2022 Cleveland Guardians season

The 2022 Cleveland Guardians season was the 122nd season for the franchise. This was the team's first season as the Cleveland Guardians, following the franchise's name change in light of the Cleveland Indians name and logo controversy. The team opened their regular season on April 7, 2022, on the road against the Kansas City Royals,^[1] and finished the season on October 5 at home, also against the Royals.^[2]

2022 Cleveland Guardians
American League Central Champions
League	American League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Progressive Field
City	Cleveland, Ohio
Record	92–70 (.568)
Divisional place	1st
Owners	Larry Dolan
President of baseball operations	Chris Antonetti
General managers	Mike Chernoff
Managers	Terry Francona
Television	Bally Sports Great Lakes (Matt Underwood, Rick Manning)
Radio	WTAM · WMMS Cleveland Guardians Radio Network (Tom Hamilton, Jim Rosenhaus)
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On December 2, 2021, Commissioner of Baseball Rob Manfred announced a lockout of players, following expiration of the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the league and the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA). On March 10, 2022, MLB and the MLBPA agreed to a new collective bargaining agreement, ending the lockout. Opening Day was played on April 7.^[3] Although MLB previously announced that several series would be cancelled due to the lockout, the agreement provides for a 162-game season, with originally canceled games to be made up via doubleheaders.^[4]

The Guardians won the American League Central title for the first time since 2018 and defeated the Tampa Bay Rays in the ALWCS, but were defeated by the New York Yankees in the ALDS in five games.

Offseason

Lockout

Main article: 2021–22 Major League Baseball lockout

The expiration of the league's collective bargaining agreement (CBA) with the Major League Baseball Players Association occurred on December 1, 2021 with no new agreement in place.^[5] As a result, the team owners voted unanimously to lockout the players stopping all free agency and trades.^[6][7]

The parties came to an agreement on a new CBA on March 10, 2022.^[8]

Rule changes

Pursuant to the new CBA, several new rules were instituted for the 2022 season. The National League will adopt the designated hitter full-time, a draft lottery will be implemented, the postseason will expand from ten teams to twelve, and advertising patches will appear on player uniforms and helmets for the first time.^[9][10]

Roster

2022 Cleveland Guardians
Roster
Pitchers 33 Logan Allen 57 Shane Bieber 58 Anthony Castro 43 Aaron Civale 48 Emmanuel Clase 71 Xzavion Curry 62 Enyel De Los Santos 70 Hunter Gaddis 50 Ian Gibaut 26 Anthony Gose 31 Sam Hentges 99 James Karinchak 59 Kirk McCarty 24 Triston McKenzie 49 Eli Morgan 36 Cody Morris 45 Konnor Pilkington 34 Zach Plesac 47 Cal Quantrill 54 Yohan Ramírez 52 Nick Sandlin 27 Bryan Shaw 37 Trevor Stephan 56 Tanner Tully 46 Alex Young		Catchers 17 Austin Hedges 10 Bryan Lavastida  4 Sandy León 12 Luke Maile 44 Bo Naylor Infielders  8 Gabriel Arias 44 Bobby Bradley  2 Yu Chang 28 Ernie Clement  2 Tyler Freeman  0 Andrés Giménez  6 Owen Miller 22 Josh Naylor 11 José Ramírez  1 Amed Rosario		Outfielders 29 Will Benson 63 Will Brennan 65 Alex Call 39 Oscar Gonzalez 33 Nolan Jones 38 Steven Kwan 35 Oscar Mercado  9 Richie Palacios 32 Franmil Reyes  7 Myles Straw		Manager 77 Terry Francona Coaches 15 Sandy Alomar Jr. (first base) 87 Mike Barnett (replay coordinator) 64 Armando Camacaro (bullpen catcher/staff assistant) 30 DeMarlo Hale (bench) 84 Kyle Hudson (assistant coach) 82 Ricky Pacione (bullpen catcher/staff assistant) 60 Vic Rodriguez (assistant hitting) 16 Mike Sarbaugh (third base) 85 Brian Sweeney (bullpen) 96 Justin Toole (hitting analyst) 86 Joe Torres (assistant pitching) 13 Chris Valaika (hitting) 51 Carl Willis (pitching)

Summary

The Guardians signed third baseman José Ramírez to a 5-year, $124 million extension with the Cleveland Guardians. Combined with his contract extension signed in November 2021, Ramírez' new contract guaranteed nearly $150 million through 2028. The largest contract awarded in franchise history, the deal also included a full "no-trade" clause.^[11]

In Cleveland's home opener, Ramírez doubled in the ninth inning of a 4–1 defeat to the San Francisco Giants for his 1,000th career hit.^[12]

Ramírez won American League (AL) Player of the Month honors for April, having hit .342 (27-for-79) and .722 slugging percentage, 12 runs scored, seven doubles, a triple, seven home runs, 28 RBI, and nine bases on balls over 21 games. During that month, he also reached the career milestone of 1,000 games played.^[13]

On May 26, the Guardians recalled outfielder Oscar González to the major league roster. He made his major league debut that same day, starting in right field versus the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park. He singled on a line drive to center field off starting pitcher Tarik Skubal in the top of the second his for the first hit. In the ninth inning, he hit his first major league double.^[14]

On May 28 versus Detroit, Ramírez homered, tripled and drove in five runs, amounting to an MLB-leading 48 RBI through the Guardians' first 42 games, tied for third-most in club history. Of all in franchise history, only Manny Ramirez (56 in 1999), Al Rosen (49 in 1954) and Earl Averill (also 48) had equaled or surpassed José Ramírez.^[15]

Ramírez was named AL Player of the Week for the May 24–30, having recorded three home runs, three stolen bases, 11 RBI, seven total extra base hits, .348/.423/.957, three walks and one strikeout.^[16]

On June 10, versus the Oakland Athletics, González achieved his first major league four-hit game.^[17]

The Guardians clinched their 11th AL Central title, and first since 2018, on September 25 after beating the Texas Rangers, 10–4.^[18]

The Guardians set a franchise record with four Gold Glove award winners: Shane Bieber, Andrés Giménez, Steven Kwan, and Myles Straw.^[19]

Manager Terry Francona was named American League Manager of the Year.^[20]

President of Baseball Operations Chris Antonetti won the MLB Executive of the Year Award.^[21]

Season standings

American League Central

v t e AL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cleveland Guardians	92	70	0.568	—	46–35	46–35
Chicago White Sox	81	81	0.500	11	37–44	44–37
Minnesota Twins	78	84	0.481	14	46–35	32–49
Detroit Tigers	66	96	0.407	26	36–46	30–50
Kansas City Royals	65	97	0.401	27	39–42	26–55

American League Wild Card

v t e Division leaders	W	L	Pct.
Houston Astros	106	56	0.654
New York Yankees	99	63	0.611
Cleveland Guardians	92	70	0.568

v t e Wild Card teams (Top 3 teams qualify for postseason)	W	L	Pct.	GB
Toronto Blue Jays	92	70	0.568	+6
Seattle Mariners	90	72	0.556	+4
Tampa Bay Rays	86	76	0.531	—
Baltimore Orioles	83	79	0.512	3
Chicago White Sox	81	81	0.500	5
Minnesota Twins	78	84	0.481	8
Boston Red Sox	78	84	0.481	8
Los Angeles Angels	73	89	0.451	13
Texas Rangers	68	94	0.420	18
Detroit Tigers	66	96	0.407	20
Kansas City Royals	65	97	0.401	21
Oakland Athletics	60	102	0.370	26

Record against opponents

2022 American League record v t e Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2022
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	HOU	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Baltimore	—	9–10	5–2	3–3	1–5	4–3	4–3	6–1	3–4	7–12	3–4	2–4	9–10	6–0	9–10	12–8
Boston	10–9	—	2–4	5–2	5–1	4–2	3–4	4–3	3–4	6–13	5–1	6–1	7–12	6–1	3–16	9–11
Chicago	2–5	4–2	—	7–12	12–7	3–4	9–10	3–4	9–10	3–4	5–2	4–2	4–2	3–4	2–4	11–9
Cleveland	3–3	2–5	12–7	—	10–9	3–4	12–7	3–4	13–6	1–5	6–1	1–6	4–2	5–1	5–2	12–8
Detroit	5–1	1–5	7–12	9–10	—	0–7	10–9	3–3	8–11	1–5	2–5	1–6	2–5	4–3	2–5	11–9
Houston	3–4	2–4	4–3	4–3	7–0	—	5–2	13–6	6–0	5–2	12–7	12–7	5–1	14–5	2–4	12–8
Kansas City	3–4	4–3	10–9	7–12	9–10	2–5	—	3–3	7–12	1–6	3–3	2–4	3–4	2–4	2–5	7–13
Los Angeles	1–6	3–4	4–3	4–3	3–3	6–13	3–3	—	4–2	2–4	12–7	10–9	2–5	9–10	3–4	7–13
Minnesota	4–3	4–3	10–9	6–13	11–8	0–6	12–7	2–4	—	2–5	5–1	4–3	4–2	2–5	4–3	8–12
New York	12–7	13–6	4–3	5–1	5–1	2–5	6–1	4–2	5–2	—	5–2	2–4	11–8	4–3	11–8	10–10
Oakland	4–3	1–5	2–5	1–6	5–2	7–12	3–3	7–12	1–5	2–5	—	8–11	3–4	8–11	3–3	5–15
Seattle	4–2	1–6	2–4	6–1	6–1	7–12	4–2	9–10	3–4	4–2	11–8	—	2–5	14–5	5–2	12–8
Tampa Bay	10–9	12–7	2–4	2–4	5–2	1–5	4–3	5–2	2–4	8–11	4–3	5–2	—	4–3	10–9	12–8
Texas	0–6	1–6	4–3	1–5	3–4	5–14	4–2	10–9	5–2	3–4	11–8	5–14	3–4	—	2–4	11–9
Toronto	10–9	16–3	4–2	2–5	5–2	4–2	5–2	4–3	3–4	8–11	3–3	2–5	9–10	4–2	—	13–7

Updated with the results of all games through October 5, 2022.

