4–0) Johnson (2–6) Pestano (5)18,08240–37
78June 27@ Orioles 7–3 González (6–3) Kluber (6–5)33,03640–38
79June 28@ White Sox 19–10 Albers (2–0) Omogrosso (0–2)—41–38
80June 28@ White Sox 9–8 Langwell (1–0) Reed (3–1) Pestano (6)28,62842–38
81June 29@ White Sox 4–3 Martinez (1–0) Crain (2–3) Perez (7)26,28943–38
82June 30@ White Sox 4–0 Masterson (10–6) Sale (5–7)27,03244–38
July: 15–10 (Home: 12–4, Away: 3–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
83July 2@ Royals 6–5 Allen (3–0) Collins (2–3) Perez (8)15,62545–38
84July 3@ Royals 6–5 Smith (1–1) Allen (3–1) Holland (18)28,53445–39
85July 4@ Royals 10–7 Hochevar (2–1) Shaw (0–2) Holland (19)16,79245–40
86July 5 Tigers 7–0 Porcello (5–6) Masterson (10–7)40,16745–41
87July 6 Tigers 9–4 Sánchez (7–5) Carrasco (0–4)28,05445–42
88July 7 Tigers 9–6 Allen (4–1) Alburquerque (1–2) Perez (9)20,50346–42
89July 8 Tigers 4–2 (10) Smyly (4–0) Albers (2–1) Benoit (7)23,64046–43
90July 9 Blue Jays 3–0 Jiménez (7–4) Johnson (1–4) Perez (10)13,64047–43
91July 10 Blue Jays 5–4 Wagner (2–3) Hill (0–1) Delabar (1)14,13447–44
92July 11 Blue Jays 4–2 Salazar (1–0) Dickey (8–10) Perez (11)20,64148–44
93July 12 Royals 3–0 Kluber (7–5) Collins (2–4) Allen (2)24,07749–44
94July 13 Royals 5–3 Kazmir (5–4) Guthrie (8–7) Perez (12)29,74050–44
95July 14 Royals 6–4 Hill (1–1) Collins (2–5) Perez (13)15,43251–44
96July 19@ Twins 3–2 Fien (2–2) Smith (4–1) Perkins (22)36,28051–45
97July 20@ Twins 3–2 Correia (7–6) Hill (1–2) Perkins (23)38,62651–46
98July 21@ Twins 7–1 Masterson (11–7) Diamond (5–9)31,75352–46
99July 22@ Mariners 2–1 Harang (5–8) Jiménez (7–5) Wilhemsen (22)18,00052–47
100July 23@ Mariners 4–3 Ramírez (1–0) McAllister (4–6) Wilhelmsen (23)16,30852–48
101July 24@ Mariners 10–1 Kazmir (6–4) Saunders (9–9)25,68853–48
102July 26 Rangers 11–8 (11) Shaw (1–2) Frasor (0–2)27,41954–48
103July 27 Rangers 1–0 Masterson (12–7) Darvish (9–5) Perez (14)24,42255–48
104July 28 Rangers 6–0 Jiménez (8–5) Ogando (8–5)19,67356–48
105July 29 White Sox 3–2 Perez (3–1) Troncoso (1–3)14,86857–48
106July 30 White Sox 7–4 Shaw (2–2) Veal (1–2) Perez (15)16,43758–48
107July 31 White Sox 6–5 (10) Perez (4–1) Axelrod (4–1)22,25859–48
August 12–16 (Home: 4–7, Road: 8–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
108August 1 White Sox 6–1 Masterson (13–7) Sale (6–11)20,18960–48
109August 2@ Marlins 0–10 Fernández (8–5) Jiménez (8–6)17,73160–49
110August 3@ Marlins 4–3 Allen (5–1) Jennings (1–2) Perez (16)22,99761–49
111August 4@ Marlins 2–0 Kazmir (7–4) Eovaldi (2–2) Perez (17)25,07762–49
112August 5 Tigers 2–4 Alburquerque (2–2) Perez (4–2) Benoit (13)24,38162–50
113August 6 Tigers 1–5 Verlander (12–8) Masterson (13–8)24,67662–51
114August 7 Tigers 5–6 (14) Bonderman (2–3) Shaw (2–3) Benoit (14)20,16962–52
115August 8 Tigers 3–10 Scherzer (17–1) McAllister (4–7)25,13162–53
116August 9 Angels 2–5 Weaver (7–5) Kazmir (7–5) De La Rosa (1)28,72962–54
117August 10 Angels 2–7 Wilson (12–6) Jiménez (8–7)32,73362–55
118August 11 Angels 6–5 M. Albers (3–1) Gutiérrez (0–3) Perez (18)23,43363–55
119August 12@ Twins 0–3 A. Albers (2–0) Salazar (1–1)30,92263–56
120August 13@ Twins 5–2 McAllister (5–7) Deduno (7–6) Perez (19)29,80664–56
121August 14@ Twins 9–8 (12) Perez (5–2) Pressly (3–3) Smith (2)35,13365–56
122August 16@ Athletics 2–3 Doolittle (4–4) Masterson (13–9) Balfour (31)17,49165–57
123August 17@ Athletics 7–1 Jiménez (9–7) Straily (6–7)35,06766–57
124August 18@ Athletics 3–7 Otero (2–0) Kazmir (7–6)21,11466–58
125August 19@ Angels 5–2 McAllister (6–7) Weaver (7–7)36,57467–58
126August 20@ Angels 4–1 (14) Carrasco (1–4) Blanton (2–14)36,42168–58
127August 21@ Angels 3–1 Masterson (14–9) Williams (5–10) Perez (20)35,81069–58
128August 23 Twins 1–5 Deduno (8–7) Jiménez (9–8)23,21869–59
129August 24 Twins 7–2 McAllister (7–7) Hendriks (0–2)26,87070–59
130August 25 Twins 3–1 Smith (5–1) Burton (2–7) Perez (21)21,04271–59
131August 27@ Braves 0–2 Wood (3–2) Salazar (1–2) Kimbrel (42)21,40071–60
132August 28@ Braves 2–3 Kimbrel (3–2) Smith (5–2)20,80471–61
133August 29@ Braves 1–3 Medlen (11–12) Jiménez (9–9) Kimbrel (43)22,08171–62
134August 30@ Tigers 2–7 (7) Porcello (11–7) McAllister (7–8) Rondón (1)37,06771–63
135August 31@ Tigers 5–10 Sánchez (12–7) Kazmir (7–7)41,27271–64
September 21–6 (Home: 11–4, Road: 10–2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
136September 1@ Tigers 4–0 Smith (6–2) Benoit (4–1)41,55772–64
137September 2 Orioles 2–7 Norris (10–10) Masterson (14–10)15,02072–65
138September 3 Orioles 4–3 Jiménez (10–9) Tillman (15–5)9,96273–65
139September 4 Orioles 6–4 Shaw (3–3) Gausman (2–4) Perez (22)11,52274–65
140September 6 Mets 8–1 Kazmir (8–7) Wheeler (7–4)15,96275–65
141September 7 Mets 9–4 Kluber (8–5) Niese (6–7)21,45376–65
142September 8 Mets 1–2 Francisco (1–0) Perez (5–3) Hawkins (8)13,31776–66
143September 9 Royals 4–3 Jiménez (11–9) Santana (8–9) Perez (23)9,79477–66
144September 10 Royals 3–6 Guthrie (14–10) McAllister (7–9) Holland (41)12,61577–67
145September 11 Royals 2–6 Shields (11–9) Kazmir (8–8) Holland (42)12,08577–68
146September 12@ White Sox 14–3 Kluber (9–5) Danks (4–13)14,37578–68
147September 13@ White Sox 3–1 Shaw (4–3) Santiago (4–9) Perez (24)15,53379–68
148September 14@ White Sox 8–1 Jiménez (12–9) Rienzo (2–2)28,02480–68
149September 15@ White Sox 7–1 McAllister (8–9) Sale (11–13)18,63181–68
150September 16@ Royals 1–7 Shields (12–9) Kazmir (8–9)15,41381–69
151September 17@ Royals 5–3 Allen (6–1) W. Davis (7–11) Perez (25)21,68582–69
152September 18@ Royals 2–7 Chen (8–3) Salazar (1–3)21,19882–70
153September 19 Astros 2–1 Shaw (5–3) R. Cruz (0–2)12,60783–70
154September 20 Astros 2–1 (7) McAllister (9–9) Clemens (4–6)26,61184–70
155September 21 Astros 4–1 Kazmir (9–9) Clemens (4–6)26,61185–70
156September 22 Astros 9–2 Kluber (10–5) Bédard (4–12)26,16886–70
157September 24 White Sox 5–4 Shaw (6–3) A. Reed (5–4)21,08387–70
158September 25 White Sox 7–2 Salazar (2–3) Axelrod (4–11)30,94288–70
159September 26@ Twins 6–5 Shaw (7–3) Albers (2–5)24,92989–70
160September 27@ Twins 12–6 Kluber (11–5) Hernández (3–3)24,07490–70
161September 28@ Twins 5–1 Kazmir (10–9) De Vries (0–2)30,45291–70
162September 29@ Twins 5–1 Jiménez (13–9) Diamond (6–13)30,93592–70

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

PlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBIAVGSB
Matt Albers 50000000—0
Cody Allen 80000000—0
Mike Avilés 1243615491150946.2528
Scott Barnes 10000000—0
Trevor Bauer 11000000.0000
Michael Bourn 13052575138216650.26323
Michael Brantley 151556661582631073.28417
Asdrúbal Cabrera 136508661233521464.2429
Ezequiel Carrera 24120001.5000
Carlos Carrasco 10000000—0
Matt Carson 2011570013.6363
Lonnie Chisenhall 9428930651701136.2251
Jason Giambi 71186213480931.1830
Yan Gomes 8829345861821138.2942
Nick Hagadone 20000000—0
Rich Hill 50000000—0
Ubaldo Jiménez 33000000.0000
Scott Kazmir 24010000.2500
Jason Kipnis 149564861603641784.28430
Corey Kluber 12100000.0000
Jason Kubel 818031000.1670
Zach McAllister 24000000.0000
John McDonald 87200000.0000
Lou Marson 33000000.0000
Justin Masterson 12010000.5000
Chris Perez 40000000—0
Cord Phelps 49000000.0000
Ryan Raburn 8624340661801655.2720
Jose Ramirez 1512540100.3330
Mark Reynolds 993354072801548.2153
Mark Rzepczynski 20000000—0
Danny Salazar 12000000.0000
Carlos Santana 154541751453912074.2683
Omir Santos 11000000.0000
Bryan Shaw 70000000—0
Kelly Shoppach 12000000.0000
Drew Stubbs 146430591002121045.23317
Nick Swisher 145549741352722263.2461
Team Totals1625465745139129023171711.255117

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

PlayerWLERAGGSSVIPHRERBBK
Matt Albers 313.14560063.05725222335
Cody Allen 612.43770270.16222192688
Scott Barnes 017.276018.2877310
Trevor Bauer 125.2944017.01511101611
Carlos Carrasco 146.75157046.26436351830
Preston Guilmet 0010.134005.186631
Nick Hagadone 015.46360031.12421192130
Rich Hill 126.28630038.23830272951
David Huff 0015.003003.075515
Ubaldo Jiménez 1393.3032320182.2163756780194
Scott Kazmir 1094.0429290158.0162767147162
Corey Kluber 1153.8526240147.1153676333136
Matt Langwell 105.065005.153326
C. C. Lee 004.158004.143234
Zach McAllister 993.7524240134.1134655649101
Joe Martinez 101.802005.041103
Justin Masterson 14103.4532290193.0156757476195
Brett Myers 038.0243021.1291919512
Chris Perez 534.335402554.05627262154
Vinnie Pestano 124.08370635.13718162137
Ryan Raburn 000.001001.000001
Clay Rapada 000.004002.010020
Mark Rzepczynski 000.89270020.11142620
Danny Salazar 233.121010052.04418181565
Bryan Shaw 733.24700175.06031272873
Joe Smith 622.29700363.05417162354
Josh Tomlin 000.001002.020000
Blake Wood 000.002001.110031
Team Totals92703.82162162381441.113596626115541379

Notes/records

Post-season

American League Wild Card Game

Team123456789 R H E
Tampa Bay Rays001200001480
Cleveland Indians000000000091
Starting pitchers:
TB: Alex Cobb
CLE: Danny Salazar -->
WP: Alex Cobb (1-0)   LP: Danny Salazar (0-1)
Home runs:
TB: Delmon Young (1)
CLE: None

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Columbus Clippers International League Chris Tremie
AA Akron Aeros Eastern League Edwin Rodríguez
A Carolina Mudcats Carolina League David Wallace
A Lake County Captains Midwest League Scooter Tucker
A-Short Season Mahoning Valley Scrappers New York–Penn League Ted Kubiak
Rookie AZL Indians Arizona League Tony Medrano

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