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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.

Jose Ramirez Grand Slam vs Royals

June 28, 2023

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

June 19, 2023

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.