2024 Cleveland Guardians season

The 2024 Cleveland Guardians season was the 124th season for the franchise, which competed in the American League of Major League Baseball (MLB). This was the franchise's third season using the name "Guardians" and the first season under manager Stephen Vogt after previous manager Terry Francona stepped down at the conclusion of the previous season. The season opened on March 28, 2024 on the road against the Oakland Athletics and ended on September 29, 2024 at home against the Houston Astros.^[1]

2024 Cleveland Guardians
American League Central champions
League	American League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Progressive Field
City	Cleveland, Ohio
Record	92–69 (.571)
Divisional place	1st
Owners	Larry Dolan
President of baseball operations	Chris Antonetti
General managers	Mike Chernoff
Manager	Stephen Vogt
Television	Bally Sports Great Lakes WKYC (select simulcasts) (Matt Underwood, Rick Manning, Chris Gimenez, Andre Knott)
Radio	English: WTAM · WMMS (Tom Hamilton, Jim Rosenhaus) Spanish: WARF (Rafa Hernández-Brito, Carlos Baerga)
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On September 19, the Guardians clinched a postseason berth. They became the second American League team after the New York Yankees to clinch a postseason berth in 2024. It was their seventh postseason appearance in the past 12 seasons (2013, 2016–2018, 2020, 2022, and 2024).^[2] On September 21, the Guardians clinched their 12th American League Central division title following the Kansas City Royals' loss to the San Francisco Giants. It is their second division title in the past three years.^[3] They beat their division rival Detroit Tigers in the American League Division Series in five games to advance to the American League Championship Series for the first time since 2016. In a matchup with the Yankees, the Guardians were defeated in five games.

Offseason

Transactions

October 2023

October 2	Recalled SS Ángel Martínez; LHP Joey Cantillo; 3B Jhonkensy Noel; RHP Michael Kelly; SS Juan Brito; LHP Tim Herrin; RHP Cody Morris; OF George Valera and RHP Hunter Gaddis from Columbus Clippers. Activated LHP Logan Allen from the 15-day IL. Activated C David Fry from the paternity list. Activated SS Gabriel Arias from the 10-day IL.
October 30	Signed international free agent RHP Luilli Cabrera from Dominican Republic to a minor league contract.

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November 2023

November 2	Claimed 1B Alfonso Rivas off waivers from Pittsburgh Pirates. RHP Reynaldo López – (signed a major league contract with Atlanta Braves on November 20);[5] RF Kole Calhoun; and RHP Lucas Giolito – (signed a major league contract with Boston Red Sox on January 3)[6] elected free agency.
November 3	Selected the contract of OF Johnathan Rodríguez from the Columbus Clippers. Activated OF Johnathan Rodríguez.
November 6	Claimed C Christian Bethancourt off waivers from Tampa Bay Rays. Activated RHP Tanner Bibee from the 60-day IL. Designated C Cam Gallagher for assignment.
November 10	C Cam Gallagher elected free agency.
November 14	Selected the contracts of RHP's Cade Smith from the Columbus Clippers and Daniel Espino from the Akron RubberDucks. Designated RHP's Michael Kelly and Cal Quantrill for assignment. Activated RHP's Cade Smith and Daniel Espino. Signed free agent RHP Adam Oller from the Oakland Athletics to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.
November 17	Oakland Athletics claimed RHP Michael Kelly off of waivers. Acquired RHP Scott Barlow from the San Diego Padres for RHP Enyel De Los Santos. Acquired C Kody Huff from the Colorado Rockies for RHP Cal Quantrill. Activated RHP's Gavin Williams; Scott Barlow; Tanner Bibee; and SS Brayan Rocchio.

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December 2023

December 1	New York Yankees claimed RF Oscar González off of waivers. Signed free agent RHP Jaime Barría to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.
December 6	Drafted 3B Deyvison De Los Santos from the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 2023 Rule 5 draft. Activated 3B Deyvison De Los Santos.
December 10	Acquired cash from the Miami Marlins for C Christian Bethancourt.
December 12	Signed RHP Ben Lively from the Cincinnati Reds to a one-year, $7.5 million contract.[8]
December 15	Signed C Austin Hedges from the Texas Rangers to a one-year, $4 million contract.[9]
December 22	Los Angeles Angels claimed 1B Alfonso Rivas off of waivers.
December 26	Acquired CF Estevan Florial from the New York Yankees for RHP Cody Morris. Activated CF Estevan Florial.

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Season standings

The Guardians playing at Milwaukee on August 18

American League Central

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AL Central

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cleveland Guardians	92	69	.571	—	50‍–‍30	42‍–‍39
Kansas City Royals	86	76	.531	6½	45‍–‍36	41‍–‍40
Detroit Tigers	86	76	.531	6½	43‍–‍38	43‍–‍38
Minnesota Twins	82	80	.506	10½	43‍–‍38	39‍–‍42
Chicago White Sox	41	121	.253	51½	23‍–‍58	18‍–‍63

American League Wild Card

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Division leaders

Team	W	L	Pct.
New York Yankees	94	68	.580
Cleveland Guardians	92	69	.571
Houston Astros	88	73	.547

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Wild Card teams
(Top 3 teams qualify for postseason)

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
Baltimore Orioles	91	71	.562	+5
Kansas City Royals	86	76	.531	—
Detroit Tigers	86	76	.531	—
Seattle Mariners	85	77	.525	1
Minnesota Twins	82	80	.506	4
Boston Red Sox	81	81	.500	5
Tampa Bay Rays	80	82	.494	6
Texas Rangers	78	84	.481	8
Toronto Blue Jays	74	88	.457	12
Oakland Athletics	69	93	.426	17
Los Angeles Angels	63	99	.389	23
Chicago White Sox	41	121	.253	45

Record vs. opponents

Record vs. American League

2024 American League record Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2024 v t e
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	HOU	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Baltimore	—	8–5	6–1	3–4	2–4	2–5	4–2	4–2	6–0	8–5	3–3	4–2	9–4	5–2	7–6	20–26
Boston	5–8	—	4–3	2–5	3–4	2–4	4–2	4–2	3–3	6–7	5–1	4–3	6–7	4–2	8–5	21–25
Chicago	1–6	3–4	—	5–8	3–10	2–4	1–12	4–2	1–12	1–5	3–3	1–6	4–2	0–7	1–5	11–35
Cleveland	4–3	5–2	8–5	—	7–6	1–4	5–8	5–1	10–3	2–4	6–1	4–2	3–4	4–2	4–2	24–22
Detroit	4–2	4–3	10–3	6–7	—	2–4	6–7	3–4	6–7	2–4	3–3	5–1	5–1	3–4	5–2	22–24
Houston	5–2	4–2	4–2	4–1	4–2	—	4–3	9–4	2–4	1–6	8–5	5–8	4–2	7–6	5–2	22–24
Kansas City	2–4	2–4	12–1	8–5	7–6	3–4	—	5–2	6–7	2–5	4–2	3–3	3–3	1–5	5–2	23–23
Los Angeles	2–4	2–4	2–4	1–5	4–3	4–9	2–5	—	1–5	3–3	5–8	8–5	3–4	4–9	0–7	22–24
Minnesota	0–6	3–3	12–1	3–10	7–6	4–2	7–6	5–1	—	0–6	6–1	5–2	3–4	5–2	4–2	18–28
New York	5–8	7–6	5–1	4–2	4–2	6–1	5–2	3–3	6–0	—	5–2	4–3	7–6	3–3	7–6	23–23
Oakland	3–3	1–5	3–3	1–6	3–3	5–8	2–4	8–5	1–6	2–5	—	4–9	3–4	6–7	3–3	24–22
Seattle	2–4	3–4	6–1	2–4	1–5	8–5	3–3	5–8	2–5	3–4	9–4	—	3–3	10–3	2–4	26–20
Tampa Bay	4–9	7–6	2–4	4–3	1–5	2–4	3–3	4–3	4–3	6–7	4–3	3–3	—	1–5	9–4	26–20
Texas	2–5	2–4	7–0	2–4	4–3	6–7	5–1	9–4	2–5	3–3	7–6	3–10	5–1	—	2–4	19–27
Toronto	6–7	5–8	5–1	2–4	2–5	2–5	2–5	7–0	2–4	6–7	3–3	4–2	4–9	4–2	—	20–26

Updated with the results of all games through September 30, 2024.

Record vs. National League

2024 American League record vs. National League v t e Source: MLB Standings
Team	AZ	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	LAD	MIA	MIL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	WSH
Baltimore	2–1	2–1	0–3	3–0	2–1	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–2	2–1	1–2	1–2	1–2	0–3	2–2
Boston	0–3	1–3	2–1	2–1	1–2	0–3	3–0	1–2	0–3	2–1	3–0	1–2	2–1	1–2	2–1
Chicago	1–2	2–1	0–4	0–3	2–1	0–3	1–2	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–3	1–2	2–1	2–1
Cleveland	0–3	1–2	3–0	3–1	1–2	1–2	2–1	0–3	3–0	2–1	2–1	1–2	2–1	1–2	2–1
Detroit	2–1	0–3	1–2	3–0	2–1	2–1	1–2	1–2	2–1	1–2	2–2	1–2	1–2	2–1	1–2
Houston	2–1	0–3	0–3	0–3	4–0	2–1	3–0	2–1	2–1	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–2	2–1	1–2
Kansas City	1–2	1–2	1–2	3–0	1–2	1–2	2–1	2–1	1–2	1–2	2–1	1–2	0–3	3–1	3–0
Los Angeles	1–2	1–2	1–2	0–3	1–2	2–2	3–0	1–2	2–1	1–2	2–1	3–0	2–1	1–2	1–2
Minnesota	2–1	0–3	1–2	1–2	2–1	1–2	1–2	1–3	1–2	2–1	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–2	2–1
New York	2–1	1–2	2–1	0–3	2–1	1–2	2–1	2–1	0–4	3–0	1–2	2–1	3–0	1–2	1–2
Oakland	1–2	1–2	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	2–1	1–2	2–1	2–1	3–0	0–3	2–2	1–2	2–1
Seattle	2–1	2–1	1–2	3–0	2–1	0–3	1–2	1–2	3–0	2–1	1–2	3–1	2–1	2–1	1–2
Tampa Bay	3–0	1–2	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	3–1	1–2	3–0	0–3	2–1	1–2	2–1	1–2	2–1
Texas	2–2	1–2	2–1	2–1	0–3	2–1	2–1	0–3	1–2	0–3	2–1	1–2	1–2	1–2	2–1
Toronto	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–2	2–1	1–2	0–3	1–2	1–2	1–3	2–1	2–1	2–1	3–0	1–2

Updated with the results of all games through September 30, 2024.

