2025 Cleveland Guardians season

The 2025 Cleveland Guardians season was the 125th season for the franchise, which competes in the American League of Major League Baseball. On July 6, they were 15.5 games back of the first place Detroit Tigers and were as many as 11 games back on September 4. However, the Guardians surged while the Tigers collapsed and took the American League Central lead on September 23 with a win over the Tigers. With the Guardians having trailed Detroit by 15.5 games in July, this ranked as the largest divisional comeback in MLB history. In addition to the historic division comeback, the Guardians also became the fifth team to make the playoffs while being sub-.500 on September 4 or later.
On September 27, with a walk-off win over the Texas Rangers, the Guardians clinched a postseason berth, taking the sixth and final postseason spot in the American League. On September 28, with the Tigers' loss to the Red Sox, the Guardians clinched the American League Central division for the second consecutive time and the sixth time in ten years. However, they lost to the Tigers in the Wild Card Series.

Offseason

Coaching changes

On October 24, 2024, the Cincinnati Reds hired hitting coach Chris Valaika away from the team. Valaika was reunited with former Indians/Guardians manager Terry Francona, who was hired by the Reds on October 4. Grant Fink was promoted to replace Valaika on November 13, 2024.

Transactions

October 2024

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November 2024

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Postseason

Postseason rosters

Pitchers: 16 Jakob Junis 28 Tanner Bibee 29 Tim Herrin 32 Gavin Williams 33 Hunter Gaddis 36 Cade Smith 44 Slade Cecconi 49 Kolby Allard 52 Matt Festa 54 Joey Cantillo 62 Erik Sabrowski
Catchers: 23 Bo Naylor 27 Austin Hedges
Infielders: 1 Ángel Martínez 4 Brayan Rocchio 9 Kyle Manzardo 10 Daniel Schneemann 11 José Ramírez 13 Gabriel Arias
Outfielders: 0 Petey Halpin 30 Johnathan Rodríguez 34 Chase DeLauter 35 George Valera 38 Steven Kwan 43 Jhonkensy Noel 63 C. J. Kayfus

Player stats

Note: 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; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	AVG	SB
	129	432	44	95	25	2	11	53	27	.220	8
	6	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.091	0
	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	0
	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	0
	66	146	16	25	4	0	8	23	9	.171	1
	6	6	5	2	0	0	0	0	2	.333	0
	68	155	13	25	3	0	5	10	18	.161	1
	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	0
	136	355	33	75	14	2	5	34	39	.211	8
	44	123	15	27	10	1	4	19	11	.220	4
	156	625	80	170	29	1	11	56	55	.272	21
	142	470	47	110	19	2	27	69	48	.234	2
	139	447	56	100	23	2	11	44	23	.224	8
	123	359	46	70	22	1	14	47	45	.195	1
	69	148	19	24	2	0	6	13	4	.162	0
	2	7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.286	0
	158	593	103	168	34	3	30	85	66	.283	44
	115	344	34	80	18	2	5	44	22	.233	8
	31	71	6	14	4	1	2	10	6	.197	1
	116	396	49	89	9	0	11	51	52	.225	7
	131	379	48	78	18	1	12	41	38	.206	9
	39	125	10	20	2	0	4	11	14	.160	4
	16	41	7	9	2	0	2	5	7	.220	0
	34	78	7	15	4	0	0	2	7	.192	2
Totals	162	5310	643	1198	240	17	164	620	494	.226	129

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
	2	2	2.63	33	2	0	65.0	64	22	19	14	42
	8	11	4.25	30	29	0	156.1	157	84	75	62	122
	12	11	4.24	31	31	0	182.1	170	93	86	54	162
	0	0	13.50	1	0	0	2.0	4	3	3	0	1
	5	3	3.21	34	13	1	95.0	78	39	34	42	108
	7	7	4.30	23	23	0	132.0	125	66	63	32	109
	5	3	3.23	48	0	24	47.1	46	20	17	12	47
	2	1	2.03	27	0	1	31.0	24	8	7	12	30
	5	4	4.12	63	0	0	54.2	44	29	25	15	56
	2	2	3.11	73	0	3	66.2	58	24	23	21	73
	0	0	6.00	3	0	0	3.0	6	2	2	1	1
	0	0	3.86	5	0	0	7.0	4	3	3	3	3
	5	4	4.85	54	0	0	42.2	37	23	23	30	45
	4	1	2.97	57	0	0	66.2	64	24	22	18	55
	1	0	4.58	12	0	0	17.2	17	10	9	8	17
	2	2	3.22	9	9	0	44.2	38	16	16	15	29
	0	0	11.12	4	0	0	5.2	7	7	7	7	4
	3	1	2.72	7	7	0	39.2	46	12	12	6	38
	0	1	13.50	2	1	0	4.0	5	6	6	6	5
	4	9	4.36	16	16	0	88.2	80	44	43	42	96
	0	1	1.84	33	0	0	30.1	14	8	6	21	42
	1	1	4.70	18	0	2	15.1	14	9	8	4	18
	8	5	2.92	76	55	0	16	73.2	31	24	19	104
	0	0	13.50	2	0	0	1.1	2	2	2	0	2
	12	5	3.06	31	31	0	167.2	130	62	57	83*	173
	0	0	9.00	1	0	0	2.0	2	2	2	0	0
Totals	88	74	3.71	162	162	47	1442.0	1291	649	595	527	1381

Postseason

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	AVG	SB
	3	10	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	.200	0
	2	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.167	0
	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0
	3	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.167	0
	3	12	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	.167	0
	3	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.091	0
	1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	0
	3	8	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	.125	0
	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
	3	8	1	2	0	0	0	1	4	.250	0
	3	9	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	.222	0
	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	.333	0
	3	7	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	.286	0
Totals	3	90	10	16	4	0	3	10	9	.178	0

Pitching

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
	0	0	1.93	1	1	0	4.2	5	1	1	3	6
	0	1	3.38	1	0	0	2.2	2	1	1	2	3
	0	0	3.86	1	1	0	2.1	2	1	1	1	3
	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	1	1
	0	0	6.75	3	0	0	2.2	5	2	2	1	3
	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	1.1	1	0	0	0	3
	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	1.2	0	0	0	1	0
	0	0	10.80	3	0	0	1.2	2	2	2	1	2
	1	0	0.00	3	0	0	3.1	0	0	0	2	4
	0	1	0.00	1	1	0	6.0	5	2	0	1	8
Totals	1	2	2.33	3	3	0	27.0	22	9	7	13	33

On July 1, 2025, Cleveland Guardians pitcher Gavin Williams recorded an unusual inning against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field, retiring three baserunners via “non-plate appearance outs” in one inning; one at home plate and two on pickoffs at first base—marking the first such occurrence for Cleveland since at least 1920, and the first in MLB since April 13, 1985.