Mike Aviles Archives - Cleveland Baseball History

Grand Slam Provides Only Offense

June 18, 2026

In Wednesday’s loss to the Brewers, Daniel Schneemann‘s grand slam provided the only offense in the 9-4 loss.

That’s the first time a grand slam was Cleveland’s only offense since…. Daniel Schneemann’s last grand slam in April!

Here are all the instances dating back to 1990:

Kipnis and Belle’s grand slams were walk-offs.

April 18, 2026

In the 7th inning of Friday’s game against the Orioles, Daniel Schneeman broke open a 0-0 game with a grand slam off reliever Anthony Nunez.

It was just the second time in franchise a 0-0 tied had been broken with a grand slam in the 7th inning or later.

The first was Mike Aviles‘ 9th-inning grand slam off Joaquin Benoit in Detroit in 2013.

February 9, 2023

Amed Rosario enters 2023 with a .478 batting average when putting the ball in play since joining Cleveland.

Dating back to 1990, that’s the highest average among Cleveland hitters with at least 100 one-pitch at-bats:

And here’s the bottom five, among 64 qualified players:

The MLB average over this span is .335.