Josh Naylor and Jose Ramirez each topped 30 home runs this year, but walked fewer than 60 times.
There have only been 17 such seasons in team history.
The only time other time it happened twice in one year was 1987: Joe Carter and Cory Snyder
The other most recent instances of 30 HR and fewer than 60 BB:
Tyler Freeman grounded into 15 double plays in 2024. That’s not an unheard-of amount by any means, but what makes it unique is he had more double plays than doubles.
Freeman’s 14 doubles are the seventh most by a Cleveland hitter to finish with more GIDPs than doubles.
Here’s the leaderboard:
The most doubles by a Cleveland hitter to double his doubles with double plays is seven by Joe Azcue in 1965 (7 doubles, 15 GIDP)
Bo Naylor collected three against the Royals in his 20th career game.
Dating back to 1990, he’s the 11th Cleveland rookie with multiple three-hit games through 20 career games, joining:
Steven Kwan went 5-11 with the bases loaded last season, with a two singles, a double, triple and grand slam. He’s the 10th player in franchise history to hit for the cycle with the bases loaded in a single season.
The others: