There have been 144 players in franchise history with at least 200 PA from the two-hole in the lineup in a single season.
Andres Gimenez‘s .309 OBP this year ranked 120th.
It was still an improvement from Amed Rosario (.306 last year and .308 the year before).
Steven Kwan had 4 hits and a stolen base last night for the second time in his career as a leadoff hitter. He’s the 13 leadoff hitter in franchise history with multiple such games. Kenny Lofton leads with 13, Charlie Jamieson with seven, Grady Sizemore with four.
Amed Rosario also had four hits from the No. 2 spot in the order. It was the 11th time in franchise history the leadoff hitter and No. 2 hitter each collected four hits.
The two previous most recent occurrences were both Lofton and Omar Vizquel in 2001 and 1996.
The only other duo to accomplish the feat twice was Jamieson and Homer Summa, both in 1923.
Amed Rosario enters 2023 with a .478 batting average when putting the ball in play since joining Cleveland.
Dating back to 1990, that’s the highest average among Cleveland hitters with at least 100 one-pitch at-bats:
Rosario, .478
Ellis Burks, .429
Russell Branyan, .423
Shin-Soo Choo, .423
Roberto Alomar, .419
Jim Thome, .408
And here’s the bottom five, among 64 qualified players:
Aaron Boone, .259
Mark Lewis, .263
Felix Fermin, .269
John McDonald, .270
Mike Aviles, .272
The MLB average over this span is .335.