Tag: Ernie Camacho

  • Acquired from Milwaukee in June 1983 with Jamie Easterly and Gorman Thomas for Rick Manning and Rick Waits.
  • 1st-round pick of Oakland in 1976 and made his debut with Oakland.
  • Also played with Pittsburgh briefly, but maintained his rookie status until 1984 with the Indians.
  • Took over as Cleveland’s closer in 1984 after a committee was used the previous season.
  • 23 saves in 1984 were, at the time, the sixth most by a rookie in MLB history and remained Cleveland’s franchise record for a rookie until broken by Emmanuel Clase in 2021.
  • Manager Pat Corrales fought hard to keep Camacho on the team in 1984 because he loved Camacho’s fastball and wanted to develop him.
  • Appeared in just two games in 1985 due to April elbow surgery. Regained closer’s role in 1986 after return.
  • Blew two of first three save opportunities in 1987 and was demoted from closer’s role before eventually being sent to minors.
  • Signed with the Astros after becoming a free agent following ’87 season.

Clase’s HR streak ends

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Camacho

allowed his first home run of the season on Sunday against the Marlins, snapping his streak of not allowing a home run at 31 games. It was the 13th longest streak in team history by a reliever of not allowing a home run to start the year.

The longest:

Camacho’s streak ended on September 30 of that year, his second to last game of the season.

Dipoto’s streak lasted his entire debut season in 1993. His 46 games without allowing a home run are the third most in a debut season in MLB history.

Tim Herrin Walks Everyone

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Tim Herrin entered Friday’s game in the 6th inning with a runner on first and promptly walked all three batters he faced.

It was the 15th time in franchise history a Cleveland pitcher faced at least three batters and walked each one.

The most recent occurrences prior to Herrin:

This is also the first time its happened to Cleveland twice in the same year (Herrin, Karinchak).