Something to keep an eye on over the next month is Chase DeLauter‘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:
- 1942 Les Fleming, 94
- 1934 Hal Trosky, 92
- 1942 Oris Hockett, 88
- 1963 Max Alvis, 82
- 1973 Charlie Spikes, 82
- 1977 Paul Dade, 80
- 1982 Julio Franco, 80
- 1992 Kenny Lofton, 90
If you search on baseball-reference it will turn up Al Rosen‘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).