September 17, 2026
There have been 64 instances of player hitting 30 or more home runs in team history, including Jose Ramirez‘s 30 this year.
Only 15 of those seasons produced fewer than 100 RBI and Ramirez’s 85 RBI are the fifth fewer in a 30-homer season in team history.
The fewest:
In his second career game, Chase DeLauter collected his first career hit in Game 3 of the AL Wild Card round against Detroit.
He joins Chad Ogea (in Game 6 of the 1997 World Series) as the only players in franchise history to collect their first career hit in the postseason.
Fewest career hits before first postseason hit:
DeLauter is also the 18th rookie in franchise history with a postseason hit, 10 of which have occurred since the 2022 season.
Through his first four seasons, Steven Kwan collected 649 hits, tied with Vince Coleman for 64th most all time
It’s also the fourth most in Cleveland history:
In the first inning of Game 2 of the ALWC, George Valera gave the Guardians a 1-0 with his first career postseason home run.
Valera, who made his major league debut in September, had just two career home runs prior to his first playoff homer.
That ties pitcher Jim Bagby (who homered in the 1920 World Series) for the team record for fewest homers before hitting a home run in the playoffs.
The next fewest belong to Asdrubal Cabrera (three), Dale Mitchell (five) and Kyle Manzardo (five).
In the 8th inning of Game 2 of the ALWC, Brayan Rocchio gave the Guardians a 2-1 lead with a solo home run.
It was the sixth go-ahead home run in the 8th inning or later in the postseason in franchise history, joining:
*indicates walk-off home run
Guardians prospect Chase DeLauter became the sixth player in MLB history to make his debut during the postseason in Game 2 of the AL Wild Card round and just the second to do so in the starting line.
Three of the others made their debut in 2020, including Alex Kirilloff of the Twins who made his debut as a starter, so those clearly deserve a significant asterisk.
So DeLauter is just the third to do so under normal circumstances, joining:
The Guardians win over the Rangers on Sunday was just the fifth time in the last 100 years the team has won on a walk-off hit by pitch.
The list:
In a critical series against the Royals, Slade Cecconi and Joey Cantillo tossed 8 scoreless innings in consecutive games on Monday and Tuesday night.
Over the last 40 seasons, it’s just the fourth time starters have tossed at least 8 scoreless innings in consecutive games.
The others:
Lee and Carmona’s gems occurred during a double-header against the Blue Jays.
In his second career start, Parker Messick tossed seven scoreless innings against the Rays, lowering his ERA to 0.66.
He’s the seventh player in team history to throw at least 12 innings thru his first two outings with an ERA under 1.00.
Here’s the full list:
Rays third baseman Junior Caminero hit two home runs against the Guardians on Monday night.
Caminero was originally signed by Cleveland in 2019 but was traded to the Rays for Tobias Myers in 2021 (who unfortunately was also put on waivers before having some success with the Brewers in recent years).
Caminero is the first player with a multi-homer game against Cleveland who was originally signed or drafted by Cleveland but never played for Cleveland since Marco Scutaro in 2009
Scutaro was originally signed by Cleveland out of Venezuela in 1994 and traded to Milwaukee as part of the Bob Wickman deal in 2000.
As a member of the Blue Jays in 2009, Scutaro hit two homers, one of Carl Pavano and another off Jose Veras.