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Cleveland Baseball History

Worst Starts thru 3 Games

August 8, 2023

Padres deadline acquisition has an incredible 21.60 ERA through his first three appearances with San Diego.

Obviously that got me wondering what’s the worst start to a Cleveland career…

Stewart

Worst ERA through three games with Cleveland:

Abreu and Perez’s streaks overlapped, as Abreu made his debut in relief Perez in his third game (July 7, 2009) and they combined to give up six runs in one inning of work against the White Sox.

Jose Tena Debut

August 7, 2023

Following the brawl between and Tim Anderson, was called upon to make his MLB debut as a pinch-runner for Ramirez.

Here are the most recent Cleveland players to make their debut as a pinch-runner:

Josh Bell was Bad

August 2, 2023

With getting shipped to Miami, one of the worst seasons by a Cleveland first baseman/designated hitter has concluded.

There have been 129 instances of a player getting at least 375 plate appearances as a 1B or DH in Cleveland. Bell’s .703 OPS ranked 110th among them.

Dating back to 1980, here are the worst, and their all-time rank:

Framber Valdez No-Hitter

August 1, 2023

Framber Valdez’s no-hitter was the 12 no-hit, complete game shutout against Cleveland.

Although there have been more no-hitters, Cleveland has scored runs in those no-hitters multiple times.

The full list of complete game shutout no-hitters against Cleveland:

  • 2023 – Framber Valdez, HOU
  • 2021 – Wade Miley, CIN
  • 2021 – Carlos Rodon, CHW
  • 1993 – Jim Abbott, NYY
  • 1990 – Dave Stieb, TOR
  • 1965 – Dave Morehead, BOS
  • 1951 – , NYY
  • 1938 – Monte Pearson, NYYY
  • 1935 – Vern Kennedy, CHW
  • 1916 – Bullet Joe Bush, PHA
  • 1912 – Carl Cashion, WSH
  • 1910 – Chief Bender, PHA

Noah Syndergaard’s Debut

July 31, 2023

Noah Syndergaard will be the 10th pitcher to start a game for Cleveland after being acquired in a midseason trade since 2000.

The others:

Of this group, only Quantrill helped the team to the playoffs, although it was the modified version in 2020 and Quantrill was moved to the bullpen for the playoffs.

The last time Cleveland acquired a starting pitcher at the deadline and made the postseason in a full season was 1997, when they trade for (from Cincinnati) and (from Montreal). Smiley suffered a career-ending injury and didn’t pitch in the postseason, while Juden was moved to the pen.

Hill

The last midseason trade acquisition to actually start a playoff game for Cleveland was in 1995. Hill was acquired at the deadline from the Cardinals for and two other minor leaguers.

Hill pitched 13.2 consecutive scoreless to open the ’95 postseason, including seven shutout innings in a critical Game 4 of the ’95 ALCS while Cleveland training 2-1 in the series. He allowed his first run in the 6th inning of Game 4 of the ’95 World Series on a home run to Ryan Klesko, and ultimately took the loss in the game. He finished the ’95 postseason with a 2-1 record and a 1.84 ERA.

2 Homers and Shutout

July 31, 2023

Jose Ramirez belted two home runs on Sunday afternoon as Cleveland shutout the White Sox behind and the bullpen.

Dating back to 2000, it was the 16th time a Cleveland hitter had a multi-homer game in a shutout, and the fifth time it has involved Ramirez.

Here’s the rest list with the hitter, followed by the starting pitcher:

Touki Toussaint Shuts out Cleveland

July 29, 2023
Toussaint

held the Guardians scoreless for five innings as the White Sox shut out Cleveland 3-0 on Friday night.

Toussaint, making his fourth start for the White Sox, became the first pitcher to start a game for and against Cleveland in the same season since in 2009.

Toussaint made one start for Cleveland in June against Arizona.

In 2009, Pavano went 9-8 with a 5.37 ERA in 21 starts for the Indians before an August trade sent him to Minnesota. He then made two starts against Cleveland in September, with the teams splitting the games.

Jose Ramirez 2 HR and a SB

July 28, 2023

Jose Ramirez belted two home runs and stole a base on Wednesday against the Royals. It was the third time Ramirez had a multi-homer game with a stolen base, setting a franchise record.

, and each did it twice.

It was just the 28th such game in franchise history.

Gavin Williams Wins on Birthday

July 26, 2023

Gavin Williams started a won for the Guardians on Wednesday, his 24th birthday.

Dating back to 1990, he’s the sixth pitcher to start on his birthday at age 24 or younger:

With the victory, Cleveland has now on seven of its last eight games on its starting pitcher’s birthday: