2016 Cleveland Indians season

2016 Cleveland Indians
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Central Division (since 1994)
Location
Progressive Field (since 1994)
Cleveland, Ohio (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Larry Dolan
General manager(s)	Mike Chernoff
Manager(s)	Terry Francona
Local television	SportsTime Ohio · WKYC (Matt Underwood, Rick Manning)
Local radio	WTAM · WMMS Cleveland Indians Radio Network (Tom Hamilton, Jim Rosenhaus)
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The 2016 Cleveland Indians season is the 116th season for the franchise. The team will play its 23rd season at Progressive Field.

Regular season

Opening Day Starting Lineup

1. CF Rajai Davis
2. 2B Jason Kipnis
3. SS Francisco Lindor
4. 1B Mike Napoli
5. DH Carlos Santana
6. C Yan Gomes
7. LF Marlon Byrd
8. 3B Juan Uribe
9. RF Collin Cowgill

SP Corey Kluber

April

The Cleveland Indians opened up their 2016 season with a three game series against the Boston Red Sox at Progressive Field. Opening Day was scheduled for April 4, but was postponed due to rain until April 5. The Indians lost the opener 6-2. They would get their first win a day later, as newly acquired 1B Mike Napoli hit the go-ahead home run in a 7-6 victory over his former team.

Season standings

American League Central

AL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago White Sox	19	10	0.655	—	7–5	12–5
Cleveland Indians	13	12	0.520	4	6–5	7–7
Detroit Tigers	14	13	0.519	4	5–6	9–7
Kansas City Royals	14	13	0.519	4	9–5	5–8
Minnesota Twins	8	20	0.286	10½	6–8	2–12

American League Wild Card

Division Leaders	W	L	Pct.
Chicago White Sox	19	10	0.655
Boston Red Sox	17	11	0.607
Seattle Mariners	17	11	0.607

Wild Card teams (Top 2 qualify for 1-game playoff)	W	L	Pct.	GB
Baltimore Orioles	16	11	0.593	+2
Cleveland Indians	13	12	0.520	—
Detroit Tigers	14	13	0.519	—
Kansas City Royals	14	13	0.519	—
Texas Rangers	15	14	0.517	—
Toronto Blue Jays	15	15	0.500	½
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	13	15	0.464	1½
Tampa Bay Rays	12	14	0.462	1½
Oakland Athletics	13	16	0.448	2
New York Yankees	9	17	0.346	4½
Houston Astros	10	19	0.345	5
Minnesota Twins	8	20	0.286	6½

Record against opponents

2016 American League Records Source: AL Standings Head-to-head
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	HOU	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Baltimore	—	2–1	2–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	3–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	3–2	1–2	2–1	0–0
Boston	1–2	—	0–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	4–3	3–1
Chicago	2–2	1–0	—	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	3–0	0–0	3–1	0–0	1–2	3–0	3–0	0–0
Cleveland	0–0	1–1	1–1	—	3–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–2	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–5
Detroit	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–3	—	1–2	1–2	0–0	3–0	1–1	3–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	5–1
Houston	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–1	—	1–3	0–0	2–1	1–2	1–2	1–2	0–0	0–3	0–0	1–2
Kansas City	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	3–1	—	0–0	3–0	0–0	1–2	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1
Los Angeles	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–3	0–0	3–0	1–2	0–0	2–2	0–0	0–2
Minnesota	0–3	0–0	0–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–3	3–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2
New York	1–2	0–3	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–3	1–2	2–1	1–2	1–2	0–0
Oakland	0–0	0–0	1–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–3	0–0	2–0	—	3–2	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0
Seattle	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	3–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	3–3	—	0–0	3–3	0–0	0–0
Tampa Bay	2–3	1–1	2–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	3–4	0–0
Texas	2–1	0–0	0–3	0–0	0–0	3–0	0–0	4–2	0–0	2–1	0–0	3–3	0–0	—	1–0	0–0
Toronto	1–2	3–4	0–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	4–3	0–0	—	0–0

Game log

2016 Game Log[1]
April: 10–11 (Home: 3–5; Away: 7–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record — April 4 Red Sox Postponed (rain). Makeup date: April 5. 1 April 5 Red Sox 6–2 Price (1–0) Kluber (0–1) – 34,493 0–1 2 April 6 Red Sox 7–6 McAllister (1–0) Tazawa (0–1) Allen (1) 10,298 1–1 — April 7 Red Sox Postponed (rain). Makeup date: August 15. 3 April 8 @ White Sox 7–1 Salazar (1–0) Danks (0–1) — 38,019 2–1 4 April 9 @ White Sox 7–3 Sale (2–0) Shaw (0–1) — 20,192 2–2 — April 10 @ White Sox Postponed (rain). Makeup date: May 23 (Game 1). 5 April 12 @ Rays 5–1 Cedeño (1–0) Kluber (0–2) — 10,283 2–3 6 April 13 @ Rays 4–1 Carrasco (1–0) Smyly (0–2) Allen (2) 10,117 3–3 7 April 14 @ Rays 6–0 Salazar (2–0) Archer (0–3) — 10,715 4–3 8 April 15 Mets 6–5 Colón (1–1) Anderson (0–1) Familia (3) 15,365 4–4 9 April 16 Mets 7–5 Tomlin (1–0) Harvey (0–3) Allen (3) 20,165 5–4 10 April 17 Mets 6–0 Matz (1–1) Kluber (0–3) — 17,621 5–5 11 April 19 Mariners 3–2 Carrasco (2–0) Miley (0–2) Allen (4) 9,393 6–5 12 April 20 Mariners 2–1 Walker (1–0) Salazar (2–1) Cishek (2) 9,980 6–6 13 April 21 Mariners 10–7 (10) Zych (1–0) Allen (0–1) Cishek (3) 11,525 6–7 14 April 22 @ Tigers 2–1 Tomlin (2–0) Verlander (1–2) Allen (5) 25,086 7–7 15 April 23 @ Tigers 10–1 Kluber (1–3) Sánchez (2–2) — 31,163 8–7 16 April 24 @ Tigers 6–3 Bauer (1–0) Greene (1–2) Allen (6) 31,947 9–7 17 April 25 @ Twins 4–3 Jepsen (1–3) McAllister (1–1) — 17,503 9–8 18 April 26 @ Twins 6–5 Jepsen (2–3) Allen (0–2) — 17,493 9–9 19 April 27 @ Twins 6–5 Tomlin (3–0) Berríos (0–1) Allen (7) 17,746 10–9 20 April 29 @ Phillies 4–3 (11) Hernandez (1–1) Allen (0–3) — 18,677 10–10 21 April 30 @ Phillies 4–3 Bailey (1–0) Hunter (0–1) Gómez (8) 23,636 10–11
May: 3–1 (Home: 3–0; Away: 0–1) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 22 May 1 @ Phillies 2–1 Velasquez (5–2) Salazar (2–2) Neris (1) 23,809 10–12 23 May 3 Tigers 7–3 Tomlin (4–0) Verlander (2–3) — 11,022 11–12 24 May 4 Tigers 4–0 Kluber (2–3) Sánchez (3–3) — 8,766 12–12 25 May 5 Tigers 9–4 Bauer (2–0) Fulmer (1–1) — 10,350 13–12 26 May 6 Royals – — – 27 May 7 Royals – — – 28 May 8 Royals – — – 29 May 9 @ Astros – — – 30 May 10 @ Astros – — – 31 May 11 @ Astros – — – 32 May 13 Twins – — – 33 May 14 Twins – — – 34 May 15 Twins – — – 35 May 16 Reds – — – 36 May 17 Reds – — – 37 May 18 @ Reds – — – 38 May 19 @ Reds – — – 39 May 20 @ Red Sox – — – 40 May 21 @ Red Sox – — – 41 May 22 @ Red Sox – — – 42 May 23 @ White Sox – — – 43 May 23 @ White Sox – — – 44 May 24 @ White Sox – — – 45 May 25 @ White Sox – — – 46 May 27 Orioles – — – 47 May 28 Orioles – — – 48 May 29 Orioles – — – 49 May 30 Rangers – — – 50 May 31 Rangers – — –
June: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 51 June 1 Rangers – — – 52 June 2 Royals – — – 53 June 3 Royals – — – 54 June 4 Royals – — – 55 June 5 Royals – — – 56 June 6 @ Mariners – — – 57 June 7 @ Mariners – — – 58 June 8 @ Mariners – — – 59 June 9 @ Mariners – — – 60 June 10 @ Angels – — – 61 June 11 @ Angels – — – 62 June 12 @ Angels – — – 63 June 13 @ Royals – — – 64 June 14 @ Royals – — – 65 June 15 @ Royals – — – 66 June 17 White Sox – — – 67 June 18 White Sox – — – 68 June 19 White Sox – — – 69 June 20 Rays – — – 70 June 21 Rays – — – 71 June 22 Rays – — – 72 June 24 @ Tigers – — – 73 June 25 @ Tigers – — – 74 June 26 @ Tigers – — – 75 June 27 @ Braves – — – 76 June 28 @ Braves – — – 77 June 29 @ Braves – — – 78 June 30 @ Blue Jays – — –
July: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 79 July 1 @ Blue Jays – — – 80 July 2 @ Blue Jays – — – 81 July 3 @ Blue Jays – — – 82 July 4 Tigers – — – 83 July 5 Tigers – — – 84 July 6 Tigers – — – 85 July 7 Yankees – — – 86 July 8 Yankees – — – 87 July 9 Yankees – — – 88 July 10 Yankees – — – 89 July 15 @ Twins – — – 90 July 16 @ Twins – — – 91 July 17 @ Twins – — – 92 July 18 @ Royals – — – 93 July 19 @ Royals – — – 94 July 20 @ Royals – — – 95 July 22 @ Orioles – — – 96 July 23 @ Orioles – — – 97 July 24 @ Orioles – — – 98 July 26 Nationals – — – 99 July 27 Nationals – — – 100 July 29 Athletics – — – 101 July 30 Athletics – — – 102 July 31 Athletics – — –
August: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 103 August 1 Twins – — – 104 August 2 Twins – — – 105 August 3 Twins – — – 106 August 4 Twins – — – 107 August 5 @ Yankees – — – 108 August 6 @ Yankees – — – 109 August 7 @ Yankees – — – 110 August 9 @ Nationals – — – 111 August 10 @ Nationals – — – 112 August 11 Angels – — – 113 August 12 Angels – — – 114 August 13 Angels – — – 115 August 14 Angels – — – 116 August 15 Red Sox – — – 117 August 16 White Sox – — – 118 August 17 White Sox – — – 119 August 18 White Sox – — – 120 August 19 Blue Jays – — – 121 August 20 Blue Jays – — – 122 August 21 Blue Jays – — – 123 August 22 @ Athletics – — – 124 August 23 @ Athletics – — – 125 August 24 @ Athletics – — – 126 August 25 @ Rangers – — – 127 August 26 @ Rangers – — – 128 August 27 @ Rangers – — – 129 August 28 @ Rangers – — – 130 August 29 Twins – — – 131 August 30 Twins – — – 132 August 31 Twins – — –
September/October: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 133 September 2 Marlins – — – 134 September 3 Marlins – — – 135 September 4 Marlins – — – 136 September 5 Astros – — – 137 September 6 Astros – — – 138 September 7 Astros – — – 139 September 8 Astros – — – 140 September 9 @ Twins – — – 141 September 10 @ Twins – — – 142 September 11 @ Twins – — – 143 September 12 @ White Sox – — – 144 September 13 @ White Sox – — – 145 September 14 @ White Sox – — – 146 September 15 @ White Sox – — – 147 September 16 Tigers – — – 148 September 17 Tigers – — – 149 September 18 Tigers – — – 150 September 20 Royals – — – 151 September 21 Royals – — – 152 September 22 Royals – — – 153 September 23 White Sox – — – 154 September 24 White Sox – — – 155 September 25 White Sox – — – 156 September 26 @ Tigers – — – 157 September 27 @ Tigers – — – 158 September 28 @ Tigers – — – 159 September 29 @ Tigers – — – 160 September 30 @ Royals – — – 161 October 1 @ Royals – — – 162 October 2 @ Royals – — –

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Current roster

Cleveland Indians roster
Active roster				Inactive roster		Coaches/Other
Pitchers Starting rotation 47 Trevor Bauer 28 Corey Kluber 31 Danny Salazar 43 Josh Tomlin Bullpen 62 Joba Chamberlain 57 Kyle Crockett 48 Tommy Hunter 53 Jeff Manship 34 Zach McAllister 61 Dan Otero 27 Bryan Shaw Closer 37 Cody Allen		Catchers 38 Chris Gimenez 10 Yan Gomes Infielders 22 Jason Kipnis 12 Francisco Lindor 26 Mike Napoli 11 José Ramírez 41 Carlos Santana  4 Juan Uribe Outfielders 23 Michael Brantley  6 Marlon Byrd  8 Lonnie Chisenhall 20 Rajai Davis 30 Tyler Naquin		Pitchers 49 Austin Adams 56 Cody Anderson 51 Shawn Armstrong 71 Dylan Baker 59 Carlos Carrasco 73 Mike Clevinger 58 TJ House 69 Ryan Merritt 74 Shawn Morimando Catchers 55 Roberto Pérez Infielders 36 Jesús Aguilar 78 Erik González 39 Giovanny Urshela Outfielders 24 Joey Butler  7 Collin Cowgill		Manager 17 Terry Francona Coaches 15 Sandy Alomar, Jr. (first base/catchers) 87 Mike Barnett (replay coordinator) 46 Jason Bere (bullpen) 32 Mickey Callaway (pitching) 64 Armando Camacaro (bullpen catcher)  2 Brad Mills (bench) 82 Ricky Pacione (bullpen catcher) 60 Matt Quatraro (assistant hitting) 16 Mike Sarbaugh (third base/infield) 29 Ty Van Burkleo (hitting) Restricted list 35 Abraham Almonte 25 active, 15 inactive 7- or 15-day disabled list ^† Suspended list ^# Personal leave Roster and coaches updated May 4, 2016 Transactions • Depth chart → All MLB rosters

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	Tony Mansolino
A-Short Season	Mahoning Valley Scrappers	New York–Penn League	Edwin Rodríguez
Rookie	AZL Indians	Arizona League	Anthony Medrano
Rookie	DSL Indians	Dominican Summer League	Jose Mejia

References

1. "2016 Cleveland Indians Sortable Schedule". Cleveland Indians.

External links

• 2016 Cleveland Indians Season Official Site
• 2016 Cleveland Indians season at Baseball Reference