May 19, 2026
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:
On Wednesday, Angel Martinez hit a go-ahead three-run homer in the 8th inning of the Guardians 7-4 win over the Dodgers, the team’s first go-ahead home run in the 8th inning or later against the defending champs since 2019.
Here are the rest of the go-ahead HR in 8th or later vs defending World Series champs since 2000:
Last night against the Orioles, Bo Naylor, Gabriel Arias and Brayan Rocchio combined for 7 hits and 5 RBI while occupying the 7-8-9 spots in the order. It was the first time the bottom third of the order collected at least 7 hits and 5 RBI since 2019.
Most recent 7-8-9 hitters with 7+ hits and 5+ RBI:
In 11 games since returning from the IL, Steven Kwan is batting .535. Not only is it an impressive performance immediately following an IL stint, its the the third highest batting average in a single-season 11-game span for Cleveland since 1994.
Here’s the leaderboard in that span with a minimum of 40 PA and excluding overlapping streaks:
Justice’s 1997 season appears on here twice. It was two separate streaks with no overlapping games, one in May and another in August.
Most career games with at least three strikeouts and zero times reaching base
Andres Gimenez collected four hits including a home run against the Rays on Sunday afternoon.
It was the 32nd time in franchise history a second baseman had a four-hit game with a home run.
Here’s the list back to 2000:
Kipnis and Carlos Baerga share the franchise career record with five apiece.
Bo Naylor collected three against the Royals in his 20th career game.
Dating back to 1990, he’s the 11th Cleveland rookie with multiple three-hit games through 20 career games, joining: