2018 Cleveland Indians season

2018 Cleveland Indians
2018 Cleveland Indians
American League Central champions
League	American League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Progressive Field
City	Cleveland, Ohio
Record	91–71 (.562)
Divisional place	1st
Owners	Larry Dolan
President of baseball operations	Chris Antonetti
General managers	Mike Chernoff
Managers	Terry Francona
Television	SportsTime Ohio · WKYC; (Matt Underwood, Rick Manning)
Radio	WTAM · WMMS; Cleveland Indians Radio Network; (Tom Hamilton, Jim Rosenhaus, Rick Manning)

The 2018 Cleveland Indians season was the 118th season for the franchise. It was the sixth season under the leadership of manager Terry Francona and third under general manager Mike Chernoff. The Indians played all of their home games at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio. This was the last season in which the Indians logo Chief Wahoo was used on uniforms or on stadium signs.^[1]^[2] They won their third straight American League Central title before being swept by the defending World Series champion Houston Astros in the ALDS. Due to the Indians losing to the Astros, the Indians became the fifth team in MLB history to have a 70 year title drought.

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Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cleveland Indians	91	71	.562	—	49‍–‍32	42‍–‍39
Minnesota Twins	78	84	.481	13	49‍–‍32	29‍–‍52
Detroit Tigers	64	98	.395	27	38‍–‍43	26‍–‍55
Chicago White Sox	62	100	.383	29	30‍–‍51	32‍–‍49
Kansas City Royals	58	104	.358	33	32‍–‍49	26‍–‍55

Team	W	L	Pct.
Boston Red Sox	108	54	.667
Houston Astros	103	59	.636
Cleveland Indians	91	71	.562

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	100	62	.617	+3
Oakland Athletics	97	65	.599	—
Tampa Bay Rays	90	72	.556	7
Seattle Mariners	89	73	.549	8
Los Angeles Angels	80	82	.494	17
Minnesota Twins	78	84	.481	19
Toronto Blue Jays	73	89	.451	24
Texas Rangers	67	95	.414	30
Detroit Tigers	64	98	.395	33
Chicago White Sox	62	100	.383	35
Kansas City Royals	58	104	.358	39
Baltimore Orioles	47	115	.290	50

2018 American League record Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2018 v t e
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	HOU	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Baltimore	—	3–16	3–4	2–5	2–4	1–6	2–4	1–5	1–6	7–12	1–5	1–6	8–11	3–4	5–14	7–13
Boston	16–3	—	3–4	3–4	4–2	3–4	5–1	6–0	4–3	10–9	2–4	4–3	11–8	6–1	15–4	16–4
Chicago	4–3	4–3	—	5–14	7–12	0–7	11–8	2–5	7–12	2–4	2–5	2–4	4–2	4–3	2–4	6–14
Cleveland	5–2	4–3	14–5	—	13–6	3–4	12–7	3–3	10–9	2–5	2–4	2–5	2–4	4–2	3–4	12–8
Detroit	4–2	2–4	12–7	6–13	—	1–5	8–11	3–4	7–12	3–4	0–7	3–4	2–4	3–4	4–3	6–14
Houston	6–1	4–3	7–0	4–3	5–1	—	5–1	13–6	4–2	2–5	12–7	9–10	3–4	12–7	4–2	13–7
Kansas City	4–2	1–5	8–11	7–12	11–8	1–5	—	1–6	10–9	2–5	2–5	1–5	0–7	2–5	2–5	6–14
Los Angeles	5–1	0–6	5–2	3–3	4–3	6–13	6–1	—	4–3	1–5	10–9	8–11	1–6	13–6	4–3	10–10
Minnesota	6–1	3–4	12–7	9–10	12–7	2–4	9–10	3–4	—	2–5	2–5	1–5	3–4	2–4	4–2	8–12
New York	12–7	9–10	4–2	5–2	4–3	5–2	5–2	5–1	5–2	—	3–3	5–1	10–9	4–3	13–6	11–9
Oakland	5–1	4–2	5–2	4–2	7–0	7–12	5–2	9–10	5–2	3–3	—	9–10	2–5	13–6	7–0	12–8
Seattle	6–1	3–4	4–2	5–2	4–3	10–9	5–1	11–8	5–1	1–5	10–9	—	6–1	10–9	3–4	6–14
Tampa Bay	11–8	8–11	2–4	4–2	4–2	4–3	7–0	6–1	4–3	9–10	5–2	1–6	—	5–1	13–6	7–13
Texas	4–3	1–6	3–4	2–4	4–3	7–12	5–2	6–13	4–2	3–4	6–13	9–10	1–5	—	3–3	9–11
Toronto	14–5	4–15	4–2	4–3	3–4	2–4	5–2	3–4	2–4	6–13	0–7	4–3	6–13	3–3	—	13–7

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
Greg Allen	91	265	36	68	11	3	2	20	.257	21
Yonder Alonso	145	516	64	129	19	0	23	83	.250	0
Brandon Barnes	19	19	2	5	0	0	1	2	.263	0
Michael Brantley	143	570	89	176	36	2	17	76	.309	12
Melky Cabrera	78	250	28	70	17	0	6	39	.280	1
Lonnie Chisenhall	29	84	11	27	6	1	1	9	.321	1
Rajai Davis	101	196	33	44	6	1	1	6	.224	21
Yandy Díaz	39	109	15	34	5	2	1	15	.312	0
Josh Donaldson	16	50	8	14	3	0	3	7	.280	0
Edwin Encarnación	137	500	74	123	16	1	32	107	.246	3
Yan Gomes	112	403	52	107	26	0	16	48	.266	0
Erik González	81	136	17	36	10	1	1	16	.265	3
Brandon Guyer	103	194	25	40	11	0	7	27	.206	1
Eric Haase	9	16	0	2	0	0	0	1	.125	0
Jason Kipnis	147	530	65	122	28	1	18	75	.230	7
Francisco Lindor	158	661	129	183	42	2	38	92	.277	25
Leonys Martín	6	15	3	5	0	0	2	4	.333	0
Francisco Mejía	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Tyler Naquin	61	174	22	46	7	0	3	23	.264	1
Roberto Pérez	62	179	16	30	9	1	2	19	.168	1
José Ramírez	157	578	110	156	38	4	39	105	.270	34
Adam Rosales	13	19	4	4	1	0	1	2	.211	0
Bradley Zimmer	34	106	14	24	5	0	2	9	.226	4
Pitcher Totals	162	23	1	2	1	0	0	1	.087	0
Team Totals	162	5595	818	1447	297	19	216	786	.259	135

2018 Cleveland Indians season

Season standings

American League Central

American League Wild Card

Record against opponents

Roster

Game log

Postseason

Game log

Postseason rosters

Player stats

Batting

Pitching

Farm system

See also

References

External links

Wikiwand - on

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Cody Allen	4	6	4.70	70	0	27	67.0	58	35	35	33	80
Trevor Bauer	12	6	2.21	28	27	1	175.1	134	51	43	57	221
Matt Belisle	0	0	5.06	8	0	0	10.2	9	6	6	1	4
Jeff Beliveau	0	0	11.57	9	0	1	4.2	7	6	6	5	2
Shane Bieber	11	5	4.55	20	19	0	114.2	130	60	58	23	118
Carlos Carrasco	17	10	3.38	32	30	0	192.0	173	78	72	43	231
Adam Cimber	0	3	4.05	28	0	0	20.0	26	9	9	7	7
Mike Clevinger	13	8	3.02	32	32	0	200.0	164	71	67	67	207
Oliver Drake	0	0	12.46	4	0	0	4.1	7	6	6	1	4
Jon Edwards	0	0	3.12	9	0	0	8.2	6	4	3	4	10
Nick Goody	0	2	6.94	12	0	0	11.2	15	9	9	5	12
Brandon Guyer	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Brad Hand	0	1	2.28	28	0	8	27.2	19	7	7	13	41
Corey Kluber	20	7	2.89	33	33	0	215.0	179	75	69	34	22
George Kontos	0	0	3.38	6	0	0	5.1	3	2	2	2	4
Evan Marshall	0	0	7.71	10	0	0	7.0	12	6	6	4	9
Zach McAllister	1	2	4.97	41	0	0	41.2	47	25	23	10	34
Andrew Miller	2	4	4.24	37	0	2	34.0	31	16	16	16	45
Alexi Ogando	0	1	18.00	1	0	0	1.0	2	2	2	3	1
Tyler Olson	2	1	4.94	43	0	0	27.1	26	16	15	12	40
Dan Otero	2	1	5.22	61	0	1	58.2	69	36	34	5	43
Óliver Pérez	1	1	1.37	51	0	0	32.1	17	6	5	7	43
Adam Plutko	4	5	5.28	17	12	1	76.2	78	45	45	23	60
Neil Ramírez	0	3	4.54	47	0	0	41.2	36	21	21	18	51
Marc Rzepczynski	0	0	0.00	5	0	0	2.2	3	0	0	1	1
Ben Taylor	0	0	6.00	6	0	0	6.0	6	4	4	1	8
Josh Tomlin	2	5	6.14	32	9	0	70.1	92	52	48	12	46
Team Totals	91	71	3.77	162	162	41	1457.1	1349	648	611	407	1544