Jose Ramirez joined the 20 HR/20 2B/20 SB club for the sixth time in his career on Sunday.
He’s one of just eight players in MLB history to reach those milestones six times. The others:
- Bobby Abreu, 9
- Barry Bonds, 9
- Bobby Bonds, 9
- Carlos Beltran, 6
- Alex Rodriguez, 6
- Raul Mondesi, 6
- Hank Aaron 6
There have been 24 20/20/20 seasons in Cleveland history, belonging to:
Steven Kwan hit his 10th home run of the season on Tuesday night. He’s the 16th different player in franchise history with at least 10 homers from the leadoff spot in a season.
The others:
In 11 games since returning from the IL, Steven Kwan is batting .535. Not only is it an impressive performance immediately following an IL stint, its the the third highest batting average in a single-season 11-game span for Cleveland since 1994.
Here’s the leaderboard in that span with a minimum of 40 PA and excluding overlapping streaks:
Justice’s 1997 season appears on here twice. It was two separate streaks with no overlapping games, one in May and another in August.
Shohei Ohtani just wrapped up a series in which he collected 8 hits, 6 RBI, 3 HR and 2 SB against the Braves.
He’s the fifth player since 1920 to post those numbers in a series:
- 2024 – Shohei Ohtani, LAD vs ATL
- 2010 – Shin-Soo Choo, CLE vs KC
- 1990 – Barry Bonds, PIT vs SD
- 1987 – Andre Dawson, CHC vs HOU
- 1922 – George Sisler, SLB vs PHI
Josh Naylor belted two home runs and drove in six against the Pirates on Tuesday.
It was his second career multi-homer game with at least six RBI, making him the 12th player in franchise history to accomplish the feat at least twice.
The others:
- Hal Trosky, 4 times
- Joe Carter, 3
- Cory Snyder, 3
- Manny Ramirez, 3
- Jose Ramirez, 3
- Earl Averill, 2
- Woodie Held, 2
- Jim Thome, 2
- Casey Blake, 2
- Shin-Soo Choo, 2
- Travis Hafner, 2
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:
Rosario, .478
Ellis Burks, .429
Russell Branyan, .423
Shin-Soo Choo, .423
Roberto Alomar, .419
Jim Thome, .408
And here’s the bottom five, among 64 qualified players:
Aaron Boone, .259
Mark Lewis, .263
Felix Fermin, .269
John McDonald, .270
Mike Aviles, .272
The MLB average over this span is .335.