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Four Hits and a Grand Slam

April 8, 2026

In Wednesday’s blowout win over the Royals, collected four hits and capped off his day with an 8th inning grand slam.

He’s the 15th player in franchise history with four hits and a grand slam in a game, and the first since 2010

Here’s the list

Martinez is the first to also add a stolen base to his stat line.

Manzardo 10 K Through 4 Games

March 30, 2026

Through the Guardians first four games in Seattle, went 2-16 with 10 strikeouts, setting a franchise record for the most strikeouts through four games.

He’s just the 10th player in MLB history with double-digit strikeouts through his team’s first four games — a list which includes Cal Raleigh who matched Manzardo’s strikeout total in the same series.

The MLB record is 12 by Rafael Devers last year in Boston.

The previous team record was eight, shared by:

20/20/20 Seasons

July 28, 2024

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
  • , 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:

Kwan since IL return

June 17, 2024

In 11 games since returning from the IL, 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.

Shin-Soo Choo’s Epic Series

May 5, 2024

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 – , CLE vs KC
  • 1990 – Barry Bonds, PIT vs SD
  • 1987 – Andre Dawson, CHC vs HOU
  • 1922 – George Sisler, SLB vs PHI

One-Pitch At-Bats

February 9, 2023

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.