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Consecutive winless starts to open the season

June 1, 2026

The Guardians bullpen blew a 3-2 lead against Boston on Sunday afternoon, extending ‘s winless streak to 13 games, a franchise record to open the season.

Here’s Cleveland’s all-time leaderboard of winless streaks to open the year:

It’s also worth mentioning , who had a streak of 16 winless starts in 2004 – eight with the Rockies and then eight more after being acquired by Cleveland.

Bibee hasn’t been great, but he also doesn’t deserve to be winless in 13 starts.

Hentges, Waits, McDowell and Mejia all had ERAs of 5.50 or worse.

Bibee’s ERA sits at 4.57, though Morton’s inability to win a game despite a 3.24 ERA was even more baffling.

The MLB record technically belongs to Ryan Stanek, who had separate winless streaks of 27 and 29 games for Tampa, but those were as an opener. The real record is 23 games by Oakland’s Matt Keough in 1979.

Williams and Bibee Dominate

August 9, 2023

In consecutive games against the Blue Jays, and tossed seven shutout innings.

Lopez
Mutis

It’s the first time rookie starters pitched at least seven scoreless innings in consecutive games since and in 1993 against the California Angels.

Mutis tossed a complete-game four-hit shutout, while Lopez tossed seven scoreless before giving way to the bullpen.

Here’s the full list of rookie starters to toss 7+ shutout innings in consecutive games, with their combined strikeouts in parentheses:

The 18 combined strikeouts by Williams and Bibee are also tied for the second most by rookie starters pitching in consecutive games. Here’s the leaderboard:

OPS vs No. 3 Hitters

February 19, 2023

Considering the era in which he played, Corey Kluber‘s appearance on this list is remarkable.

Lowest OPS allowed to No. 3 hitters (min. 100 batters faced):

The No. 3 hitters with the most plate appearances against Kluber that year:

  • Miguel Cabrera, 13
  • Eric Hosmer, 9
  • Mike Trout, 7
  • Evan Longoria, 7

Trout was the only No.3 hitter to homer off Kluber that year.

In total, No. 3 hitters batted .149 with a .206 OBP against Kluber in 2016.