August 19, 2026
Kyle Manzardo fell a single shy of the cycle on Opening Day against the Royals.
Falling one hit shy of the cycle is not a rare event, but missing out on the single is almost as uncommon as the cycle itself.
Here are the last five instances of a Cleveland hitter collecting a double, triple, home run but no single:
Steven Kwan is the Opening Day lead off hitter for the third consecutive season, becoming the sixth player in franchise history to hold that role on Opening Day in three straight years.
The others:
Jose Ramirez has collected at least 65 extra-base hits in each of the last four seasons (2021-24). He’s the sixth player with such a streak in team history.
The others:
There have been 144 players in franchise history with at least 200 PA from the two-hole in the lineup in a single season.
Andres Gimenez‘s .309 OBP this year ranked 120th.
It was still an improvement from Amed Rosario (.306 last year and .308 the year before).
Jose Ramirez hit 20 HR and stole 21 bases in Progressive Field this year, just the ninth 20/20 home season in history. Back in 2008, Grady Sizemore had the sixth such season.
The others:
Josh Naylor and Jose Ramirez each topped 30 home runs this year, but walked fewer than 60 times.
There have only been 17 such seasons in team history.
The only time other time it happened twice in one year was 1987: Joe Carter and Cory Snyder
The other most recent instances of 30 HR and fewer than 60 BB:
Logan Allen gave up 22 home runs in his 20 starts this year, but only struck out 79 batters. It’s relatively rare for a starter to have fewer than four times as many strikeouts as homers allowed.
Over the last 20 seasons, here are the others to fall below that threshold with at least 20 starts.
Jose Ramirez and Josh Naylor each topped 30 home runs in 2024, but David Fry and Steven Kwan tied for third with only 14.
It’s just the second time in franchise history two players topped 30 homers but no one else had more than 15. In 1934, Earl Averill and Hal Trosky topped 30 while Odell Hale finished third with only 14.
There have been two others times two players hit 30 homers while no one else hit 20:
Tyler Freeman grounded into 15 double plays in 2024. That’s not an unheard-of amount by any means, but what makes it unique is he had more double plays than doubles.
Freeman’s 14 doubles are the seventh most by a Cleveland hitter to finish with more GIDPs than doubles.
Here’s the leaderboard:
The most doubles by a Cleveland hitter to double his doubles with double plays is seven by Joe Azcue in 1965 (7 doubles, 15 GIDP)
Tyler Freeman grounded into 15 double plays and was hit by 19 pitches in 2024, the first player in franchise history to reach at least 15 in each category.
The quirky stat line has been achieved only 55 times in MLB history, with Minnie Minoso the first to do so in 1955.
Despite the rarity of the stat line, there does appear to be a “skill” in it, as four players have done it at least three times: Minoso, Alex Rodriguez, Anthony Rizzo and Jose Abreu. Only Abreu has done it four times.