2024 Cleveland Guardians season

The 2024 Cleveland Guardians season was the 124th season for the franchise, which competed in the American League of Major League Baseball. This was the franchise's third season using the name "Guardians" and the first season under manager Stephen Vogt after previous manager Terry Francona stepped down at the conclusion of the previous season. The season opened on March 28, 2024, on the road against the Oakland Athletics and ended on September 29, 2024, at home against the Houston Astros.
On September 19, the Guardians clinched a postseason berth after beating the Minnesota Twins3–2 in 10 innings on an Andrés Giménez walk-offsingle, becoming the second American League team after the New York Yankees to clinch a 2024 postseason berth. It was their seventh postseason appearance in the past 12 seasons. On September 21, the Guardians clinched their 12th American League Central division title following the Kansas City Royals' loss to the San Francisco Giants. It was their second division title in the past three years. Vogt was named AL Manager of the Year for his contributions to the team's regular season success.
Cleveland beat their division rival Detroit Tigers in the American League Division Series in five games to advance to the American League Championship Series for the first time since 2016. In a matchup with the Yankees, the Guardians were defeated in five games.

Offseason

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October 2023

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November 2023

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December 2023

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Postseason

Postseason rosters

Pitchers: 16 Matthew Boyd 28 Tanner Bibee 29 Tim Herrin 32 Gavin Williams 33 Hunter Gaddis 35 Alex Cobb 36 Cade Smith 48 Emmanuel Clase 49 Eli Morgan 54 Joey Cantillo 62 Erik Sabrowski 63 Andrew Walters
Catchers: 6 David Fry 23 Bo Naylor 27 Austin Hedges
Infielders: 0 Andrés Giménez 4 Brayan Rocchio 9 Kyle Manzardo 10 Daniel Schneemann 11 José Ramírez 22 Josh Naylor
Outfielders: 1 Ángel Martínez 2 Tyler Freeman 8 Lane Thomas 17 Will Brennan 38 Steven Kwan 43 Jhonkensy Noel
Pitchers: 16 Matthew Boyd 28 Tanner Bibee 29 Tim Herrin 32 Gavin Williams 33 Hunter Gaddis 35 Alex Cobb 36 Cade Smith 39 Ben Lively 48 Emmanuel Clase 49 Eli Morgan 54 Joey Cantillo 60 Pedro Ávila 62 Erik Sabrowski 63 Andrew Walters
Catchers: 6 David Fry 23 Bo Naylor 27 Austin Hedges
Infielders: 0 Andrés Giménez 4 Brayan Rocchio 9 Kyle Manzardo 10 Daniel Schneemann 11 José Ramírez 22 Josh Naylor
Outfielders: 8 Lane Thomas 17 Will Brennan 38 Steven Kwan 43 Jhonkensy Noel

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
	53	153	15	34	9	1	3	15	.222	5
	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
	114	330	37	87	13	2	8	30	.264	4
	36	98	11	17	6	2	3	11	.173	2
	118	330	48	69	14	1	7	32	.209	11
	122	335	44	88	18	1	14	51	.263	4
	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
	152	583	64	147	22	1	9	63	.252	30
	66	132	12	20	3	0	2	15	.152	2
	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
	122	480	83	140	16	3	14	44	.292	12
	31	70	7	10	3	0	1	4	.143	3
	53	145	11	34	12	0	5	15	.234	0
	43	151	16	35	7	0	3	11	.232	3
	123	354	39	71	10	2	13	39	.201	6
	152	563	84	137	27	0	31	108	.243	6
	67	179	25	39	7	1	13	28	.218	0
	158	620	114	173	39	2	39	118	.279	41
	143	383	50	79	18	0	8	36	.206	10
	13	31	6	4	1	0	0	5	.129	0
	73	193	17	42	10	2	5	22	.218	3
	7	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	.250	2
	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
	53	172	23	36	10	0	7	23	.209	4
Team totals	161	5310	708	1263	245	18	185	670	.238	148

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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
	8	5	5.73	20	20	0	97.1	113	63	62	41	79
	5	1	3.25	50	0	1	74.2	68	30	27	30	73
	3	3	4.25	63	0	2	55.0	44	27	26	31	68
	1	0	8.36	13	0	0	14.0	16	14	13	9	18
	12	8	3.47	31	31	0	173.2	150	70	67	44	187
	2	0	0.00	2	2	0	12.0	10	0	0	1	20
	2	2	2.72	8	8	0	39.2	32	16	12	13	46
	2	4	4.89	9	8	0	38.2	35	22	21	15	44
	3	10	5.64	21	21	0	103.2	112	68	65	33	89
	4	2	0.61	74	0	47	74.1	39	10	5	10	66
	2	1	2.76	3	3	0	16.1	14	7	5	3	10
	0	2	5.84	7	4	0	24.2	29	17	16	5	15
	6	3	1.57	78	0	0	74.2	43	15	13	14	66
	0	0	2.25	3	0	0	8.0	4	2	2	5	8
	0	0	10.38	3	0	0	4.1	9	5	5	1	4
	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	1	0
	0	0	3.04	25	0	0	23.2	18	8	8	5	27
	5	1	1.92	39	0	0	75	65.2	17	14	25	68
	0	1	9.00	2	1	0	5.0	11	8	5	3	6
	13	10	3.81	29	29	0	151.0	139	67	64	49	118
	0	0	9.00	2	0	0	6.0	9	6	6	6	1
	3	5	5.11	16	16	0	75.2	69	46	43	49	74
	3	0	1.93	32	0	0	42.0	30	11	9	11	34
	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	4.0	4	0	0	0	5
	0	0	0.00	8	0	1	12.2	6	0	0	4	19
	8	0	3.75	68	1	1	57.2	46	29	24	27	68
	6	1	1.91	74	0	1	75.1	51	16	16	17	103
	0	0	2.31	10	0	0	11.2	11	3	3	3	9
	1	0	0.00	9	1	0	8.2	1	1	0	5	6
	3	10	4.86	16	16	0	76.0	72	42	41	32	79
Team totals	92	69	3.61	161	161	53	1428.0	1224	621	572	492	1410

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Postseason 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
	7	12	0	2	1	0	0	1	.167	0
	10	28	4	8	1	0	2	8	.286	1
	10	37	4	8	2	0	0	1	.216	2
	8	11	0	1	1	0	0	0	.091	0
	10	42	10	16	1	0	0	2	.381	2
	9	19	2	6	1	0	1	2	.316	0
	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
	10	22	2	4	2	0	0	1	.182	0
	10	40	2	9	2	0	0	5	.225	0
	9	21	2	2	0	0	1	2	.095	0
	10	35	5	7	3	0	2	6	.200	2
	10	33	4	11	2	0	1	2	.333	0
	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
	10	36	4	8	1	0	2	9	.222	1
Team totals	10	344	38	82	18	0	9	38	.238	8

Pitching

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
	1	0	0.00	3	0	0	4.0	0	0	0	2	3
	0	1	3.45	4	4	0	15.2	19	7	6	4	16
	0	0	0.77	3	2	0	11.2	7	1	1	6	14
	0	0	3.86	3	0	0	2.1	0	1	1	4	3
	0	2	9.00	7	0	2	8.0	12	8	8	1	8
	0	2	7.94	2	2	0	5.2	8	5	5	4	5
	1	1	4.91	8	0	0	7.1	8	6	4	5	12
	1	0	1.08	9	0	0	8.1	6	1	1	5	6
	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.1	1	0	0	1	2
	0	0	2.25	6	0	0	4.0	2	2	1	2	6
	0	0	1.69	5	0	0	5.1	4	2	1	3	8
	1	0	3.60	9	0	0	10.0	5	4	4	2	16
	0	0	3.00	4	0	0	3.0	1	1	1	2	4
	0	0	11.57	1	1	0	2.1	3	3	3	0	4
Team totals	4	6	3.68	10	10	2	88.0	76	42	36	41	107