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Cleveland Baseball History

Gavin Williams’ Last 5 Starts

August 3, 2026

Rounding up the best stats on ‘ last five starts.

Consecutive games with 10+ strikeouts, franchise leaders:

Consecutive games with 10+ strikeouts and one or fewer walks:

  • 2026 Gavin Williams, 5
  • 2017 Corey Kluber, 4
  • 12 others with 2

Cleveland pitchers with 50+ strikeouts and three or fewer walks in a five-game span:

  • 2026 Gavin Williams (55 K, 3 BB)
  • 2015 Corey Kluber (59 K, 3 BB)

And he’s one of just six pitchers in MLB history with 55 K and three or fewer walks in a 5-game span:

  • 2026 Gavin Williams
  • 2019 Justin Verlander
  • 2016 Clayton Kershaw
  • 2015 Corey Kluber
  • 1999 Pedro Martinez

Pulled After 4 IP with 0 Runs, 8 K

July 30, 2026

In Wednesday’s win over the Reds, was pulled after just four innings of work despite striking out eight with zero runs allowed.

He became just the 15th pitcher in MLB history to get pulled after four innings with eight strikeouts and zero runs allowed.

The only other Cleveland pitcher on the list is , who had one such game in 2013 during his rookie year when he was on a pitch count of around 75 to 80 pitches.

Gavin Williams’ Strikeout Streak

July 29, 2026

Over his last four starts, has struck out at least 11 batters with one or fewer walks in each game (only two total walks during the four-game streak).

That’s the longest streak in team history, breaking a record set in 2017.

The only other pitcher in MLB history with a such a streak of at least four games is Chris Sale (five games) for the 2017 Red Sox.

10 Losses Before August

July 26, 2026

In Saturday’s shutout loss the Rays, suffered his 10th loss of the year despite maintaining a 3.89 ERA on the season.

He’s the 11th Cleveland pitcher since 1990 to lose 10 games before August and just the third to do so with an ERA under 4.00:

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).