2012 Cleveland Indians season

The 2012 Cleveland Indians season was the 112th season for the franchise. The team attempted (but failed) to improve on its 2011 campaign in which was 80–82 and finished second in the American League Central. The team was also looking to return to the playoffs for the first time since 2007. The team played all of its home games at Progressive Field, which will be in its 19th season.

2012 Cleveland Indians
League	American League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Progressive Field
City	Cleveland, Ohio
Record	68–94 (.420)
Divisional place	4th
Owners	Larry Dolan
General managers	Chris Antonetti
Managers	Manny Acta Sandy Alomar Jr.
Television	SportsTime Ohio · WKYC (Matt Underwood, Rick Manning)
Radio	WTAM · WMMS Cleveland Indians Radio Network (Tom Hamilton, Jim Rosenhaus)
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The Indians were in playoff contention for much of the first four months of the season. The team had a record of 44–41 at the All Star Break, and were just a few games back in both the AL Central and Wild Card races. However, the team struggled through the second half, going just 24–53 after the break, for a final record of 68–94, placing 4th in the division.

This marked the third and final season under the leadership of manager Manny Acta. Acta was fired on September 27 with six games remaining. Bench coach and former Indians' catcher Sandy Alomar Jr. was named the interim manager for the team's final six games.

Spring training

The Indians had a 7–22 win–loss record in spring training, their .241 winning percentage being the worst among all MLB teams during pre-season. Three of their games finished tied and were therefore not included in the standings.^[1]

Regular season

Opening Day lineup

1. Michael Brantley – CF
2. Asdrúbal Cabrera – SS
3. Shin-Soo Choo – RF
4. Carlos Santana – C
5. Travis Hafner – DH
6. Shelley Duncan – LF
7. Casey Kotchman – 1B
8. Jason Kipnis – 2B
9. Jack Hannahan – 3B

Justin Masterson – SP

April

For the fourth straight season, the Indians would lose the season opener, in record fashion. The Indians played host to the Toronto Blue Jays and had a 4–1 lead before allowing the Blue Jays to even the score in the ninth inning. The game would last 16 innings before the Indians fell 7–4 in what would be the longest season-opener in Major League history, besting the previous record of 15 innings (done in 1926 and 1960).^[2] The next day when the clubs had finished their second meeting, a 7–4 win for Toronto in 12 innings, it was the first time since 1969 that two games to open the season had gone 12 innings or more.^[3]

On the road against Seattle, the Indians had their largest comeback win since May 25, 2009 when they rallied from a 7-run deficit before eventually winning 11–10.^[4] The Indians won two of three against the Oakland Athletics and thus for the first time since 1988 won their first three road series on the year.^[5]

After a 13–7 win over the Kansas City Royals, the Indians had for the first time in the club's 111-year history scored at least 8 runs in their first 3 road games of the season.^[6] The team failed to hit a home run in 11 straight games to end April, the franchise's longest homer-less streak since the 1983 season when they went 14 games.^[7]

The Indians would go 11–9 in the month, finishing with a 1⁄2 game lead over the Detroit Tigers in the AL Central. The team was 7–2 on the road.

May

The Indians started May with a stretch of 21 games in 20 days. The Indians went 13-8 in this stretch. The Tribe started the month on the road and when they won the third game of a three-game series with the Chicago White Sox, it was their fourth road series win in a row to start the season, which was last done by the 1961 Indians (although the 1961 club opened the season with a one-game "series" at Detroit).^[8] They would lose their next road series to stop the streak, losing to the Boston Red Sox in three of four games. The club would have their first day off of the month on the 21st, and continued their good play with a home sweep over Detroit that would give the Indians a 31⁄2-game lead over second place Chicago and a 6-game lead over Detroit. However, this lead was short-lived as the Indians were immediately swept by Chicago in a three-game road series en route to ending May with losses in five of their last six games. Injuries contributed to this poor performance, as shortstop Asdrúbal Cabrera (hamstring), designated hitter Travis Hafner (knee), and catcher Carlos Santana (concussion) all suffered injuries late in the month. Despite being in first place during most of May, the attendance at Progressive Field was last in the majors.

June

The team started June at a 6-9 clip. The poor start was highlighted by a sweep at the hands of the Cincinnati Reds in Cincinnati June 12–14. However, the Tribe would return the favor and sweep their in-state rivals at home, earning a split in the year's Ohio Cup. The rest of interleague play did not fare well as the Indians went 8-10 against the Senior Circuit. Near the end of the month, the Indians lost five straight games including being swept by the New York Yankees.^[9] The Indians ended the month recording a season-high 19 hits in an 11-5 road win over the Baltimore Orioles to keep them from going below the .500 mark. The Indians went 12-15 in June and entered July with an overall record of 39-38, good for second in the Central, 21⁄2 games behind Chicago. Asdrúbal Cabrera led the team with 6 HR and 18 RBI in the month, while right fielder Shin-Soo Choo recorded a team-high 34 hits. Also during the month, center fielder Michael Brantley had a 22-game hitting streak, the longest in the MLB to that point in the season.

July

Shortstop Asdrúbal Cabrera and closer Chris Perez were named to the American League All Star Team on July 1. Cabrera participated in the game as a reserve infielder. Perez did not pitch in the game.

The Indians as a team struggled offensively for much of July, as the team scored three or fewer runs eight times in the first 13 games of the month. Cabrera and catcher Carlos Santana had the greatest slumps. Between July 1 and 22, Cabrera's average fell 28 points, from .300 to .272. Between May 15 and July 17, Santana was hitting .168 with no home runs. After a July 17 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays, the team batting average with the bases loaded fell to .193, the third lowest in the AL.^[10] Second basemen Jason Kipnis, who had 46 RBIs heading into July, recorded 9 for the entire month while designated hitter Travis Hafner had 6.

However, the Indians' pitching staff, specifically the back end of the bullpen kept them in most games. The club has been able to rely on Perez and set-up man Vinnie Pestano to hold the lead in close games. To the July 17-point in the season, Cleveland held a 27-3 record in games which both Perez and Pestano saw action.^[11] The Indians' woes continued in the latter half of the month, however, and ended July on a four-game losing streak, including losses to the Twins and Royals, both below them in the Central standings. The Indians' record fell three games under .500 for the first time since April 11. Starting pitcher Josh Tomlin, who went 2-5 with a 7.02 ERA in his last eight outings, was moved to the bullpen at the end of the month to take on relief pitching duties.^[12]

August

The Indians ended a nine-game road trip with a loss on August 5, failing to win during a road trip of 9 games or more for the first time in franchise history.^[13] The losing streak continued for two more home games and ended with a 6–2 win over the Minnesota Twins on August 8. The 11 straight losses was one short of a franchise record. After the Indians lost a ninth-straight game on August 24, it marked the first time in franchise history two losing streaks of nine games or more had occurred within the same season.^[14] Following a 5–3 loss to the Texas Rangers on August 31, the Indians finished the month at 5-24, tying a franchise record for the most losses in a month, originally set in July 1914.^[15]

September/October

After a disastrous August, the Indians had a decent start to September, beginning the month 3-2 against eventual playoff teams Texas and Detroit. The Indians' struggles would continue, however. On September 27 the team fired manager Manny Acta and promoted bench coach Sandy Alomar Jr. to interim manager for the team's final six games. Alomar, who was in contention for the Indians' managerial job in 2013, but lost the job to Terry Francona, led the Indians to a 3-3 record in these games.

The Indians wrapped up the season on October 3 with a shutout 9-0 loss at the hands of the visiting Chicago White Sox. The Indians finished 68-94, which was 4th place in the American League Central Division.

Season standings

American League Central

v t e AL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Detroit Tigers	88	74	0.543	—	50–31	38–43
Chicago White Sox	85	77	0.525	3	45–36	40–41
Kansas City Royals	72	90	0.444	16	37–44	35–46
Cleveland Indians	68	94	0.420	20	37–44	31–50
Minnesota Twins	66	96	0.407	22	31–50	35–46

American League Wild Card

v t e Division Winners	W	L	Pct.
New York Yankees	95	67	0.586
Oakland Athletics	94	68	0.580
Detroit Tigers	88	74	0.543

v t e Wild Card teams (Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)	W	L	Pct.	GB
Texas Rangers	93	69	0.574	—
Baltimore Orioles	93	69	0.574	—
Tampa Bay Rays	90	72	0.556	3
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	89	73	0.549	4
Chicago White Sox	85	77	0.525	8
Seattle Mariners	75	87	0.463	18
Toronto Blue Jays	73	89	0.451	20
Kansas City Royals	72	90	0.444	21
Boston Red Sox	69	93	0.426	24
Cleveland Indians	68	94	0.420	25
Minnesota Twins	66	96	0.407	27

Game log

Legend
	Indians win
	Indians loss
	Postponement
Bold	Indians team member

2012 Game Log
April: 11–9 (Home: 4–7, Road: 7–2) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 5 Blue Jays 7–4 (16) Pérez (1–0) Asencio (0–1) 43,190 0–1 2 April 7 Blue Jays 7–4 (12) Janssen (1–0) Sipp (0–1) 18,842 0–2 3 April 8 Blue Jays 4–3 Lowe (1–0) Carreño (0–1) C. Perez (1) 10,518 1–2 4 April 9 White Sox 4–2 Sale (1–0) Tomlin (0–1) Santiago (2) 9,473 1–3 -- April 10 White Sox Postponed (rain); rescheduled May 7 (game 1) 5 April 11 White Sox 10–6 Danks (1–1) Masterson (0–1) 9,072 1–4 6 April 13 @ Royals 8–3 Lowe (2–0) Hochevar (1–1) 40,230 2–4 7 April 14 @ Royals 11–9 (10) Asencio (1–1) Holland (0–1) C. Perez (2) 21,788 3–4 8 April 15 @ Royals 13–7 Jiménez (1–0) Mendoza (0–2) 21,182 4–4 9 April 17 @ Mariners 9–8 R. Pérez (1–0) Furbush (0–1) C. Perez (3) 12,461 5–4 10 April 18 @ Mariners 4–1 Vargas (2–1) Lowe (2–1) League (5) 11,343 5–5 11 April 19 @ Mariners 2–1 Tomlin (1–1) League (0–1) C. Perez (4) 12,942 6–5 12 April 20 @ Athletics 4–3 Jiménez (2–0) Godfrey (0–3) C. Perez (5) 14,340 7–5 13 April 21 @ Athletics 5–1 Gómez (1–0) McCarthy (0–3) C. Perez (6) 25,258 8–5 14 April 22 @ Athletics 5–1 Ross (1–0) Masterson (0–2) 24,049 8–6 15 April 24 Royals 4–3 Lowe (3-1) Sánchez (1-1) C. Perez (7) 9,137 9–6 16 April 25 Royals 8–2 Hochevar (2–1) Jiménez (2–1) 10,552 9–7 17 April 26 Royals 4–2 Mendoza (1–2) Tomlin (1–2) Broxton (2) 9,229 9–8 18 April 27 Angels 3–2 Pestano (1–0) Carpenter (0–1) 12,597 10–8 19 April 28 Angels 2–1 Haren (1–1) Gómez (1–1) Downs (1) 11,316 10–9 20 April 29 Angels 4–0 Lowe (4–1) Santana (0–5) 15,421 11–9
May: 16–14 (Home: 11–7, Road: 5–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 21 May 1 @ White Sox 7–2 Sale (3–1) Jiménez (2–2) 15,212 11–10 22 May 2 @ White Sox 6–3 Smith (1–0) Ohman (0–1) C. Perez (8) 15,192 12–10 23 May 3 @ White Sox 7–5 Masterson (1–2) Danks (2–4) C. Perez (9) 17,314 13–10 24 May 4 Rangers 6–3 Gómez (2–1) Lewis (3–1) C. Perez (10) 16,147 14–10 25 May 5 Rangers 5–2 (11) Ogando (1–0) Smith (1–1) Nathan (7) 21,307 14–11 26 May 6 Rangers 4–2 Jiménez (3–2) Darvish (4–1) C. Perez (11) 18,171 15–11 27 May 7 White Sox 8–6 McAllister (1–0) Humber (1–2) Hagadone (1) 9,196 16–11 28 May 7 White Sox 3–2 Smith (2–1) Thornton (1–2) Sipp (1) 10,483 17–11 29 May 8 White Sox 5–3 (10) Santiago (1–1) C. Perez (0–1) Reed (2) 11,304 17–12 30 May 9 White Sox 8–1 Peavy (4–1) Gómez (2–2) 11,285 17–13 31 May 10 @ Red Sox 8–3 Lowe (5–1) Beckett (2–4) 37,348 18–13 32 May 11 @ Red Sox 7–5 Buchholz (4–1) Jiménez (3–3) Aceves (6) 37,438 18–14 33 May 12 @ Red Sox 4–1 Doubront (3–1) McAllister (1–1) Aceves (7) 38,048 18–15 34 May 13 @ Red Sox 12–1 Bard (3–4) Masterson (1–3) 37,611 18–16 35 May 14 @ Twins 5–4 Smith (3–1) Capps (0–2) C. Perez (12) 32,313 19–16 36 May 15 @ Twins 5–0 Lowe (6–1) Marquis (2–3) 35,732 20–16 37 May 16 Mariners 9–3 Jiménez (4–3) Hernández (3–3) 12,092 21–16 38 May 17 Mariners 6–5 (11) Smith (4–1) League (0–3) 12,894 22–16 39 May 18 Marlins 3–2 Zambrano (2–2) Sipp (0–2) Bell (4) 29,378 22–17 40 May 19 Marlins 2–0 Gómez (3–2) Sánchez (2–2) C. Perez (13) 29,799 23–17 41 May 20 Marlins 5–3 Johnson (2–3) Lowe (6–2) Bell (5) 23,668 23–18 42 May 22 Tigers 5–3 Jiménez (5–3) Porcello (3–4) C. Perez (14) 15,049 24–18 43 May 23 Tigers 4–2 Pestano (2–0) Coke (1–1) C. Perez (15) 22,000 25–18 44 May 24 Tigers 2–1 Masterson (2–3) Verlander (5–2) C. Perez (16) 23,622 26–18 45 May 25 @ White Sox 9–3 Quintana (1–0) Gómez (3–3) 21,371 26–19 46 May 26 @ White Sox 14–7 Peavy (6–1) Lowe (6–3) 27,151 26–20 47 May 27 @ White Sox 12–6 Floyd (4–5) Jiménez (5–4) 22,182 26–21 48 May 28 Royals 8–5 Tomlin (2–2) Adcock (0–3) C. Perez (17) 25,377 27–21 49 May 29 Royals 8–2 Smith (1–1) Masterson (2–4) 14,253 27–22 50 May 30 Royals 6–3 Chen (4–5) Gómez (3–4) Broxton (11) 17,112 27–23
June: 12–15 (Home: 5–4, Away: 7–11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 51 June 1 Twins 7–1 Lowe (7–3) Pavano (2–5) 19,904 28–23 52 June 2 Twins 7–4 Duensing (1–2) Tomlin (2–3) Capps (11) 25,469 28–24 53 June 3 Twins 6–3 Diamond (4–1) Masterson (2–5) Capps (12) 21,238 28–25 54 June 5 @ Tigers 4–2 Jiménez (6–4) Smyly (2–2) C. Perez (18) 33,258 29–25 55 June 6 @ Tigers 9–6 Gómez (4–4) Scherzer (5–4) C. Perez (19) 31,350 30–25 56 June 7 @ Tigers 7–5 Crosby (1–1) Lowe (7–4) Valverde (10) 40,851 30–26 57 June 8 @ Cardinals 6–2 Tomlin (3–3) Westbrook (4–6) 42,098 31–26 58 June 9 @ Cardinals 2–0 Lohse (6–1) Masterson (2–6) Motte (11) 41,694 31–27 59 June 10 @ Cardinals 4–1 Pestano (3–0) Motte (3–3) C. Perez (20) 43,400 32–27 60 June 12 @ Reds 7–1 Cueto (7–3) Gómez (4–5) 24,758 32–28 61 June 13 @ Reds 5–3 Latos (5–2) Lowe (7–5) Chapman (7) 27,428 32–29 62 June 14 @ Reds 12–5 Arredondo (4–1) Tomlin (3–4) 34,193 32–30 63 June 15 Pirates 2–0 Masterson (3–6) McDonald (5–3) C. Perez (21) 31,920 33–30 64 June 16 Pirates 9–2 Burnett (7–2) Jiménez (6–5) 30,408 33–31 65 June 17 Pirates 9–5 Watson (4–0) Gómez (4–6) 27,388 33–32 66 June 18 Reds 10–9 Smith (5–1) LeCure (2–2) C. Perez (22) 19,948 34–32 67 June 19 Reds 3–2 (10) Hagadone (1–0) Chapman (4–3) 17,213 35–32 68 June 20 Reds 8–1 Masterson (4–6) Arroyo (3–5) 23,544 36–32 69 June 22 @ Astros 2–0 Jiménez (7–5) Harrell (6–6) C. Perez (23) 26,932 37–32 70 June 23 @ Astros 8–1 Keuchel (1–0) Gómez (4–7) 34,241 37–33 71 June 24 @ Astros 7–1 Happ (6–7) Lowe (7–6) 21,191 37–34 72 June 25 @ Yankees 7–1 Kuroda (7–7) Tomlin (3–5) 42,290 37–35 73 June 26 @ Yankees 6–4 Hughes (8–6) Masterson (4–7) Soriano (16) 43,006 37–36 74 June 27 @ Yankees 5–4 García (2–2) Jiménez (7–6) Soriano (17) 45,099 37–37 75 June 28 @ Orioles 7–2 McAllister (2–1) Chen (7–4) 17,676 38–37 76 June 29 @ Orioles 9–8 Lindstrom (1–0) Smith (5–2) Johnson (23) 24,779 38–38 77 June 30 @ Orioles 11–5 Tomlin (4–5) Eveland (0–1) 35,335 39–38
July: 11–15 (Home: 7–7, Away: 4–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 78 July 1 @ Orioles 6–2 Masterson (5–7) Matusz (5–10) 16,689 40–38 79 July 2 Angels 3–0 Weaver (9–1) Jiménez (7–7) Downs (7) 21,616 40–39 80 July 3 Angels 9–5 McAllister (3–1) Haren (6–8) 29,292 41–39 81 July 4 Angels 12–3 Lowe (8–6) Santana (4–9) 20,979 42–39 82 July 5 Rays 3–1 Tomlin (5–5) Hellickson (4–5) C. Perez (24) 26,577 43–39 83 July 6 Rays 10–3 Cobb (4–5) Masterson (5–8) 28,734 43–40 84 July 7 Rays 7–3 Jiménez (8–7) Moore (5–6) 20,658 44–40 85 July 8 Rays 7–6 Peralta (1–3) C. Perez (0–2) Rodney (25) 19,163 44–41 86 July 13 @ Blue Jays 1–0 Masterson (6–8) Romero (8–5) C. Perez (25) 32,308 45–41 87 July 14 @ Blue Jays 11–9 Laffey (1–1) Jiménez (8–8) Janssen (13) 32,517 45–42 88 July 15 @ Blue Jays 3–0 Villanueva (4–0) Lowe (8–7) Oliver (1) 26,407 45–43 89 July 16 @ Rays 3–2 McAllister (4–1) Cobb (4–6) C. Perez (26) 14,337 46–43 90 July 17 @ Rays 4–2 Moore (6–6) Tomlin (5–6) Rodney (27) 15,712 46–44 91 July 18 @ Rays 10–6 Rogers (1–2) Farnsworth (0–2) 15,143 47–44 92 July 19 @ Rays 6–0 Price (13–4) Jiménez (8–9) 27,856 47–45 93 July 20 Orioles 10–2 González (2–1) Lowe (8–8) 33,954 47–46 94 July 21 Orioles 3–1 Tillman (2–1) McAllister (4–2) Johnson (29) 36,247 47–47 95 July 22 Orioles 4–3 Britton (1–0) Tomlin (5–7) Johnson (30) 28,049 47–48 96 July 23 Orioles 3–1 Masterson (7–8) Hunter (4–5) C. Perez (27) 18,264 48–48 97 July 24 Tigers 3–2 Smith (6–2) Fister (4–7) C. Perez (28) 23,637 49–48 98 July 25 Tigers 5–3 Scherzer (10–5) Lowe (8–9) Valverde (19) 24,029 49–49 99 July 26 Tigers 5–3 Smith (7–2) Verlander (11–6) C. Perez (29) 34,579 50–49 100 July 27 @ Twins 11–0 Diamond (9–4) Tomlin (5–8) 37,820 50–50 101 July 28 @ Twins 12–5 Deduno (2–0) Masterson (7–9) 39,166 50–51 102 July 29 @ Twins 5–1 Duensing (2–6) Jiménez (8–10) 34,720 50–52 103 July 31 @ Royals 8–3 Hochevar (7–9) Lowe (8–10) 18,569 50–53
August 5–24 (Home: 4–11, Road: 1–13) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 104 August 1 @ Royals 5–2 Mendoza (5–7) McAllister (4–3) Holland (1) 17,033 50–54 105 August 2 @ Royals 7–6 (11) Crow (2–1) Rogers (1–3) 15,135 50–55 106 August 3 @ Tigers 10–2 Sánchez (6–8) Masterson (7–10) 41,502 50–56 107 August 4 @ Tigers 6–1 Fister (6–7) Jiménez (8–11) 42,744 50–57 108 August 5 @ Tigers 10–8 (10) Downs (1–0) C. Perez (0–3) 38,007 50–58 109 August 6 Twins 14–3 Diamond (10–5) McAllister (4–4) 18,775 50–59 110 August 7 Twins 7–5 Robertson (1–0) C. Perez (0–4) Perkins (7) 14,813 50–60 111 August 8 Twins 6–2 Masterson (8–10) Duensing (2–7) 18,805 51–60 112 August 9 Red Sox 5–3 Jiménez (9–11) Doubront (10–6) C. Perez (30) 19,639 52–60 113 August 10 Red Sox 3–2 Buchholz (10–3) Seddon (0–1) 27,246 52–61 114 August 11 Red Sox 5–2 McAllister (5–4) Morales (3–3) C. Perez (31) 27,894 53–61 115 August 12 Red Sox 14–1 Lester (6–10) Kluber (0–1) 27,488 53–62 116 August 13 @ Angels 6–2 Masterson (9–10) Wilson (9–9) C. Perez (32) 36,620 54–62 117 August 14 @ Angels 9–6 Greinke (10–4) Jiménez (9–12) Frieri (14) 39,827 54–63 118 August 15 @ Angels 8–4 Santana (6–10) Hernández (0–1) 37,554 54–64 119 August 17 @ Athletics 6–4 Norberto (4–1) Smith (7–3) Balfour (10) 13,967 54–65 120 August 18 @ Athletics 8–5 Colón (10–9) Kluber (0–2) Balfour (11) 30,132 54–66 121 August 19 @ Athletics 7–0 Parker (8–7) Masterson (9–11) 20,130 54–67 122 August 20 @ Mariners 5–3 Furbush (5–2) Smith (7–4) Wilhelmsen (18) 14,687 54–68 123 August 21 @ Mariners 5–1 Hernández (12–5) Hernández (0–2) Luetge (2) 39,204 54–69 124 August 22 @ Mariners 3–1 Pryor (3–0) Pestano (3–1) Wilhelmsen (19) 18,578 54–70 125 August 24 Yankees 3–1 Sabathia (13–3) Allen (0–1) Soriano (32) 27,986 54–71 126 August 25 Yankees 3–1 Masterson (10–11) Kuroda (12–9) C. Perez (33) 34,374 55–71 127 August 26 Yankees 4–2 Logan (5–2) Jiménez (9–13) Soriano (33) 26,166 55–72 128 August 27 Athletics 3–0 Anderson (2–0) Hernández (0–3) Balfour (15) 13,018 55–73 129 August 28 Athletics 7–0 Milone (11–9) McAllister (5–5) 13,413 55–74 130 August 29 Athletics 8–4 Blackley (5–3) Kluber (0–3) Cook (13) 14,412 55–75 131 August 30 Athletics 12–7 Parker (9–7) Masterson (10–12) 14,500 55–76 132 August 31 Rangers 5–3 Dempster (9–6) Jiménez (9–14) Nathan (28) 16,700 55–77
September/October 13–17 (Home: 6–8, Road: 7–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 133 September 1 Rangers 4–3 Gómez (5–7) Feldman (6–11) Pestano (1) 17,218 56–77 134 September 2 Rangers 8–3 Holland (10–6) McAllister (5–6) 19,474 56–78 135 September 3 @ Tigers 3–2 Kluber (1–3) Downs (1–1) Pestano (2) 35,418 57–78 136 September 4 @ Tigers 3–2 Masterson (11–12) Porcello (9–11) C. Perez (34) 27,729 58–78 137 September 5 @ Tigers 7–1 Fister (8–8) Jiménez (9–15) 28,881 58–79 138 September 7 @ Twins 7–6 Huff (1–0) Robertson (1–2) C. Perez (35) 30,111 59–79 139 September 8 @ Twins 3–0 De Vries (5–5) McAllister (5–7) Perkins (11) 33,698 59–80 140 September 9 @ Twins 8–7 Duensing (4–10) Pestano (3–2) 30,219 59–81 141 September 10 @ Twins 7–2 Deduno (6–3) Masterson (11–13) 27,526 59–82 142 September 11 @ Rangers 6–4 Harrison (16–9) Jiménez (9–16) Nathan (32) 34,765 59–83 143 September 12 @ Rangers 5–2 Dempster (11–6) Gómez (5–8) Nathan (33) 36,001 59–84 144 September 13 @ Rangers 5–4 Maine (1-0) Nathan (2–4) C. Perez (36) 36,102 60–84 145 September 14 Tigers 4–0 Verlander (14–8) Kluber (1–4) 17,185 60–85 146 September 15 Tigers 5–3 Sánchez (8–12) Masterson (11–14) Valverde (31) 22,849 60–86 147 September 16 Tigers 7–6 Rogers (2–1) Valverde (3–3) 17,233 61–86 148 September 18 Twins 6–5 (12) Robertson (2–2) Maine (2–2) Perkins (12) 10,342 61–87 149 September 19 Twins 6–4 Hendriks (1–7) McAllister (5–8) Perkins (13) 13,519 61–88 150 September 20 Twins 4–3 (10) Rogers (3–3) Swarzak (3–5) 12,331 62–88 151 September 21 @ Royals 6–3 Mendoza (8–9) Masterson (11–15) Holland (15) 22,805 62–89 152 September 22 @ Royals 5–3 Smith (6–8) Jiménez (9–17) Herrera (2) 24,304 62–90 153 September 23 @ Royals 15–4 Huff (2–0) Odorizzi (0–1) 22,960 63–90 154 September 24 @ White Sox 5–4 Myers (3–7) Pestano (3–3) Veal (1) 20,206 63–91 155 September 25 @ White Sox 4–3 Kluber (2–4) Liriano (6–12) C. Perez (37) 13,797 64–91 156 September 26 @ White Sox 6–4 Sipp (1–2) Thornton (4–9) C. Perez (38) 20,166 65–91 157 September 28 Royals 8–5 Huff (3–0) Smith (6–9) C. Perez (39) 14,850 66–91 158 September 29 Royals 7–6 (14) Mazzaro (4–3) Maine (2–3) Herrera (3) 17,109 66–92 159 September 30 Royals 15–3 McAllister (6–8) Hochevar (8–16) 18,099 67–92 160 October 1 White Sox 11–0 Santiago (4–1) Kluber (2–5) 14,756 67–93 161 October 2 White Sox 4–3 (12) Seddon (1–1) Thornton (4–10) 10,015 68–93 162 October 3 White Sox 9–0 Floyd (12–11) Huff (3–1) 18,093 68–94

