2015 Cleveland Indians season

2015 Cleveland Indians
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Central Division (since 1994)
Location
Progressive Field (since 1994)
Cleveland, Ohio (since 1901)
Results
Record	81–80 (.503)
Divisional place	3rd
Other information
Owner(s)	Larry Dolan
General manager(s)	Chris Antonetti
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 2015 Cleveland Indians season was the 115th season for the franchise. The team will play its 22nd season at Progressive Field. The team looked to improve upon their 85-77 record and 3rd place divisional finish from the previous season. However, the Indians finished in third place in the AL Central with a 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

1. CF Michael Bourn
2. 2B Jason Kipnis
3. LF Michael Brantley
4. 1B Carlos Santana
5. C Yan Gomes
6. RF Brandon Moss
7. DH Ryan Raburn
8. 3B Lonnie Chisenhall
9. 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 ⅓ 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

Prospect Francisco Lindor in June 2015

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 Houston Astros, 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 was 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 would then win five of their next six games between September 6–13, 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 would go 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 would lose 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 would however go on to sweep the Boston Red Sox in their final series of the season, to finish the season at 81-80. This marks the third straight season that the Indians finished above .500, which has not happened since 1999 through 2001.

Season standings

American League Central

AL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Kansas City Royals	95	67	0.586	—	51–30	44–37
Minnesota Twins	83	79	0.512	12	46–35	37–44
Cleveland Indians	81	80	0.503	13½	39–41	42–39
Chicago White Sox	76	86	0.469	19	40–41	36–45
Detroit Tigers	74	87	0.460	20½	38–43	36–44

American League Wild Card

Division Leaders	W	L	Pct.
^(1) Kansas City Royals	95	67	0.586
^(2) Toronto Blue Jays	93	69	0.574
^(3) Texas Rangers	88	74	0.543

Wild Card teams (Top 2 qualify for 1-game playoff)	W	L	Pct.	GB
^(4) New York Yankees	87	75	0.537	+1
^(5) Houston Astros	86	76	0.531	—
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	85	77	0.525	1
Minnesota Twins	83	79	0.512	3
Cleveland Indians	81	80	0.503	4½
Baltimore Orioles	81	81	0.500	5
Tampa Bay Rays	80	82	0.494	6
Boston Red Sox	78	84	0.481	8
Chicago White Sox	76	86	0.469	10
Seattle Mariners	76	86	0.469	10
Detroit Tigers	74	87	0.460	11½
Oakland Athletics	68	94	0.420	18

Record against opponents

2015 AL 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	—	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[1]
April: 7–14 (Home: 2–7; Away: 5–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 6 @ Astros 2-0 Keuchel (1–0) Kluber (0–1) Gregerson (1) 43,573 0–1 2 April 8 @ Astros 2–0 Carrasco (1–0) Feldman (0–1) Allen (1) 23,078 1–1 3 April 9 @ Astros 5–1 Bauer (1–0) Wojciechowski (0–1) 22,593 2–1 4 April 10 Tigers 8-4 Simón (1–0) McAllister (0–1) Soria (1) 35,789 2–2 5 April 11 Tigers 9-6 Krol (1–0) Allen (0–1) 23,161 2–3 6 April 12 Tigers 8-5 Lobstein (1–0) House (0–1) Soria (2) 19,555 2–4 7 April 14 White Sox 4-1 Quintana (1–0) Carrasco (1–1) Robertson (2) 10,642 2–5 8 April 15 White Sox 4–2 Bauer (2–0) Danks (0–2) Allen (2) 11,042 3–5 9 April 17 @ Twins 3-2 (11) Boyer (1–1) Shaw (0–1) 21,307 3–6 10 April 18 @ Twins 4–2 Salazar (1–0) Hughes (0–3) Allen (3) 23,949 4–6 11 April 19 @ Twins 7-2 May (1–1) House (0–2) 17,923 4–7 12 April 20 @ White Sox 4-3 Robertson (1–0) Allen (0–2) 13,055 4–8 13 April 21 @ White Sox 6–2 Carrasco (2–1) Noesí (0–2) 14,032 5–8 14 April 22 @ White Sox 6-0 Samardzija (1–1) Kluber (0–2) 14,429 5–9 15 April 24 @ Tigers 13–1 Salazar (2–0) Greene (3–1) 28,192 6–9 16 April 25 @ Tigers 4-1 Simón (4–0) House (0–3) Soria (6) 35,473 6–10 17 April 26 @ Tigers 8-6 Lobstein (2–1) Carrasco (2–2) Soria (7) 30,698 6–11 18 April 27 Royals 6-2 Vargas (2–1) Kluber (0–3) 9,668 6–12 19 April 28 Royals 11-5 Finnegan (1–0) Atchison (0–1) 10,698 6–13 20 April 29 Royals 7–5 Salazar (3–0) Ventura (2–2) Allen (4) 10,284 7–13 21 April 30 Blue Jays 5-1 Francis (1–0) House (0–4) 9,798 7–14
May: 17–12 (Home: 8–7; Away: 9–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 22 May 1 Blue Jays 9–4 Carrasco (3-2) Buehrle (3-2) 15,088 8–14 23 May 2 Blue Jays 11–4 Sanchez (2-2) Kluber (0-4) 18,008 8–15 24 May 3 Blue Jays 10–7 Rzepczynski (1-0) Francis (1-1) 16,128 9–15 25 May 5 @ Royals 5–3 Vargas (3-1) Salazar (3-1) Davis (6) 29,099 9–16 26 May 6 @ Royals 10–3 Carrasco (4-2) Duffy (2-1) 23,316 10–16 27 May 7 @ Royals 7–4 Morales (3-0) Kluber (0-5) Holland (5) 38,271 10–17 28 May 8 Twins 9–3 Pelfrey (3-0) Bauer (2-1) 19,102 10–18 29 May 9 Twins 7–4 Hughes (2-4) Chen (0-1) Perkins (11) 16,199 10–19 30 May 10 Twins 8–3 Salazar (4-1) May (2-3) 13,769 11–19 31 May 12 Cardinals 8–3 Lynn (2-3) Carrasco (4-3) 12,615 11–20 32 May 13 Cardinals 2–0 Kluber (1-5) Lackey (2-2) Allen (5) 12,313 12–20 33 May 14 Cardinals 2–1 Siegrist (2-0) Rzepczynski (1-1) Rosenthal (12) 15,865 12–21 34 May 15 @ Rangers 8–3 Webb (1-0) Rodríguez (1-2) 29,524 13–21 35 May 16 @ Rangers 10–8 Atchison (1-1) Feliz (1-2) Allen (6) 31,045 14–21 36 May 17 @ Rangers 5–1 Martinez (3-0) Carrasco (4-4) 32,189 14–22 37 May 18 @ White Sox 2–1 (10) Duke (2-2) McAllister (0-2) 17,712 14–23 38 May 19 @ White Sox 3–1 Bauer (3-1) Quintana (2-4) Allen (7) 15,681 15–23 39 May 20 @ White Sox 4–3 Marcum (1-0) Jennings (0-1) Allen (8) 15,146 16–23 40 May 21 @ White Sox 5–2 Salazar (5-1) Danks (2-4) 18,321 17–23 41 May 22 Reds 7–3 Carrasco (5-4) Leake (2-3) 23,617 18–23 42 May 23 Reds 2–1 Kluber (2-5) Cingrani (0-1) Allen (9) 27,315 19–23 43 May 24 Reds 5–2 Bauer (4-1) Iglesias (1-1) 23,882 20–23 44 May 25 Rangers 10–8 Scheppers (1-0) Rzepczynski (1-2) Tolleson (4) 13,614 20–24 45 May 26 Rangers 4–3 Kela (4-1) Hagadone (0-1) Tolleson (5) 11,352 20–25 46 May 27 Rangers 12–3 Carrasco (6-4) Lewis (4-3) 15,956 21–25 47 May 28 @ Mariners 5–3 Kluber (3-5) Paxton (3-3) Allen (10) 19,449 22–25 48 May 29 @ Mariners 2–1 Walker (2-5) Bauer (4-2) Rodney (14) 32,454 22–26 49 May 30 @ Mariners 4–3 Marcum (2-0) Elias (2-2) Allen (11) 32,287 23–26 50 May 31 @ Mariners 6–3 (12) McAllister (1-2) Leone (0-4) Adams (1) 32,112 24–26
June: 11–15 (Home: 5–9; Away: 6–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 51 June 2 @ Royals 2–1 Carrasco (7-4) Davis (2-1) Allen (12) 30,361 25–26 52 June 3 @ Royals 4–2 Vargas (4-2) Kluber (3-6) Holland (8) 29,899 25–27 53 June 4 @ Royals 6–2 (8) Bauer (5-2) Young (4-2) 29,552 26–27 54 June 5 Orioles 5–2 Tillman (3-7) Marcum (2-1) Britton (15) 26,070 26–28 55 June 6 Orioles 2–1 Salazar (6-1) Brach (3-2) Allen (13) 24,939 27–28 56 June 7 Orioles 7–3 Norris (2-4) Carrasco (7-5) 18,151 27–29 57 June 9 Mariners 3–2 Elias (3-3) Kluber (3-7) Smith (2) 11,425 27–30 58 June 10 Mariners 9–3 Walker (3-6) Bauer (5-3) 12,305 27–31 59 June 11 Mariners 6–0 Marcum (3-1) Happ (3-2) 15,316 28–31 60 June 12 @ Tigers 4–0 Price (6-2) Salazar (6-2) 35,379 28–32 61 June 13 @ Tigers 5–4 Carrasco (8-5) Hardy (2-1) Allen (14) 41,620 29–32 62 June 14 @ Tigers 8–1 Simón (7-3) Kluber (3-8) 36,994 29–33 June 15 @ Cubs Postponed (rain). Makeup: August 24 63 June 16 @ Cubs 6–0 Bauer (6-3) Arrieta (6-5) 35,914 30–33 64 June 17 Cubs 17–0 Wada (1-1) Marcum (3-2) 15,572 30–34 65 June 18 Cubs 4–3 McAllister (2-2) Wood (3-3) Shaw (1) 15,891 31–34 66 June 19 Rays 4–1 Karns (4-3) Carrasco (8-6) Boxberger (17) 22,811 31–35 67 June 20 Rays 4–1 Cedeno (1-0) Kluber (3-9) Boxberger (18) 24,670 31–36 68 June 21 Rays 1–0 Allen (1-2) Jepsen (1-5) 20,847 32–36 69 June 22 Tigers 8–5 Hardy (3-1) Bauer (6-4) 15,746 32–37 70 June 23 Tigers 7–3 Price (7-2) Salazar (6-3) 19,156 32–38 71 June 24 Tigers 8–2 Carrasco (9-6) Farmer (0-2) 20,780 33–38 72 June 26 @ Orioles 4–3 O'Day (5-0) Rzepczynski (1-3) Britton (22) 31,112 33–39 June 27 @ Orioles Postponed (rain). Makeup: June 28 (Game 2) 73 June 28 @ Orioles 4–0 Jiménez (7-3) Bauer (6-5) 45,675 33–40 74 June 28 @ Orioles 8–0 Tillman (6-7) Murata (0-1) 40,006 33–41 75 June 29 @ Rays 7–1 Anderson (1-0) Karns (4-4) 11,802 34–41 76 June 30 @ Rays 6–2 Salazar (7-3) Ramírez (6-3) 10,437 35–41
July: 13–13 (Home: 5–9; Away: 8–4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 77 July 1 @ Rays 8–1 Carrasco (10-6) Colome (3-4) 11,394 36–41 78 July 2 @ Rays 5–4 (10) Shaw (1-1) Cedeno (1-1) Allen (15) 16,353 37–41 79 July 3 @ Pirates 5–2 Bauer (7-5) Morton (6-2) Allen (16) 38,840 38–41 80 July 4 @ Pirates 1–0 Locke (5-4) Anderson (1-1) Melancon (26) 37,928 38–42 81 July 5 @ Pirates 5–3 Cole (12-3) Salazar (7-4) Melancon (27) 36,812 38–43 82 July 6 Astros 9–4 Keuchel (11-3) Carrasco (10-7) 13,516 38–44 83 July 7 Astros 2–0 Kluber (4-9) Velasquez (0-1) Shaw (2) 10,821 39–44 84 July 8 Astros 4–2 Bauer (8-5) Thatcher (1-3) Allen (17) 15,255 40–44 85 July 9 Astros 3–1 Anderson (2-1) Oberholtzer (2-2) Allen (18) 11,496 41–44 86 July 10 Athletics 5–1 Salazar (8-4) Graveman (6-5) Allen (19) 28,539 42–44 87 July 11 Athletics 5–4 O'Flaherty (1-2) McAllister (2-3) Clippard (17) 28,733 42–45 88 July 12 Athletics 2–0 Gray (10-3) Kluber (4-10) 20,611 42–46 – July 14 86th All-Star Game National League vs. American League (Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati, Ohio) 89 July 17 @ Reds 6–1 Leake (7-5) Bauer (8-6) 38,982 42–47 90 July 18 @ Reds 9–4 Kluber (5-10) DeSclafani (5-7) 39,588 43–47 91 July 19 @ Reds 5–3 (11) Rzepczynski (2-3) Villarreal (1-3) McAllister (1) 36,302 44–47 92 July 21 @ Brewers 8–1 Garza (5-10) Salazar (8-5) 34,379 44–48 93 July 22 @ Brewers 7–5 Adams (1-0) Lohse (5-11) Allen (20) 32,588 45–48 94 July 23 White Sox 8–1 Samardzija (7-5) Bauer (8-7) 16,317 45–49 95 July 24 White Sox 6–0 Quintana (5-9) Kluber (5-11) — 26,553 45–50 96 July 25 White Sox 10–3 Sale (9-5) Carrasco (10-8) 24,763 45-51 97 July 26 White Sox 2–1 Rodon (4-3) Salazar (8-6) Robertson (21) 17,751 45–52 98 July 27 Royals 9–4 Vólquez (10-5) Anderson (2-2) Blanton (2) 13,611 45–53 99 July 28 Royals 2–1 Davis (7-1) Bauer (8-8) Holland (22) 18,064 45–54 100 July 29 Royals 12–1 Kluber (6-11) Guthrie (7-7) 19,767 46–54 101 July 30 @ Athletics 3–1 Carrasco (11-8) Bassitt (0-4) 13,173 47–54 102 July 31 @ Athletics 2–1 Salazar (9-6) Mujica (2-3) Allen (21) 28,152 48–54
August: 16-12 (Home: 9-2; Away: 7–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 103 August 1 @ Athletics 5–1 Brooks (1-0) Anderson (2-3) 19,046 48–55 104 August 2 @ Athletics 2–1 (10) Rodriguez (2-1) Allen (1-3) 21,498 48–56 105 August 3 @ Angels 5–4 Richards (11-8) Kluber (6-12) Street (26) 37,030 48–57 106 August 4 @ Angels 2–0 (12) McAllister (3-3) Alvarez (2-3) Allen (22) 38,159 49–57 107 August 5 @ Angels 4–3 Bedrosian (1-0) Allen (1-4) 33,099 49–58 108 August 7 Twins 10–9 May (8-7) Shaw (1-2) Perkins (30) 30,365 49–59 109 August 8 Twins 17–4 Bauer (9-8) Santana (2-3) 31,666 50–59 110 August 9 Twins 8–1 Kluber (7-12) Hughes (10-8) 21.305 51–59 111 August 11 Yankees 5–4 (16) Adams (2-0) Pinder (0-2) 23,618 52–59 112 August 12 Yankees 2–1 Salazar (10-6) Sabathia (4-9) Allen (23) 18,844 53–59 113 August 13 Yankees 8–6 Eovaldi (12-2) Bauer (9-9) Miller (25) 23,076 53–60 114 August 14 @ Twins 6–1 Kluber (8-12) May (8-8) 26,910 54–60 115 August 15 @ Twins 4–1 Duffey (1-1) Tomlin (0-1) 30,601 54–61 116 August 16 @ Twins 4–1 Milone (6-3) Carrasco (11-9) Perkins (31) 27,244 54–62 117 August 17 @ Red Sox 8–2 Salazar (11-6) Barnes (3-3) 32,701 55–62 118 August 18 @ Red Sox 9–1 Rodríguez (7-5) Bauer (9-10) 31,907 55–63 119 August 19 @ Red Sox 6–4 Kelly (6-6) Kluber (8-13) Tazawa (1) 32,465 55–64 120 August 20 @ Yankees 3–2 Tomlin (1-1) Nova (5-5) Allen (24) 36,129 56–64 121 August 21 @ Yankees 7–3 Carrasco (12-9) Tanaka (9-6) Allen (25) 35,940 57–64 122 August 22 @ Yankees 6–2 Severino (1-2) Salazar (11-7) 47,031 57–65 123 August 23 @ Yankees 4–3 Shaw (2-2) Betances (6-3) Allen (26) 46,945 58–65 124 August 24 @ Cubs 2–1 Rondon (5-2) McAllister (3-4) 36,283 58–66 125 August 25 Brewers 11–6 Tomlin (2-1) Peralta (4-8) 11,687 59–66 126 August 26 Brewers 6–2 Manship (1-0) Nelson (10-10) 13,052 60–66 127 August 28 Angels 3–1 Bauer (10-10) Gott (2-2) Allen (27) 22.273 61–66 128 August 29 Angels 8–3 Shaw (3-2) Smith (4-4) 22,843 62–66 129 August 30 Angels 9–2 Tomlin (3-1) Weaver (6-10) 22,328 63–66 130 August 31 @ Blue Jays 4–2 Salazar (12-7) Price (13-5) Allen (28) 46,643 64–66
September: 14–13 (Home: 7–6; Away: 7–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 131 September 1 @ Blue Jays 5–3 (10) Lowe (1-2) Shaw (3-3) 41,356 64–67 132 September 2 @ Blue Jays 5–1 Dickey (10-10) Bauer (10-11) 46,538 64–68 133 September 4 @ Tigers 8–1 Tomlin (4-1) Lobstein (3-6) 26,378 65–68 134 September 5 @ Tigers 6–0 Simón (12-9) Salazar (12-8) 28,949 65–69 135 September 6 @ Tigers 4–0 Anderson (3-3) Verlander (3-7) 28,964 66–69 136 September 7 @ White Sox 3–2 Bauer (11-11) Sale (12-8) Allen (29) 14,757 67–69 137 September 8 @ White Sox 7–4 Rodon (7-6) Carrasco (12-10) 11,990 67–70 138 September 9 @ White Sox 6–4 Tomlin (5-1) Samardzija (9-12) Allen (30) 11,667 68–70 139 September 10 Tigers 7–5 Allen (2-4) Hardy (4-3) 11,166 69–70 — September 11 Tigers Postponed (rain). Makeup: September 13 (Game 2) — September 12 Tigers Cancelled (rain) due to the Indians being eliminated from playoff contention. 140 September 13 Tigers 7–2 Anderson (4-3) Verlander (3-8) — 70–70 141 September 13 Tigers 9–2 VerHagen (1-0) Bauer (11-12) 14,487 70–71 142 September 14 Royals 8–3 Carrasco (13-10) Vólquez (13-8) 10,356 71–71 143 September 15 Royals 2–0 Medlen (4-1) Tomlin (5-2) Holland (31) 10,516 71–72 144 September 16 Royals 5–1 Salazar (13-8) Duffy (7-8) 11,103 72–72 145 September 17 Royals 8–4 Ventura (12-8) Kluber (8-14) Holland (32) 13,125 72–73 146 September 18 White Sox 12–1 Anderson (5-3) Sale (12-10) 16,149 73–73 147 September 19 White Sox 4–3 Rodon (8-6) Carrasco (13-11) Robertson (30) 16,390 73–74 148 September 20 White Sox 6–3 Tomlin (6-2) Danks (7-13) Allen (31) 13,282 74–74 149 September 22 @ Twins 3–1 Santana (6-4) Salazar (13-9) Jepsen (13) 21,850 74–75 150 September 23 @ Twins 4–2 Hughes (11-9) Kluber (8-15) 17,831 74–76 151 September 24 @ Twins 6–3 Anderson (6-3) Gibson (10-11) Allen (32) 21,366 75–76 152 September 25 @ Royals 6–0 Carrasco (14-11) Vólquez (13-9) 37,049 76–76 153 September 26 @ Royals 9–5 McAllister (4-4) Medlen (5-2) 38,167 77–76 154 September 27 @ Royals 3–0 Young (11-6) Salazar (13-10) Davis (14) 36,339 77–77 155 September 28 Twins 4–2 Milone (9-5) Kluber (8-16) Jepsen (14) 10,007 77–78 — September 29 Twins Postponed (rain). Makeup: September 30 (Game 1) 156 September 30 Twins 7–1 Gibson (11-11) Carrasco (14-12) — 77–79 157 September 30 Twins 10–2 Anderson (7-3) Pelfrey (6-11) 10,228 78–79
October: 3–1 (Home: 3–1; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 158 October 1 Twins 4–2 Perkins (3-5) Allen (2-5) Jepsen (15) 22,644 78–80 159 October 2 Red Sox 8–2 Tomlin (7-2) Owens (4-4) 28,273 79–80 160 October 3 Red Sox 2–0 Kluber (9-16) Breslow (0-4) Allen (33) 17,342 80–80 161 October 4 Red Sox 3-1 Salazar (14-10) Porcello (9-15) Allen (34) 17,844 81–80
Legend:           = Win           = Loss           = Postponement Bold = Indians team member

Player stats

Batting

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
Adams, AustinAustin Adams	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Aguilar, JesusJesus Aguilar	7	19	0	6	1	0	0	2	.316	0
Allen, CodyCody Allen	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Almonte, AbrahamAbraham Almonte	51	178	30	47	9	5	5	20	.264	6
Anderson, CodyCody Anderson	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Aviles, MikeMike Aviles	98	290	37	67	10	0	5	17	.231	3
Bauer, TrevorTrevor Bauer	3	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	.167	0
Bourn, MichaelMichael Bourn	95	289	29	71	12	1	0	19	.246	13
Brantley, MichaelMichael Brantley	137	529	68	164	45	0	15	84	.310	15
Carrasco, CarlosCarlos Carrasco	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	0
Chisenhall, LonnieLonnie Chisenhall	106	333	38	82	19	1	7	44	.246	4
Crockett, KyleKyle Crockett	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Gomes, YanYan Gomes	95	363	38	84	22	0	12	45	.231	0
Hagadone, NickNick Hagadone	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Hayes, BrettBrett Hayes	14	32	4	5	0	0	3	6	.156	0
Holt, TylerTyler Holt	9	20	2	2	0	0	0	0	.100	0
Johnson, ChrisChris Johnson	27	90	6	26	3	0	1	7	.289	0
Kipnis, JasonJason Kipnis	141	565	84	171	43	7	9	52	.303	12
Kluber, CoreyCorey Kluber	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Lindor, FranciscoFrancisco Lindor	99	390	50	122	22	4	12	51	.313	12
Manship, JeffJeff Manship	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Martínez, MichaelMichael Martínez	16	30	6	8	2	0	0	2	.267	0
McAllister, ZachZach McAllister	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Moore, AdamAdam Moore	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	.250	0
Moss, BrandonBrandon Moss	94	337	36	73	17	1	15	50	.217	0
Murphy, DavidDavid Murphy	84	206	22	61	12	1	5	27	.296	0
Perez, RobertoRoberto Perez	70	184	30	42	9	1	7	21	.228	0
Raburn, RyanRyan Raburn	82	173	22	52	16	1	8	29	.301	0
Ramirez, JoseJose Ramirez	97	315	50	69	13	3	6	27	.219	10
Rzepczynski, MarcMarc Rzepczynski	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Salazar, DannyDanny Salazar	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Sands, JerryJerry Sands	50	123	11	29	5	1	4	19	.236	0
Santana, CarlosCarlos Santana	154	550	72	128	29	2	19	85	.231	11
Shaw, BryanBryan Shaw	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Swisher, NickNick Swisher	30	101	6	20	4	0	2	8	.198	0
Urshela, GiovannyGiovanny Urshela	81	267	25	60	8	1	6	20	.225	0
Walters, ZachZach Walters	12	30	0	4	0	0	0	3	.133	0
Webb, RyanRyan Webb	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Totals	161	5439	669	1396	303	28	141	640	.257	86

Pitching

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	R	ER	BB	K
Adams, AustinAustin Adams	2	0	3.78	28	0	1	33.1	15	14	13	23
Allen, CodyCody Allen	2	5	2.99	70	0	34	69.1	26	23	25	99
Anderson, CodyCody Anderson	7	3	3.05	15	15	0	91.1	32	31	24	44
Armstrong, ShawnShawn Armstrong	0	0	2.25	8	0	0	8.0	2	2	2	11
Atchison, ScottScott Atchison	1	1	6.86	23	0	0	19.2	15	15	4	12
Bauer, TrevorTrevor Bauer	11	12	4.55	31	30	0	176.0	90	89	79	170
Carrasco, CarlosCarlos Carrasco	14	12	3.63	30	30	0	183.2	75	74	43	216
Chen, BruceBruce Chen	0	1	12.79	2	2	0	6.1	9	9	1	4
Crockett, KyleKyle Crockett	0	0	4.08	31	0	0	17.2	9	8	7	15
Floyd, GavinGavin Floyd	0	0	2.70	7	0	0	13.1	4	4	4	7
Hagadone, NickNick Hagadone	0	1	4.28	36	0	0	27.1	16	13	12	28
House, T. J.T. J. House	0	4	13.15	4	4	0	13.0	19	19	12	7
Kluber, CoreyCorey Kluber	9	16	3.49	32	32	0	222.0	92	86	45	245
Lee, CCCC Lee	0	0	5.40	2	0	0	1.2	1	1	1	3
Manship, JeffJeff Manship	1	0	0.92	32	0	0	39.1	4	4	10	33
Marcum, ShaunShaun Marcum	3	2	5.40	7	6	0	35.0	21	21	11	30
McAllister, ZachZach McAllister	4	4	3.00	61	1	1	69.0	28	23	22	84
Murata, ToruToru Murata	0	1	8.10	1	1	0	3.1	5	3	1	2
Murphy, DavidDavid Murphy	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0.1	5	0	1	0
Raburn, RyanRyan Raburn	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0.2	2	0	1	0
Rzepczynski, MarcMarc Rzepczynski	2	3	4.43	45	0	0	20.1	15	10	10	24
Salazar, DannyDanny Salazar	14	10	3.45	30	30	0	185.0	79	71	53	195
Shaw, BryanBryan Shaw	3	3	2.95	74	0	2	63.0	24	21	19	54
Soto, GiovanniGiovanni Soto	0	0	0.00	6	0	0	3.1	0	0	0	0
Swarzak, AnthonyAnthony Swarzak	0	0	3.38	10	0	0	13.1	9	5	4	13
Tomlin, JoshJosh Tomlin	7	2	3.02	10	10	0	65.2	22	22	8	57
Webb, RyanRyan Webb	1	0	3.20	40	0	0	50.2	21	18	12	31
Totals	81	80	3.68	161	161	38	1432.2	640	586	425	1407

Roster

2015 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers 49 Austin Adams 37 Cody Allen 56 Cody Anderson 51 Shawn Armstrong 48 Scott Atchison 47 Trevor Bauer 59 Carlos Carrasco 52 Bruce Chen 57 Kyle Crockett 26 Gavin Floyd 50 Nick Hagadone 58 T. J. House 28 Corey Kluber 20 C. C. Lee 53 Jeff Manship 38 Shaun Marcum 34 Zach McAllister 61 Toru Murata 35 Mark Rzepczynski 31 Danny Salazar 27 Bryan Shaw 65 Giovanni Soto 51 Anthony Swarzak 43 Josh Tomlin 54 Ryan Webb		Catchers 10 Yan Gomes 12 Brett Hayes 45 Adam Moore 55 Roberto Pérez Infielders 36 Jesús Aguilar  4 Mike Avilés  8 Lonnie Chisenhall 30 Chris Johnson 22 Jason Kipnis 12 Francisco Lindor 11 José Ramírez 41 Carlos Santana 39 Giovanny Urshela  6 Zach Walters		Outfielders 35 Abraham Almonte 24 Michael Bourn 23 Michael Brantley 13 Tyler Holt 30 Elliot Johnson  1 Michael Martínez 44 Brandon Moss  7 David Murphy  9 Ryan Raburn 40 Jerry Sands 33 Nick Swisher		Manager 17 Terry Francona Coaches 15 Sandy Alomar, Jr. (first base) -- Tim Belcher (special assistant) 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) -- Edwin Rodríguez (special assistant) 16 Mike Sarbaugh (third base) 29 Ty Van Burkleo (hitting)

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^[2]

References

1. "2015 Cleveland Indians Sortable Schedule". Cleveland Indians.
2. Leventhal, Josh, ed. (2015). Baseball America 2016 Almanac. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-60-2.

External links

• 2015 Cleveland Indians Season Official Site
• 2015 Cleveland Indians Season at Baseball Reference