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Give up a grand slam and not record an out

June 17, 2024

Nick Sandlin gave up a grand slam to the Blue Jays’ Dalton Varsho yesterday and was removed from the game before recording an out.

He’s the 12th pitcher in franchise history to give up a grand slam without recording an out. The others:

Latman and Barker were the only ones to do so as a starting pitcher. Latman and Shaw were the only ones to give up multiple home runs in the game.

Lilliquist (vs Detroit’s Lou Whitaker) and Shuey (vs Anaheim’s Tim Salmon) gave up walk-off grand slams.

Kwan since IL return

June 17, 2024

In 11 games since returning from the IL, is batting .535. Not only is it an impressive performance immediately following an IL stint, its the the third highest batting average in a single-season 11-game span for Cleveland since 1994.

Here’s the leaderboard in that span with a minimum of 40 PA and excluding overlapping streaks:

Justice’s 1997 season appears on here twice. It was two separate streaks with no overlapping games, one in May and another in August.

Kwan’s multi-hit games

June 13, 2024

Steven Kwan collected his 104th career multi-hit game from the leadoff spot last night, tying for the 11th most in franchise history.

Ben Lively through 10 starts

June 10, 2024

Through his first 10 starts with Cleveland, has a 2.59 ERA. Over the last 100 years, its the seventh lowest ERA through a pitcher’s first 10 starts with Cleveland.

(1.69) has the lowest in that span from 1972, followed closely by another 1972 acquisition .

Here are the nine pitchers with an ERA under 3.00 through their first 10 starts with Cleveland over the last 50 seasons:

 

Clase’s HR streak ends

June 9, 2024
Camacho

allowed his first home run of the season on Sunday against the Marlins, snapping his streak of not allowing a home run at 31 games. It was the 13th longest streak in team history by a reliever of not allowing a home run to start the year.

The longest:

Camacho’s streak ended on September 30 of that year, his second to last game of the season.

Dipoto’s streak lasted his entire debut season in 1993. His 46 games without allowing a home run are the third most in a debut season in MLB history.

Brayan Rocchio’s first career HR

June 8, 2024

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 .

Longest homerless droughts to start a career for Cleveland over the last 50 seasons:

David Fry’s first 100 games

June 7, 2024

Through his first 100 games, posted a .409 on-base percentage, tied with Honus Wagner, and others for 42nd in MLB history (min. 250 PA).

Here’s the leaderboard dating back to 1990, putting Fry in elite company:

  • Frank Thomas, .440
  • Juan Soto, .420
  • , .419
  • Fry, .409

And here’s Cleveland’s leaderboard for highest OBP through 100 career games (min. 250 PA):

Emmanuel Clase’s month of May

June 4, 2024

Emmanuel Clase in May: 9 saves, 0.00 ERA, 14 K in 13 IP

It’s the 42nd time in MLB history a pitcher had at least 9 saves in a month without allowing a run and with more strikeouts than innings pitched. The last to do it was Clase in September, 2022.

The only other Cleveland closer on the list is in July 1995.

Daniel Schneemann’s debut

June 3, 2024

At the age of 27 years, 131 days, is the 23rd oldest player to make his MLB debut in Jacobs Field and the 12th oldest to do so for the home team.

The 11 Cleveland players older than Schneemann to make their debut in Jacobs Field: