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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

First-Half Hits by Rookies

June 12, 2026

Something to keep an eye on over the next month is ‘s hit total, as he has a chance to climb the leaderboard of most first-half hits by Cleveland rookies.

Here’s the list so far entering the 2026 season:

If you search on baseball-reference it will turn up ‘s 1950 season as his rookie year (with 86 first-half hits). But he was on the roster for the entirety of May and June in 1949, making him ineligible (the fact that he received MVP votes but no rookie of the year votes is also evidence he was not considered a rookie at the time).

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

 

David Fry ASG RBI

July 17, 2024

David Fry tied the All-Star Game up 3-3 with an RBI single in the third inning off Logan Webb. It was Cleveland’s first tying or go-ahead RBI in the All-Star game in over 20 years.

Here’s the full list: