Tag: Albert Belle

  • In September 1995, Belle became the first player in MLB history with 14 HR in a 15-game span.

Josh Bell’s Multi-HR Game

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Josh Bell belted two home runs for the Diamondbacks against the Guardians on Wednesday. Dating back to 1990, its the 15th time a former member of the team had a multi-home run game against Cleveland.

Miller’s multi-homer performance is perhaps the most unique on the list as it occurred in the same season in which he played for Cleveland.

20/20/20 Seasons

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Jose Ramirez joined the 20 HR/20 2B/20 SB club for the sixth time in his career on Sunday.

He’s one of just eight players in MLB history to reach those milestones six times. The others:

  • Bobby Abreu, 9
  • Barry Bonds, 9
  • , 9
  • Carlos Beltran, 6
  • Alex Rodriguez, 6
  • Raul Mondesi, 6
  • Hank Aaron 6

There have been 24 20/20/20 seasons in Cleveland history, belonging to:

David Fry ASG RBI

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David Fry tied the All-Star Game up 3-3 with an RBI single in the third inning off Logan Webb. It was Cleveland’s first tying or go-ahead RBI in the All-Star game in over 20 years.

Here’s the full list:

Steven Kwan Enters ASG with .352 BA

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Steven Kwan enters the All-Star Break batting .352, just the 10th qualified player in franchise history to enter the break with an average over .350.

Here are the highest averages entering the break in franchise history:

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.

20 HR before the break

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Over the past two games, and each hit their 20th home run of the season.

It’s the first time anyone for Cleveland reached 20 home runs before the All-Star Game since 2018 and the seventh time in franchise history multiple players reached 20 homers before the break:

Kwan since IL return

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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.

Most RBI in a month

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Jose Ramirez drove in 33 RBI in the month of May, tied for the 14th most in a month in team history. holds the record with 45, set in July 1936.

Here’s the list just from the Jacobs Field Era (since 1994):

  • – July 2001 – 39
  • – May 2024 – 33
  • – Sept 2000 – 33
  • Manny Ramirez – May 1999 – 33
  • – July 1996 – 33
  • Belle – May 1996 – 33
  • Thome – Aug 1996 – 32
  • Belle – Sept 1995 – 32

Ramirez reached 50 RBI

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Jose Ramirez reached 50 RBI in just 52 team games, the eighth fastest to 50 RBI in team history.

The full list:

Naylor starts hot

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Josh Naylor has six homers and a .329 BA through his first 20 games of the season.

Most recent Cleveland hitters with at least 6 HR and a .325 BA through 20 games: