Brayan Rocchio went 0-4 with four strikeouts on Monday night against the Tigers, collecting his first career Golden Sombrero. It was Cleveland’s third Golden Sombrero of the year and the 210th in franchise history.
It was also the 98th time in franchise history a batter struck out in every plate appearance with at least four trips to the plate.
Last night against the Orioles, Bo Naylor, Gabriel Arias and Brayan Rocchio combined for 7 hits and 5 RBI while occupying the 7-8-9 spots in the order. It was the first time the bottom third of the order collected at least 7 hits and 5 RBI since 2019.
Most recent 7-8-9 hitters with 7+ hits and 5+ RBI:
Brayan Rocchio hit his first career home run on Friday night against the Marlins in his 76th career game.
His 75 straight games without a home run was the 38th longest streak for a non-pitcher in team history and the fourth longest over the last 50 years. The team record is 539 games by Bill Wambsganss.
Longest homerless droughts to start a career for Cleveland over the last 50 seasons:
Brayan Rocchio’s walk-off hit was the 29th by a rookie since Jacobs Field opened in 1994.
The first was Jacob Cruz in 1999.
In just his 12th career game, Brayan Rocchio was inserted into the leadoff spot on Thursday and went 2-4 with 2 RBI.
Here’s the list of others who have been in the leadoff spot at some point within their first 12 career games dating back to 1980 (players who made their debut batting leadoff indicated by an asterisk: