# 2015 Cleveland Indians season

The 2015 Cleveland Indians season was the 115th season for the franchise. The team played its 22nd season at Progressive Field. The team looked to improve upon their 85–77 record and third-place divisional finish from the previous season; however, the Indians finished in third place in the American League Central with an 81–80 record and missed the playoffs for the second consecutive season and the seventh time in the last eight seasons.

## Offseason

* October 30: Jason Giambi becomes a free agent. He later retires.
* November 3: The Chicago White Sox claimed J. B. Shuck off waivers, and the Indians sent Chris Gimenez to the minors and invited Tyler Cloyd to spring training.
* November 6-November 18: Signed 5 players to a minor league contract and invited 3, including Shaun Marcum to spring training.
* November 20: Promoted 5 players from the minors.
* November 23: Received Charles Brewer from the Arizona Diamondbacks for cash and sent Scott Barnes to the minors.
* Barnes would be later traded to the Baltimore Orioles for cash on November 26.
* December 2: Signed Destin Hood to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.
* December 7: Signed Adam Moore to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.
* December 8: Received Brandon Moss from the Oakland Athletics for Joe Wendle.
* December 12-December 15: Signed 5 players to a minor league contract and invited 3 of them to spring training.
* December 16: Signed Gavin Floyd and sent Nick Maronde to the minors.
* December 18-December 20: Signed 3 players to a minor league contract and invited 2 of them to spring training.
* January 6-January 26: Released Tyler Cloyd and signed 5 players to a minor league contract, inviting 3 to spring training.
* January 27: Invited 7 non-roster players to spring training.

## Regular season
### Season summary
#### Opening Day starting lineup

* CF Michael Bourn
* 2B Jason Kipnis
* LF Michael Brantley
* 1B Carlos Santana
* C Yan Gomes
* RF Brandon Moss
* DH Ryan Raburn
* 3B Lonnie Chisenhall
* SS José Ramírez
SP Corey Kluber

#### April

The Indians opened the season on April 6 against the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park. Despite a strong pitching performance by reigning Cy Young Award winner Corey Kluber, the Indians failed to score against Dallas Keuchel and the Asros' pitching staff en route to a 2–0 loss. The Indians would bounce back and win the next two games over the Astros as Carlos Carrasco and Trevor Bauer would combine to pitch 14+1⁄3 shutout innings. Indians pitchers recorded 36 strikeouts over the first three games. On April 9, the Indians came within 2 outs of their first no-hitter since Len Barker's perfect game in 1981. Bauer and relievers, Kyle Crockett, Scott Atchison, and Nick Hagadone combined to hold the Houston Astros hitless through the first 8+1⁄3 innings. Jed Lowrie broke up the no-hit bid with a home run. Bauer is the first pitcher since 1914 to have at least 11 strikeouts and allow no hits in 6 innings or less.
The Indians' first game at the newly renovated Progressive Field was on April 10, an 8–4 loss to the rival Detroit Tigers. The Indians would struggle to a 7–14 record in April putting them at the bottom of the AL Central. The vast majority of their games were played against division rivals. Reigning Cy Young Award winner Corey Kluber failed to record a win in five starts in April, posting a record of 0–3.

#### May

The Indians' early struggles continued into the first two weeks of May. On May 14, the team was 12–21, which was the worst record in the American League. The Indians had gone over a month without winning consecutive games, the last time they had done so was the second and third games of the season. The Indians broke that streak by winning two games over the Texas Rangers on May 15 and 16, before winning six straight games from May 19–24. This streak included a sweep over their interleague rivals, the Cincinnati Reds. The Indians won 12 of their last 17 games in May, to climb to within two games of .500.
On May 13, Corey Kluber struck out 18 St. Louis Cardinals batters in 8 innings pitched. He became the first pitcher since Randy Johnson in 2004 to strike out that many in one game, the first American League pitcher with at least 18 strikeouts in a game since Roger Clemens did in 1998, and also tied the franchise record for strikeouts in a game set by Bob Feller in 1938.
Offensively, the Indians were led by second baseman Jason Kipnis, who was named the American League Player of the Month. During May, Kipnis hit .429 with 51 hits and 15 doubles, both of which are the most by any MLB player in a month since 2009. He also had an on-base percentage of .511.

#### June

The Indians struggled to an 11–15 record during the month of June. The team won 3 of its first 5 games of the month to climb to within a game of .500, but would then lose 13 of its next 19 games to fall to 33–41 and last place in the AL Central. Kluber failed to record a win for the second month this season, and his record fell to 3–9 by month's end. The Indians' struggles were shown most clearly during a double header in Baltimore on June 28. The Tribe lost both games, 4–0 and 8–0, marking the first time since 1975 that the Indians were shut out in both games of a doubleheader.
June also saw the Indians send opening day infielders Lonnie Chisenhall and José Ramírez to AAA Columbus and brought up infielders Giovanny Urshela and former first round pick Francisco Lindor.
One bright spot for the Indians was the emergence of SP Cody Anderson. In two starts in June, Anderson went 15+2⁄3 innings, giving up only one earned run. Anderson's second start on June 29 was the first of three consecutive starts in which an Indians' pitcher took a perfect game into at least the 6th inning.

