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Cleveland Baseball History

Worst Games with RISP

July 24, 2026

The Guardians went 0-17 with runners in scoring position in Thursday’s 12-inning loss to the Twins, tying a franchise record for the worst 0-for with RISP and setting the mark for the worst performance at home.

The other two 0-17 incidents:

  • September 8, 1981 at BAL
  • May 2, 1970 at KC (17 innings)

There have only been four other instances of going 0-15 or worse:

  • October 3, 2022 vs KC (0-15)
  • April 5, 2004 at Minnesota (0-15)
  • July 30, 1972 vs MIL (0-15)
  • May 20, 1965 vs BAL (0-15)

And here’s a breakdown of all the 0-17 performances by player:

2026 vs Minnesota

1981 at Baltimore

1970 at Kansas City

Teammates with Multi-HR Game

July 21, 2026

In Monday’s win over Minnesota, and became the 29th pair of Cleveland teammates with a multi-homer game in the same contest.

Here’s the list:

First Home Runs in Multi-HR Game

July 21, 2026

Petey Halpin belted his first two career home runs on Monday night against the Twins, becoming the 12th player in franchise history to hit his first two homers in the same game.

It was Halpin’s 40th career game, making him the second longest into his career before achieving this feat.

Here’s the full list:

First-Half Hits by Rookies

July 15, 2026

With his 83 hits in the first half, landed in fourth place in the franchise’s list of most hits by a rooki in the first half (since the All-Star Game was created in 1933).

If you search on baseball-reference it will turn up ‘s 1950 season as his rookie year (with 86 first-half hits). But he was on the roster for the entirety of May and June in 1949, making him ineligible (the fact that he received MVP votes but no rookie of the year votes is also evidence he was not considered a rookie at the time).

Rookie All-Stars

July 14, 2026

With the selections to the 2026 All-Star team, and became the fourth and fifth rookies in team history to make the roster, joining:

Bazzana also joins Stigman and Score as the only ones to do so in their first season in the majors.

Messick and Bazzana are also just the fifth pair of rookie teammates selected to an All-Star game, the first since Dellin Betances and Masahiro Tanaka represented the Yankees in 2014.

And they’re the first pair of teammates not involving a Japanese veteran coming to MLB since the 1960 Orioles sent three rookies to the All-Star game.

It’s also worth mentioning Stigman’s selection was bizarre and undeserved by any objective metric.

He was added to the team by White Sox manager “because he can come in from the bullpen and get a left-hand hitter good. He as good control and more baseball experience than [Steve] Barber.”

Barber was a rookie starter for the Orioles who was more deserving (he received MVP votes that year) and would later make two all-star games.

It’s also possible Lopez already knew Stigman from their time in Cleveland together (though I was unable to confirm this as a factor). Lopez was the Indians manager during Stigman’s first three years in Cleveland’s minor league system.

Stigman entered the break with a 3.80 ERA and a 1.42 WHIP in eight starts and 15 relief appearances.

Bibee Enters All-Star Break at 3-9

July 12, 2026

By picking up the win on Saturday, improved to 3-9 as he enters the All-Star break but that still only boosts his winning percentage to .250.

Bibee is just the seventh pitcher in team history to enter the break with at least 12 decisions and a winning percentage of .250 or worse, joining:

This includes players only from the years since the All-Star game began in 1933.

Walking in Two Runs

July 9, 2026

In Wednesday’s loss to the Twins, took over in the 7th inning after Armstrong had walked two batters. Sabrowski then walked three straight, bringing in two runs to tie the game.

It was the first time a Cleveland pitcher had walked in two runs since 2019 and the first time it happened with consecutive batters since 2011.

Here’s the full list of Cleveland pitchers who walked in multiple runs in a game dating back to 2000:

*indicates consecutive batters

3-Pitch Save with a Strikeout

July 9, 2026

On Tuesday night, Twins reliever Yoendrys Gomez entered the game with two outs in the ninth and struck out on three pitches to record the save.

It’s just the fourth known instance of a pitcher record a three-pitch save with a strikeout against Cleveland (pitch-by-pitch data is mostly complete back through the 1988 season).

Here are the other instances:

There are only two known instances of a Cleveland pitcher recording this type of save: