# 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.

## Offseason
### Departures

* On November 23, 2013, relief pitcher Joe Smith signed a three-year deal with the Los Angeles Angels.
* Scott Kazmir agreed to a two-year, $24 million contract with the Oakland Athletics on December 3, 2013.

### Arrivals

* On November 1, 2013, Jason Giambi re-signed to a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training.
* 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.

## 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

* CF Nyjer Morgan
* 1B Nick Swisher
* 2B Jason Kipnis
* 3B Carlos Santana
* LF Michael Brantley
* DH Ryan Raburn
* SS Asdrúbal Cabrera
* RF David Murphy
* C Yan Gomes

## Season standings
### American League Central

vteAL Central :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Detroit Tigers | 90 | 72 | .556 | — | 45‍–‍36 | 45‍–‍36 |
| Kansas City Royals | 89 | 73 | .549 | 1 | 42‍–‍39 | 47‍–‍34 |
| Cleveland Indians | 85 | 77 | .525 | 5 | 48‍–‍33 | 37‍–‍44 |
| Chicago White Sox | 73 | 89 | .451 | 17 | 40‍–‍41 | 33‍–‍48 |
| Minnesota Twins | 70 | 92 | .432 | 20 | 35‍–‍46 | 35‍–‍46 |

### American League Wild Card

vteDivision Leaders :
| Team | W | L | Pct. |
| Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | 98 | 64 | .605 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 96 | 66 | .593 |
| Detroit Tigers | 90 | 72 | .556 |
vteWild Card teams (Top 2 teams qualify for postseason) :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
| Kansas City Royals | 89 | 73 | .549 | +1 |
| Oakland Athletics | 88 | 74 | .543 | — |
| Seattle Mariners | 87 | 75 | .537 | 1 |
| Cleveland Indians | 85 | 77 | .525 | 3 |
| New York Yankees | 84 | 78 | .519 | 4 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 83 | 79 | .512 | 5 |
| Tampa Bay Rays | 77 | 85 | .475 | 11 |
| Chicago White Sox | 73 | 89 | .451 | 15 |
| Boston Red Sox | 71 | 91 | .438 | 17 |
| Houston Astros | 70 | 92 | .432 | 18 |
| Minnesota Twins | 70 | 92 | .432 | 18 |
| Texas Rangers | 67 | 95 | .414 | 21 |

### Record vs. opponents

2014 American League recordvte Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2014 :
| Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | HOU | KC | LAA | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
| Baltimore | — | 11–8 | 5–1 | 3–4 | 1–5 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 13–6 | 2–4 | 5–2 | 12–7 | 6–1 | 11–8 | 12–8 |
| Boston | 8–11 | — | 4–3 | 2–5 | 1–5 | 4–3 | 6–1 | 2–5 | 4–2 | 7–12 | 3–4 | 1–5 | 9–10 | 4–2 | 7–12 | 9–11 |
| Chicago | 1–5 | 3–4 | — | 9–10 | 9–10 | 3–3 | 6–13 | 1–5 | 9–10 | 2–5 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 5–2 | 11–9 |
| Cleveland | 4–3 | 5–2 | 10–9 | — | 8–11 | 5–2 | 10–9 | 2–5 | 11–8 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 6–1 | 2–4 | 10–10 |
| Detroit | 5–1 | 5–1 | 10–9 | 11–8 | — | 4–3 | 13–6 | 3–4 | 9–10 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 1–5 | 12–8 |
| Houston | 3–4 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 3–4 | — | 3–3 | 7–12 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 8–11 | 9–10 | 2–5 | 11–8 | 4–3 | 5–15 |
| Kansas City | 4–3 | 1–6 | 13–6 | 9–10 | 6–13 | 3–3 | — | 3–3 | 11–8 | 4–3 | 5–2 | 2–5 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 15–5 |
| Los Angeles | 2–4 | 5–2 | 5–1 | 5–2 | 4–3 | 12–7 | 3–3 | — | 7–0 | 2–4 | 10–9 | 7–12 | 5–2 | 14–5 | 5–2 | 12–8 |
| Minnesota | 3–4 | 2–4 | 10–9 | 8–11 | 10–9 | 3–3 | 8–11 | 0–7 | — | 3–4 | 1–6 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 4–2 | 9–11 |
| New York | 6–13 | 12–7 | 5–2 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 4–3 | — | 2–4 | 3–3 | 8–11 | 4–3 | 11–8 | 13–7 |
| Oakland | 4–2 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 2–5 | 11–8 | 2–5 | 9–10 | 6–1 | 4–2 | — | 9–10 | 4–2 | 9–10 | 4–3 | 13–7 |
| Seattle | 2–5 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 10–9 | 5–2 | 12–7 | 2–5 | 3–3 | 10–9 | — | 4–3 | 9–10 | 4–3 | 9–11 |
| Tampa Bay | 7–12 | 10–9 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 4–2 | 11–8 | 2–4 | 3–4 | — | 5–2 | 8–11 | 10–10 |
| Texas | 1–6 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 1–6 | 3–4 | 8–11 | 1–5 | 5–14 | 5–2 | 3–4 | 10–9 | 10–9 | 2–5 | — | 2–4 | 10–10 |
| Toronto | 8–11 | 12–7 | 2–5 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 8–11 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 11–8 | 4–2 | — | 13–7 |