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
Jeremy Accardo	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Scott Barnes	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Michael Brantley	149	552	63	159	37	4	6	60	.288	12
Asdrúbal Cabrera	143	555	70	150	35	1	16	68	.270	9
Russ Canzler	26	93	9	25	3	0	3	11	.269	0
Luke Carlin	4	14	2	3	1	0	0	1	.214	1
Ezequiel Carrera	48	147	20	40	6	3	2	11	.272	8
Lonnie Chisenhall	43	142	16	38	6	1	5	16	.268	2
Shin-Soo Choo	155	598	88	169	43	2	16	67	.283	21
Aaron Cunningham	72	97	5	17	4	0	1	7	.175	0
Johnny Damon	64	207	25	46	6	2	4	19	.222	4
Juan Díaz	5	15	4	4	0	0	0	0	.267	0
Jason Donald	43	124	18	25	2	1	2	11	.202	4
Shelley Duncan	81	232	29	47	10	0	11	31	.203	1
Jeanmar Gómez	2	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.250	0
Travis Hafner	66	219	23	50	6	2	12	34	.228	0
Nick Hagadone	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Jack Hannahan	105	287	23	70	16	0	4	29	.244	0
Ubaldo Jiménez	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Jason Kipnis	152	591	86	152	22	4	14	76	.257	31
Casey Kotchman	142	463	46	106	12	0	12	55	.229	3
Matt LaPorta	22	58	2	14	2	0	1	5	.241	0
Brent Lillibridge	43	111	15	24	5	0	3	8	.216	6
José López	66	213	16	53	13	0	4	28	.249	0
Derek Lowe	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	0
Scott Maine	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Lou Marson	70	195	27	44	8	2	0	13	.226	4
Justin Masterson	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Thomas Neal	9	23	2	5	1	0	0	2	.217	0
Chris Perez	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Vinnie Pestano	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Cord Phelps	14	33	2	7	0	0	1	5	.212	0
Esmil Rogers	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	0
Vinny Rottino	18	28	4	3	1	0	1	2	.107	1
Carlos Santana	143	507	72	128	27	2	18	76	.252	3
Tony Sipp	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Joe Smith	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Josh Tomlin	2	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	.400	0
Team Totals	162	5525	667	1385	266	24	136	635	.251	110

