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  • Regularly used teammates bats early in his career but eventually settled on Rajai Davis’s and had his own bats made replicating Davis’s model.

Five Hits and 5 RBI

August 26, 2026

On Tuesday night had his second career five-hit game and drove in five RBI.

It’s the 17th game in team history in which two different players have collected five hits and five RBI in a game.

Here’s the full list with the five-hit player listed first:

Most RBI Through 2 Innings

August 19, 2026

With a three-run homer in the first inning and a two-run single in the second, became the 14th player in franchise history with 5 RBI through the first two innings.

The record is seven by , who hit a grand slam in the first inning and a three-run homer in the second inning against Boston in 1957 – and it still wasn’t enough to give the Tribe the lead as the game was tied 8-8 after two.

Worst Games with RISP

July 24, 2026

The Guardians went 0-17 with runners in scoring position in Thursday’s 12-inning loss to the Twins, tying a franchise record for the worst 0-for with RISP and setting the mark for the worst performance at home.

The other two 0-17 incidents:

  • September 8, 1981 at BAL
  • May 2, 1970 at KC (17 innings)

There have only been four other instances of going 0-15 or worse:

  • October 3, 2022 vs KC (0-15)
  • April 5, 2004 at Minnesota (0-15)
  • July 30, 1972 vs MIL (0-15)
  • May 20, 1965 vs BAL (0-15)

And here’s a breakdown of all the 0-17 performances by player:

2026 vs Minnesota

1981 at Baltimore

1970 at Kansas City

Teammates with Multi-HR Game

July 21, 2026

In Monday’s win over Minnesota, and became the 29th pair of Cleveland teammates with a multi-homer game in the same contest.

Here’s the list:

Scoring Twice on Wild Pitches

July 1, 2026

The Guardians scored twice on wild pitches in Wednesday’s win over the Rangers, off pitches from MacKenzie Gore and Winston Santos.

It’s just the eighth time since 2000 they’ve scored on wild pitches twice in the same game:

*All wild pitch runs scored in the same inning
^Both runs scored on the same pitch

1-0 Win on Manzardo’s HR

May 23, 2026

The Guardians topped the Phillies 1-0 on Friday night thanks to a 9th-inning pinch-hit home run by .

It was the Guardians first go-ahead pinch-hit homer in the 9th inning or later since had two walk-off pitch-hit homers in 2013.

It was also just the second pinch-hit home run to break a 0-0 tie in franchise history. Incredibly, the first one happened just two years ago when broke a 0-0 tie against Boston in the 7th inning with a pinch-hit homer.

This is also the 45th time in franchise history Cleveland won a 1-0 game with a home run providing the only offense. The most recent occurrences before tonight:

And it’s just the 12th time that 1-0 win featured a homer in the 9th inning or later. Here’s the full list of the others:

5 Players with a HR at Home

May 18, 2026

The Guardians hit six home runs in Sunday’s win over the Reds by five different players.

It was just the sixth time since moving into Jacobs Field in 1994 that the team had five different players homer in the same game:

Ramirez Reaches 20 SB

May 17, 2026

In Saturday’s game against the Reds, stole his 19th and 20th bases of the season in just his 47 game.

It’s the eighth fewest games to 20 steals in team history and only three other individuals have done it faster.

Here’s the list:

  • 1990 , 24 games
  • 1996 , 30 games
  • 1992 Lofton, 37 games
  • 1980 , 38 games
  • 1981 Dilone, 38 games
  • 1994 Lofton, 39 games
  • 1993 Lofton, 41 games

At age 33, Ramirez is easily the oldest of the group. The previous team record for most stolen bases through 47 games by a player age 33 or older was just 8 by in 2018.

Ramirez is also just the 15th player in MLB history to reach 20 stolen bases in 47 games or fewer. The most recent to do so:

  • 2008 Ichiro Suzuki
  • 2001 Mark McLemore
  • 1997
  • 1993 Rickey Henderson

 

30 HR, 85 RBI

October 6, 2025

There have been 64 instances of player hitting 30 or more home runs in team history, including ‘s 30 this year.

Only 15 of those seasons produced fewer than 100 RBI and Ramirez’s 85 RBI are the fifth fewer in a 30-homer season in team history.

The fewest: