American League Central · 2024
Cleveland Guardians
92-69Progressive FieldAmerican League
- Team WAR
- 29.4 15.8 bat / 13.6 pitch
- Win %
- .571 pyth .560
- Run diff
- +87 4.40 / 3.86 per g
- wRC+
- 96
- ERA
- 3.56 FIP 3.93
- Home runs
- 177
The Cleveland Guardians went 92-69 in 2024, a .571 winning percentage — 6th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 708 runs and allowed 621, a run differential of +87. The offence ranked 14th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.56 staff ERA was the third best. Their 96 team wRC+ is 4% below league average — 19th of 30 in MLB. José Ramírez leads the position players at 5.6 WAR, and Tanner Bibee the rotation at a 3.47 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,217 team hits
Batting
18 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| José Ramírez | 3B | 158 | 682 | 173 | 39 | 118 | 41 | .279 | .335 | .537 | .365 | 133 | 5.6 |
| Steven Kwan | LF | 122 | 540 | 140 | 14 | 44 | 12 | .292 | .368 | .425 | .352 | 125 | 2.8 |
| David Fry | DH | 122 | 392 | 88 | 14 | 51 | 4 | .263 | .356 | .448 | .350 | 123 | 1.9 |
| Josh Naylor | 1B | 152 | 633 | 137 | 31 | 108 | 6 | .243 | .320 | .456 | .333 | 111 | 1.8 |
| Andrés Giménez | 2B | 151 | 633 | 147 | 9 | 63 | 30 | .252 | .298 | .340 | .283 | 77 | 1.2 |
| Brayan Rocchio | SS | 131 | 442 | 79 | 8 | 36 | 10 | .206 | .298 | .316 | .278 | 74 | 0.7 |
| Jhonkensy Noel | RF | 65 | 198 | 39 | 13 | 28 | 0 | .218 | .288 | .486 | .332 | 110 | 0.7 |
| Bo Naylor | C | 118 | 389 | 71 | 13 | 39 | 6 | .201 | .264 | .350 | .270 | 69 | 0.6 |
| Tyler Freeman | CF | 114 | 383 | 69 | 7 | 32 | 11 | .209 | .305 | .321 | .286 | 79 | 0.5 |
| Daniel Schneemann | SS | 73 | 221 | 42 | 5 | 22 | 3 | .218 | .303 | .368 | .298 | 87 | 0.5 |
| Will Brennan | RF | 113 | 353 | 87 | 8 | 30 | 4 | .264 | .309 | .388 | .304 | 92 | 0.4 |
| Angel Martínez | LF | 43 | 169 | 35 | 3 | 11 | 3 | .232 | .298 | .338 | .284 | 78 | 0.1 |
| Myles Straw | CF | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .222 | 36 | 0.0 |
| Kyle Manzardo | DH | 52 | 156 | 34 | 5 | 15 | 0 | .234 | .282 | .421 | .303 | 91 | -0.1 |
| Gabriel Arias | 3B | 49 | 161 | 34 | 3 | 15 | 5 | .222 | .255 | .353 | .264 | 64 | -0.1 |
| Johnathan Rodríguez | RF | 12 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .129 | .325 | .161 | .258 | 60 | -0.1 |
| Estevan Florial | DH | 35 | 111 | 17 | 3 | 11 | 2 | .173 | .264 | .367 | .279 | 74 | -0.2 |
| Austin Hedges | C | 51 | 146 | 20 | 2 | 15 | 2 | .152 | .203 | .220 | .193 | 16 | -0.6 |
Pitching
26 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Tanner Bibee | 31 | 31 | 173.2 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 187 | 3.47 | 3.56 | 1.12 | 9.7 | 2.8 |
| Cade Smith | 74 | 0 | 75.1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 103 | 1.91 | 1.40 | 0.90 | 12.3 | 2.7 |
| Emmanuel Clase | 74 | 0 | 74.1 | 4 | 2 | 47 | 66 | 0.61 | 2.22 | 0.66 | 8.0 | 1.9 |
| Hunter Gaddis | 78 | 0 | 74.2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 66 | 1.57 | 2.82 | 0.76 | 8.0 | 1.5 |
| Tim Herrin | 75 | 0 | 65.2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 68 | 1.92 | 2.86 | 0.97 | 9.3 | 1.2 |
| Gavin Williams | 16 | 16 | 76.0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 79 | 4.86 | 3.67 | 1.37 | 9.4 | 1.1 |
| Matthew Boyd | 8 | 8 | 39.2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 46 | 2.72 | 3.29 | 1.13 | 10.4 | 0.8 |
| Shane Bieber | 2 | 2 | 12.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0.00 | 0.08 | 0.92 | 15.0 | 0.7 |
| Pedro Avila | 54 | 0 | 82.2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 82 | 3.81 | 3.89 | 1.32 | 8.9 | 0.6 |
| Ben Lively | 29 | 29 | 151.0 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 118 | 3.81 | 4.66 | 1.25 | 7.0 | 0.6 |
| Erik Sabrowski | 8 | 0 | 12.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0.00 | 1.11 | 0.79 | 13.5 | 0.5 |
| Eli Morgan | 32 | 0 | 42.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 1.93 | 3.64 | 0.98 | 7.3 | 0.4 |
| Joey Cantillo | 9 | 8 | 38.2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 44 | 4.89 | 4.07 | 1.29 | 10.2 | 0.4 |
| Sam Hentges | 25 | 0 | 23.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3.04 | 3.17 | 0.97 | 10.3 | 0.4 |
| Scott Barlow | 63 | 0 | 55.0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 68 | 4.25 | 4.02 | 1.36 | 11.1 | 0.3 |
| Alex Cobb | 3 | 3 | 16.1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2.76 | 3.29 | 1.04 | 5.5 | 0.3 |
| Connor Gillispie | 3 | 0 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2.25 | 3.04 | 1.13 | 9.0 | 0.1 |
| Andrew Walters | 9 | 1 | 8.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.00 | 3.51 | 0.69 | 6.2 | 0.1 |
| Peter Strzelecki | 10 | 0 | 11.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2.31 | 3.77 | 1.20 | 6.9 | 0.1 |
| Carlos Carrasco | 21 | 21 | 103.2 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 89 | 5.64 | 4.93 | 1.40 | 7.7 | 0.1 |
| Austin Hedges | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4.67 | 0.50 | 0.0 | -0.0 |
| Tyler Beede | 13 | 0 | 14.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 8.36 | 5.02 | 1.79 | 11.6 | -0.1 |
| Anthony Gose | 3 | 0 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10.38 | 8.01 | 2.31 | 8.3 | -0.2 |
| Nick Sandlin | 68 | 1 | 57.2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 68 | 3.75 | 5.23 | 1.27 | 10.6 | -0.5 |
| Logan Allen | 20 | 20 | 97.1 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 79 | 5.73 | 5.87 | 1.58 | 7.3 | -1.0 |
| Triston McKenzie | 16 | 16 | 75.2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 74 | 5.11 | 6.46 | 1.56 | 8.8 | -1.3 |
Record versus run differential
Cleveland Guardians are 92-69, a .571 win rate, while their +87 run differential implies .560. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.