2012 Cleveland Indians season

The 2012 Cleveland Indians season marks the 112th season for the franchise. The team is led by manager Manny Acta, his third season with the club. The team will play all of its home games at Progressive Field, which will be in its 19th season, starting with a series against the Toronto Blue Jays.

2012 season

Opening Day lineup

1. Michael Brantley - CF
2. Asdrubal 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).^[1] 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.^[2]

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.^[3] The Indians won two of three against the Oakland Athletics and thus for the first time since the 1988 won their first three road series on the year.^[4]

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.^[5] 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.^[6]

The Indians would go 11-9 in the month, finishing with a ½ game lead over the Detroit Tigers in the AL Central. The team was 7-2 on the road.

May

When the Indians won the third game of a three-game series with the 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).^[7]

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

• Source: MLB Standings Grid

Game log

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: 1–0 (Home: 1–0, Away: 0–0) # 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 53 June 3 Twins 54 June 5 @ Tigers 55 June 6 @ Tigers 56 June 7 @ Tigers 57 June 8 @ Cardinals 58 June 9 @ Cardinals 59 June 10 @ Cardinals 60 June 12 @ Reds 61 June 13 @ Reds 62 June 14 @ Reds 63 June 15 Pirates 64 June 16 Pirates 65 June 17 Pirates 66 June 18 Reds 67 June 19 Reds 68 June 20 Reds 69 June 22 @ Astros 70 June 23 @ Astros 71 June 24 @ Astros 72 June 25 @ Yankees 73 June 26 @ Yankees 74 June 27 @ Yankees 75 June 28 @ Orioles 76 June 29 @ Orioles 77 June 30 @ Orioles
July # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 78 July 1 @ Orioles 79 July 2 Angels 80 July 3 Angels 81 July 4 Angels 82 July 5 Rays 83 July 6 Rays 84 July 7 Rays 85 July 8 Rays 86 July 13 @ Blue Jays 87 July 14 @ Blue Jays 88 July 15 @ Blue Jays 89 July 16 @ Rays 90 July 17 @ Rays 91 July 18 @ Rays 92 July 19 @ Rays 93 July 20 Orioles 94 July 21 Orioles 95 July 22 Orioles 96 July 23 Orioles 97 July 24 Tigers 98 July 25 Tigers 99 July 26 Tigers 100 July 27 @ Twins 101 July 28 @ Twins 102 July 29 @ Twins 103 July 31 @ Royals
August # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 104 August 1 @ Royals 105 August 2 @ Royals 106 August 3 @ Tigers 107 August 4 @ Tigers 108 August 5 @ Tigers 109 August 6 Twins 110 August 7 Twins 111 August 8 Twins 112 August 9 Red Sox 113 August 10 Red Sox 114 August 11 Red Sox 115 August 12 Red Sox 116 August 13 @ Angels 117 August 14 @ Angels 118 August 15 @ Angels 119 August 17 @ Athletics 120 August 18 @ Athletics 121 August 19 @ Athletics 122 August 20 @ Mariners 123 August 21 @ Mariners 124 August 22 @ Mariners 125 August 24 Yankees 126 August 25 Yankees 127 August 26 Yankees 128 August 27 Athletics 129 August 28 Athletics 130 August 29 Athletics 131 August 30 Athletics 132 August 31 Rangers
September/October # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 133 September 1 Rangers 134 September 2 Rangers 135 September 3 @ Tigers 136 September 4 @ Tigers 137 September 5 @ Tigers 138 September 7 @ Twins 139 September 8 @ Twins 140 September 9 @ Twins 141 September 10 @ Twins 142 September 11 @ Rangers 143 September 12 @ Rangers 144 September 13 @ Rangers 145 September 14 Tigers 146 September 15 Tigers 147 September 16 Tigers 148 September 18 Twins 149 September 19 Twins 150 September 20 Twins 151 September 21 @ Royals 152 September 22 @ Royals 153 September 23 @ Royals 154 September 24 @ White Sox 155 September 25 @ White Sox 156 September 26 @ White Sox 157 September 28 Royals 158 September 29 Royals 159 September 30 Royals 160 October 1 White Sox 161 October 2 White Sox 162 October 3 White Sox

Player stats

Batting

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
Brantley, MichaelMichael Brantley	45	183	25	50	15	2	0	20	.273	8
Cabrera, AsdrubalAsdrubal Cabrera	39	153	23	46	14	0	5	20	.301	2
Carlin, LukeLuke Carlin	2	6	1	3	1	0	0	0	.500	0
Chisenhall, LonnieLonnie Chisenhall	1	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	.500	0
Choo, Shin-SooShin-Soo Choo	42	157	25	42	13	0	3	16	.268	7
Cunningham, AaronAaron Cunningham	38	53	4	11	2	0	0	2	.208	0
Damon, JohnnyJohnny Damon	22	79	7	12	1	1	1	5	.152	0
Diaz, JuanJuan Diaz	4	11	4	3	0	0	0	0	.273	0
Donald, JasonJason Donald	16	45	5	8	0	0	0	4	.178	3
Duncan, ShelleyShelley Duncan	34	100	14	20	4	0	4	11	.200	1
Hafner, TravisTravis Hafner	39	132	14	32	6	1	6	23	.242	0
Hannahan, JackJack Hannahan	31	105	9	29	6	0	3	18	.276	0
Kipnis, JasonJason Kipnis	48	193	33	55	4	3	8	30	.285	9
Kotchman, CaseyCasey Kotchman	42	150	18	33	7	0	3	16	.220	3
Lopez, JoseJose Lopez	20	73	5	19	6	0	2	13	.260	0
Marson, LouLou Marson	16	34	5	5	2	0	0	1	.147	2
Santana, CarlosCarlos Santana	43	155	21	38	7	0	5	24	.245	2
Totals	48	1633	214	408	88	7	41	205	.250	37