#### July

The Indians began July right where they ended June, with a dominant pitching performance. On July 1, SP Carlos Carrasco would come within one out of a no-hitter in an 8–1 win over the Tampa Bay Rays, marking the third consecutive start in which an Indians' pitcher took a perfect game into at least the 6th inning.
On July 5, 2B Jason Kipnis was named as the Indians' lone representative in the All-Star Game as a reserve. He had one at-bat, in which he struck out.
The Indians' inconsistent play continued throughout July, as they would have several winning and losing streaks of at least three games. Shortly after the All-Star Break, the Indians had a major set-back as they would get swept in four games by the Chicago White Sox at home, part of a 1–6 home stand. This moved the Indians back into last place in the division, and seemingly out of the playoff race.
The Indians would make several trades before the July 31 non-waiver trade deadline. They sent OF David Murphy to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim for AA infielder Eric Stamets. They traded 1B/OF Brandon Moss to the St. Louis Cardinals for pitching prospect and 2013 first round draft pick Rob Kaminsky. Lastly, they traded RP Marc Rzepczynski to the San Diego Padres for AAA OF Abraham Almonte.
Despite these struggles, the Indians would go on to win the final three games of the month to finish July at 13–13.

#### August

The Indians struggles continued, as they would lose five of their first six games of the month, falling ten games below .500 on August 7. On that day, they traded CF Michael Bourn and 1B/OF Nick Swisher and $10 million in cash considerations to the Atlanta Braves for 1B Chris Johnson. The team would bring up OF Abraham Almonte from AAA Columbus after the trade.
The Tribe began a turnaround on August 8, as they would win their next four games, and close out the month winning 15 of 23, including 9 of 10 home games. During this stretch, the Indians recorded 10 base hits in 10 consecutive games, something the Indians had not accomplished since 1936. At the end of the month, the Indians had climbed to within two games of .500 at 64–66, and four games behind the Texas Rangers for the second wild card spot.

#### September–October

The Indians played the majority of the season's final month against their Central Division rivals. The Indians lost 3 of their first 4 games of the month while Kluber suffered a hamstring injury, causing him to miss 12 days. The Indians then won five of their next six games between September 6 and 13, improving their record to 70–70 and marking the first time the Indians were .500 since they were 2–2. The Indians would also be 71–71, 72–72, 73–73, and 74–74, but lost the following game each time. They briefly made it over the .500 mark at 77–76 on September 26, but went on to lose three in a row.
The Indians spent much of September 3–5 games behind the Texas Rangers or Houston Astros for the second wild card spot in the American League. They remained mathematically in the playoff race until the final week of the season, when they lost three out of four to the Minnesota Twins, another one of the teams in the hunt for the last playoff spot. The Indians were officially eliminated from the wild card race during this series on September 30. The Tribe however went on to sweep the Boston Red Sox in their final series of the season, to finish the season at 81–80. This marked the third straight season that the Indians finished above .500, which had not happened since 1999 through 2001.

### Season standings
#### American League Central

vteAL Central :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Kansas City Royals | 95 | 67 | .586 | — | 51‍–‍30 | 44‍–‍37 |
| Minnesota Twins | 83 | 79 | .512 | 12 | 46‍–‍35 | 37‍–‍44 |
| Cleveland Indians | 81 | 80 | .503 | 13½ | 39‍–‍41 | 42‍–‍39 |
| Chicago White Sox | 76 | 86 | .469 | 19 | 40‍–‍41 | 36‍–‍45 |
| Detroit Tigers | 74 | 87 | .460 | 20½ | 38‍–‍43 | 36‍–‍44 |

#### American League Wild Card

vteDivision Leaders :
| Team | W | L | Pct. |
| Kansas City Royals | 95 | 67 | .586 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 93 | 69 | .574 |
| Texas Rangers | 88 | 74 | .543 |
vteWild Card teams (Top 2 teams qualify for postseason) :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
| New York Yankees | 87 | 75 | .537 | +1 |
| Houston Astros | 86 | 76 | .531 | — |
| Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | 85 | 77 | .525 | 1 |
| Minnesota Twins | 83 | 79 | .512 | 3 |
| Cleveland Indians | 81 | 80 | .503 | 4½ |
| Baltimore Orioles | 81 | 81 | .500 | 5 |
| Tampa Bay Rays | 80 | 82 | .494 | 6 |
| Boston Red Sox | 78 | 84 | .481 | 8 |
| Chicago White Sox | 76 | 86 | .469 | 10 |
| Seattle Mariners | 76 | 86 | .469 | 10 |
| Detroit Tigers | 74 | 87 | .460 | 11½ |
| Oakland Athletics | 68 | 94 | .420 | 18 |

#### Record against opponents

2015 American League recordvte Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2015 :
| Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | HOU | KC | LAA | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
| Baltimore | — | 11–8 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 0–7 | 10–9 | 6–1 | 3–3 | 10–9 | 1–6 | 8–11 | 12–8 |
| Boston | 8–11 | — | 3–4 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 2–5 | 2–5 | 8–11 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 9–10 | 2–5 | 10–9 | 13–7 |
| Chicago | 3–3 | 4–3 | — | 10–9 | 9–10 | 5–1 | 7–12 | 4–3 | 6–13 | 2–5 | 5–2 | 4–3 | 1–5 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 9–11 |
| Cleveland | 1–5 | 4–2 | 9–10 | — | 7–11 | 5–2 | 9–10 | 4–2 | 7–12 | 5–2 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 12–8 |
| Detroit | 3–4 | 2–4 | 10–9 | 11–7 | — | 3–4 | 9–10 | 1–6 | 11–8 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 9–11 |
| Houston | 4–3 | 4–2 | 1–5 | 2–5 | 4–3 | — | 4–2 | 10–9 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 10–9 | 12–7 | 2–5 | 6–13 | 4–3 | 16–4 |
| Kansas City | 4–3 | 3–4 | 12–7 | 10–9 | 10–9 | 2–4 | — | 6–1 | 12–7 | 2–4 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 6–1 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 13–7 |
| Los Angeles | 4–2 | 5–2 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 6–1 | 9–10 | 1–6 | — | 5–2 | 2–4 | 11–8 | 12–7 | 3–3 | 12–7 | 2–5 | 8–12 |
| Minnesota | 7–0 | 5–2 | 13–6 | 12–7 | 8–11 | 3–3 | 7–12 | 2–5 | — | 1–5 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 8–12 |
| New York | 9–10 | 11–8 | 5–2 | 2–5 | 5–2 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 5–1 | — | 3–4 | 5–1 | 12–7 | 2–5 | 6–13 | 11–9 |
| Oakland | 1–6 | 1–5 | 2–5 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 9–10 | 1–5 | 8–11 | 3–4 | 4–3 | — | 6–13 | 3–4 | 10–9 | 1–5 | 11–9 |
| Seattle | 3–3 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 7–12 | 2–4 | 7–12 | 3–4 | 1–5 | 13–6 | — | 4–3 | 12–7 | 4–2 | 8–12 |
| Tampa Bay | 9–10 | 10–9 | 5–1 | 2–5 | 3–3 | 5–2 | 1–6 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 7–12 | 4–3 | 3–4 | — | 2–5 | 10–9 | 14–6 |
| Texas | 6–1 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 5–2 | 13–6 | 4–3 | 7–12 | 3–3 | 5–2 | 9–10 | 7–12 | 5–2 | — | 2–4 | 11–9 |
| Toronto | 11–8 | 9–10 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 5–2 | 5–2 | 13–6 | 5–1 | 2–4 | 9–10 | 4–2 | — | 12–8 |

#### Detailed records

(End of regular season)
American League :
| Opponent | Home | Away | Total | Pct. | Runs scored | Runs allowed |
| AL East |||||||
| Baltimore Orioles | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–5 | .167 | 10 | 29 |
| Boston Red Sox | 3–0 | 1–2 | 4–2 | .667 | 26 | 20 |
| New York Yankees | 2–1 | 3–1 | 5–2 | .714 | 29 | 27 |
| Tampa Bay Rays | 1–2 | 4–0 | 5–2 | .714 | 27 | 16 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–4 | .429 | 32 | 39 |
| | 9–7 | 9–8 | 18–15 | .545 | 126 | 134 |
| AL Central |||||||
| Chicago White Sox | 3–6 | 6–4 | 9–10 | .474 | 66 | 73 |
| Cleveland Indians | – | – | – | – | – | - |
| Detroit Tigers | 3–6 | 4–5 | 7–11 | .389 | 85 | 94 |
| Kansas City Royals | 4–6 | 5–4 | 9–10 | .474 | 90 | 78 |
| Minnesota Twins | 4–6 | 3–6 | 7–12 | .368 | 89 | 80 |
| | 14–24 | 18–19 | 32–43 | .427 | 330 | 345 |
| AL West |||||||
| Houston Astros | 3–1 | 2–1 | 5–2 | .714 | 20 | 15 |
| Los Angeles Angels | 3–0 | 1–2 | 4–2 | .667 | 29 | 15 |
| Oakland Athletics | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–4 | .429 | 16 | 17 |
| Seattle Mariners | 1–2 | 3–1 | 4–3 | .571 | 27 | 23 |
| Texas Rangers | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–3 | .500 | 42 | 33 |
| | 9–7 | 10–7 | 19–14 | .576 | 134 | 102 |
National League :
| Opponent | Home | Away | Total | Pct. | Runs scored | Runs allowed |
| Chicago Cubs | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | .500 | 11 | 22 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 3–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | .833 | 29 | 19 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | .750 | 25 | 21 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | — | 1–2 | 1–2 | .333 | 8 | 8 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 1–2 | — | 1–2 | .333 | 6 | 10 |
| | 7–3 | 5–5 | 12–8 | .600 | 79 | 80 |

### Game log

2015 Game Log :
April: 7–14 (Home: 2–7; Away: 5–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 6@ Astros2–0Keuchel (1–0)Kluber (0–1)Gregerson (1)43,5730–1
2April 8@ Astros2–0Carrasco (1–0)Feldman (0–1)Allen (1)23,0781–1
3April 9@ Astros5–1Bauer (1–0)Wojciechowski (0–1)22,5932–1
4April 10Tigers8–4Simón (1–0)McAllister (0–1)Soria (1)35,7892–2
5April 11Tigers9–6Krol (1–0)Allen (0–1)23,1612–3
6April 12Tigers8–5Lobstein (1–0)House (0–1)Soria (2)19,5552–4
7April 14White Sox4–1Quintana (1–0)Carrasco (1–1)Robertson (2)10,6422–5
8April 15White Sox4–2Bauer (2–0)Danks (0–2)Allen (2)11,0423–5
9April 17@ Twins3–2 (11)Boyer (1–1)Shaw (0–1)21,3073–6
10April 18@ Twins4–2Salazar (1–0)Hughes (0–3)Allen (3)23,9494–6
11April 19@ Twins7–2May (1–1)House (0–2)17,9234–7
12April 20@ White Sox4–3Robertson (1–0)Allen (0–2)13,0554–8
13April 21@ White Sox6–2Carrasco (2–1)Noesí (0–2)14,0325–8
14April 22@ White Sox6–0Samardzija (1–1)Kluber (0–2)14,4295–9
15April 24@ Tigers13–1Salazar (2–0)Greene (3–1)28,1926–9
16April 25@ Tigers4–1Simón (4–0)House (0–3)Soria (6)35,4736–10
17April 26@ Tigers8–6Lobstein (2–1)Carrasco (2–2)Soria (7)30,6986–11
18April 27Royals6–2Vargas (2–1)Kluber (0–3)9,6686–12
19April 28Royals11–5Finnegan (1–0)Atchison (0–1)10,6986–13
20April 29Royals7–5Salazar (3–0)Ventura (2–2)Allen (4)10,2847–13
21April 30Blue Jays5–1Francis (1–0)House (0–4)9,7987–14 :
May: 17–12 (Home: 8–7; Away: 9–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
22May 1Blue Jays9–4Carrasco (3–2)Buehrle (3–2)15,0888–14
23May 2Blue Jays11–4Sanchez (2–2)Kluber (0–4)18,0088–15
24May 3Blue Jays10–7Rzepczynski (1–0)Francis (1–1)16,1289–15
25May 5@ Royals5–3Vargas (3–1)Salazar (3–1)Davis (6)29,0999–16
26May 6@ Royals10–3Carrasco (4–2)Duffy (2–1)23,31610–16
27May 7@ Royals7–4Morales (3–0)Kluber (0–5)Holland (5)38,27110–17
28May 8Twins9–3Pelfrey (3–0)Bauer (2–1)19,10210–18
29May 9Twins7–4Hughes (2–4)Chen (0–1)Perkins (11)16,19910–19
30May 10Twins8–3Salazar (4–1)May (2–3)13,76911–19
31May 12Cardinals8–3Lynn (2–3)Carrasco (4–3)12,61511–20
32May 13Cardinals2–0Kluber (1–5)Lackey (2–2)Allen (5)12,31312–20
33May 14Cardinals2–1Siegrist (2–0)Rzepczynski (1–1)Rosenthal (12)15,86512–21
34May 15@ Rangers8–3Webb (1–0)Rodríguez (1–2)29,52413–21
35May 16@ Rangers10–8Atchison (1–1)Feliz (1–2)Allen (6)31,04514–21
36May 17@ Rangers5–1Martinez (3–0)Carrasco (4–4)32,18914–22
37May 18@ White Sox2–1 (10)Duke (2–2)McAllister (0–2)17,71214–23
38May 19@ White Sox3–1Bauer (3–1)Quintana (2–4)Allen (7)15,68115–23
39May 20@ White Sox4–3Marcum (1–0)Jennings (0–1)Allen (8)15,14616–23
40May 21@ White Sox5–2Salazar (5–1)Danks (2–4)18,32117–23
41May 22Reds7–3Carrasco (5–4)Leake (2–3)23,61718–23
42May 23Reds2–1Kluber (2–5)Cingrani (0–1)Allen (9)27,31519–23
43May 24Reds5–2Bauer (4–1)Iglesias (1–1)23,88220–23
44May 25Rangers10–8Scheppers (1–0)Rzepczynski (1–2)Tolleson (4)13,61420–24
45May 26Rangers4–3Kela (4–1)Hagadone (0–1)Tolleson (5)11,35220–25
46May 27Rangers12–3Carrasco (6–4)Lewis (4–3)15,95621–25
47May 28@ Mariners5–3Kluber (3–5)Paxton (3–3)Allen (10)19,44922–25
48May 29@ Mariners2–1Walker (2–5)Bauer (4–2)Rodney (14)32,45422–26
49May 30@ Mariners4–3Marcum (2–0)Elias (2–2)Allen (11)32,28723–26
50May 31@ Mariners6–3 (12)McAllister (1–2)Leone (0–4)Adams (1)32,11224–26 :
June: 11–15 (Home: 5–9; Away: 6–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
51June 2@ Royals2–1Carrasco (7–4)Davis (2–1)Allen (12)30,36125–26
52June 3@ Royals4–2Vargas (4–2)Kluber (3–6)Holland (8)29,89925–27
53June 4@ Royals6–2 (8)Bauer (5–2)Young (4–2)29,55226–27
54June 5Orioles5–2Tillman (3–7)Marcum (2–1)Britton (15)26,07026–28
55June 6Orioles2–1Salazar (6–1)Brach (3–2)Allen (13)24,93927–28
56June 7Orioles7–3Norris (2–4)Carrasco (7–5)18,15127–29
57June 9Mariners3–2Elias (3–3)Kluber (3–7)Smith (2)11,42527–30
58June 10Mariners9–3Walker (3–6)Bauer (5–3)12,30527–31
59June 11Mariners6–0Marcum (3–1)Happ (3–2)15,31628–31
60June 12@ Tigers4–0Price (6–2)Salazar (6–2)35,37928–32
61June 13@ Tigers5–4Carrasco (8–5)Hardy (2–1)Allen (14)41,62029–32
62June 14@ Tigers8–1Simón (7–3)Kluber (3–8)36,99429–33
June 15@ CubsPostponed (rain). Makeup: August 24
63June 16@ Cubs6–0Bauer (6–3)Arrieta (6–5)35,91430–33
64June 17Cubs17–0Wada (1–1)Marcum (3–2)15,57230–34
65June 18Cubs4–3McAllister (2–2)Wood (3–3)Shaw (1)15,89131–34
66June 19Rays4–1Karns (4–3)Carrasco (8–6)Boxberger (17)22,81131–35
67June 20Rays4–1Cedeno (1–0)Kluber (3–9)Boxberger (18)24,67031–36
68June 21Rays1–0Allen (1–2)Jepsen (1–5)20,84732–36
69June 22Tigers8–5Hardy (3–1)Bauer (6–4)15,74632–37
70June 23Tigers7–3Price (7–2)Salazar (6–3)19,15632–38
71June 24Tigers8–2Carrasco (9–6)Farmer (0–2)20,78033–38
72June 26@ Orioles4–3O'Day (5–0)Rzepczynski (1–3)Britton (22)31,11233–39
June 27@ OriolesPostponed (rain). Makeup: June 28 (Game 2)
73June 28@ Orioles4–0Jiménez (7–3)Bauer (6–5)45,67533–40
74June 28@ Orioles8–0Tillman (6–7)Murata (0–1)40,00633–41
75June 29@ Rays7–1Anderson (1–0)Karns (4–4)11,80234–41
76June 30@ Rays6–2Salazar (7–3)Ramírez (6–3)10,43735–41 :
July: 13–13 (Home: 5–9; Away: 8–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
77July 1@ Rays8–1Carrasco (10–6)Colomé (3–4)11,39436–41
78July 2@ Rays5–4 (10)Shaw (1–1)Cedeno (1–1)Allen (15)16,35337–41
79July 3@ Pirates5–2Bauer (7–5)Morton (6–2)Allen (16)38,84038–41
80July 4@ Pirates1–0Locke (5–4)Anderson (1–1)Melancon (26)37,92838–42
81July 5@ Pirates5–3Cole (12–3)Salazar (7–4)Melancon (27)36,81238–43
82July 6Astros9–4Keuchel (11–3)Carrasco (10–7)13,51638–44
83July 7Astros2–0Kluber (4–9)Velasquez (0–1)Shaw (2)10,82139–44
84July 8Astros4–2Bauer (8–5)Thatcher (1–3)Allen (17)15,25540–44
85July 9Astros3–1Anderson (2–1)Oberholtzer (2–2)Allen (18)11,49641–44
86July 10Athletics5–1Salazar (8–4)Graveman (6–5)Allen (19)28,53942–44
87July 11Athletics5–4O'Flaherty (1–2)McAllister (2–3)Clippard (17)28,73342–45
88July 12Athletics2–0Gray (10–3)Kluber (4–10)20,61142–46
–July 1486th All-Star GameNational League vs. American League (Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati, Ohio)
89July 17@ Reds6–1Leake (7–5)Bauer (8–6)38,98242–47
90July 18@ Reds9–4Kluber (5–10)DeSclafani (5–7)39,58843–47
91July 19@ Reds5–3 (11)Rzepczynski (2–3)Villarreal (1–3)McAllister (1)36,30244–47
92July 21@ Brewers8–1Garza (5–10)Salazar (8–5)34,37944–48
93July 22@ Brewers7–5Adams (1–0)Lohse (5–11)Allen (20)32,58845–48
94July 23White Sox8–1Samardzija (7–5)Bauer (8–7)16,31745–49
95July 24White Sox6–0Quintana (5–9)Kluber (5–11)—26,55345–50
96July 25White Sox10–3Sale (9–5)Carrasco (10–8)24,76345–51
97July 26White Sox2–1Rodon (4–3)Salazar (8–6)Robertson (21)17,75145–52
98July 27Royals9–4Vólquez (10–5)Anderson (2–2)Blanton (2)13,61145–53
99July 28Royals2–1Davis (7–1)Bauer (8–8)Holland (22)18,06445–54
100July 29Royals12–1Kluber (6–11)Guthrie (7–7)19,76746–54
101July 30@ Athletics3–1Carrasco (11–8)Bassitt (0–4)13,17347–54
102July 31@ Athletics2–1Salazar (9–6)Mujica (2–3)Allen (21)28,15248–54 :
August: 16–12 (Home: 9–2; Away: 7–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
103August 1@ Athletics5–1Brooks (1–0)Anderson (2–3)19,04648–55
104August 2@ Athletics2–1 (10)Rodriguez (2–1)Allen (1–3)21,49848–56
105August 3@ Angels5–4Richards (11–8)Kluber (6–12)Street (26)37,03048–57
106August 4@ Angels2–0 (12)McAllister (3–3)Alvarez (2–3)Allen (22)38,15949–57
107August 5@ Angels4–3Bedrosian (1–0)Allen (1–4)33,09949–58
108August 7Twins10–9May (8–7)Shaw (1–2)Perkins (30)30,36549–59
109August 8Twins17–4Bauer (9–8)Santana (2–3)31,66650–59
110August 9Twins8–1Kluber (7–12)Hughes (10–8)21.30551–59
111August 11Yankees5–4 (16)Adams (2–0)Pinder (0–2)23,61852–59
112August 12Yankees2–1Salazar (10–6)Sabathia (4–9)Allen (23)18,84453–59
113August 13Yankees8–6Eovaldi (12–2)Bauer (9–9)Miller (25)23,07653–60
114August 14@ Twins6–1Kluber (8–12)May (8–8)26,91054–60
115August 15@ Twins4–1Duffey (1–1)Tomlin (0–1)30,60154–61
116August 16@ Twins4–1Milone (6–3)Carrasco (11–9)Perkins (31)27,24454–62
117August 17@ Red Sox8–2Salazar (11–6)Barnes (3–3)32,70155–62
118August 18@ Red Sox9–1Rodríguez (7–5)Bauer (9–10)31,90755–63
119August 19@ Red Sox6–4Kelly (6–6)Kluber (8–13)Tazawa (1)32,46555–64
120August 20@ Yankees3–2Tomlin (1–1)Nova (5–5)Allen (24)36,12956–64
121August 21@ Yankees7–3Carrasco (12–9)Tanaka (9–6)Allen (25)35,94057–64
122August 22@ Yankees6–2Severino (1–2)Salazar (11–7)47,03157–65
123August 23@ Yankees4–3Shaw (2–2)Betances (6–3)Allen (26)46,94558–65
124August 24@ Cubs2–1Rondon (5–2)McAllister (3–4)36,28358–66
125August 25Brewers11–6Tomlin (2–1)Peralta (4–8)11,68759–66
126August 26Brewers6–2Manship (1–0)Nelson (10–10)13,05260–66
127August 28Angels3–1Bauer (10–10)Gott (2–2)Allen (27)22.27361–66
128August 29Angels8–3Shaw (3–2)Smith (4–4)22,84362–66
129August 30Angels9–2Tomlin (3–1)Weaver (6–10)22,32863–66
130August 31@ Blue Jays4–2Salazar (12–7)Price (13–5)Allen (28)46,64364–66 :
September/October: 17–14 (Home: 10–7; Away: 7–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
131September 1@ Blue Jays5–3 (10)Lowe (1–2)Shaw (3–3)41,35664–67
132September 2@ Blue Jays5–1Dickey (10–10)Bauer (10–11)46,53864–68
133September 4@ Tigers8–1Tomlin (4–1)Lobstein (3–6)26,37865–68
134September 5@ Tigers6–0Simón (12–9)Salazar (12–8)28,94965–69
135September 6@ Tigers4–0Anderson (3–3)Verlander (3–7)28,96466–69
136September 7@ White Sox3–2Bauer (11–11)Sale (12–8)Allen (29)14,75767–69
137September 8@ White Sox7–4Rodon (7–6)Carrasco (12–10)11,99067–70
138September 9@ White Sox6–4Tomlin (5–1)Samardzija (9–12)Allen (30)11,66768–70
139September 10Tigers7–5Allen (2–4)Hardy (4–3)11,16669–70
—September 11TigersPostponed (rain). Makeup: September 13 (Game 2)
—September 12TigersCancelled (rain)
140September 13Tigers7–2Anderson (4–3)Verlander (3–8)—70–70
141September 13Tigers9–2VerHagen (1–0)Bauer (11–12)14,48770–71
142September 14Royals8–3Carrasco (13–10)Vólquez (13–8)10,35671–71
143September 15Royals2–0Medlen (4–1)Tomlin (5–2)Holland (31)10,51671–72
144September 16Royals5–1Salazar (13–8)Duffy (7–8)11,10372–72
145September 17Royals8–4Ventura (12–8)Kluber (8–14)Holland (32)13,12572–73
146September 18White Sox12–1Anderson (5–3)Sale (12–10)16,14973–73
147September 19White Sox4–3Rodon (8–6)Carrasco (13–11)Robertson (30)16,39073–74
148September 20White Sox6–3Tomlin (6–2)Danks (7–13)Allen (31)13,28274–74
149September 22@ Twins3–1Santana (6–4)Salazar (13–9)Jepsen (13)21,85074–75
150September 23@ Twins4–2Hughes (11–9)Kluber (8–15)17,83174–76
151September 24@ Twins6–3Anderson (6–3)Gibson (10–11)Allen (32)21,36675–76
152September 25@ Royals6–0Carrasco (14–11)Vólquez (13–9)37,04976–76
153September 26@ Royals9–5McAllister (4–4)Medlen (5–2)38,16777–76
154September 27@ Royals3–0Young (11–6)Salazar (13–10)Davis (14)36,33977–77
155September 28Twins4–2Milone (9–5)Kluber (8–16)Jepsen (14)10,00777–78
—September 29TwinsPostponed (rain). Makeup: September 30 (Game 1)
156September 30Twins7–1Gibson (11–11)Carrasco (14–12)—77–79
157September 30Twins10–2Anderson (7–3)Pelfrey (6–11)10,22878–79
158October 1Twins4–2Perkins (3–5)Allen (2–5)Jepsen (15)22,64478–80
159October 2Red Sox8–2Tomlin (7–2)Owens (4–4)28,27379–80
160October 3Red Sox2–0Kluber (9–16)Breslow (0–4)Allen (33)17,34280–80
161October 4Red Sox3–1Salazar (14–10)Porcello (9–15)Allen (34)17,84481–80 :
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Indians team member :

## 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 |
| Austin Adams | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Jesus Aguilar | 7 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .316 | 0 |
| Cody Allen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Abraham Almonte | 51 | 178 | 30 | 47 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 20 | .264 | 6 |
| Cody Anderson | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Mike Avilés | 98 | 290 | 37 | 67 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 17 | .231 | 3 |
| Trevor Bauer | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | 0 |
| Michael Bourn | 95 | 289 | 29 | 71 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 19 | .246 | 13 |
| Michael Brantley | 137 | 529 | 68 | 164 | 45 | 0 | 15 | 84 | .310 | 15 |
| Carlos Carrasco | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 |
| Lonnie Chisenhall | 106 | 333 | 38 | 82 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 44 | .246 | 4 |
| Kyle Crockett | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Yan Gomes | 95 | 363 | 38 | 84 | 22 | 0 | 12 | 45 | .231 | 0 |
| Nick Hagadone | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Brett Hayes | 14 | 32 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .156 | 0 |
| Tyler Holt | 9 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .100 | 0 |
| Chris Johnson | 27 | 90 | 6 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .289 | 0 |
| Jason Kipnis | 141 | 565 | 84 | 171 | 43 | 7 | 9 | 52 | .303 | 12 |
| Corey Kluber | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Francisco Lindor | 99 | 390 | 50 | 122 | 22 | 4 | 12 | 51 | .313 | 12 |
| Jeff Manship | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Michael Martínez | 16 | 30 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .267 | 0 |
| Zach McAllister | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Adam Moore | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | 0 |
| Brandon Moss | 94 | 337 | 36 | 73 | 17 | 1 | 15 | 50 | .217 | 0 |
| David Murphy | 84 | 206 | 22 | 61 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 27 | .296 | 0 |
| Roberto Perez | 70 | 184 | 30 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 21 | .228 | 0 |
| Ryan Raburn | 82 | 173 | 22 | 52 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 29 | .301 | 0 |
| Jose Ramirez | 97 | 315 | 50 | 69 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 27 | .219 | 10 |
| Marc Rzepczynski | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Danny Salazar | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Jerry Sands | 50 | 123 | 11 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 19 | .236 | 0 |
| Carlos Santana | 154 | 550 | 72 | 128 | 29 | 2 | 19 | 85 | .231 | 11 |
| Bryan Shaw | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Nick Swisher | 30 | 101 | 6 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .198 | 0 |
| Giovanny Urshela | 81 | 267 | 25 | 60 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 20 | .225 | 0 |
| Zach Walters | 12 | 30 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .133 | 0 |
| Ryan Webb | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Team Totals | 161 | 5439 | 669 | 1396 | 303 | 28 | 141 | 640 | .257 | 86 |

### 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 | 2 | 0 | 3.78 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 33.1 | 37 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 23 |
| Cody Allen | 2 | 5 | 2.99 | 70 | 0 | 34 | 69.1 | 56 | 26 | 23 | 25 | 99 |
| Cody Anderson | 7 | 3 | 3.05 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 91.1 | 77 | 32 | 31 | 24 | 44 |
| Shawn Armstrong | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| Scott Atchison | 1 | 1 | 6.86 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 19.2 | 23 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 12 |
| Trevor Bauer | 11 | 12 | 4.55 | 31 | 30 | 0 | 176.0 | 152 | 90 | 89 | 79 | 170 |
| Carlos Carrasco | 14 | 12 | 3.63 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 183.2 | 154 | 75 | 74 | 43 | 216 |
| Bruce Chen | 0 | 1 | 12.79 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6.1 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 4 |
| Kyle Crockett | 0 | 0 | 4.08 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 17.2 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 15 |
| Gavin Floyd | 0 | 0 | 2.70 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13.1 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 |
| Nick Hagadone | 0 | 1 | 4.28 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 27.1 | 30 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 28 |
| T. J. House | 0 | 4 | 13.15 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 13.0 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 12 | 7 |
| Corey Kluber | 9 | 16 | 3.49 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 222.0 | 189 | 92 | 86 | 45 | 245 |
| CC Lee | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Jeff Manship | 1 | 0 | 0.92 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 39.1 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 33 |
| Shaun Marcum | 3 | 2 | 5.40 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 35.0 | 32 | 21 | 21 | 11 | 30 |
| Zach McAllister | 4 | 4 | 3.00 | 61 | 1 | 1 | 69.0 | 70 | 28 | 23 | 22 | 84 |
| Toru Murata | 0 | 1 | 8.10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| David Murphy | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ryan Raburn | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Marc Rzepczynski | 2 | 3 | 4.43 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 20.1 | 23 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 24 |
| Danny Salazar | 14 | 10 | 3.45 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 185.0 | 156 | 79 | 71 | 53 | 195 |
| Bryan Shaw | 3 | 3 | 2.95 | 74 | 0 | 2 | 63.0 | 59 | 24 | 21 | 19 | 54 |
| Giovanni Soto | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Swarzak | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 13.1 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 13 |
| Josh Tomlin | 7 | 2 | 3.02 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 65.2 | 47 | 22 | 22 | 8 | 57 |
| Ryan Webb | 1 | 0 | 3.20 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 50.2 | 46 | 21 | 18 | 12 | 31 |
| Team Totals | 81 | 80 | 3.67 | 161 | 161 | 38 | 1432.2 | 1274 | 640 | 586 | 425 | 1407 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Columbus Clippers | International League | Chris Tremie |
| AA | Akron RubberDucks | Eastern League | Dave Wallace |
| A-Advanced | Lynchburg Hillcats | Carolina League | Mark Budzinski |
| A | Lake County Captains | Midwest League | Shaun Larkin |
| A-Short Season | Mahoning Valley Scrappers | New York–Penn League | Travis Fryman |
| Rookie | AZL Indians | Arizona League | Anthony Medrano |
| Rookie | DSL Indians | Dominican Summer League | Jose Mejia |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Columbus