2014 Cleveland Indians season

The 2014 Cleveland Indians season was the 114th season for the franchise. They finished in third place, five games back in the American League Central.

2014 Cleveland Indians
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionCentral
BallparkProgressive Field
CityCleveland, Ohio
Record85–77 (.525)
Divisional place3rd
OwnersLarry Dolan
General managersChris Antonetti
ManagersTerry Francona
TelevisionSportsTime Ohio · WKYC
(Matt Underwood Rick Manning)
RadioWTAM · WMMS
Cleveland Indians Radio Network
(Tom Hamilton Jim Rosenhaus)
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Offseason

Departures

Arrivals

  • On November 1, 2013, Jason Giambi re-signed to a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training.[2]
  • On November 25, 2013, the Indians signed former Texas Rangers outfielder David Murphy to a two-year contract with a club option for a third year.[3]

Regular season

The Indians opened their season on March 31, a 2-0 win over the Oakland Athletics. Their home opener, which was four days later, sold out in 15 minutes, one of the fastest sellouts in team history.

Opening Day Starting Lineup

  1. CF Nyjer Morgan
  2. 1B Nick Swisher
  3. 2B Jason Kipnis
  4. 3B Carlos Santana
  5. LF Michael Brantley
  6. DH Ryan Raburn
  7. SS Asdrúbal Cabrera
  8. RF David Murphy
  9. C Yan Gomes

Season standings

American League Central

AL Central
TeamWLPct.GBHomeRoad
Detroit Tigers9072.55645‍–‍3645‍–‍36
Kansas City Royals8973.549142‍–‍3947‍–‍34
Cleveland Indians8577.525548‍–‍3337‍–‍44
Chicago White Sox7389.4511740‍–‍4133‍–‍48
Minnesota Twins7092.4322035‍–‍4635‍–‍46


American League Wild Card

Division Leaders
TeamWLPct.
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim9864.605
Baltimore Orioles9666.593
Detroit Tigers9072.556
Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)
TeamWLPct.GB
Kansas City Royals8973.549+1
Oakland Athletics8874.543
Seattle Mariners8775.5371
Cleveland Indians8577.5253
New York Yankees8478.5194
Toronto Blue Jays8379.5125
Tampa Bay Rays7785.47511
Chicago White Sox7389.45115
Boston Red Sox7191.43817
Houston Astros7092.43218
Minnesota Twins7092.43218
Texas Rangers6795.41421


Record vs. Opponents


Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2014
TeamBALBOSCWSCLEDETHOUKCLAAMINNYYOAKSEATBTEXTORNL
Baltimore11–85–13–41–54–33–44–24–313–62–45–212–76–111–812–8
Boston8–114–32–51–54–36–12–54–27–123–41–59–104–27–129–11
Chicago1–53–49–109–103–36–131–59–102–54–33–45–22–45–211–9
Cleveland4–35–210–98–115–210–92–511–84–32–42–44–26–12–410–10
Detroit5–15–110–911–84–313–63–49–103–45–22–43–44–31–512–8
Houston3–43–43–32–53–43–37–123–34–28–119–102–511–84–35–15
Kansas City4–31–613–69–106–133–33–311–84–35–22–54–25–14–315–5
Los Angeles2–45–25–15–24–312–73–37–02–410–97–125–214–55–212–8
Minnesota3–42–410–98–1110–93–38–110–73–41–65–22–42–54–29–11
New York6–1312–75–23–44–32–43–44–24–32–43–38–114–311–813–7
Oakland4–24–33–44–22–511–82–59–106–14–29–104–29–104–313–7
Seattle2–55–14–34–24–210–95–212–72–53–310–94–39–104–39–11
Tampa Bay7–1210–92–52–44–35–22–42–54–211–82–43–45–28–1110–10
Texas1–62–44–21–63–48–111–55–145–23–410–910–92–52–410–10
Toronto8–1112–72–54–25–13–43–42–52–48–113–43–411–84–213–7


Detailed Records

(updated through September 28)


National League
OpponentHomeAwayTotalPct.Runs scoredRuns allowed
Arizona Diamondbacks1-11-12-2.5001713
Cincinnati Reds1-10-21-3.2501222
Colorado Rockies3-03-01.0001812
Los Angeles Dodgers2-12-1.667158
San Diego Padres2-12-1.667118
San Francisco Giants0-30-3.000514
7-33-710-10.5007877

Game log

Legend
Indians WinIndians LossGame Postponed
2014 Game Log
March/April: 11-17 (Home: 7-6, Road: 4-11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1March 31@ Athletics2-0Allen (1-0)Johnson (0-1)Axford (1)36,0671-0
April 1@ AthleticsPostponed (rain). Makeup: April 2 (Game 1)
2April 2@ Athletics6-1Kazmir (1-0)Kluber (0-1)15,1341-1
3April 2@ Athletics6-4Allen (2-0)Johnson (0-2)Axford (2)12,1982-1
4April 4Twins7-2Outman (1-0)Pelfrey (0-1)41,2743-1
5April 5Twins7-3Gibson (1-0)Carrasco (0-1)14,1533-2
6April 6Twins10-7Swarzak (1-0)Wood (0-1)Perkins (2)13,1043-3
April 7PadresPostponed (rain). Makeup: April 9 (Game 2)
7April 8Padres8-6Kluber (1-1)Ross (0-2)Axford (3)4-3
8April 9Padres2-0McAllister (1-0)Stults (0-2)Axford (4)9,0295-3
9April 9Padres2-1Erlin (1-0)Bauer (0-1)Street (3)9,9305-4
10April 10@ White Sox7-3Danks (1-0)Salazar (0-1)11,1165-5
11April 11@ White Sox9-6Sale (3-0)Carrasco (0-2)13,6055-6
12April 12@ White Sox12-6Outman (2-0)Belisario (1-1)27,3326-6
13April 13@ White Sox4-3Lindstrom (1-1)Axford (0-1)14,2816-7
April 15@ TigersPostponed ("cold"). Makeup: July 19 (Game 1)
14April 16@ Tigers3-2McAllister (2-0)Sánchez (0-1)Axford (5)23,8117-7
15April 17@ Tigers7-5Verlander (2-1)Salazar (0-2)Nathan (2)25,9907-8
16April 18Blue Jays3-2Delabar (1-0)Rzepczynski (0-1)Santos (5)16,3357-9
17April 19Blue Jays5-0Buehrle (4-0)Kluber (1-2)15,1887-10
18April 20Blue Jays6-4Outman (3-0)Loup (1-1)Axford (6)11,7168-10
19April 21Royals4-3McAllister (3-0)Guthrie (2-1)Axford (7)10,7899-10
20April 22Royals8-2Shields (2-2)Salazar (0-3)8,8489-11
21April 23Royals5-3Shaw (1-0)Herrera (0-1)Axford (8)9,31110-11
22April 24Royals5-1Kluber (2-2)Chen (1-2)10,44011-11
23April 25@ Giants5-1Hudson (3-1)Carrasco (0-3)41,29611-12
24April 26@ Giants5-3Gutierrez (1-1)McAllister (3-1)Romo (6)42,08811-13
25April 27@ Giants4-1Romo (2-0)Allen (2-1)41,53011-14
26April 28@ Angels6-3Salas (2-0)Masterson (0-1)Smith (1)37,65411-15
27April 29@ Angels6-4Weaver (2-2)Kluber (2-3)Smith (2)35,13111-16
28April 30@ Angels7-1Wilson (4-2)McAllister (3-2)33,33411-17
May: 15-13 (Home: 10-5, Road: 5-8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
29May 2White Sox12-5Salazar (1-3)Danks (2–2)15,51812-17
30May 3White Sox2-0Masterson (1-1)Carroll (1-1)Axford (9)15.83413-17
31May 4White Sox4-3Webb (2-0)Axford (0-2)Lindstrom (4)13,45513-18
32May 5Twins1-0 (10)Thielbar (2-0)Axford (0-3)Perkins (8)9,03713-19
33May 6Twins4-2Tomlin (1-0)Deduno (0-2)Shaw (1)9,62114-19
34May 7Twins4-3Axford (1-3)Fien (3-1)10,74215-19
35May 8Twins9-4Masterson (2-1)Correia (1-4)13,09516-19
36May 9@ Rays6-3Kluber (3-3)Peralta (1-3)Allen (1)17,54117-19
37May 10@ Rays7-1Bédard (2-1)McAllister (3-3)29,21217-20
38May 11@ Rays6-5Tomlin (2-0)Archer (2-2)Shaw (2)23,67918-20
39May 13@ Blue Jays5-4Dickey (4-3)Masterson (2-2)Janssen (1)13,67318-21
40May 14@ Blue Jays15-4Kluber (4-3)McGowan (2-2)14,06819-21
41May 15@ Blue Jays4-2Happ (2-1)Salazar (1-4)Janssen (2)17,36419-22
42May 16Athletics11-1Gray (5-1)McAllister (3-4)21,38919-23
43May 17Athletics6-2Otero (4-0)Tomlin (2-1)18,35819-24
44May 18Athletics13-3Chavez (4-1)Masterson (2-3)14,87219-25
45May 19Tigers5-4 (10)Atchison (1-0)Alburquerque (1-1)12,70920-25
46May 20Tigers6-2Bauer (1-1)Verlander (5-3)13,92421-25
47May 21Tigers11-10 (13)Tomlin (3-1)Coke (0-1)19,22822-25
48May 22@ Orioles8-7 (13)Outman (4-0)Patton (0-1)Atchison (1)18,84923-25
49May 23@ Orioles8-4Norris (3-4)House (0-1)39,60223-26
50May 24@ Orioles9-0Kluber (5-3)Jiménez (2-6)36,87324-26
51May 25@ Orioles4-2González (3-3)Bauer (1-2)Britton (2)37,64924-27
52May 26@ White Sox6-2Quintana (3-4)Tomlin (3-2)Downs (1)17,07524-28
53May 27@ White Sox2-1Carroll (2-3)Masterson (2-4)Belisario (3)14,23724-29
54May 28@ White Sox3-2Belisario (3-3)Shaw (1-1)14,22824-30
