September 17, 2026
On Sunday, Joey Cantillo became the third Hawaiian-born in franchise history and the first in over three decades.
The first was pitcher Milt Wilcox, who played for Cleveland from 1972-74. The second was outfielder Mike Huff, a Rule 5 selection from the Dodgers, who spent half of the 1991 season with Cleveland.
Phillies rookie Tyler Phillips tossed a shutout against the Guardians on Saturday night in just his fifth career outing. It was just the 17th time in franchise history Cleveland was shut out by a pitcher within his first five career games.
The most recent instances before Phillips:
Van Hekken’s performance was the most notable as it occurred in his MLB debut, and he would make just four more appearances in his career.
Steven Kwan hit his 10th home run of the season on Tuesday night. He’s the 16th different player in franchise history with at least 10 homers from the leadoff spot in a season.
The others:
Brayan Rocchio went 0-4 with four strikeouts on Monday night against the Tigers, collecting his first career Golden Sombrero. It was Cleveland’s third Golden Sombrero of the year and the 210th in franchise history.
It was also the 98th time in franchise history a batter struck out in every plate appearance with at least four trips to the plate.
Over their last two games against the Padres, the Guardians scored one run on three hits combined. It’s just the third time in franchise history the team has posted those numbers over a two-game span.
The others
In 2014, they scored zero runs on just two hits (by Michael Bourn, Lonnie Chisenhall). In 1910, they collected one run on three hits.
Both the other instances occurred on the road, making this the worst offensive two-game stretch in franchise history.
[update: this streak ended the following day when Hedges went 2-3, snapping his streak at 43 games]
Austin Hedges went hitless on Sunday afternoon, his 43rd consecutive start without a multi-hit game, setting a franchise record.
The list:
Fischlin, a utility infielder, is the only non-catcher on the list.
In the fourth inning on Saturday night, Gavin Williams loaded the bases against the Padres, then walked Luis Arraez and two batters later hit Jake Cronenworth.
It was just the ninth time in the last 100 years a Cleveland pitcher walked a batter and hit a batter with the bases loaded.
Everyone on the list except Williams and Feller did it to consecutive batters.
Eckersley’s meltdown was a historically embarrassing moment for the team. In the bottom of the 9th, with the Indians leading 2-1 at Chicago, rookie manager Frank Robinson called up Eck – a rookie reliever making just his ninth career appearance. Eck promptly hit the first batter, tying the game, then issued a walk-off-walk to the next batter.
Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo selected Reds manager David Bell as the “honorary manager” to join him at the All-Star Game in Texas.
Bell and Lovullo know each other originally from their time together in Cleveland. In 1995, they were teammates in Buffalo, Cleveland’s Triple-A affiliate. In 1998, they were teammates again in Cleveland.
In Lovullo’s first appearance with Cleveland in ’98, Bell entered the game as his defensive replacement in the late innings.
Lovullo then spent eight years as a manager in Cleveland’s farm system, including four years at Triple-A.
Emmanuel Clase picked up the save in the All-Star Game for the second time in his career. Since the save became an official stat in 1969, the only pitchers to record multiple saves are now in the Hall of Fame:
Prior to the save existing as a defined stat, Cleveland’s Mel Harder was the only pitcher to record multiple saves, in 1935 and 1937. Harder tossed three innings in each of his saves, though one was still a traditional save opportunity as the AL won 4-1.
David Fry tied the All-Star Game up 3-3 with an RBI single in the third inning off Logan Webb. It was Cleveland’s first tying or go-ahead RBI in the All-Star game in over 20 years.
Here’s the full list: