Everyone on the list made the All-Star team except Knickerbocker, who was left off in favor of Hall of Famer Joe Cronin, the only shortstop selected to the game that year. Cronin was batting .283 with a .354 OBP.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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:
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.
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.