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
Jeremy Accardo	0	0	4.58	26	0	0	35.1	38	19	18	16	28
Cody Allen	0	1	3.72	27	0	0	29.0	29	12	12	15	27
Jairo Asencio	1	1	5.96	18	0	0	25.2	27	17	17	8	21
Scott Barnes	0	0	4.26	16	0	0	19.0	17	9	9	7	16
Jeanmar Gómez	5	8	5.96	20	17	0	90.2	95	66	60	34	47
Nick Hagadone	1	0	6.39	27	0	1	25.1	26	18	18	15	26
Roberto Hernández	0	3	7.53	3	3	0	14.1	17	15	12	3	2
Frank Herrmann	0	0	2.33	15	0	0	19.1	12	5	5	4	14
David Huff	3	1	3.38	6	4	0	26.2	30	14	10	5	19
Ubaldo Jiménez	9	17	5.55	31	31	0	176.2	190	116	109	95	143
Corey Kluber	2	5	5.14	12	12	0	63.0	76	44	36	18	54
Derek Lowe	8	10	5.52	21	21	0	119.0	156	79	73	45	41
Scott Maine	1	2	10.50	9	0	0	6.0	13	7	7	3	6
Justin Masterson	11	15	4.93	34	34	0	206.1	212	122	113	88	159
Zach McAllister	6	8	4.24	22	22	0	125.1	133	78	59	38	110
Chris Perez	0	4	3.59	61	0	39	57.2	49	25	23	16	59
Rafael Pérez	1	0	3.52	8	0	0	7.2	5	3	3	4	4
Vinnie Pestano	3	2	2.57	70	0	2	70.0	53	20	20	24	76
Esmil Rogers	3	1	3.06	44	0	0	53.0	47	19	18	12	54
Chris Seddon	1	1	3.67	17	2	0	34.1	35	15	14	13	18
Tony Sipp	1	2	4.42	63	0	1	55.0	47	29	27	23	51
Joe Smith	7	4	2.96	72	0	0	67.0	53	27	22	25	53
Josh Tomlin	5	8	6.36	21	16	0	103.1	126	74	73	25	56
Dan Wheeler	0	0	8.76	12	0	0	12.1	17	12	12	7	2
Team Totals	68	94	4.78	162	162	43	1442.0	1503	845	769	543	1086

Roster

2012 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers 57 Jeremy Accardo 37 Cody Allen 32 Jairo Asencio 51 Scott Barnes 58 Jeanmar Gómez 50 Nick Hagadone 55 Roberto Hernández 56 Frank Herrmann 31 David Huff 30 Ubaldo Jiménez 28 Corey Kluber 26 Derek Lowe 57 Scott Maine 63 Justin Masterson 34 Zach McAllister 54 Chris Perez 53 Rafael Pérez 52 Vinnie Pestano 32 Esmil Rogers 44 Chris Seddon 49 Tony Sipp 38 Joe Smith 43 Josh Tomlin 44 Dan Wheeler		Catchers 45 Luke Carlin  6 Lou Marson 41 Carlos Santana Infielders 13 Asdrúbal Cabrera  8 Lonnie Chisenhall 29 Juan Díaz 16 Jason Donald  9 Jack Hannahan 22 Jason Kipnis 35 Casey Kotchman  7 Matt LaPorta  1 Brent Lillibridge  4 José López 46 Cord Phelps		Outfielders 23 Michael Brantley  4 Russ Canzler 12 Ezequiel Carrera 17 Shin-Soo Choo  2 Aaron Cunningham 33 Johnny Damon 47 Shelley Duncan 36 Thomas Neal 25 Vinny Rottino Other batters 48 Travis Hafner		Manager 11 Manny Acta 15 Sandy Alomar Jr. Coaches 15 Sandy Alomar Jr. (bench) 64 Armando Camacaro (bullpen catcher) 40 Bruce Fields (hitting) 27 Dave Miller (bullpen) 60 Francisco Morales (bullpen catcher) 33 Ruben Niebla (pitching) 36 Scott Radinsky (pitching) –– Mike Sarbaugh (bench) 10 Steve Smith (third base) 20 Tom Wiedenbauer (first base)

Notes/Records

• On April 5, the Indians and Toronto Blue Jays set the Major League record for the longest Opening Day game, a 16-inning, 7–4 Indians loss.
• On April 16, the Indians set a franchise record by scoring 8+ runs in their first three road games. On April 18, they extended the record to four games.
• On May 7, Zach McAllister recorded his first career win and Nick Hagadone recorded his first career save, the first time for Indians pitchers in the same game since 1993.
• On May 15, Derek Lowe pitched a complete-game shutout without recording a strikeout, the first time an Indians pitcher did so since 1973.
• On May 17, Travis Hafner broke a franchise record (Nap Lajoie) with his 80th career hit-by-pitch.
• On May 22, Vinnie Pestano broke a franchise record for relievers (Paul Shuey), recording a strikeout in 22 consecutive appearances. On May 23, he extended the record to 23 consecutive appearances.
• On May 29, Luke Carlin reached base on errors three times, the first time an Indians player did so in one game since 1973.
• On June 15, Michael Brantley extended his hitting streak to 22 games, the longest for the Indians since 2007.
• On June 19, trailing 2-1 in the 10th, shortstop Asdrúbal Cabrera hit a walk-off home run off of Cincinnati Reds' closer, Aroldis Chapman to defeat the Reds 3-2.
• On July 1, Asdrúbal Cabrera and pitcher Chris Perez were selected for the All-Star team, the second selection for both players.
• On August 5, Travis Hafner hit his 200th career home run.

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Columbus Clippers	International League	Mike Sarbaugh
AA	Akron Aeros	Eastern League	Chris Tremie
A	Carolina Mudcats	Carolina League	Edwin Rodríguez
A	Lake County Captains	Midwest League	David Wallace
A-Short Season	Mahoning Valley Scrappers	New York–Penn League	Ted Kubiak
Rookie	AZL Indians	Arizona League	Tony Medrano

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Akron

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