Roster

2024 Cleveland Guardians
Roster
Pitchers 41 Logan Allen 60 Pedro Ávila 58 Scott Barlow 46 Tyler Beede 28 Tanner Bibee 57 Shane Bieber 16 Matthew Boyd 54 Joey Cantillo 59 Carlos Carrasco 48 Emmanuel Clase 35 Alex Cobb 44 Xzavion Curry 33 Hunter Gaddis 61 Connor Gillispie 26 Anthony Gose 31 Sam Hentges 29 Tim Herrin 54 Spencer Howard 39 Ben Lively 56 Darren McCaughan 24 Triston McKenzie 49 Eli Morgan 47 Wes Parsons 62 Erik Sabrowski 52 Nick Sandlin 36 Cade Smith 34 Peter Strzelecki 63 Andrew Walters 32 Gavin Williams		Catchers  6 David Fry 27 Austin Hedges 23 Bo Naylor Infielders 13 Gabriel Arias  0 Andrés Giménez  9 Kyle Manzardo 22 Josh Naylor 11 José Ramírez  4 Brayan Rocchio 10 Daniel Schneemann  8 José Tena		Outfielders 17 Will Brennan 90 Estevan Florial  2 Tyler Freeman 38 Steven Kwan 10 Ramón Laureano  1 Ángel Martínez 43 Jhonkensy Noel 30 Johnathan Rodríguez  7 Myles Straw  8 Lane Thomas		Manager 12 Stephen Vogt Coaches 55 Craig Albernaz (bench) 15 Sandy Alomar Jr. (first base/catching) 50 Kai Correa (field coordinator) 85 Jason Esposito (run production coordinator) 81 Brad Goldberg (bullpen) 84 J. T. Maguire (outfield/base running) 53 Rouglas Odor (third base/infield) 82 Ricky Pacione (bullpen catcher) 83 Dan Puente (assistant hitting) 72 Eric Rodríguez (bullpen catcher) 86 Joe Torres (assistant pitching) -- Josh Tubbs (hitting analyst) 45 Chris Valaika (hitting) 51 Carl Willis (pitching)

Regular season

Game log

2024 Game Log: 92–69 (Home: 50–30; Away: 42–39)
March/April: 19–10 (Home: 8–4; Away: 11–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 1 March 28 @ Athletics 8–0 Bieber (1–0) Wood (0–1) — 13,522 1–0 W1 2 March 29 @ Athletics 6–4 Allen (1–0) Stripling (0–1) Clase (1) 3,837 2–0 W2 3 March 30 @ Athletics 12–3 Sandlin (1–0) Sears (0–1) — 5,425 3–0 W3 4 March 31 @ Athletics 3–4 Jiménez (1–0) Barlow (0–1) — 4,118 3–1 L1 5 April 1 @ Mariners 4–5 Hancock (1–0) McKenzie (0–1) Stanek (1) 21,322 3–2 L2 6 April 2 @ Mariners 5–2 Bieber (2–0) Castillo (0–2) Clase (2) 20,646 4–2 W1 7 April 3 @ Mariners 8–0 Allen (2–0) Kirby (1–1) — 22,583 5–2 W2 8 April 4 @ Twins 4–2 Bibee (1–0) López (1–1) Clase (3) 35,595 6–2 W3 9 April 6 @ Twins 3–1 Sandlin (2–0) Ryan (0–1) Clase (4) 25,806 7–2 W4 — April 7 @ Twins Postponed (rain); Makeup: August 9 10 April 8 White Sox 4–0 McKenzie (1–1) Banks (0–1) — 35,735 8–2 W5 11 April 9 White Sox 5–7 Wilson (1–1) Barlow (0–2) Kopech (2) 14,887 8–3 L1 12 April 10 White Sox 7–6 (10) Morgan (1–0) Shaw (0–1) — 12,405 9–3 W1 — April 12 Yankees Postponed (rain); Makeup: April 13 13 April 13 (1) Yankees 2–3 Schmidt (1–0) Carrasco (0–1) Holmes (6) 17,089 9–4 L1 14 April 13 (2) Yankees 2–8 Poteet (1–0) McKenzie (1–2) — 31,066 9–5 L2 15 April 14 Yankees 8–7 (10) Beede (1–0) Ferguson (0–2) — 28,119 10–5 W1 16 April 15 @ Red Sox 6–0 Herrin (1–0) Bernardino (0–1) — 33,008 11–5 W2 17 April 16 @ Red Sox 10–7 (11) Clase (1–0) Winckowski (1–1) Barlow (1) 30,133 12–5 W3 18 April 17 @ Red Sox 0–2 Houck (3–1) Lively (0–1) — 32,024 12–6 L1 19 April 18 @ Red Sox 5–4 Carrasco (1–1) Criswell (0–1) Clase (5) 35,494 13–6 W1 20 April 19 Athletics 10–2 McKenzie (2–2) Boyle (1–3) — 16,262 14–6 W2 21 April 20 Athletics 6–3 Allen (3–0) Wood (0–2) Clase (6) 19,487 15–6 W3 22 April 21 Athletics 6–2 Bibee (2–0) Stripling (0–5) — 16,905 16–6 W4 23 April 23 Red Sox 4–1 Barlow (1–2) Houck (3–2) Clase (7) 13,543 17–6 W5 24 April 24 Red Sox 0–8 Criswell (1–1) Carrasco (1–2) — 13,916 17–7 L1 25 April 25 Red Sox 6–4 Gaddis (1–0) Anderson (0–1) Clase (8) 16,082 18–7 W1 26 April 26 @ Braves 2–6 Sale (3–1) Allen (3–1) — 40,210 18–8 L1 27 April 27 @ Braves 4–2 (11) Barlow (2–2) Lee (0–1) Sandlin (1) 41,696 19–8 W1 28 April 28 @ Braves 3–4 (10) Minter (5–1) Clase (1–1) — 40,758 19–9 L1 29 April 30 @ Astros 9–10 (10) Hader (1–2) Gaddis (1–1) — 29,711 19–10 L2
May: 19–9 (Home: 11–2; Away: 8–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 30 May 1 @ Astros 3–2 (10) Smith (1–0) Dubin (0–1) Clase (9) 25,733 20–10 W1 31 May 2 @ Astros 2–8 Scott (1–1) Allen (3–2) — 26,600 20–11 L1 32 May 3 Angels 0–6 Soriano (1–4) Bibee (2–1) — 19,698 20–12 L2 33 May 4 Angels 7–1 Lively (1–1) Detmers (3–3) — 26,292 21–12 W1 34 May 5 Angels 4–1 Carrasco (2–2) Canning (1–4) Clase (10) 19,579 22–12 W2 35 May 6 Tigers 2–1 Sandlin (3–0) Flaherty (0–2) Clase (11) 15,029 23–12 W3 36 May 7 Tigers 7–11 Holton (3–0) Ávila (1–1) — 15,531 23–13 L1 37 May 8 Tigers 5–4 (10) Clase (2–1) Lange (0–2) — 20,788 24–13 W1 38 May 9 @ White Sox 2–3 Fedde (3–0) Lively (1–2) Kopech (4) 10,495 24–14 L1 39 May 10 @ White Sox 3–6 Crochet (3–4) Carrasco (2–3) Leasure (2) 17,319 24–15 L2 40 May 11 @ White Sox 1–3 Hill (1–0) McKenzie (2–3) Brebbia (1) 26,152 24–16 L3 41 May 12 @ White Sox 7–0 Allen (4–2) Soroka (0–5) — 15,529 25–16 W1 42 May 13 @ Rangers 7–0 Gaddis (2–1) Leclerc (3–3) — 27,100 26–16 W2 43 May 14 @ Rangers 7–4 Lively (2–2) Leiter (0–1) Clase (12) 33,885 27–16 W3 44 May 15 @ Rangers 0–4 Gray (2–1) Carrasco (2–4) — 29,276 27–17 L1 45 May 17 Twins 3–2 Herrin (2–0) Durán (0–1) Clase (13) 30,121 28–17 W1 46 May 18 Twins 11–4 Allen (5–2) Ober (4–2) — 35,545 29–17 W2 47 May 19 Twins 5–2 Clase (3–1) Durán (0–2) — 25,136 30–17 W3 48 May 20 Mets 3–1 Lively (3–2) Megill (0–2) Clase (14) 20,046 31–17 W4 49 May 21 Mets 7–6 Sandlin (4–0) Houser (0–4) Clase (15) 20,977 32–17 W5 50 May 22 Mets 6–3 Gaddis (3–1) Garrett (5–1) Smith (1) 22,322 33–17 W6 51 May 24 @ Angels 10–4 Allen (6–2) Sandoval (2–7) — 37,618 34–17 W7 52 May 25 @ Angels 4–3 Bibee (3–1) Soriano (2–5) Clase (16) 35,861 35–17 W8 53 May 26 @ Angels 5–4 Lively (4–2) Detmers (3–5) Clase (17) 38,741 36–17 W9 54 May 27 @ Rockies 6–8 Rogers (1–0) Curry (0–1) Beeks (5) 35,122 36–18 L1 55 May 28 @ Rockies 13–7 Smith (2–0) Lambert (2–4) — 21,009 37–18 W1 56 May 29 @ Rockies 4–7 Blach (2–2) Allen (6–3) — 21,374 37–19 L1 57 May 31 Nationals 7–1 Bibee (4–1) Corbin (1–6) — 35,526 38–19 W1
June: 14–11 (Home: 7–3; Away: 7–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 58 June 1 Nationals 3–2 Lively (5–2) Parker (4–3) Clase (18) 36,725 39–19 W2 59 June 2 Nationals 2–5 Irvin (3–5) Carrasco (2–5) Finnegan (16) 25,521 39–20 L1 60 June 4 Royals 8–5 Smith (3–0) Long (0–1) Clase (19) 23.260 40–20 W1 — June 5 Royals Postponed (rain); Makeup: August 26 61 June 6 Royals 3–4 Long (1–1) Gaddis (3–2) McArthur (12) 26,344 40–21 L1 62 June 7 @ Marlins 2–3 Scott (5–4) Smith (3–1) — 10,718 40–22 L2 63 June 8 @ Marlins 8–0 Lively (6–2) Muñoz (1–2) Ávila (1) 15,669 41–22 W1 64 June 9 @ Marlins 6–3 Sandlin (5–0) Puk (0–7) — 12,850 42–22 W2 65 June 11 @ Reds 5–3 McKenzie (3–3) Martinez (2–4) Clase (20) 34,103 43–22 W3 66 June 12 @ Reds 2–4 Lodolo (7–2) Bibee (4–2) Díaz (14) 42,427 43–23 L1 67 June 14 @ Blue Jays 3–1 Allen (7–3) Gausman (5–5) Clase (21) 36,790 44–23 W1 68 June 15 @ Blue Jays 0–5 Francis (3–2) Carrasco (2–6) — 39,318 44–24 L1 69 June 16 @ Blue Jays 6–7 Berríos (6–5) Lively (6–3) Pearson (2) 40.043 44–25 L2 70 June 18 Mariners 5–8 Miller (6–5) McKenzie (3–4) Muñoz (13) 25,453 44–26 L3 71 June 19 Mariners 8–0 Bibee (5–2) Woo (3–1) — 26,107 45–26 W1 72 June 20 Mariners 6–3 Allen (8–3) Castillo (6–8) Clase (22) 24,470 46–26 W2 73 June 21 Blue Jays 7–1 Carrasco (3–6) Rodríguez (0–2) — 35,868 47–26 W3 74 June 22 Blue Jays 6–3 Lively (7–3) Berríos (6–6) Clase (23) 37,133 48–26 W4 75 June 23 Blue Jays 6–5 Herrin (3–0) Kikuchi (4–7) Clase (24) 27,479 49–26 W5 76 June 24 @ Orioles 3–2 Bibee (6–2) Povich (0–2) Barlow (2) 20,309 50–26 W6 77 June 25 @ Orioles 10–8 Ávila (2–1) Irvin (6–4) Clase (25) 18,574 51–26 W7 78 June 26 @ Orioles 2–4 Rodriguez (9–3) Curry (0–2) Kimbrel (17) 17,965 51–27 L1 79 June 27 @ Royals 1–2 Long (2–1) Lively (7–4) McArthur (14) 23,340 51–28 L2 80 June 28 @ Royals 3–10 Marsh (6–5) McKenzie (3–5) — 20,691 51–29 L3 81 June 29 @ Royals 7–2 Bibee (7–2) Ragans (5–6) — 24,153 52–29 W1 82 June 30 @ Royals 2–6 Lugo (11–2) Allen (8–4) — 27,691 52–30 L1
July: 13–12 (Home: 7–6; Away: 6–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 83 July 2 White Sox 7–6 Clase (4–1) Kopech (2–7) — 25,654 53–30 W1 84 July 3 White Sox 2–8 Fedde (6–3) Williams (0–1) — 37,151 53–31 L1 85 July 4 White Sox 8–4 Lively (8–4) Shuster (1–1) — 29,404 54–31 W1 86 July 5 Giants 2–4 Walker (5–3) Bibee (7–3) Doval (17) 36,769 54–32 L1 87 July 6 Giants 5–4 Ávila (3–1) Harrison (4–4) Clase (26) 36,081 55–32 W1 88 July 7 Giants 5–4 Smith (4–1) Hjelle (3–3) Clase (27) 32,012 56–32 W2 89 July 8 @ Tigers 0–1 Holton (4–1) Barlow (2–3) Miller (1) 17,677 56–33 L1 90 July 9 @ Tigers 9–8 (10) Barlow (3–3) Vest (1–3) Clase (28) 17,111 57–33 W1 91 July 10 @ Tigers 4–5 Olson (4–8) Bibee (7–4) Foley (15) 16,862 57–34 L1 92 July 11 @ Tigers 1–10 Flaherty (6–5) Howard (1–2) — 22,399 57–35 L2 93 July 12 @ Rays 0–2 Bradley (4–4) Carrasco (3–7) Adam (4) 17,290 57–36 L3 94 July 13 @ Rays 4–2 Sandlin (6–0) Cleavinger (5–2) Clase (29) 19,946 58–36 W1 95 July 14 @ Rays 0–2 Pepiot (6–5) Lively (8–5) Fairbanks (17) 21,875 58–37 L1 94th All-Star Game: Arlington, TX 96 July 19 Padres 7–0 Bibee (8–4) Waldron (5–9) — 37,242 59–37 W1 97 July 20 Padres 0–7 Cease (9–8) Williams (0–2) — 37,485 59–38 L1 98 July 21 Padres 1–2 King (8–6) Lively (8–6) Suárez (23) 30,491 59–39 L2 99 July 22 Tigers 2–8 Skubal (11–3) Carrasco (3–8) — 22,451 59–40 L3 100 July 23 Tigers 5–4 Smith (5–1) Wentz (0–2) Clase (30) 23,277 60–40 W1 101 July 24 Tigers 2–1 Gaddis (4–2) Brieske (1–1) Clase (31) 24,633 61–40 W2 102 July 25 Tigers 0–3 Lucas (1–0) Williams (0–3) Miller (2) 32,867 61–41 L1 103 July 26 @ Phillies 3–1 Lively (9–6) Sánchez (7–6) Clase (32) 44,448 62–41 W1 104 July 27 @ Phillies 0–8 Phillips (3–0) Carrasco (3–9) — 44,356 62–42 L1 105 July 28 @ Phillies 4–3 Herrin (4–0) Alvarado (1–5) Clase (33) 43,845 63–42 W1 106 July 29 @ Tigers 8–4 Bibee (9–4) Brieske (1–2) — 18,387 64–42 W2 107 July 30 @ Tigers 5–0 Williams (1–3) Faedo (5–3) — 23,239 65–42 W3
August: 12–17 (Home: 9–10; Away: 3–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 108 August 1 Orioles 10–3 Lively (10–6) Rogers (2–10) — 26,194 66–42 W4 109 August 2 Orioles 8–4 Smith (6–1) Kremer (4–8) — 35,137 67–42 W5 110 August 3 Orioles 4–7 Eflin (7–7) Cantillo (0–1) Canó (5) 37,251 67–43 L1 111 August 4 Orioles 5–9 Burnes (12–4) Williams (1–4) — 33,628 67–44 L2 112 August 5 Diamondbacks 6–7 (10) Thompson (6–3) Clase (4–2) Martínez (1) 19,570 67–45 L3 — August 6 Diamondbacks Postponed (rain); Makeup: August 7 113 August 7 (1) Diamondbacks 3–7 Pfaadt (5–6) Lively (10–7) — see 2nd game 67–46 L4 114 August 7 (2) Diamondbacks 3–5 Rodríguez (1–0) Carrasco (3–10) Martínez (2) 26,739 67–47 L5 115 August 9 (1) @ Twins 2–4 Ober (12–5) Cantillo (0–2) Durán (16) 23,217 67–48 L6 116 August 9 (2) @ Twins 3–6 Sands (6–1) Cobb (0–1) Richards (1) 28,605 67–49 L7 117 August 10 @ Twins 2–1 Williams (2–4) Woods Richardson (3–3) Clase (34) 30,314 68–49 W1 118 August 11 @ Twins 5–3 Bibee (10–4) Thielbar (2–3) Clase (35) 30,084 69–49 W2 119 August 12 Cubs 9–8 Sandlin (7–0) Merryweather (1–1) Clase (36) 25,619 70–49 W3 120 August 13 Cubs 2–1 Ávila (3–1) Smyly (3–6) Clase (37) 29,090 71–49 W4 121 August 14 Cubs 6–1 Cobb (1–1) Taillon (8–7) — 30,243 72–49 W5 122 August 16 @ Brewers 3–5 Civale (4–8) Williams (2–5) Payamps (6) 30,346 72–50 L1 123 August 17 @ Brewers 1–2 Peralta (8–7) Bibee (10–5) Williams (4) 37,518 72–51 L2 124 August 18 @ Brewers 0–2 Rea (11–4) Lively (10–8) Koenig (1) 34,483 72–52 L3 125 August 20 @ Yankees 9–5 (12) Herrin (5–0) Mayza (0–2) — 41,426 73–52 W1 126 August 21 @ Yankees 1–8 Cortés Jr. (7–10) Cantillo (0–3) — 41,263 73–53 L1 127 August 22 @ Yankees 0–6 Cole (5–2) Williams (2–6) — 38,105 73–54 L2 128 August 23 Rangers 3–5 Eovaldi (9–7) Bibee (10–6) Yates (23) 33,786 73–55 L3 129 August 24 Rangers 13–5 Lively (11–8) Gray (5–5) — 33,037 74–55 W1 130 August 25 Rangers 4–2 Boyd (1–0) Bradford (4–2) Clase (38) 28,370 75–55 W2 131 August 26 (1) Royals 3–4 Schreiber (4–3) Gaddis (4–3) Erceg (8) 17,738 75–56 L1 132 August 26 (2) Royals 4–9 Long (3–1) Allen (8–5) Lynch IV (1) 16,856 75–57 L2 133 August 27 Royals 1–6 McArthur (5–5) Williams (2–7) — 19,820 75–58 L3 134 August 28 Royals 7–5 Morgan (2–0) Erceg (2–4) Clase (39) 19,722 76–58 W1 135 August 30 Pirates 10–8 Ávila (5–1) Mlodzinski (2–5) Clase (40) 32,132 77–58 W2 136 August 31 Pirates 0–3 Ortiz (6–4) Boyd (1–1) Chapman (5) 35,747 77–59 L1
September: 15–10 (Home: 8–5; Away: 7–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 137 September 1 Pirates 6–1 Cobb (2–1) Keller (11–9) — 33,750 78–59 W1 138 September 2 @ Royals 4–2 Williams (3–7) Wacha (11–7) Clase (41) 30,612 79–59 W2 139 September 3 @ Royals 7–1 Bibee (11–6) Singer (9–10) — 14,813 80–59 W3 140 September 4 @ Royals 1–4 Lugo (15–8) Lively (11–9) Erceg (9) 14,094 80–60 L1 141 September 6 @ Dodgers 3–1 Boyd (2–1) Knack (2–3) Clase (42) 45,318 81–60 W1 142 September 7 @ Dodgers 2–7 Honeywell Jr. (1–1) Williams (3–8) — 48,690 81–61 L1 143 September 8 @ Dodgers 0–4 Flaherty (12–6) Bibee (11–7) — 44,207 81–62 L2 144 September 9 @ White Sox 5–3 Cantillo (1–3) Shuster (1–4) Clase (43) 11,429 82–62 W1 145 September 10 @ White Sox 5–0 Ávila (6–1) Cannon (3–10) — 12,246 83–62 W2 146 September 11 @ White Sox 6–4 Sandlin (8–0) Martin (0–4) Clase (44) 11,252 84–62 W3 147 September 12 Rays 2–5 Sulser (1–0) Williams (3–9) Lovelady (2) 19,188 84–63 L1 148 September 13 Rays 1–3 Littell (7–9) Bibee (11–8) Uceta (3) 24,160 84–64 L2 149 September 14 Rays 6–1 Cantillo (2–3) Alexander (6–5) — 31,362 85–64 W1 150 September 15 Rays 2–0 Lively (12–9) Bradley (6–11) Clase (45) 21,144 86–64 W2 151 September 16 Twins 4–3 Walters (1–0) Jax (4–5) Clase (46) 17,559 87–64 W3 152 September 17 Twins 1–4 Sands (9–1) Williams (3–10) Jax (9) 17,391 87–65 L1 153 September 18 Twins 5–4 (10) Gaddis (5–3) Henriquez (1–1) — 19,391 88–65 W1 154 September 19 Twins 3–2 (10) Morgan (3–0) Thielbar (2–4) — 21,707 89–65 W2 155 September 20 @ Cardinals 5–1 Lively (13–9) Gibson (8–8) Sabrowski (1) 33,967 90–65 W3 156 September 21* @ Cardinals 5–6 Mikolas (9–11) Boyd (2–2) Helsley (46) 41,317 90–66 L1 157 September 22 @ Cardinals 1–2 Pallante (8–8) Herrin (5–1) Helsley (47) 39,100 90–67 L2 158 September 24 Reds 6–1 Bibee (12–8) Spiers (5–7) — 19,752 91–67 W1 159 September 25 Reds 5–2 Gaddis (6–3) Pagán (4–5) Clase (47) 25,860 92–67 W2 160 September 27 Astros 2–5 Blanco (13–6) Cantillo (2–4) — 34,149 92–68 L1 161 September 28 Astros 3–4 Verlander (5–6) Lively (13–10) Dubin (2) 33,609 92–69 L2 – September 29 Astros Canceled (rain)
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement        = Clinched playoff spot        = Clinched division Bold = Guardians team member

