After going 1-2 with three walks against the Giants last night, Angel Martinez has reached base nine times through his first four career games. Only three players in franchise history have reached base more times through four games in franchise history.
The others:
Angel Martinez collected two hits today against the White Sox. He’s played in just three games and already has two career multi-hit games.
He’s just the 23rd player in team history with multiple multi-hit games within his first three games. Only Riggs Stevenson in 1921 accomplished the feat in all three games.
The most recent to join the list prior to Martinez:
A few other notables on the list: Jim Hegan (1941), Lou Boudreau (1939) and Earl Averill (1929).
Through his first 100 games, David Fry posted a .409 on-base percentage, tied with Honus Wagner, Mike Hargrove and others for 42nd in MLB history (min. 250 PA).
Here’s the leaderboard dating back to 1990, putting Fry in elite company:
And here’s Cleveland’s leaderboard for highest OBP through 100 career games (min. 250 PA):