Brayan Rocchio hit his first career home run on Friday night against the Marlins in his 76th career game.
His 75 straight games without a home run was the 38th longest streak for a non-pitcher in team history and the fourth longest over the last 50 years. The team record is 539 games by Bill Wambsganss.
Longest homerless droughts to start a career for Cleveland over the last 50 seasons:
- Alex Cole, 204 games
- John McDonald, 93 games
- Mark Lewis, 84 games
- Rocchio, 75 games
- Yandy Diaz, 67 games
- Ezequiel Carrera, 61 games
- Jolbert Cabrera, 61 games
- Tyler Freeman, 56 games
- Richie Palacios, 52 games
- Chris Bando, 49 games
- Andy Allanson, 48 games
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.
Yu Chang has signed with the Red Sox, his fourth team of the season (also Cleveland, Pittsburgh and Tampa Bay).
He’s the 16th player to suit up for four teams in one year.
The others to do so with a stop in Cleveland: