Tag: Jose Ramirez

  • 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.

Jose Ramirez Ties Franchise All-Star Record

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Jose Ramirez‘s double off Camilo Doval in the All-Star Game was his fifth career hit in the event, tying Kenny Lofton and Sandy Alomar Jr. for the most in franchise history.

Ramirez went 1-2 in the game, which actually dropped his career ASG batting average to .556, tied for the second highest among players with at least nine at-bats:

  • Richie Ashburn, .600 (6-10)
  • Yadier Molina, .556 (5-9)
  • Ramirez, .556 (5-9)
  • Moises Alou, .500 (5-10)
  • Charlie Gehringer, .500 (10-20)
  • Ted Kluszewski, .500 (7-14)

Former Indians Joe Carter and Leon Wagner (.455 each) are tied for 10th on the list, but neither played in an All-Star Game in a Cleveland uniform.

The next highest to represent Cleveland in the game is Alomar, who checks in at 18th with a .417 average (5-12).

Andres Gimenez HR and 3 SB

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Last night against the Royals, became the fifth different Cleveland hitter with a home run and at least three stolen bases in the same game.

The others:

Jose Ramirez Grand Slam vs Royals

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Jose Ramirez‘s grand slam against the Royals was the 13th in franchise history at Kauffman Stadium.

Most Grand Slams by Road Stadium:

  • Fenway Park, 15
  • Kauffman Stadium, 13
  • Guaranteed Rate, 13
  • Tiger Stadium, 12
  • Yankee Stadium (old), 11

This isn’t too surprising since Kauffman opened in 1973, but they actually didn’t hit their first grand slam there since 1998 (Manny Ramirez off Glendon Rusch).

Strikeouts vs Position Players

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In his final at bat last night, Bo Naylor struck out against Diamondbacks infielder Josh Rojas.

He’s the 14th Cleveland hitter to strike out against a position player over the last 50 seasons joining:

Martinez’s inclusion gets an asterisk because it was an add situation.

With the Indians leading the A’s 10-2 in the bottom of the 8th, Martinez fouled off a pitch against A’s pitcher Kelly Downs, who then began shouting at Martinez because he swung “too hard.”

Martinez shouted back and both players were ejected with the count at 2-2.

A’s manager Tony La Russa brought third baseman Kevin Seitzer in to pitch, and called upon , who took the only pitch he saw for a strike, resulting in a strikeout.

Some odd rules apply to this situation, which officially result in Seitzer getting credit for a strikeout of Martinez, even though they never actually faced each other.

It’s also worth mentioning Naylor’s strikeout occurred before collecting his first career hit. While I can’t confirm this, it’s reasonable to guess he may be the first player in MLB history to strike out against a position player before recording a hit.