2023 Cleveland Guardians season

The 2023 Cleveland Guardians season was the 123rd season for the franchise, which competed in the American League of Major League Baseball. This was the franchise's second season using the "Guardians" nickname, and 11th and final season under manager Terry Francona, the longest-tenured manager in MLB entering the 2023 season. They entered the season as the defending American League Central champions. The team opened the regular season on March 30, losing on the road against the Seattle Mariners, and concluded the regular season on October 1, losing on the road against the Detroit Tigers. They failed to improve on their 92–70 record from the 2022 season, and failed to qualify for the playoffs.
The Cleveland Guardians drew an average home attendance of 23,513 in 78 home games in the 2023 MLB season. The total attendance was 1,834,068.

Offseason

Rule changes

Pursuant to the CBA, new rule changes will be in place for the 2023 season:

institution of a pitch clock between pitches;
limits on pickoff attempts per plate appearance;
limits on defensive shifts requiring two infielders to be on either side of second and be within the boundary of the infield; and
larger bases ;

Player stats

Note = Individual team leaders in each category are in bold.

Indicates league leader.

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
	122	315	36	66	15	0	10	26	.210	3
	97	347	26	81	19	0	11	48	.233	0
	139	432	41	115	24	0	5	41	.266	13
	43	157	18	34	7	0	6	25	.217	0
	2	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	.500	0
	64	153	20	37	7	0	4	18	.242	5
	57	101	12	24	6	0	4	15	.238	2
	56	143	6	18	6	0	0	7	.126	0
	153	557	76	140	27	5	15	62	.251	30
	54	173	15	37	7	2	2	12	.214	0
	3	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	.200	1
	158	638	93	171	36	7	5	54	.268	21
	41	136	22	33	8	1	3	14	.243	4
	67	198	33	47	13	0	11	32	.237	5
	121	452	52	139	31	0	17	97	.308	10
	156	611	87	172	36	5	24	80	.282	28
	23	81	9	20	6	0	0	8	.247	0
	94	385	51	102	19	6	3	40	.265	9
	147	462	52	110	18	3	1	29	.238	20
	18	31	2	7	2	0	0	3	.226	0
	10	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
	42	124	11	22	7	0	3	11	.177	0
Totals	162	5513	662	1379	294	29	124	622	.250	151

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
	7	8	3.81	24	24	0	125.1	127	55	53	48	119
	0	5	5.19	7	6	0	34.2	34	22	20	12	27
	10	4	2.98	25	25	0	142.0	122	49	47	45	141
	6	6	3.80	21	21	0	128.0	124	56	54	34	107
	5	2	2.34	13	13	0	77.0	58	20	20	22	58
	3	9	3.22	75	0	44*	72.2	68	37	26	16	64
	3	4	4.07	41	9	0	95.0	98	47	43	30	67
	5	2	3.29	70	0	0	65.2	50	26	24	25	62
	0	0	12.60	2	0	0	5.0	10	7	7	1	0
	2	1	4.50	11	7	0	42.0	41	21	21	14	24
	1	4	7.04	6	6	0	30.2	30	27	24	16	39
	3	2	3.61	56	0	0	52.1	53	24	21	18	56
	1	1	5.53	23	0	0	27.2	29	18	17	12	32
	2	5	4.15	44	0	0	39.0	25	18	18	28	52
	1	0	3.78	14	0	0	16.2	13	8	7	9	16
	1	0	0.00	12	0	0	11.0	5	0	0	4	12
	0	3	5.06	4	4	0	16.0	12	9	9	13	16
	0	0	3.86	5	0	0	4.2	9	2	2	2	8
	5	2	4.01	61	0	1	67.1	73	37	30	24	75
	0	0	6.75	6	0	0	8.0	10	6	6	6	9
	0	0	5.68	7	0	0	12.2	10	11	8	12	11
	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	1	2
	1	1	7.59	5	5	0	21.1	37	20	18	5	14
	4	7	5.24	19	19	0	99.2	111	59	58	35	58
	5	5	3.75	61	0	0	60.0	38	28	25	24	66
	7	7	4.06	71	0	2	68.2	63	35	31	26	75
	1	2	5.40	6	6	0	33.1	33	21	20	10	18
	0	1	4.91	1	1	0	3.2	3	2	2	5	2
	3	5	3.29	16	16	0	82.0	66	32	30	37	81
Totals	76	86	3.98	162	162	47	1444.0	1353	697	639	534	1311

Note: No qualifiers for league ERA title as no pitchers averaged 1 inning pitched per game.