Guardians starting pitchers have a 6.70 ERA through the team’s first nine games, the fifth worst in team history.
| Year |
ERA |
SP |
| 2009 |
9.28 |
Cliff Lee, Fausto Carmona, Carl Pavano, Scott Lewis, Anthony Reyes, Aaron Laffey |
| 1997 |
8.39 |
Charles Nagy, Orel Hershiser, Bartolo Colon, Chad Ogea, Jack McDowell |
| 1987 |
8.17 |
Tom Candiotti, Greg Swindell, Phil Niekro, Scott Bailes, Ken Schrom |
| 2001 |
6.89 |
Bartolo Colon, Chuck Finley, Dave Burba, CC Sabathia, Tim Drew |
| 2025 |
6.70 |
Ben Lively, Gavin Williams, Tanner Bibee, Luis Ortiz, Logan Allen |
Gavin Williams struck out 10 Rays in his 10th career start on Saturday.
It was his second straight double-digit strikeout performance. He’s the 36th pitcher in MLB history with multiple 10-K games within his first 10 career games.
He’s also the 8th rookie in franchise history with multiple 10-K games, joining:
Jose Ramirez belted two home runs on Sunday afternoon as Cleveland shutout the White Sox behind Aaron Civale and the bullpen.
Dating back to 2000, it was the 16th time a Cleveland hitter had a multi-homer game in a shutout, and the fifth time it has involved Ramirez.
Here’s the rest list with the hitter, followed by the starting pitcher:
Gavin Williams started a won for the Guardians on Wednesday, his 24th birthday.
Dating back to 1990, he’s the sixth pitcher to start on his birthday at age 24 or younger:
With the victory, Cleveland has now on seven of its last eight games on its starting pitcher’s birthday:
Gavin Williams became the 10th rookie in franchise history with at least seven innings pitched, zero runs allowed and one hit allowed against the Royals.
The list (* indicates complete game):
Shane Bieber is third in franchise history and 32nd in MLB history in most strikeouts through his first five seasons: