Most career games with at least three strikeouts and zero times reaching base
- Jhonny Peralta, 28
- Cory Snyder, 27
- Jim Thome, 27
- Franmil Reyes, 24
- Bob Feller, 18
- Russell Branyan, 18
- Yan Gomes, 18
- Jason Kipnis, 17
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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
When his Cleveland career came to a close in 1990, Cory Snyder had the most three-strikeout games in franchise history by a wide margin:
Snyder, 49
Bob Feller, 29
Max Alvis, 28
Larry Doby, 22
Brook Jacoby, 21
Pat Seerey, 21
He’s since been surpassed by Jim Thome (86 games), but remains in second place.
Entering 2023, Feller is now in 12th place on this list.
Amed Rosario enters 2023 with a .478 batting average when putting the ball in play since joining Cleveland.
Dating back to 1990, that’s the highest average among Cleveland hitters with at least 100 one-pitch at-bats:
Rosario, .478
Ellis Burks, .429
Russell Branyan, .423
Shin-Soo Choo, .423
Roberto Alomar, .419
Jim Thome, .408
And here’s the bottom five, among 64 qualified players:
Aaron Boone, .259
Mark Lewis, .263
Felix Fermin, .269
John McDonald, .270
Mike Aviles, .272
The MLB average over this span is .335.
Only 11.3% of Carlos Santana‘s strikeouts were on three pitches, the team’s lowest rate dating back to 2000.
Here’s the top six, among players with at least 200 total strikeouts in that span:
Carlos Santana, 11.3%
Jim Thome, 12.4%
Travis Hafner, 12.5%
Ryan Garko, 12.8%
Travis Fryman, 12.9%
Matt LaPorta, 13.0%