On Saturday in Houston, Travis Bazzana collected a career-high four hits, including two home runs.
He is just the fifth rookie in franchise history with such a game, joining:
- 2022 Oscar Gonzalez
- 2008 Ben Francisco
- 2003 Ben Broussard
- 1934 Hal Trosky
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Something to keep an eye on over the next month is Chase DeLauter‘s hit total, as he has a chance to climb the leaderboard of most first-half hits by Cleveland rookies.
Here’s the list so far entering the 2026 season:
- 1942 Les Fleming, 94
- 1934 Hal Trosky, 92
- 1942 Oris Hockett, 88
- 1963 Max Alvis, 82
- 1973 Charlie Spikes, 82
- 1977 Paul Dade, 80
- 1982 Julio Franco, 80
- 1992 Kenny Lofton, 90
If you search on baseball-reference it will turn up Al Rosen‘s 1950 season as his rookie year (with 86 first-half hits). But he was on the roster for the entirety of May and June in 1949, making him ineligible (the fact that he received MVP votes but no rookie of the year votes is also evidence he was not considered a rookie at the time).
Through his first four seasons, Steven Kwan collected 649 hits, tied with Vince Coleman for 64th most all time
It’s also the fourth most in Cleveland history:
- Earl Averill, 786
- Francisco Lindor, 665
- Carlos Baerga, 657
- Kwan, 649
- Hal Trosky, 606
On Tuesday night, Jose Ramirez hit two home runs against the Marlins, breaking the franchise record for most multi-homer games:
- Ramirez, 27
- Albert Belle, 26
- Jim Thome, 26
- Hal Trosky, 25
- Manny Ramirez, 22
- Joe Carter, 21
- Earl Averill, 18
On April 4 against the Angels, Jose Ramirez hit three home runs, tying him with Albert Belle and Jim Thome for the most multi home run games in team history (26).
He also became the sixth player in franchise history with multiple three-homer games, joining:
- Joe Carter, 4
- Belle, 2
- Thome, 2
- Hal Trosky, 2
- Manny Ramirez, 2
Jose Ramirez has collected at least 65 extra-base hits in each of the last four seasons (2021-24). He’s the sixth player with such a streak in team history.
The others:
- Earl Averill, 7 seasons (1931-37)
- Hal Trosky, 5 seasons (1934-38)
- Manny Ramirez, 5 seasons (1996-00)
- Tris Speaker, 4 seasons (1920-23)
- Albert Belle, 4 seasons (1093-96)
Jose Ramirez and Josh Naylor each topped 30 home runs in 2024, but David Fry and Steven Kwan tied for third with only 14.
It’s just the second time in franchise history two players topped 30 homers but no one else had more than 15. In 1934, Earl Averill and Hal Trosky topped 30 while Odell Hale finished third with only 14.
There have been two others times two players hit 30 homers while no one else hit 20:
- 2021 – Ramirez 37, Franmil Reyes 30, Cesar Hernandez 18
- 2002 – Jim Thome 52, Ellis Burks 32, Karim Garcia 16
Jose Ramirez drove in 33 RBI in the month of May, tied for the 14th most in a month in team history. Hal Trosky holds the record with 45, set in July 1936.
Here’s the list just from the Jacobs Field Era (since 1994):
- Jim Thome – July 2001 – 39
- Jose Ramirez – May 2024 – 33
- Manny Ramirez – Sept 2000 – 33
- Manny Ramirez – May 1999 – 33
- Albert Belle – July 1996 – 33
- Belle – May 1996 – 33
- Thome – Aug 1996 – 32
- Belle – Sept 1995 – 32
Josh Naylor belted two home runs and drove in six against the Pirates on Tuesday.
It was his second career multi-homer game with at least six RBI, making him the 12th player in franchise history to accomplish the feat at least twice.
The others:
- Hal Trosky, 4 times
- Joe Carter, 3
- Cory Snyder, 3
- Manny Ramirez, 3
- Jose Ramirez, 3
- Earl Averill, 2
- Woodie Held, 2
- Jim Thome, 2
- Casey Blake, 2
- Shin-Soo Choo, 2
- Travis Hafner, 2
Josh Naylor closed out the first half with 64 RBI, tied for 27th most in franchise history before the break. Obviously most of the players ahead of him on that list made the All-Star team.
Naylor is the 10th player in franchise history with at least 64 RBI to not be selected to the game. The list:
- Travis Hafner, 74 in 2006
- Al Rosen, 74 in 1950
- Hal Trosky, 71 in 1936
- Joe Carter, 67 in 1987
- Tony Horton, 67 in 1969
- David Justice, 67 in 1999
- Edwin Encarnacion, 65 in 2018
- Carlos Baerga, 64 in 1994
- Manny Ramirez, 64 in 1996
Hafner, Trosky and Horton never ended up making any All-Star team.