55May 30Rockies2-5Kluber (6-3)Nicasio (5-3)Allen (2)25,06625-30
56May 31Rockies6-7Shaw (2-1)Brothers (2-3)Allen (3)20,17426-30
June: 13-13 (Home: 6-4, Road: 7-9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
57June 1Rockies6-4Atchison (2-0)Ottavino (0-2)16,68227-30
58June 2Red Sox3-2Masterson (3-4)Lackey (6-4)Allen (4)14,07828-30
59June 3Red Sox5-3Hagadone (1-0)Peavy (1-3)Allen (5)18,73829-30
60June 4Red Sox7-4 (12)Carrasco (1-3)Mujica (2-2)20,20930-30
61June 6@ Rangers6-4Darvish (6-2)Rzepczynski (0-2)Soria (13)38,34830-31
62June 7@ Rangers8-3Tomlin (4-2)Tepesch (2-2)34,63331-31
63June 8@ Rangers3-2Masterson (4-4)Saunders (0-2)Allen (6)34,61332-31
64June 9@ Rangers17-7Atchison (3-0)Martinez (1-3)29,36233-31
65June 10@ Royals9-5Vargas (6-2)Kluber (6-4)Crow (1)25,54033-32
66June 11@ Royals4-1Ventura (4-5)Bauer (1-3)Holland (19)19,93833-33
67June 12@ Red Sox5-2Lester (7-7)Tomlin (4-3)Uehara (14)37,75033-34
68June 13@ Red Sox10-3Lackey (8-4)Masterson (4-5)35,77233-35
69June 14@ Red Sox3-2Axford (2-3)Breslow (2-2)Allen (7)37,18134-35
70June 15@ Red Sox3-2 (11)Allen (3-1)Tazawa (1-1)37,35635-35
71June 16Angels4-3Bauer (2-3)Weaver (7-6)Carrasco (1)14,71636-35
72June 17Angels9-3Shoemaker (4-1)Tomlin (4-4)14,63936-36
--June 18AngelsPostponed (rain). Makeup: September 8
73June 19Angels5-3 (10)Crockett (1-0)Bedrosian (0-1)20,36137-36
74June 20Tigers6-4Porcello (9-4)Kluber (6-5)Nathan (15)33,54537-37
75June 21Tigers5-4 (10)Nathan (4-2)Allen (3-2)Coke (1)40,71237-38
76June 22Tigers10-4Scherzer (9-3)Tomlin (4-5)26,02337-39
77June 24@ Diamondbacks9-8 (14)Collmenter (6-4)Lowe (0-1)20,94537-40
78June 25@ Diamondbacks6-1Kluber (7-5)Anderson (5-3)21,26938-40
79June 27@ Mariners3-2Young (7-4)Bauer (2-4)Rodney (22)28,08438-41
80June 28@ Mariners5-0Tomlin (5-5)Elias (7-6)23,01239-41
81June 29@ Mariners3-0Hernández (10-2)House (0-2)Rodney (23)26,17139-42
82June 30@ Dodgers1-0Haren (8-4)Kluber (7-6)Jansen (25)45,62739-43
July: 14-12 (Home: 7-6, Road: 7-6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
83July 1@ Dodgers10-3Crockett (2-0)Beckett (5-5)46,30040-43
84July 2@ Dodgers5-4Shaw (3-1)Wilson (1-3)Allen (8)50,19941-43
85July 4Royals7-1Ventura (6-7)Tomlin (5-6)39,02041-44
86July 5Royals7-3House (1-2)Guthrie (5-7)24,48142-44
87July 6Royals4-1Kluber (8-6)Duffy (5-8)Allen (9)16,99143-44
88July 7Yankees5-3Greene (1-0)Masterson (4-6)Betances (1)21,55843-45
89July 8Yankees5-3Bauer (3-4)Tanaka (12-4)Allen (10)23,38444-45
90July 9Yankees5-4 (14)Whitley (4-2)Pestano (0-1)Robertson (22)21,72744-46
91July 10Yankees9-3Carrasco (2-3)Thornton (0-3)28,33445-46
92July 11White Sox7-4Kluber (9-6)Noesí (3-7)Allen (11)24,65246-46
93July 12White Sox6-2Carroll (4-5)McAllister (3-5)23,83746-47
94July 13White Sox3-2Shaw (4-1)Guerra (0-2)Allen (12)18,07047-47
95July 18@ Tigers9-3Bauer (4-4)Sánchez (6-4)42,25548-47
96July 19@ Tigers6-2Kluber (10-6)VerHagen (0-1)38,10949-47
97July 19@ Tigers5-2Carrasco (3-3)Nathan (4-3)Allen (13)42,04450-47
98July 20@ Tigers5-1Smyly (6-8)Tomlin (5-7)41,73650-48
99July 21@ Twins4-3Fien (5-4)Shaw (4-2)Perkins (23)25,10950-49
100July 22@ Twins8-2Salazar (2-4)Pino (1-3)28,29151-49
101July 23@ Twins3-1Swarzak (2-0)Bauer (4-5)Perkins (24)34,60851-50
102July 24@ Royals2-1 (14)Crow (5-1)Rzepczynski (0-3)22,12051-51
103July 25@ Royals6-4Herrera (2-2)Carrasco (3-4)Crow (2)33,46051-52
104July 26@ Royals7-5Guthrie (6-9)McAllister (3-6)Holland (27)29,56751-53
105July 27@ Royals10-3Salazar (3-4)Chen (2-3)23,40952-53
106July 29Mariners5-2Iwakuma (9-5)Bauer (4-6)Rodney (29)15,71352-54
107July 30Mariners2-0Kluber (11-6)Hernández (11-3)14,86353-54
108July 31Mariners6-5Beimel (3-1)Shaw (4-3)Rodney (30)16,33653-55
August: 18-9 (Home: 9-4, Road: 9-5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
109August 1Rangers12-2Salazar (4-4)Williams (2-5)27,00954-55
110August 2Rangers2-0Atchison (4-0)Mikolas (1-4)Allen (14)28,28555-55
111August 3Rangers4-3 (12)Atchison (5-0)Klein (0-1)18,42256-55
112August 4Reds7-1Kluber (12-6)Simón (12-7)Axford (10)18,69657-55
113August 5Reds9-2Cueto (13-6)Tomlin (5-8)22,06857-56
114August 6@ Reds8-3Latos (4-3)Salazar (4-5)33,86357-57
115August 7@ Reds4-0Bailey (9-5)House (1-3)31,86257-58
116August 8@ Yankees10-6Rogers (2-0)Bauer (4-7)43,97257-59
117August 9@ Yankees3-0Kluber (13-6)McCarthy (7-11)Allen (15)47,37658-59
118August 10@ Yankees4-1Carrasco (4-4)Kuroda (7-8)46,15259-59
August 12DiamondbacksPostponed (rain). Makeup: August 13
119August 13Diamondbacks3-2Allen (4-2)Delgado (1-3)60-59
120August 13Diamondbacks1-0 (12)Delgado (2-3)Lee (0-1)Reed (28)17,56260-60
121August 15Orioles2-1 (11)Atchison (6-0)Matusz (2-3)27,84561-60
122August 16Orioles6-0Carrasco (5-4)Jiménez (4-9)27,88162-60
123August 17Orioles4-1Gausman (7-4)Salazar (4-6)Britton (26)22,56462-61
124August 19@ Twins7-5Crockett (3-0)Duensing (3-3)Allen (16)26,35863-61
125August 20@ Twins5-0House (2-3)Nolasco (5-9)28,94364-61
126August 21@ Twins4-1Hughes (14-8)Kluber (13-7)Perkins (32)28,03364-62
127August 22Astros5-1Sipp (4-2)Allen (4-3)18,74364-63
128August 23Astros3-2Allen (5-3)Buchanan (1-3)20,78565-63
129August 24Astros3-1Bauer (5-7)Oberholtzer (4-9)Allen (17)17,12366-63
130August 26@ White Sox8-6 (10)Shaw (5-3)Petricka (0-4)12,46267-63
131August 27@ White Sox3-2Noesí (8-9)Kluber (13-8)Putnam (4)11,97667-64
132August 28@ White Sox3-2Carrasco (6-4)Danks (9-9)Allen (18)13,01668-64
133August 29@ Royals6-1Salazar (5-6)Vargas (10-7)31,34169-64
134August 30@ Royals3-2 (11)Tomlin (6-8)Downs (0-4)35,08970-64
135August 31@ Royals4-2 (10)Allen (6-3)Holland (1-3)Atchison (2)39,00971-64
September: 14-13 (Home: 9-8, Road: 5-5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
136September 1Tigers12-1Price (13-10)Kluber (13-9)23,29671-65
137September 2Tigers4-2Coke (3-2)Allen (6-4)Nathan (29)9,99071-66
138September 3Tigers7-0Salazar (6-6)Verlander (12-12)11,73972-66
139September 4Tigers11-4 (11)Coke (4-2)Tomlin (6-9)11,93572-67
140September 5White Sox2-1 (10)Lee (1-1)Cleto (0-1)15,53173-67
141September 6White Sox3-1Kluber (14-9)Putnam (4-3)17,36774-67
142September 7White Sox2-0Carrasco (7-4)Carroll (5-10)Allen (19)17,95775-67
143September 8Angels12-3Weaver (16-8)Salazar (6-7)15,11675-68
144September 9Twins4-3May (2-4)Bauer (5-8)Burton (2)9,48975-69
September 10TwinsPostponed (rain). Makeup: September 11
145September 11Twins8-2Kluber (15-9)Gibson (11-11)76-69
146September 11Twins2-0House (3-3)Nolasco (5-11)Allen (20)12,63777-69
147September 12@ Tigers7-2Price (14-11)Carrasco (7-5)38,34177-70
148September 13@ Tigers5-4Chamberlain (2-5)Shaw (5-4)Nathan (31)41,19077-71
149September 14@ Tigers6-4Coke (5-2)Shaw (5-5)Nathan (32)39,39577-72
150September 15@ Astros3-1McHugh (10-9)McAllister (3-7)Qualls (18)17,40377-73
151September 16@ Astros4-2Kluber (16-9)Tropeano (1-1)Allen (21)18,38178-73
152September 17@ Astros2-0Carrasco (8-5)Oberholtzer (5-12)18,47479-73
153September 18@ Astros2-1 (13)Crockett (4-0)Deduno (2-6)Allen (22)16,41780-73
154September 19@ Twins5-4 (10)Burton (3-5)Crockett (4-1)28,40080-74
155September 20@ Twins7-3House (4-3)May (3-5)Rzepczynski (1)28,31681-74
156September 21@ Twins7-2Kluber (17-9)Swarzak (3-2)24,45182-74
157September 22Royals2-0Duffy (9-11)Carrasco (8-6)Holland (44)10,45882-75
158September 23Royals7-1Ventura (14-10)Salazar (6-8)11,73582-76
159September 24Royals6-4McAllister (4-7)Finnegan (0-1)Allen (23)13,79683-76
160September 26Rays1-0Kluber (18-9)Archer (10-9)Allen (24)23,13184-76
161September 27Rays2-0Colomé (2-0)Carrasco (8-7)McGee (19)33,02584-77
162September 28Rays7-2House (5-3)Cobb (10-9)21,40085-77

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
Jesus Aguilar1933240003.1210
Cody Allen500000000
Scott Atchison700000000
Mike Avilés1133443885161539.24714
John Axford200000000
Trevor Bauer12000000.0000
Michael Bourn106444571141710328.25710
Michael Brantley156611942004522097.32723
Asdrúbal Cabrera973785493222940.2467
Carlos Carrasco22000000.0000
Lonnie Chisenhall142478621342911359.2803
Kyle Crockett400000000
Chris Dickerson419812224026.2243
Jason Giambi2660382025.1330
Chris Gimenez89000000.0000
Yan Gomes135485611352532174.2780
Tyler Holt36714192002.2682
Elliot Johnson719122000.1050
Jason Kipnis12950061120251641.24022
Corey Kluber45010000.2000
George Kottaras1021460034.2860
C.C. Lee300000000
Mark Lowe100000000
Justin Masterson23000000.0000
Zach McAllister12010000.5000
Nyjer Morgan15418141016.3413
David Murphy12941640109251858.2622
Josh Outman200000000
Roberto Perez298510235014.2710
Vinnie Pestano300000000
Ryan Raburn74195183970422.2000
Jose Ramirez682372761102217.26210
Mark Rzepczynski500000000
Danny Salazar23000000.0000
Carlos Santana152541681252502785.2315
Justin Sellers1716130000.1880
Bryan Shaw400000000
J. B. Shuck1523220000.0870
Nick Swisher973603375200842.2080
Josh Tomlin100000000
Zach Walters308891520712.1700
Team Totals1625575669141128423142644.253104

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

PlayerWLERAGGSSVIPHRERBBK
Austin Adams009.006007.097714
Cody Allen642.077602469.24821162691
Scott Atchison602.75700272.06024221449
John Axford233.924901043.23421193051
Trevor Bauer584.1826260153.0151767160143
Carlos Carrasco872.5540141134.0103403829140
Kyle Crockett411.80440030.02666828
Nick Hagadone102.70350023.11877627
T.J. House533.3519180102.011341382280
Corey Kluber1892.4434340235.2207726451269
C.C. Lee114.50370028.03015141226
Mark Lowe013.867007.0107366
Justin Masterson465.511919098.010666605693
Zach McAllister475.232215086.09654502874
Josh Outman403.28310024.2221091624
Vinnie Pestano015.0013009.01375113
Bryan Price0020.253002.286611
Marc Rzepczynski032.74730046.04219141946
Danny Salazar684.2520200110.0117575235120
Bryan Shaw552.59800276.16126222264
Josh Tomlin694.7625160104.012066551494
Blake Wood017.117006.145577
Team Totals85773.56162162401468.113986535814641450

Roster

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Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Notes/Records

  • On March 31, umpire Mike Winters became the first umpire to initiate a review under Major League Baseball's new replay system, wanting to confirm that Athletics catcher John Jaso did not block the plate unnecessarily as Michael Brantley attempted to score.
  • On April 10, Danny Salazar became the first pitcher in the modern era (since 1900) to record 10 strikeouts before the end of the fourth inning of a game.
  • On April 24, Corey Kluber became the first Indians pitcher to throw a complete game with 11+ strikeouts, 0 walks, and 0 earned runs since Len Barker's perfect game on May 15, 1981.
  • On May 4, George Kottaras became the first player in franchise history to hit home runs in his first two at-bats as an Indian.
  • On May 14, David Murphy and Lonnie Chisenhall both had 5 hits, the first time two Indians players had done so in the same nine-inning game since 1928.
  • On May 21, the Indians defeated the Detroit Tigers 11-10 in 13 innings on a walk-off balk, the first one in the majors since July 4, 2011, and the first in extra innings since June 16, 2011.
  • Corey Kluber recorded 60 strikeouts in May, the first Indians pitcher with 60+ strikeouts in a month since Dennis Eckersley in September 1976.
  • On June 9, Lonnie Chisenhall became the first player to go 5-5 with 3 HR and 9 RBI since MLB began tracking RBI in 1920. The 9 RBI tied a franchise record, also accomplished by Chris James in 1991.
  • On September 26, the Indians set a major league record for strikeouts by pitchers with 1,431, breaking the mark set by the 2013 Detroit Tigers. They ended the season with 1,450.
  • On November 12, Corey Kluber became the 4th Indians pitcher to win the American League Cy Young Award.

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAAColumbus ClippersInternational LeagueChris Tremie
AAAkron RubberDucksEastern LeagueDavid Wallace
ACarolina MudcatsCarolina LeagueScooter Tucker
ALake County CaptainsMidwest LeagueMark Budzinski
A-Short SeasonMahoning Valley ScrappersNew York–Penn LeagueTed Kubiak
RookieAZL IndiansArizona LeagueTony Medrano

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: AZL Indians[4]

References