### Detailed records

(updated through September 28)
American League :
| Opponent | Home | Away | Total | Pct. | Runs scored | Runs allowed |
| AL East |||||||
| Baltimore Orioles | 2-1 | 2-2 | 4-3 | .571 | 32 | 24 |
| Boston Red Sox | 3-0 | 2-2 | 5-2 | .714 | 26 | 28 |
| New York Yankees | 2-2 | 2-1 | 4-3 | .571 | 34 | 27 |
| Tampa Bay Rays | 2-1 | 2-1 | 4-2 | .667 | 21 | 19 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 1-2 | 1-2 | 2-4 | .333 | 29 | 25 |
| | 10-6 | 9-8 | 19-14 | .576 | 142 | 123 |
| AL Central |||||||
| Chicago White Sox | 7-2 | 3-7 | 10-9 | .526 | 78 | 71 |
| Cleveland Indians | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Detroit Tigers | 4-6 | 4-5 | 8-11 | .421 | 87 | 103 |
| Kansas City Royals | 6-4 | 4-5 | 10-9 | .526 | 70 | 73 |
| Minnesota Twins | 6-4 | 5-4 | 11-8 | .579 | 90 | 63 |
| | 23-16 | 16-21 | 39-37 | .513 | 325 | 309 |
| AL West |||||||
| Houston Astros | 2-1 | 3-1 | 5-2 | .714 | 16 | 14 |
| Los Angeles Angels | 2-2 | 0-3 | 2-5 | .286 | 23 | 46 |
| Oakland Athletics | 0-3 | 2-1 | 2-4 | .333 | 15 | 40 |
| Seattle Mariners | 1-2 | 1-2 | 2-4 | .333 | 16 | 17 |
| Texas Rangers | 3-0 | 3-1 | 6-1 | .857 | 50 | 23 |
| | 8-8 | 9-8 | 17-16 | .515 | 120 | 139 |
National League :
| Opponent | Home | Away | Total | Pct. | Runs scored | Runs allowed |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | 1-1 | 1-1 | 2-2 | .500 | 17 | 13 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 1-1 | 0-2 | 1-3 | .250 | 12 | 22 |
| Colorado Rockies | 3-0 | — | 3-0 | 1.000 | 18 | 12 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | — | 2-1 | 2-1 | .667 | 15 | 8 |
| San Diego Padres | 2-1 | — | 2-1 | .667 | 11 | 8 |
| San Francisco Giants | — | 0-3 | 0-3 | .000 | 5 | 14 |
| | 7-3 | 3-7 | 10-10 | .500 | 78 | 77 |

## Game log

Legend :
| Indians Win | Indians Loss | Game 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
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | AVG | SB |
| Jesus Aguilar | 19 | 33 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .121 | 0 |
| Cody Allen | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Scott Atchison | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Mike Avilés | 113 | 344 | 38 | 85 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 39 | .247 | 14 |
| John Axford | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Trevor Bauer | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Michael Bourn | 106 | 444 | 57 | 114 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 28 | .257 | 10 |
| Michael Brantley | 156 | 611 | 94 | 200 | 45 | 2 | 20 | 97 | .327 | 23 |
| Asdrúbal Cabrera | 97 | 378 | 54 | 93 | 22 | 2 | 9 | 40 | .246 | 7 |
| Carlos Carrasco | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Lonnie Chisenhall | 142 | 478 | 62 | 134 | 29 | 1 | 13 | 59 | .280 | 3 |
| Kyle Crockett | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Chris Dickerson | 41 | 98 | 12 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .224 | 3 |
| Jason Giambi | 26 | 60 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .133 | 0 |
| Chris Gimenez | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Yan Gomes | 135 | 485 | 61 | 135 | 25 | 3 | 21 | 74 | .278 | 0 |
| Tyler Holt | 36 | 71 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .268 | 2 |
| Elliot Johnson | 7 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .105 | 0 |
| Jason Kipnis | 129 | 500 | 61 | 120 | 25 | 1 | 6 | 41 | .240 | 22 |
| Corey Kluber | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | 0 |
| George Kottaras | 10 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .286 | 0 |
| C.C. Lee | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Mark Lowe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Justin Masterson | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Zach McAllister | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | 0 |
| Nyjer Morgan | 15 | 41 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .341 | 3 |
| David Murphy | 129 | 416 | 40 | 109 | 25 | 1 | 8 | 58 | .262 | 2 |
| Josh Outman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Roberto Perez | 29 | 85 | 10 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .271 | 0 |
| Vinnie Pestano | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Ryan Raburn | 74 | 195 | 18 | 39 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 22 | .200 | 0 |
| Jose Ramirez | 68 | 237 | 27 | 61 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 17 | .262 | 10 |
| Mark Rzepczynski | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Danny Salazar | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Carlos Santana | 152 | 541 | 68 | 125 | 25 | 0 | 27 | 85 | .231 | 5 |
| Justin Sellers | 17 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .188 | 0 |
| Bryan Shaw | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| J. B. Shuck | 15 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .087 | 0 |
| Nick Swisher | 97 | 360 | 33 | 75 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 42 | .208 | 0 |
| Josh Tomlin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Zach Walters | 30 | 88 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 12 | .170 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 162 | 5575 | 669 | 1411 | 284 | 23 | 142 | 644 | .253 | 104 |

### 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 |
| Austin Adams | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 |
| Cody Allen | 6 | 4 | 2.07 | 76 | 0 | 24 | 69.2 | 48 | 21 | 16 | 26 | 91 |
| Scott Atchison | 6 | 0 | 2.75 | 70 | 0 | 2 | 72.0 | 60 | 24 | 22 | 14 | 49 |
| John Axford | 2 | 3 | 3.92 | 49 | 0 | 10 | 43.2 | 34 | 21 | 19 | 30 | 51 |
| Trevor Bauer | 5 | 8 | 4.18 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 153.0 | 151 | 76 | 71 | 60 | 143 |
| Carlos Carrasco | 8 | 7 | 2.55 | 40 | 14 | 1 | 134.0 | 103 | 40 | 38 | 29 | 140 |
| Kyle Crockett | 4 | 1 | 1.80 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 26 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 28 |
| Nick Hagadone | 1 | 0 | 2.70 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 23.1 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 27 |
| T.J. House | 5 | 3 | 3.35 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 102.0 | 113 | 41 | 38 | 22 | 80 |
| Corey Kluber | 18 | 9 | 2.44 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 235.2 | 207 | 72 | 64 | 51 | 269 |
| C.C. Lee | 1 | 1 | 4.50 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 30 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 26 |
| Mark Lowe | 0 | 1 | 3.86 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| Justin Masterson | 4 | 6 | 5.51 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 98.0 | 106 | 66 | 60 | 56 | 93 |
| Zach McAllister | 4 | 7 | 5.23 | 22 | 15 | 0 | 86.0 | 96 | 54 | 50 | 28 | 74 |
| Josh Outman | 4 | 0 | 3.28 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 24.2 | 22 | 10 | 9 | 16 | 24 |
| Vinnie Pestano | 0 | 1 | 5.00 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 13 |
| Bryan Price | 0 | 0 | 20.25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| Marc Rzepczynski | 0 | 3 | 2.74 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 46.0 | 42 | 19 | 14 | 19 | 46 |
| Danny Salazar | 6 | 8 | 4.25 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 110.0 | 117 | 57 | 52 | 35 | 120 |
| Bryan Shaw | 5 | 5 | 2.59 | 80 | 0 | 2 | 76.1 | 61 | 26 | 22 | 22 | 64 |
| Josh Tomlin | 6 | 9 | 4.76 | 25 | 16 | 0 | 104.0 | 120 | 66 | 55 | 14 | 94 |
| Blake Wood | 0 | 1 | 7.11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 |
| Team Totals | 85 | 77 | 3.56 | 162 | 162 | 40 | 1468.1 | 1398 | 653 | 581 | 464 | 1450 |

### Roster
## 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

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Columbus Clippers | International League | Chris Tremie |
| AA | Akron RubberDucks | Eastern League | David Wallace |
| A | Carolina Mudcats | Carolina League | Scooter Tucker |
| A | Lake County Captains | Midwest League | Mark Budzinski |
| A-Short Season | Mahoning Valley Scrappers | New York–Penn League | Ted Kubiak |
| Rookie | AZL Indians | Arizona League | Tony Medrano |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: AZL Indians