Brayan Rocchio hit his first career home run on Friday night against the Marlins in his 76th career game.
His 75 straight games without a home run was the 38th longest streak for a non-pitcher in team history and the fourth longest over the last 50 years. The team record is 539 games by Bill Wambsganss.
Longest homerless droughts to start a career for Cleveland over the last 50 seasons:
- Alex Cole, 204 games
- John McDonald, 93 games
- Mark Lewis, 84 games
- Rocchio, 75 games
- Yandy Diaz, 67 games
- Ezequiel Carrera, 61 games
- Jolbert Cabrera, 61 games
- Tyler Freeman, 56 games
- Richie Palacios, 52 games
- Chris Bando, 49 games
- Andy Allanson, 48 games
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