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Posts tagged as “Herb Score”

Manzardo’s Historically Embarrassing Start

April 7, 2026

Through his first 10 games of the season, is 2-32, a pitiful .063 batting average.

Throughout franchise history, only two others have been worse (with at least 35 plate appearances) through 10 games. Here’s the list:

Tucker was a September call-up who never played against in the big leagues. Leon was a backup catcher who had minimal preparation in that weird 2020 season. O’Neill was also a catcher. And Score, Moore and Mails are pitchers.

Yikes.

Parker Messick Through Nine Starts

April 6, 2026

In Sunday’s 6-5 win over the Cubs, allowed just one run over five innings, lowering his career ERA to 2.31 through nine starts.

Over the last 100 seasons, only two others have posted a lower ERA through nine career games (minimum 50 IP) with Cleveland:

It’s also the second consecutive years in which Messick has generated an ERA under 1.00 through his first two appearances of the season.

He’s just the fifth Cleveland pitcher in the last 100 years to accomplish that feat (minimum 10 IP):

Tiant, and also did it two (Harder three times) but in non-consecutive years.

Joey Cantillo’s Strikeouts

October 9, 2025

Although made nine starts a season ago, he maintained his rookie status in 2025 and posted some impressive numbers.

Cantillo became just the third rookie in franchise history (minimum 10 starts) to post a K-per-9 rate above 10.

Most strikeouts by nine innings by Cleveland rookies (min. 10 starts)

Of course Score’s number is truly the most impressive on the list given the era in which he pitched.

Of the 18 Cleveland rookies with at least 7.5 K per 9, Score and (8.5 in 2001) and (8.3 in 1964) are the only ones pre-2012.

Ben Lively’s Hot Start

May 27, 2024

Ben Lively has a 2.80 ERA with 43 strikeouts through his first eight starts.

Lively’s previous low ERA through an stretch of eight starts was 3.70 as a rookie with the 2017 Phillies.

He’s the 13th pitcher in franchise history with at least 40 strikeouts and an ERA under 3.00 through eight starts with the franchise.

The others:

Gavin Williams 12 K

August 8, 2023

Gavin Williams’s 12 strikeouts against the Blue Jays was the most by a Cleveland rookie since in 1964.

With it being Williams’s ninth career outing, he’s also the 11th fastest in franchise history to his first career double-digit strikeout performance.

MLB debut

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7+ Walks with 1 or Fewer Runs Allowed

July 21, 2023

Last night for the Padres, Blake Snell walked seven batters while allowing just one run. That seemed rare, so I looked up some stats.

As it turns out, it’s not quiet as historic as a I thought, though still uncommon. The record for walks while only allowing one or fewer runs is, incredibly, 13 by for the Reds in 1953 (he later played for Cleveland in 1959).

The Cleveland record is 11 by during his historic rookie year in 1955 – he’s one of 10 pitchers with double digit walks while allowing one or fewer runs.

Finley

The most recent Cleveland pitchers to match Snell’s line of seven or more walks with one or fewer runs:

Rookie Starters

February 22, 2023

Over the last 40 seasons, only two Cleveland rookies have started at least 15 games while posting an ERA under 3.50: Cody Anderson in 2015 and T.J. House in 2014.

It’s odd that such a list would feature such irrelevant players, as neither had much hype as prospects or did much beyond their rookie years.

Here’s a few others who accomplished the feat, dating back to 1955 (it was slightly more common before then):

1975 – Dennis Eckersley
1972 – Dick Tidrow
1964 – Luis Tiant
1958 – Gary Bell
1955 – Herb Score