Steven Kwan is the 47th player in franchise history to bat .350 or higher through 40 team games with enough PA to qualify for the batting title. The record is .450 by Shoeless Joe Jackson in 1913.
The most recent players over .350 through 40 games:
Steven Kwan collected his 45th hit of the season in the team’s 30th game of the year.
Fastest to 45 hits over last 50 seasons:
Steven Kwan collected three hits against the White Sox yesterday, his fourth such game through the team’s first 10 games.
There have been 67 players with at least four three-hit games through their team’s first 10 games (only seven did it five times).
The others for Cleveland:
Steven Kwan is the 14th player in franchise history with 15 hits through eight games.
Most recent:
Steven Kwan has scored six times through the team’s first three games, becoming just the sixth player to achieve that feat.
Most runs scored through three team games:
Steven Kwan won his second Gold Glove in 2023, just his second year in the majors. He joined Ichiro Suzuki and Nolan Arenado as the only players to win a Gold Glove in each of their first two seasons in the majors. Both Ichiro and Arenado would win 10 consecutive Gold Gloves to start their careers.
In just his 12th career game, Brayan Rocchio was inserted into the leadoff spot on Thursday and went 2-4 with 2 RBI.
Here’s the list of others who have been in the leadoff spot at some point within their first 12 career games dating back to 1980 (players who made their debut batting leadoff indicated by an asterisk:
Steven Kwan collected four hits during the Guardians loss to the Phillies on Sunday.
It was his fifth career four-hit game from the leadoff spot, tying him for fifth place in franchise history. The leadoff hitters ahead of him are:
Steven Kwan had 4 hits and a stolen base last night for the second time in his career as a leadoff hitter. He’s the 13 leadoff hitter in franchise history with multiple such games. Kenny Lofton leads with 13, Charlie Jamieson with seven, Grady Sizemore with four.
Amed Rosario also had four hits from the No. 2 spot in the order. It was the 11th time in franchise history the leadoff hitter and No. 2 hitter each collected four hits.
The two previous most recent occurrences were both Lofton and Omar Vizquel in 2001 and 1996.
The only other duo to accomplish the feat twice was Jamieson and Homer Summa, both in 1923.
Steven Kwan went 2-4 with 5 RBI against the Mariners on Friday night. It was his second career 5-RBI game, making him the fourth player in franchise history with multiple 5-RBI games from the leadoff spot.
The others:
The feat has been accomplished 21 times in franchise history. A few other notables: Cesar Hernandez, Jordan Luplow, Francisco Lindor, Coco Crisp and Dale Mitchell.