Michael Kelly made his season debut on Saturday against the Rangers with a three-up, three-down inning with two strikeouts. It was just the fifth career game for Kelly, a 30-year-old rookie, who made his MLB debut last year for the Phillies.
Dating back to 1990, Kelly is just the 14th pitcher to post the following stats in his Cleveland debut:
- At least three batters faced
- No baserunners allowed
- 2 or more strikeouts
The other pitchers on the wonderfully random list (* indicates players in their MLB debut):
- Tim Herrin, 2023*
- James Hoyt, 2019
- Tyler Clippard, 2019
- Esmil Rogers, 2012
- Jose Veras, 2009
- Jon Meloan, 2008
- Rafael Perez, 2006*
- Fernando Cabrera, 2004*
- Cliff Bartosh, 2004*
- Nick Bierbrodt, 2003
- John Rocker, 2001
- Mike Mohler, 2000
- Jeff Russell, 1994