Postseason

Game log

2024 Postseason Game Log: 4–6 (Home: 3–3; Away: 1–3)
American League Division Series: 3–2 (Home: 2–1; Away: 1–1) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Series 1 October 5 Tigers 7–0 Smith (1–0) Holton (0–1) — 33,548 1–0 2 October 7 Tigers 0–3 Vest (1–0) Clase (0–1) Brieske (2) 33,650 1–1 3 October 9 @ Tigers 0–3 Hurter (1–0) Cobb (0–1) Holton (1) 44,885 1–2 4 October 10 @ Tigers 5–4 Gaddis (1–0) Brieske (0–1) Clase (1) 44,923 2–2 5 October 12 Tigers 7–3 Herrin (1–0) Skubal (1–1) Clase (2) 34,105 3–2
American League Championship Series: 1–4 (Home: 1–2; Away: 0–2) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Series 1 October 14 @ Yankees 2–5 Rodón (1–1) Cobb (0–2) Weaver (4) 47,264 0–1 2 October 15 @ Yankees 3–6 Holmes (2–0) Bibee (0–1) — 47,054 0–2 3 October 17 Yankees 7–5 (10) Ávila (1–0) Holmes (2–1) — 32,531 1–2 4 October 18 Yankees 6–8 Leiter Jr. (1–0) Clase (0–2) Kahnle (1) 35,263 1–3 5 October 19 Yankees 2–5 (10) Weaver (1–0) Gaddis (1–1) — 32,545 1–4

Postseason rosters

Playoff rosters
American League Division Series Pitchers: 16 Matthew Boyd 28 Tanner Bibee 29 Tim Herrin 32 Gavin Williams 33 Hunter Gaddis 35 Alex Cobb 36 Cade Smith 48 Emmanuel Clase 49 Eli Morgan 54 Joey Cantillo 62 Erik Sabrowski 63 Andrew Walters Catchers: 6 David Fry 23 Bo Naylor 27 Austin Hedges Infielders: 0 Andrés Giménez 4 Brayan Rocchio 9 Kyle Manzardo 10 Daniel Schneemann 11 José Ramírez 22 Josh Naylor Outfielders: 1 Ángel Martínez (Games 2–5) 2 Tyler Freeman (Game 1) 8 Lane Thomas 17 Will Brennan 38 Steven Kwan 43 Jhonkensy Noel
American League Championship Series Pitchers: 16 Matthew Boyd 28 Tanner Bibee 29 Tim Herrin 32 Gavin Williams 33 Hunter Gaddis 35 Alex Cobb (Game 1) 36 Cade Smith 39 Ben Lively (Games 2–5) 48 Emmanuel Clase 49 Eli Morgan 54 Joey Cantillo 60 Pedro Ávila 62 Erik Sabrowski 63 Andrew Walters Catchers: 6 David Fry 23 Bo Naylor 27 Austin Hedges Infielders: 0 Andrés Giménez 4 Brayan Rocchio 9 Kyle Manzardo 10 Daniel Schneemann 11 José Ramírez 22 Josh Naylor Outfielders: 8 Lane Thomas 17 Will Brennan 38 Steven Kwan 43 Jhonkensy Noel

Player stats

Yellow background = Team leader in category.

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

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
Gabriel Arias	53	153	15	34	9	1	3	15	.222	5
Pedro Ávila	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Will Brennan	114	330	37	87	13	2	8	30	.264	4
Estevan Florial	36	98	11	17	6	2	3	11	.173	2
Tyler Freeman	118	330	48	69	14	1	7	32	.209	11
David Fry	122	335	44	88	18	1	14	51	.263	4
Hunter Gaddis	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Andrés Giménez	152	583	64	147	22	1	9	63	.252	30
Austin Hedges	66	132	12	20	3	0	2	15	.152	2
Spencer Howard	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Steven Kwan	122	480	83	140	16	3	14	44	.292	12
Ramón Laureano	31	70	7	10	3	0	1	4	.143	3
Kyle Manzardo	53	145	11	34	12	0	5	15	.234	0
Ángel Martínez	43	151	16	35	7	0	3	11	.232	3
Bo Naylor	123	354	39	71	10	2	13	39	.201	6
Josh Naylor	152	563	84	137	27	0	31	108	.243	6
Jhonkensy Noel	67	179	25	39	7	1	13	28	.218	0
José Ramírez	158	620	114	173	39	2	39	118	.279	41
Brayan Rocchio	143	383	50	79	18	0	8	36	.206	10
Johnathan Rodríguez	13	31	6	4	1	0	0	5	.129	0
Daniel Schneemann	73	193	17	42	10	2	5	22	.218	3
Myles Straw	7	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	.250	2
José Tena	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Lane Thomas	53	172	23	36	10	0	7	23	.209	4
Team totals	161	5310	708	1263	245	18	185	670	.238	148

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 runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Logan Allen	8	5	5.73	20	20	0	97.1	113	63	62	41	79
Pedro Avila	5	1	3.25	50	0	1	74.2	68	30	27	30	73
Scott Barlow	3	3	4.25	63	0	2	55.0	44	27	26	31	68
Tyler Beede	1	0	8.36	13	0	0	14.0	16	14	13	9	18
Tanner Bibee	12	8	3.47	31	31	0	173.2	150	70	67	44	187
Shane Bieber	2	0	0.00	2	2	0	12.0	10	0	0	1	20
Matthew Boyd	2	2	2.72	8	8	0	39.2	32	16	12	13	46
Joey Cantillo	2	4	4.89	9	8	0	38.2	35	22	21	15	44
Carlos Carrasco	3	10	5.64	21	21	0	103.2	112	68	65	33	89
Emmanuel Clase	4	2	0.61	74	0	47	74.1	39	10	5	10	66
Alex Cobb	2	1	2.76	3	3	0	16.1	14	7	5	3	10
Xzavion Curry	0	2	5.84	7	4	0	24.2	29	17	16	5	15
Hunter Gaddis	6	3	1.57	78	0	0	74.2	43	15	13	14	66
Connor Gillispie	0	0	2.25	3	0	0	8.0	4	2	2	5	8
Anthony Gose	0	0	10.38	3	0	0	4.1	9	5	5	1	4
Austin Hedges	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	1	0
Sam Hentges	0	0	3.04	25	0	0	23.2	18	8	8	5	27
Tim Herrin	5	1	1.92	39	0	0	75	65.2	17	14	25	68
Spencer Howard	0	1	9.00	2	1	0	5.0	11	8	5	3	6
Ben Lively	13	10	3.81	29	29	0	151.0	139	67	64	49	118
Darren McCaughan	0	0	9.00	2	0	0	6.0	9	6	6	6	1
Triston McKenzie	3	5	5.11	16	16	0	75.2	69	46	43	49	74
Eli Morgan	3	0	1.93	32	0	0	42.0	30	11	9	11	34
Wes Parsons	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	4.0	4	0	0	0	5
Erik Sabrowski	0	0	0.00	8	0	1	12.2	6	0	0	4	19
Nick Sandlin	8	0	3.75	68	1	1	57.2	46	29	24	27	68
Cade Smith	6	1	1.91	74	0	1	75.1	51	16	16	17	103
Peter Strzelecki	0	0	2.31	10	0	0	11.2	11	3	3	3	9
Andrew Walters	1	0	0.00	9	1	0	8.2	1	1	0	5	6
Gavin Williams	3	10	4.86	16	16	0	76.0	72	42	41	32	79
Team totals	92	69	3.61	161	161	53	1428.0	1224	621	572	492	1410

Postseason 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

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
Will Brennan	7	12	0	2	1	0	0	1	.167	0
David Fry	10	28	4	8	1	0	2	8	.286	1
Andrés Giménez	10	37	4	8	2	0	0	1	.216	2
Austin Hedges	8	11	0	1	1	0	0	0	.091	0
Steven Kwan	10	42	10	16	1	0	0	2	.381	2
Kyle Manzardo	9	19	2	6	1	0	1	2	.316	0
Ángel Martínez	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Bo Naylor	10	22	2	4	2	0	0	1	.182	0
Josh Naylor	10	40	2	9	2	0	0	5	.225	0
Jhonkensy Noel	9	21	2	2	0	0	1	2	.095	0
José Ramírez	10	35	5	7	3	0	2	6	.200	2
Brayan Rocchio	10	33	4	11	2	0	1	2	.333	0
Daniel Schneemann	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Lane Thomas	10	36	4	8	1	0	2	9	.222	1
Team totals	10	344	38	82	18	0	9	38	.238	8

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 runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Pedro Avila	1	0	0.00	3	0	0	4.0	0	0	0	2	3
Tanner Bibee	0	1	3.45	4	4	0	15.2	19	7	6	4	16
Matthew Boyd	0	0	0.77	3	2	0	11.2	7	1	1	6	14
Joey Cantillo	0	0	3.86	3	0	0	2.1	0	1	1	4	3
Emmanuel Clase	0	2	9.00	7	0	2	8.0	12	8	8	1	8
Alex Cobb	0	2	7.94	2	2	0	5.2	8	5	5	4	5
Hunter Gaddis	1	1	4.91	8	0	0	7.1	8	6	4	5	12
Tim Herrin	1	0	1.08	9	0	0	8.1	6	1	1	5	6
Ben Lively	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.1	1	0	0	1	2
Eli Morgan	0	0	2.25	6	0	0	4.0	2	2	1	2	6
Erik Sabrowski	0	0	1.69	5	0	0	5.1	4	2	1	3	8
Cade Smith	1	0	3.60	9	0	0	10.0	5	4	4	2	16
Andrew Walters	0	0	3.00	4	0	0	3.0	1	1	1	2	4
Gavin Williams	0	0	11.57	1	1	0	2.1	3	3	3	0	4
Team totals	4	6	3.68	10	10	2	88.0	76	42	36	41	107

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Columbus Clippers	International League	Andy Tracy
AA	Akron Rubberducks	Eastern League	Greg DiCenzo
High-A	Lake County Captains	Midwest League	Omir Santos
Low–A	Lynchburg Hillcats	Carolina League	Jordan Smith
Rookie	ACL Guardians	Arizona Complex League	Yan Rivera
Rookie	DSL Guardians Goryl	Dominican Summer League	Juan De La Cruz
Rookie	DSL Guardians Mendoza	Dominican Summer League	Jonathan López