Pitching

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	R	ER	BB	K
Accardo, JeremyJeremy Accardo	0	0	2.84	5	0	0	6.1	2	2	3	6
Asencio, JairoJairo Asencio	1	1	5.96	18	0	0	25.2	17	17	8	21
Gomez, JeanmarJeanmar Gomez	3	3	3.94	9	8	0	48.0	22	21	17	26
Hagadone, NickNick Hagadone	0	0	2.35	15	0	1	15.1	4	4	7	14
Jimenez, UbaldoUbaldo Jimenez	5	4	5.79	10	10	0	56.0	39	36	42	33
Lowe, DerekDerek Lowe	6	3	3.25	10	10	0	61.0	24	22	18	18
Masterson, JustinJustin Masterson	2	3	4.62	10	10	0	62.1	34	32	34	42
McAllister, ZachZach McAllister	1	1	3.96	4	4	0	25.0	14	11	6	22
Perez, ChrisChris Perez	0	1	2.66	22	0	17	20.1	6	6	7	20
Perez, RafaelRafael Perez	1	0	3.52	8	0	0	7.2	3	3	4	4
Pestano, VinnieVinnie Pestano	2	0	2.18	23	0	0	20.2	5	5	7	28
Sipp, TonyTony Sipp	0	2	6.62	22	0	1	17.2	14	13	9	20
Smith, JoeJoe Smith	4	1	3.86	23	0	0	21.0	10	9	10	17
Tomlin, JoshJosh Tomlin	2	2	4.99	7	6	0	39.2	23	22	9	31
Wheeler, DanDan Wheeler	0	0	8.76	12	0	0	12.1	12	12	7	2
Totals	27	21	4.41	48	48	19	439.0	229	215	188	304

Current roster

Cleveland Indians roster view talk edit
Active roster				Inactive roster		Coaches/Other
Pitchers Starting rotation 58 Jeanmar Gómez 30 Ubaldo Jiménez 26 Derek Lowe 63 Justin Masterson 43 Josh Tomlin Bullpen 57 Jeremy Accardo 51 Scott Barnes 50 Nick Hagadone 52 Vinnie Pestano 49 Tony Sipp 38 Joe Smith Closer 54 Chris Perez		Catchers 45 Luke Carlin  6 Lou Marson Infielders 13 Asdrúbal Cabrera  8 Lonnie Chisenhall 29 Juan Díaz 22 Jason Kipnis 35 Casey Kotchman  4 José López Outfielders 23 Michael Brantley 17 Shin-Soo Choo  2 Aaron Cunningham 33 Johnny Damon 47 Shelley Duncan		Pitchers 56 Frank Herrmann 31 David Huff 77 Corey Kluber 34 Zach McAllister 67 Danny Salazar 39 Kevin Slowey Catchers 41 Carlos Santana Infielders 79 Russ Canzler 16 Jason Donald  9 Jack Hannahan  7 Matt LaPorta 46 Cord Phelps Outfielders 12 Ezequiel Carrera Designated hitters 48 Travis Hafner		Manager 11 Manny Acta Coaches 15 Sandy Alomar, Jr. (bench) 64 Armando Camacaro (bullpen catcher) 40 Bruce Fields (hitting) 27 Dave Miller (bullpen) 60 Francisco Morales (bullpen catcher) 36 Scott Radinsky (pitching) 10 Steve Smith (third base) 20 Tom Wiedenbauer (first base) 60-day disabled list 59 Carlos Carrasco 24 Grady Sizemore 53 Rafael Pérez Restricted list 55 Roberto Hernández 25 Active, 14 Inactive 7- or 15-day disabled list † Suspended list # Personal leave Roster updated May 30, 2012 Transactions • Depth chart → All MLB rosters

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.

References

1. ^ Associated Press (April 5, 2012). "Blue Jays outlast Indians in 16th of record opener". SI.com. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/gameflash/2012/04/05/40489_recap.html. Retrieved May 3, 2012. 
2. ^ Associated Press (April 6, 2012). "Blue Jays topple Indians 7-4 in 12 innings". SI.com. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/gameflash/2012/04/07/40507_recap.html. Retrieved May 3, 2012. 
3. ^ Associated Press (April 18, 2012). "Vargas leads Mariners past Indians 4-1". SI.com. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/gameflash/2012/04/18/40658_recap.html. Retrieved May 3, 2012. 
4. ^ Associated Press (April 21, 2012). "Indians win again on the road, beat A's 5-1". SI.com. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/gameflash/2012/04/21/40699_recap.html. Retrieved May 3, 2012. 
5. ^ Associated Press (April 15, 2012). "Hafner hits long homer, Indians sweep Royals". SI.com. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/gameflash/2012/04/15/40614_recap.html. Retrieved May 3, 2012. 
6. ^ "Indians' Lowe beats error-prone Anges 4-0". Associated Press. April 29, 2012. http://sports.yahoo.com/news/indians-lowe-beats-error-prone-193808750--mlb.html. Retrieved May 4, 2012. 
7. ^ "Kipnis powers Indians past White Sox 7-5". Associated Press. May 4, 2012. http://sports.yahoo.com/news/kipnis-powers-indians-past-white-031725733--mlb.html. Retrieved May 4, 2012. 

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