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Cleveland Baseball History

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:

Scoring Twice on Wild Pitches

July 1, 2026

The Guardians scored twice on wild pitches in Wednesday’s win over the Rangers, off pitches from MacKenzie Gore and Winston Santos.

It’s just the eighth time since 2000 they’ve scored on wild pitches twice in the same game:

*All wild pitch runs scored in the same inning
^Both runs scored on the same pitch

0-5 with 5 Strikeouts

June 23, 2026

In Monday’s loss to the White Sox, become the fifth player in franchise history to come to plate five times and strike out every time. No one has done it six times.

The others:

Each of the last three instances occurred on the road against the White Sox.

Arias also set a franchise record by a position player for the most games striking out in every plate appearance (min. three PA). Only Hall of Fame pitcher has more.

Here’s that leaderboard:

Grand Slam Provides Only Offense

June 18, 2026

In Wednesday’s loss to the Brewers, ‘s grand slam provided the only offense in the 9-4 loss.

That’s the first time a grand slam was Cleveland’s only offense since…. Daniel Schneemann’s last grand slam in April!

Here are all the instances dating back to 1990:

Kipnis and Belle’s grand slams were walk-offs.

Multiple Grand Slams in a Season

June 18, 2026

On Wednesday night in Milwaukee, hit his second grand slam of the season and third of his career.

It’s the 46th time in franchise history someone has hit multiple grand slams in a season and the first since in 2022.

The franchise record is six by in 2006.

The overwhelming majority of players on the list are exactly who you would expect, but here are a few names that stick out as more Schneeman-like:

Leadoff Home Runs Allowed

June 18, 2026

In Wednesday’s loss to the Brewers, gave up a leadoff home run to Christian Yelich.

It was the seventh time in his career he’s surrendered a leadoff homer, tying the franchise record, which was also tied by earlier this year.

Here’s the leaderboard:

Bibee and Williams also share the team record for most leadoff home runs allowed in a year with four (Bibee this year, Williams last year).

The rise in power hitters batting leadoff is a key factor in these lists featuring recent pitchers. Here’s what the leaderboard looked like entering the 2015 season:

At that point in time, Niekro and shared the team record for leadoff homers allowed in a season, both allowing three in 1987.

[Note: Leadoff home runs are sometimes defined as only being by the road team. For the purposes of this stat, I’m including the first batter of the game for each team.]

ERA through 66 Games

June 17, 2026

Injuries have limited to just 66 games through his first three seasons, as he currently sits on the IL.

But through those first 66 games, Sabrowski has been one of the best relievers in baseball, posting a 1.43 ERA.

That’s the second lowest ERA through 66 games over the last 100 years:

  • 2005-06 Jonathan Papelbon, BOS – 1.39
  • 2024-26 Erik Sabrowski, CLE –  1.43
  • 2002-03 Brendan Donnelly, ANA –  1.47
  • 2014-15 Ken Giles, PHI – 1.50
  • 1964-65 Bob Lee, LAA – 1.56
  • 2013-14 Kevin Siegrist, STL 1.56

This leaderboard likely holds throughout all of major league history, due to the heavy use of starting pitchers in the early years of baseball and the rarity of them posting ERAs under 2.00 for an extended period of time. But I can’t say for certain without doing some manual research on earned runs for early 1900s pitchers.

Here’s the Cleveland leaderboard:

First-Half Hits by Rookies

June 12, 2026

Something to keep an eye on over the next month is ‘s hit total, as he has a chance to climb the leaderboard of most first-half hits by Cleveland rookies.

Here’s the list so far entering the 2026 season:

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).