During the Guardians 7-0 loss to the Padres on Tuesday night, Nolan Jones struck out four times. Dating back to 1980, he’s the team’s 10th player to record a Golden Sombrero in a shutout.
The others:
Steven Kwan is the Opening Day lead off hitter for the third consecutive season, becoming the sixth player in franchise history to hold that role on Opening Day in three straight years.
The others:
Jose Ramirez hit 20 HR and stole 21 bases in Progressive Field this year, just the ninth 20/20 home season in history. Back in 2008, Grady Sizemore had the sixth such season.
The others:
Jose Ramirez joined the 20 HR/20 2B/20 SB club for the sixth time in his career on Sunday.
He’s one of just eight players in MLB history to reach those milestones six times. The others:
There have been 24 20/20/20 seasons in Cleveland history, belonging to:
Steven Kwan hit his 10th home run of the season on Tuesday night. He’s the 16th different player in franchise history with at least 10 homers from the leadoff spot in a season.
The others:
Jose Ramirez and Josh Naylor both reached 30 RBI through the team’s first 50 games this year.
Most recent seasons with two players with 30+ RBI through 50 games:
Steven Kwan has scored six times through the team’s first three games, becoming just the sixth player to achieve that feat.
Most runs scored through three team games:
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:
Steven Kwan collected four hits during the Guardians loss to the Phillies on Sunday.
It was his fifth career four-hit game from the leadoff spot, tying him for fifth place in franchise history. The leadoff hitters ahead of him are:
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.