2022 Cleveland Guardians
American League Central Champions
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Location
Results
Record92–70 (.568)
Divisional place1st
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Owner(s)Larry Dolan
President of baseball operationsChris Antonetti
General manager(s)Mike Chernoff
Manager(s)Terry Francona
Local televisionBally Sports Great Lakes
(Matt Underwood, Rick Manning)
Local radioWTAM · WMMS
Cleveland Guardians Radio Network
(Tom Hamilton, Jim Rosenhaus)
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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]

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, the MLB and 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 Wild Card Series, but were defeated by the New York Yankees in the Division Series 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 Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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

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

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


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 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 — 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 Streak
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
American League Division Series

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
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
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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