October 2, 2026
Recently Jose Ramirez reached 20 stolen bases for the 8th time in his career, extending his major league record for a third baseman.
The only other player in the last 100 years with more than five seasons of 20+ stolen bases while playing at least 50% of their games at third base was Paul Molitor (six seasons).
On April 4 against the Angels, Jose Ramirez hit three home runs, tying him with Albert Belle and Jim Thome for the most multi home run games in team history (26).
He also became the sixth player in franchise history with multiple three-homer games, joining:
During the Guardians 7-0 loss to the Padres on Tuesday night, Nolan Jones struck out four times. Dating back to 1980, he’s the team’s 10th player to record a Golden Sombrero in a shutout.
The others:
Kyle Manzardo fell a single shy of the cycle on Opening Day against the Royals.
Falling one hit shy of the cycle is not a rare event, but missing out on the single is almost as uncommon as the cycle itself.
Here are the last five instances of a Cleveland hitter collecting a double, triple, home run but no single:
Jose Ramirez has collected at least 65 extra-base hits in each of the last four seasons (2021-24). He’s the sixth player with such a streak in team history.
The others:
Jose Ramirez hit 20 HR and stole 21 bases in Progressive Field this year, just the ninth 20/20 home season in history. Back in 2008, Grady Sizemore had the sixth such season.
The others:
Josh Naylor and Jose Ramirez each topped 30 home runs this year, but walked fewer than 60 times.
There have only been 17 such seasons in team history.
The only time other time it happened twice in one year was 1987: Joe Carter and Cory Snyder
The other most recent instances of 30 HR and fewer than 60 BB:
Jose Ramirez and Josh Naylor each topped 30 home runs in 2024, but David Fry and Steven Kwan tied for third with only 14.
It’s just the second time in franchise history two players topped 30 homers but no one else had more than 15. In 1934, Earl Averill and Hal Trosky topped 30 while Odell Hale finished third with only 14.
There have been two others times two players hit 30 homers while no one else hit 20:
Jose Ramirez joined the 20 HR/20 2B/20 SB club for the sixth time in his career on Sunday.
He’s one of just eight players in MLB history to reach those milestones six times. The others:
There have been 24 20/20/20 seasons in Cleveland history, belonging to:
Jose Ramirez drew 3 intentional walks yesterday. He’s just the ninth player in franchise history with 3 IBB in a game.
Here’s the full list, with the batter behind them in parentheses: