May 19, 2026
On Thursday against the Orioles, Steven Kwan went 2-4 with an RBI.
It was his 181st career multi-hit game from the leadoff spot, moving him into sole possession of fifth place on the franchise leaderboard:
He did it again.
Chase DeLauter‘s first-inning home run off Seattle’s George Kirby was his third through two games — the first two regular-season contests of his career.
He’s just the third player in MLB history with three home runs through his first two regular season games, joining:
DeLauter is also the first player in franchise history with three home runs through the team’s first two games of the season.
Only 15 players had previously hit two home runs through the first two games, most recently Grady Sizemore in 2007.
DeLauter’s 13 total bases through the team’s first two games is also a franchise record, breaking the mark of 12 previously shared by Sandy Alomar Jr. (1998), Al Smith (1955) and Dale Mitchell (1950).
It’s also the franchise record for the most total bases through two career games, breaking the record of 10 held by Manny Ramirez (1993), Jim Norris (1977), Roy Weatherly (1936) and Earl Averill (1929).
The only player in MLB history with more total bases through two games was Cincinnati’s Rece Hinds in 2024. DeLauter is one of just four with 13 or more and only 38 have reached double-digits.
On Thursday afternoon against the Orioles, Steven Kwan hit two home runs, the 48th multi-homer game by a leadoff hitter in team history and the first since Cesar Hernandez in 2021.
Here’s the team’s all-time leaderboard:
On Sunday against the A’s, Angel Martinez collected three hits and a home run while filling in for Steven Kwan as the leadoff hitter. He’s the third different leadoff hitter to collect three hits including a homer this year, joining Kwan (twice) and Lane Thomas.
It’s the 10th season in team history in which three or more different leadoff hitters have accomplished the feat. The others:
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: