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Cleveland Baseball History

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:

Tim Herrin Walks Everyone

July 22, 2023

Tim Herrin entered Friday’s game in the 6th inning with a runner on first and promptly walked all three batters he faced.

It was the 15th time in franchise history a Cleveland pitcher faced at least three batters and walked each one.

The most recent occurrences prior to Herrin:

This is also the first time its happened to Cleveland twice in the same year (Herrin, Karinchak).

7+ Walks with 1 or Fewer Runs Allowed

July 21, 2023

Last night for the Padres, Blake Snell walked seven batters while allowing just one run. That seemed rare, so I looked up some stats.

As it turns out, it’s not quiet as historic as a I thought, though still uncommon. The record for walks while only allowing one or fewer runs is, incredibly, 13 by for the Reds in 1953 (he later played for Cleveland in 1959).

The Cleveland record is 11 by during his historic rookie year in 1955 – he’s one of 10 pitchers with double digit walks while allowing one or fewer runs.

Finley

The most recent Cleveland pitchers to match Snell’s line of seven or more walks with one or fewer runs: