David Fry went 3-4 on Opening Day against the Athletics, becoming the 68th player in franchise history with a three-hit day on Opening Day.
The others to do so since 2000:
Andres Gimenez collected four hits including a home run against the Rays on Sunday afternoon.
It was the 32nd time in franchise history a second baseman had a four-hit game with a home run.
Here’s the list back to 2000:
Kipnis and Carlos Baerga share the franchise career record with five apiece.
Jose Ramirez collected his 12th career four-hit game against the Phillies on Friday. Considering the longevity of his career, that’s a surprisingly low number.
Ramirez is now tied with Tito Francona, Asdrubal Cabrera and Michael Brantley for 26th on the franchise list of four-hit games.
In his final at bat last night, Bo Naylor struck out against Diamondbacks infielder Josh Rojas.
He’s the 14th Cleveland hitter to strike out against a position player over the last 50 seasons joining:
Martinez’s inclusion gets an asterisk because it was an add situation.
With the Indians leading the A’s 10-2 in the bottom of the 8th, Martinez fouled off a pitch against A’s pitcher Kelly Downs, who then began shouting at Martinez because he swung “too hard.”
Martinez shouted back and both players were ejected with the count at 2-2.
A’s manager Tony La Russa brought third baseman Kevin Seitzer in to pitch, and Mike Hargrove called upon Glenallen Hill, who took the only pitch he saw for a strike, resulting in a strikeout.
Some odd rules apply to this situation, which officially result in Seitzer getting credit for a strikeout of Martinez, even though they never actually faced each other.
It’s also worth mentioning Naylor’s strikeout occurred before collecting his first career hit. While I can’t confirm this, it’s reasonable to guess he may be the first player in MLB history to strike out against a position player before recording a hit.
Steven Kwan is the third rookie in franchise history with a postseason home run, joining Oscar Gonzalez (earlier this postseason vs Rays) and Asdrubal Cabrera (2007 against the Yankees).
Here’s a link to Cabrera’s off Chien-Ming Wang.
And here’s Kwan’s off Gerrit Cole: