Angel Martinez has tied a franchise record with eight walks through his first six career games.
The full list:
- Martinez, 8
- Steven Kwan, 8
- Daniel Schneemann, 5
- Earl Averill Jr., 5
- Earl Averill, 5
- Bill Hunter, 5
Cleveland Baseball History
Today, for just the third time in Jacobs Field history, a Cleveland pinch-hitter came to the plate with the team trailing and hit a home run to give them the lead.
The full list:
- 2024 – Bo Naylor vs SFG
- 2013 – Jason Giambi vs CHW (walk-off)
- 2001 – Kenny Lofton vs MIN
Jhonkensy Noel hit his third home run in his sixth career start on Saturday against the Giants, becoming just the fourth player in franchise history with at least three homers through six starts.
The others:
- 2006 – Kevin Kouzmanoff, 3
- 1988 – Luis Medina, 4
- 1957 – Roger Maris, 3
In 2023, Emmanuel Clase tied for the franchise record for saves before the All-Star Game. This year he’s broken it, picking up his 26th save on Saturday against the Giants.
The pre-All-Star-Game saves leaderboard:
- 2024 Clase – 26 (and counting)
- 2023 Clase – 25
- 2007 Joe Borowski – 25
- 2012 Chris Perez – 24
- 1996 Jose Mesa – 24
- 2019 Brad Hand – 23
- 2005 Bob Wickman – 23
- 1990 Doug Jones – 23
After going 1-2 with three walks against the Giants last night, Angel Martinez has reached base nine times through his first four career games. Only three players in franchise history have reached base more times through four games in franchise history.
The others:
- Steven Kwan, 15
- Nolan Jones, 10
- Riggs Stephenson, 10
- Martinez, 9
- Roy Weatherly, 9
- Earl Averill, 9
Angel Martinez collected two hits today against the White Sox. He’s played in just three games and already has two career multi-hit games.
He’s just the 23rd player in team history with multiple multi-hit games within his first three games. Only Riggs Stevenson in 1921 accomplished the feat in all three games.
The most recent to join the list prior to Martinez:
- 2022 – Oscar Gonzalez
- 2022 – Nolan Jones
- 2022 – Steven Kwan
- 2002 – Coco Crisp
- 1987 – Tommy Hinzo
- 1986 – Andy Allanson
- 1977 – Jim Norris
A few other notables on the list: Jim Hegan (1941), Lou Boudreau (1939) and Earl Averill (1929).
Bo Naylor collected a walk-off RBI on a pinch-hit sacrifice fly last night against the White Sox. It was just the 5th pinch-hit walk-off sac fly for Cleveland over the last 100 years.
The others:
- 2016 – Tyler Naquin vs CHW
- 1976 – Tommy Smith vs BOS
- 1957 – Joe Altobelli vs BOS
- 1930 – Johnny Burnett vs CHW
Smith’s walk-off in 1976 gave the Indians a 1-0 victory and secured a 10-inning shutout for Dennis Eckersley. Eck and Luis Tiant had taken dueling shutouts into extra innings.
Jhonkensy Noel homered of Baltimore’s Grayson Rodriguez in his first career at-bat on Wednesday.
He’s just the fourth player in franchise history to homer in his first career at-bat, joining:
- Kevin Kouzmanoff, 2006 vs Edinson Volquez (TEX)
- Jay Bell, 1986 vs Bert Blyleven (MIN)
- Earl Averill 1929 vs Earl Whitehill (DET)
Kouzmanoff’s home run was famously a grand slam on the first pitch of his career.
Noel also wore No. 43 in his debut, a common number in team history but rarely by hitters. Noel is just the third position player to wear No. 43, joining Chuck Tanner in 1959 and Mike Aldrete in 1991. Jh
Bo Naylor collected a double and a triple last night at Baltimore. His triple was the first by a Cleveland catcher since Roberto Perez in July 2019 at Kansas City.
Collecting a couple and a triple is even more rare for a catcher, as its happened just four time since 1980:
- 2024 – Naylor
- 2012 – Lou Marson
- 1991 – Luis Lopez
- 1984 – Jerry Willard