Game log

Regular season

2022 Game Log: 92–70 (Home: 46–35; Away: 46–35)
April: 9–12 (Home: 3–3; Away: 6–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record StreakUse background:#fbb for loss, #bfb for win, #bbb for cancelled/postponed --> 1 April 7 @ Royals 1–3 Barlow (1–0) McKenzie (0–1) — 28,459 0–1 L1 2 April 9 @ Royals 0–1 (10) Snider (1–0) Clase (0–1) — 17,103 0–2 L2 3 April 10 @ Royals 17–3 Quantrill (1–0) Bubic (0–1) — 20,165 1–2 W1 4 April 11 @ Royals 10–7 Allen (1–0) Brentz (0–1) — 8,971 2–2 W2 5 April 12 @ Reds 10–5 Stephan (1–0) Strickland (0–1) — 43,036 3–2 W3 6 April 13 @ Reds 7–3 Morgan (1–0) Lodolo (0–1) — 10,976 4–2 W4 7 April 15 Giants 1–4 Rodón (1-0) Plesac (0-1) Doval (2) 33,469 4–3 L1 8 April 16 Giants 2–4 Leone (1-0) Sandlin (0-1) McGee (1) 13,187 4–4 L2 9 April 17 Giants 1–8 Wood (1–0) Civale (0–1) — 9,620 4–5 L3 — April 18 White Sox Postponed (inclement weather); Makeup July 12 — April 19 White Sox Postponed (inclement weather); Makeup April 20 10 April 20 (1) White Sox 11–1 Bieber (1–0) Keuchel (1–1) — see 2nd game 5–5 W1 11 April 20 (2) White Sox 2–1 Gose (1–0) Lambert (0–2) Clase (1) 9,196 6–5 W2 12 April 21 White Sox 6–3 Plesac (1–1) Cease (2–1) Clase (2) 8,345 7–5 W3 13 April 22 @ Yankees 1–4 Taillon (1–1) Morgan (1–1) Chapman (4) 41,062 7–6 L1 14 April 23 @ Yankees 4–5 Castro (1–0) Clase (0–2) — 39,180 7–7 L2 15 April 24 @ Yankees 2–10 Cole (1–0) Civale (0–2) — 39,050 7–8 L3 16 April 25 @ Angels 0–3 Lorenzen (2–1) Bieber (1–1) Iglesias (3) 23,099 7–9 L4 17 April 26 @ Angels 1–4 Sandoval (1–0) McKenzie (0–2) Iglesias (4) 22,551 7–10 L5 18 April 27 @ Angels 5–9 Ohtani (2–2) Plesac (1–2) — 28,557 7–11 L6 19 April 28 @ Angels 1–4 Detmers (1–1) Quantrill (1–1) Iglesias (5) 18,826 7–12 L7 20 April 29 @ Athletics 9–8 Stephan (2–0) Acevedo (0–1) Clase (3) 12,910 8–12 W1 21 April 30 @ Athletics 3–1 Sandlin (1–1) Jiménez (1–1) Clase (4) 6,707 9–12 W2
May: 12–12 (Home: 7–5; Away: 5–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 22 May 1 @ Athletics 7–3 McKenzie (1–2) Kaprielian (0–1) — 14,945 10–12 W3 — May 3 Padres Postponed (inclement weather); Makeup May 4 23 May 4 (1) Padres 4–5 Crismatt (1–0) Plesac (1–3) Rogers (10) see 2nd game 10–13 L1 24 May 4 (2) Padres 6–5 (10) Sandlin (2–1) Lamet (0–1) — 10,244 11–13 W1 25 May 5 Blue Jays 6–5 Civale (1–2) Berríos (2–1) Clase (5) 9,104 12–13 W2 — May 6 Blue Jays Postponed (inclement weather); Makeup May 7 26 May 7 (1) Blue Jays 3–8 Gausman (3–1) Bieber (1–2) — see 2nd game 12–14 L1 27 May 7 (2) Blue Jays 8–2 McKenzie (2–2) Stripling (0–1) — 16,819 13–14 W1 28 May 8 Blue Jays 4–3 Shaw (1–0) Cimber (4–2) Clase (6) 14,787 14–14 W2 29 May 9 @ White Sox 12–9 (11) Clase (1–2) Burr (0–1) Stephan (1) 17,168 15–14 W3 30 May 10 @ White Sox 1–4 Giolito (2–1) Quantrill (1–2) Graveman (2) 16,025 15–15 L1 — May 11 @ White Sox Postponed (COVID-19); Makeup July 23 31 May 13 @ Twins 8–12 Jax (3–0) Civale (1–3) — 18,711 15–16 L2 32 May 14 @ Twins 3–2 (10) Sandlin (3–1) Cotton (0–1) Clase (7) 22,939 16–16 W1 33 May 15 @ Twins 1–3 Ryan (4–2) McKenzie (2–3) Pagán (5) 19,850 16–17 L1 34 May 17 Reds 4–5 (10) Warren (2-1) Sandlin (3-2) Díaz (1) 12,916 16-18 L2 — May 18 Reds Postponed (inclement weather); Makeup May 19 35 May 19 Reds 2–4 Cessa (2–0) Stephan (2–1) Santillan (2) 8,510 16–19 L3 36 May 20 Tigers 6–1 Civale (2–3) Barnes (3–1) — 23,874 17–19 W1 — May 21 Tigers Postponed (inclement weather); Makeup July 14 37 May 22 Tigers 2–4 Faedo (1–1) Bieber (1–3) Soto (7) 15,554 17–20 L1 38 May 23 @ Astros 6–1 McKenzie (3–3) García (3–3) — 28,284 18–20 W1 39 May 24 @ Astros 3–7 Valdez (4–2) Plesac (1–4) — 26,621 18–21 L1 40 May 25 @ Astros 1–2 Javier (3–2) Quantrill (1–3) Pressly (7) 25,412 18–22 L2 41 May 26 @ Tigers 3–4 Soto (2–2) Stephan (2–2) — 12,764 18–23 L3 — May 27 @ Tigers Postponed (inclement weather); Makeup July 4 42 May 28 @ Tigers 8–1 Bieber (2–3) Faedo (1–2) — 26,134 19–23 W1 43 May 29 @ Tigers 1–2 Lange (2–1) McKenzie (3–4) Soto (8) 19,990 19–24 L1 44 May 30 Royals 7–3 Sandlin (4–2) Snider (3–2) — 15,271 20–24 W1 45 May 31 Royals 8–3 Quantrill (2–3) Lynch (2–4) — 10,519 21–24 W2
June: 18–10 (Home: 9–7; Away: 9–3) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 46 June 1 Royals 4–0 Pilkington (1–0) Keller (1–6) — 12,895 22–24 W3 47 June 3 @ Orioles 6–3 Bieber (3–3) Zimmermann (2–4) Clase (8) 15,456 23–24 W4 48 June 4 @ Orioles 4–5 Bautista (2–1) McKenzie (3–5) López (7) 17,183 23–25 L1 49 June 5 @ Orioles 3–2 Plesac (2–4) Kremer (0–1) Clase (9) 14,815 24–25 W1 — June 6 Rangers Postponed (inclement weather); Makeup June 7 50 June 7 (1) Rangers 6–3 Quantrill (3–3) Gray (1–3) Clase (10) see 2nd game 25–25 W2 51 June 7 (2) Rangers 3–6 Hearn (4–4) McCarty (0–1) Barlow (11) 10,763 25–26 L1 52 June 8 Rangers 4–0 Morgan (2–1) Dunning (1–4) — 10,965 26–26 W1 53 June 9 Athletics 8–4 De Los Santos (1–0) Trivino (1–5) — 12,995 27–26 W2 54 June 10 Athletics 3–2 Gose (2–0) Jiménez (2–4) — 21,311 28–26 W3 55 June 11 Athletics 5–10 Montas (3–6) Morgan (2–2) — 22,674 28–27 L1 56 June 12 Athletics 6–3 Quantrill (4–3) Irvin (2–3) Clase (11) 17,775 29–27 W1 57 June 14 @ Rockies 4–3 (10) Shaw (2–0) Stephenson (0–1) Clase (12) 28,377 30–27 W2 58 June 15 @ Rockies 7–5 Shaw (3–0) Gomber (3–7) Clase (13) 23,838 31–27 W3 59 June 16 @ Rockies 4–2 McKenzie (4–5) Kuhl (4–4) Clase (14) 26,629 32–27 W4 60 June 17 @ Dodgers 2–1 (10) Gose (3–0) Phillips (1–3) De Los Santos (1) 48,361 33–27 W5 61 June 18 @ Dodgers 1–7 Urías (4–6) Quantrill (4–4) — 50,078 33–28 L1 62 June 19 @ Dodgers 5–3 Morgan (3–2) Kimbrel (0–3) Clase (15) 53,033 34–28 W1 63 June 21 @ Twins 6–5 (11) Stephan (3–2) Jax (4–1) Clase (16) 22,341 35–28 W2 64 June 22 @ Twins 11–10 Hentges (1–0) Jax (4–2) Clase (17) 25,604 36–28 W3 65 June 23 @ Twins 0–1 Smeltzer (4–1) Plesac (2–5) Thielbar (1) 24,929 36–29 L1 66 June 24 Red Sox 3–6 Pivetta (8–5) Shaw (3–1) — 29,106 36–30 L2 67 June 25 Red Sox 2–4 Winckowski (3–1) Bieber (3–4) Houck (6) 27,239 36–31 L3 68 June 26 Red Sox 3–8 Hill (4–4) Civale (2–4) — 20,663 36–32 L4 69 June 27 Twins 1–11 Gray (4–1) McKenzie (4–6) — 12,554 36–33 L5 70 June 28 (1) Twins 3–2 Hentges (2–0) Pagán (1–3) Clase (18) 12,442 37–33 W1 71 June 28 (2) Twins 0–6 Winder (3–2) Pilkington (1–1) — 12,145 37–34 L1 72 June 29 Twins 7–6 (10) Morgan (4–2) Cotton (2–2) — 12,840 38–34 W1 73 June 30 Twins 5–3 Clase (2–2) Thornburg (0–1) — 17,066 39–34 W2
July: 13–15 (Home: 6–4; Away: 7–11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak — July 1 Yankees Postponed (inclement weather); Makeup July 2 74 July 2 (1) Yankees 4–13 Cole (7–2) McCarty (0–2) — 21,203 39–35 L1 75 July 2 (2) Yankees 1–6 Cortés Jr. (7–3) Civale (2–5) Holmes (15) 29,236 39–36 L2 76 July 3 Yankees 2–0 McKenzie (5–6) Montgomery (3–2) Clase (19) 26,113 40–36 W1 77 July 4 (1) @ Tigers 1–4 Hill (1–0) Plesac (2–6) Soto (16) 19,737 40–37 L1 78 July 4 (2) @ Tigers 3–5 Alexander (2–3) Stephan (3–3) Jiménez (1) 24,395 40–38 L2 79 July 5 @ Tigers 4–11 Hutchison (1–4) Quantrill (4–5) — 16,662 40–39 L3 80 July 6 @ Tigers 2–8 Pineda (2–3) Bieber (3–5) — 17,829 40–40 L4 81 July 8 @ Royals 3–4 Barlow (3–2) Hentges (2–1) — 19,611 40–41 L5 82 July 9 @ Royals 13–1 McKenzie (6–6) Heasley (1–5) — 17,024 41–41 W1 83 July 10 @ Royals 1–5 Greinke (3–5) Plesac (2–7) — 13,284 41–42 L1 84 July 11 White Sox 8–4 Quantrill (5–5) Lynn (1–2) — 13,655 42–42 W1 85 July 12 (1) White Sox 4–1 Bieber (4–5) Martin (1–3) — 11,342 43–42 W2 86 July 12 (2) White Sox 0–7 Cease (8–4) Pilkington (1–2) — 11,750 43–43 L1 87 July 13 White Sox 1–2 Giolito (6–5) Hentges (2–2) Hendriks (18) 13,987 43–44 L2 88 July 14 Tigers 4–0 McKenzie (7–6) Rodríguez (0–4) — 14,327 44–44 W1 89 July 15 Tigers 6–5 Shaw (4–1) Fulmer (2–4) Stephan (2) 27,846 45–44 W2 90 July 16 Tigers 10–0 Quantrill (6–5) Pineda (2–5) — 26,789 46–44 W3 -- July 17 Tigers Postponed (inclement weather); Makeup August 15 92nd All-Star Game: Los Angeles, CA 91 July 22 @ White Sox 8–2 Quantrill (7–5) Giolito (6–6) — 31,379 47–44 W4 92 July 23 (1) @ White Sox 7–4 Stephan (4–3) Hendriks (1–3) Clase (20) 18,518 48–44 W5 93 July 23 (2) @ White Sox 4–5 Kelly (1–2) Shaw (4–2) Foster (1) 26,329 48–45 L1 94 July 24 @ White Sox 3–6 Cease (10–4) Bieber (4–6) — 30,831 48–46 L2 95 July 25 @ Red Sox 1–3 Schreiber (3–1) Plesac (2–8) Whitlock (2) 32,529 48–47 L3 96 July 26 @ Red Sox 8–3 McCarty (1–2) Winckowski (3–5) — 32,483 49–47 W1 97 July 27 @ Red Sox 7–6 De Los Santos (2–0) Houck (5–4) Clase (21) 32,919 50–47 W2 98 July 28 @ Red Sox 2–4 Diekman (5–1) McKenzie (7–7) Whitlock (3) 32,122 50–48 L1 99 July 29 @ Rays 4–1 Bieber (5–6) Springs (3–3) Clase (22) 14,671 51–48 W1 100 July 30 @ Rays 4–6 Kluber (7–6) Plesac (2–9) Fairbanks (2) 22,756 51–49 L1 101 July 31 @ Rays 5–3 McCarty (2–2) McClanahan (10–4) Clase (23) 18,023 52–49 W1
August: 16–11 (Home: 8–7; Away: 8–4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 102 August 1 Diamondbacks 6–5 (11) Hentges (3–2) Melancon (3–10) — 13,707 53–49 W2 103 August 2 Diamondbacks 3–6 Gallen (6–2) McKenzie (7–8) Kennedy (5) 14,471 53–50 L1 104 August 3 Diamondbacks 7–4 Bieber (6–6) Henry (0–1) — 18,642 54–50 W1 105 August 4 Astros 0–6 Verlander (15–3) Plesac (2–10) — 16,808 54–51 L1 106 August 5 Astros 3–9 Valdez (10–4) Gaddis (0–1) — 24,712 54–52 L2 107 August 6 Astros 4–1 Quantrill (8–5) García (8–8) — 25,327 55–52 W1 108 August 7 Astros 1–0 McKenzie (8–8) Javier (6–8) Clase (24) 22,688 56–52 W2 109 August 9 @ Tigers 5–2 Bieber (7–6) Alexander (2–6) Clase (25) 16,359 57–52 W3 110 August 10 @ Tigers 3–2 Shaw (5–2) Hutchison (1–6) Clase (26) 16,560 58–52 W4 111 August 11 @ Tigers 4–3 (10) De Los Santos (3–0) Soto (2–7) Shaw (1) 19,036 59–52 W5 112 August 12 @ Blue Jays 8–0 Quantrill (9–5) Berríos (8–5) — 41,677 60–52 W6 113 August 13 @ Blue Jays 1–2 Bass (3–3) McKenzie (8–9) Romano (26) 44,977 60–53 L1 114 August 14 @ Blue Jays 7–2 Bieber (8–6) Gausman (8–9) — 41,002 61–53 W1 115 August 15 (1) Tigers 4–1 Karinchak (1–0) Vest (3–3) Clase (27) see 2nd game 62–53 W2 116 August 15 (2) Tigers 5–7 Garcia (1–0) Morgan (4–3) Soto (21) 16,980 62–54 L1 117 August 16 Tigers 3–4 Hill (3–3) Plesac (2–11) Soto (22) 13,503 62–55 L2 118 August 17 Tigers 8–4 Shaw (6–2) Chafin (0–2) — 14,335 63–55 W1 119 August 19 White Sox 5-2 McKenzie (9-9) Lopez (5-3) Clase (28) 25,521 64-55 W2 120 August 20 White Sox 0–2 Cueto (6–5) Bieber (8–7) Hendriks (28) 26,179 64–56 L1 — August 21 White Sox Postponed (inclement weather); Makeup September 15 121 August 23 @ Padres 3–1 Sandlin (5–2) Clevinger (4–5) Clase (29) 38,166 65–56 W1 122 August 24 @ Padres 7–0 Quantrill (10–5) Snell (5–7) — 30,409 66–56 W2 123 August 25 @ Mariners 1–3 Gonzales (9–12) McKenzie (9–10) Muñoz (3) 24,028 66–57 L1 124 August 26 @ Mariners 2–3 (11) Murfee (4–0) Clase (2–3) — 39,870 66–58 L2 125 August 27 @ Mariners 4–3 Plesac (3–11) Muñoz (2–5) Clase (30) 45,586 67–58 W1 126 August 28 @ Mariners 0–4 Ray (11–8) Civale (2–6) — 45,190 67–59 L1 127 August 30 Orioles 5–1 Quantrill (11–5) Watkins (4–5) — 12,492 68–59 W1 128 August 31 Orioles 0–4 Lyles (10–9) McKenzie (9–11) — 12,221 68–60 L1
September: 21–8 (Home: 10–7; Away: 11–1) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 129 September 1 Orioles 0–3 Bradish (3–5) Bieber (8–8) Bautista (11) 11,827 68–61 L2 130 September 2 Mariners 1–6 Castillo (6–5) Morris (0–1) — 21,923 68–62 L3 131 September 3 Mariners 0–4 Ray (12–8) Curry (0–1) — 26,254 68–63 L4 132 September 4 Mariners 3–6 (11) Boyd (1–0) Stephan (4–4) Flexen (2) 17,809 68–64 L5 133 September 5 @ Royals 6–5 (10) Morgan (5–3) Hernández (0–5) Clase (31) 11,511 69–64 W1 134 September 6 @ Royals 4–1 Bieber (9–8) Bubic (2–11) Karinchak (1) 12,580 70–64 W2 135 September 7 @ Royals 1–2 Barlow (6–4) Clase (2–4) — 13,394 70–65 L1 136 September 9 @ Twins 7–6 Quantrill (12–5) Bundy (8–7) Clase (32) 18,595 71–65 W1 137 September 10 @ Twins 6–4 McKenzie (10–11) Archer (2–8) Clase (33) 26,073 72–65 W2 138 September 11 @ Twins 4–1 Bieber (10–8) Winder (4–4) Karinchak (2) 19,016 73–65 W3 139 September 12 Angels 5–4 De Los Santos (4–0) Loup (0–5) Clase (34) 12,461 74–65 W4 140 September 13 Angels 3–1 McCarty (3–2) Suárez (6–7) Clase (35) 14,419 75–65 W5 141 September 14 Angels 5–3 Stephan (5–4) Tepera (4–3) Karinchak (3) 14,529 76–65 W6 142 September 15 White Sox 2–8 Lynn (7–5) Gaddis (0–2) — 11,186 76–66 L1 143 September 16 Twins 4–3 Stephan (6–4) Durán (2–4) Clase (36) 20,669 77–66 W1 144 September 17 (1) Twins 5–1 Bieber (11−8) Varland (0−1) — 18,177 78–66 W2 145 September 17 (2) Twins 7–6 (15) McCarty (4–2) Rodríguez (0–1) — 24,449 79–66 W3 146 September 18 Twins 0–3 Ryan (12–8) Morris (0–2) Durán (8) 19,601 79–67 L1 147 September 19 Twins 11–4 Quantrill (13–5) Gray (8–5) Hentges (1) 12,168 80–67 W1 148 September 20 @ White Sox 10–7 (11) Clase (3–4) Diekman (5–4) — 23,242 81–67 W2 149 September 21 @ White Sox 8–2 McKenzie (11–11) Lynn (7–6) — 22,606 82–67 W3 150 September 22 @ White Sox 4–2 Bieber (12–8) Cueto (7–9) Clase (37) 23,395 83–67 W4 151 September 23 @ Rangers 6–3 Morris (1–2) Hearn (6–8) Clase (38) 34,862 84–67 W5 152 September 24 @ Rangers 4–2 Quantrill (14–5) Burke (7–4) Clase (39) 28,415 85–67 W6 153 September 25 @ Rangers 10–4 Civale (3–6) Ragans (0–3) — 31,845 86–67 W7 154 September 27 Rays 5–6 (11) Guerra (2–0) Stephan (6–5) Faucher (1) 10,775 86–68 L1 155 September 28 Rays 2–1 (10) Karinchak (2–0) Guerra (2–1) — 10,674 87–68 W1 156 September 29 Rays 2–1 De Los Santos (5–0) Armstrong (2–3) Stephan (3) 11,783 88–68 W2 157 September 30 Royals 6–3 Civale (4–6) Singer (10–5) Clase (40) 19,763 89–68 W3
October: 3–2 (Home: 3–2; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 158 October 1 Royals 1–7 Bubic (3–13) Plesac (3–12) — 26,982 89–69 L1 159 October 2 Royals 7–5 Bieber (13–8) Castillo (0–2) Clase (41) 20,622 90–69 W1 160 October 3 Royals 2–5 (10) Barlow (7–4) McCarty (4–3) Clarke (3) 18,688 90–70 L1 161 October 4 Royals 5–3 Quantrill (15–5) Lynch (4–13) Clase (42) 19,455 91–70 W1 162 October 5 Royals 9–2 Civale (5–6) Heasley (4–10) — 12,983 92–70 W2
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Guardians team member

Postseason

Game log

2022 Postseason: 4−3 (Home 3−1; Away 1−2)
American League Wild Card Series: 2−0 (Home 2–0; Away 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 October 7 Rays 2–1 Bieber (1–0) McClanahan (0–1) Clase (1) 30,741 1–0 2 October 8 Rays 1–0 (15) Hentges (1–0) Kluber (0–1) — 34,971 2–0
American League Division Series: 2−3 (Home 1–1; Away 1–2) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 October 11 @ Yankees 1−4 Cole (1−0) Quantrill (0−1) — 47,807 0−1 — October 13 @ Yankees Postponed (rain); Makeup October 14 2 October 14 @ Yankees 4–2 (10) Clase (1–0) Taillon (0–1) — 47,535 1–1 3 October 15 Yankees 6–5 Morgan (1–0) Schmidt (0–1) — 36,483 2–1 4 October 16 Yankees 2–4 Cole (2–0) Quantrill (0–2) Peralta (1) 36,728 2–2 — October 17 @ Yankees Postponed (rain); Makeup October 18 5 October 18 @ Yankees 1–5 Cortés Jr. (1–0) Civale (0–1) — 48,178 2–3
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Guardians team member

Postseason rosters

Playoff rosters
American League Wild Card Series Pitchers: 24 Triston McKenzie 31 Sam Hentges 34 Zach Plesac 37 Trevor Stephan 47 Cal Quantrill 48 Emmanuel Clase 49 Eli Morgan 52 Nick Sandlin 57 Shane Bieber 59 Kirk McCarty 62 Enyel De Los Santos 99 James Karinchak Catchers: 12 Luke Maile 17 Austin Hedges 44 Bo Naylor Infielders: 0 Andrés Giménez 1 Amed Rosario 6 Owen Miller 8 Gabriel Arias 11 José Ramírez 22 Josh Naylor Outfielders: 7 Myles Straw 29 Will Benson 38 Steven Kwan 39 Oscar González 63 Will Brennan
American League Division Series Pitchers: 24 Triston McKenzie 31 Sam Hentges 34 Zach Plesac 36 Cody Morris 37 Trevor Stephan 43 Aaron Civale 47 Cal Quantrill 48 Emmanuel Clase 49 Eli Morgan 57 Shane Bieber 62 Enyel De Los Santos 99 James Karinchak Catchers: 12 Luke Maile 17 Austin Hedges 44 Bo Naylor Infielders: 0 Andrés Giménez 1 Amed Rosario 6 Owen Miller 8 Gabriel Arias 11 José Ramírez 22 Josh Naylor Outfielders: 7 Myles Straw 29 Will Benson 38 Steven Kwan 39 Oscar González 63 Will Brennan

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
Gabriel Arias	16	47	9	9	1	1	1	5	.191	1
Will Benson	28	55	8	10	1	0	0	3	.182	0
Bobby Bradley	8	17	1	2	0	0	0	0	.118	0
Will Brennan	11	42	6	15	1	1	1	7	.357	2
Alex Call	12	12	2	2	0	0	0	0	.167	0
Yu Chang	4	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Ernie Clement	63	145	18	29	3	0	0	6	.200	0
Enyel De Los Santos	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Tyler Freeman	24	77	9	19	3	0	0	3	.247	1
Andrés Giménez	146	491	66	146	26	3	17	69	.297	20
Oscar González	91	362	39	107	27	0	11	43	.296	1
Austin Hedges	105	294	26	48	4	0	7	30	.163	2
Nolan Jones	28	86	10	21	5	0	2	13	.244	0
Steven Kwan	147	563	89	168	25	7	6	52	.298	19
Bryan Lavastida	6	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	.083	0
Sandy León	8	15	0	2	0	0	0	0	.133	0
Luke Maile	76	181	19	40	10	0	3	17	.221	0
Oscar Mercado	53	119	17	25	6	1	4	16	.210	2
Owen Miller	130	424	53	103	26	1	6	51	.243	2
Bo Naylor	5	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Josh Naylor	122	449	47	115	28	0	20	79	.256	6
Richie Palacios	54	112	7	26	6	0	0	10	.232	2
José Ramírez	157	601	90	168	44	5	29	126	.280	20
Franmil Reyes	70	263	24	56	9	0	9	28	.213	2
Amed Rosario	153	637	86	180	26	9	11	71	.283	18
Bryan Shaw	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Myles Straw	152	535	72	118	22	3	0	32	.221	21
Team Totals	162	5558	698	1410	273	31	127	662	.254	119

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
Logan Allen	1	0	4.50	4	0	0	6.0	9	3	3	3	6
Shane Bieber	13	8	2.88	31	31	0	200.0	172	70	64	36	198
Anthony Castro	0	0	7.43	12	0	0	13.1	19	15	11	10	12
Aaron Civale	5	6	4.92	20	20	0	97.0	93	58	53	22	98
Emmanuel Clase	3	4	1.36	77	0	42	72.2	43	18	11	10	77
Ernie Clement	0	0	18.00	2	0	0	2.0	6	4	4	0	0
Xzavion Curry	0	1	5.79	2	2	0	9.1	13	7	6	6	3
Enyel De Los Santos	5	0	3.04	50	0	1	53.1	40	18	18	17	61
Hunter Gaddis	0	2	18.41	2	2	0	7.1	15	15	15	3	5
Ian Gibaut	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.1	1	0	0	0	0
Anthony Gose	3	0	4.71	22	0	0	21.0	15	13	11	14	28
Sam Hentges	3	2	2.32	57	0	1	62.0	41	17	16	19	72
James Karinchak	2	0	2.08	38	0	3	39.0	22	9	9	21	62
Sandy León	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
Kirk McCarty	4	3	4.54	13	2	0	37.2	37	23	19	13	26
Triston McKenzie	11	11	2.96	31	30	0	191.1	138	65	63	44	190
Eli Morgan	5	3	3.38	50	1	0	66.2	46	29	25	13	72
Cody Morris	1	2	2.28	7	5	0	23.2	21	8	6	12	23
Konnor Pilkington	1	2	3.88	15	11	0	58.0	53	30	25	32	50
Zach Plesac	3	12	4.31	25	24	0	131.2	136	74	63	38	100
Cal Quantrill	15	5	3.38	32	32	0	186.1	178	78	70	47	128
Yohan Ramírez	0	0	4.50	1	0	0	2.0	3	1	1	1	1
Nick Sandlin	5	2	2.25	46	0	0	44.0	27	13	11	24	41
Bryan Shaw	6	2	5.40	60	2	1	58.1	58	38	35	26	52
Trevor Stephan	6	5	2.69	66	0	3	63.2	57	24	19	18	82
Tanner Tully	0	0	6.00	3	0	0	6.0	8	4	4	6	2
Alex Young	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0.1	1	0	0	0	1
Team Totals	92	70	3.46	162	162	51	1456.0	1252	634	560	435	1390

Postseason Stats

Batting

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
Gabriel Arias	3	11	1	3	1	0	0	0	.273	0
Will Benson	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Will Brennan	5	11	0	2	0	0	0	1	.182	0
Andrés Giménez	7	28	1	5	1	0	0	1	.179	1
Oscar González	7	31	2	7	0	0	1	4	.226	0
Austin Hedges	7	15	1	2	0	0	0	0	.133	0
Steven Kwan	7	30	4	9	1	0	1	2	.300	1
Luke Maile	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	0
Owen Miller	5	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	.111	0
Josh Naylor	7	31	2	6	1	0	1	3	.194	0
José Ramírez	7	30	2	10	2	0	1	4	.333	0
Amed Rosario	7	29	3	7	0	0	1	2	.241	1
Myles Straw	7	25	1	4	0	0	0	0	.160	1
Totals	7	254	17	57	6	0	5	17	.224	4

Pitching

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Shane Bieber	1	0	2.03	2	2	0	13.1	8	3	3	4	15
Aaron Civale	0	1	81.00	1	1	0	0.1	2	3	3	1	1
Emmanuel Clase	1	0	0.00	4	0	1	6.0	1	0	0	2	6
Enyel De Los Santos	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	3.1	2	0	0	1	1
Sam Hentges	1	0	2.84	3	0	0	6.1	5	2	2	2	10
James Karinchak	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	5.0	3	0	0	4	6
Triston McKenzie	0	0	3.27	2	2	0	11.0	6	4	4	3	13
Eli Morgan	1	0	2.70	3	0	0	3.1	2	1	1	0	5
Cody Morris	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	3
Zach Plesac	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	2
Cal Quantrill	0	2	5.40	2	2	0	10.0	8	7	6	4	8
Nick Sandlin	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	1	1
Trevor Stephan	0	0	1.59	4	0	0	5.2	0	1	1	1	11
Totals	4	3	2.65	7	7	1	68.0	37	21	20	23	82

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Columbus Clippers	International League	Andy Tracy
AA	Akron RubberDucks	Eastern League	Rouglas Odor
High-A	Lake County Captains	Midwest League	Greg DiCenzo
Low–A	Lynchburg Hillcats	Carolina League	Omir Santos
Rookie	ACL Guardians	Arizona Complex League	Jordan R. Smith
Rookie	DSL Guardians Blue	Dominican Summer League	Jesús Tavárez
Rookie	DSL Guardians Red	Dominican Summer League	Carlos Fermin

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External links

• Cleveland Guardians 2022 Schedule at MLB.com
• Cleveland Guardians 2022 at Baseball Reference