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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.

Tanner Bibee Gives up 5 HR

May 26, 2026

The Nationals helped tie a franchise record on Monday night, belting five home runs off Cleveland’s starter.

Bibee joins (2022 vs CHW), (1969 at BOS) and (1962 vs MIN) as the only players in franchise history to allow five home runs in a single game.

Bibee is the first player in franchise history to allow five home runs within the first three innings of the game.

It was also the second time Bibee has allowed four homers in a game.

Bibee is one of just 11 pitchers in franchise history with multiple 4-HR outings, joining:

Guards Lose 8th Straight Behind Bibee

May 10, 2026

It wasn’t his fault, but the Guardians lost for the eighth straight time with on the mound on Saturday.

It’s the longest longest losing streak behind a starting pitcher since they lost 10 straight behind from 2011 to 2013 (he missed the 2012 season due to injury).

Bibee and Carrasco are the only eight-game losing streaks of the Jacobs Field era.

Prior to Carrasco, you have to go back to August and September of 1991 when the Tribe lost eight straight behind and in streaks that almost perfectly overlapped.

There have only been 31 losing streaks of at least eight games behind a starting pitcher, the longest coming behind between 1989 and 1991 (he was injured for most of the 1990 season).

Bibee Falls to 0-5

May 5, 2026

The Guardians won behind on Opening Day but have since lost his last seven starts.

Bibee did not get the win on Opening Day in Seattle and has since taking the loss in five of those seven outings.

He is the 27th pitcher in franchise history to lose his first five decisions as a starting pitcher.

The most recent before Bibee:

The record is held by , who lost his first 11 decisions as a starter in 1914 before finally winning his final start of the year.

Morton would go on to pitch in over 300 games for Cleveland over his 11-year career, helping the team win the 1920 World Series.

Tanner Bibee’s Season Debut

March 27, 2026
Ferrell

In the bottom of the first inning on Opening Day, Seattle leadoff hitter Brendan Donovan got things started with a home run off .

It’s just the second time in franchise history Cleveland’s Opening Day starter has allowed a home run to the first batter of the season.

In 1932, Detroit’s Roy Johnson led off the bottom off the first with a solo shot off . Cleveland would end up winning the game in 11 innings.

Worst SP ERA Thru 9 Games

April 7, 2025

Guardians starting pitchers have a 6.70 ERA through the team’s first nine games, the fifth worst in team history.

Year ERA SP
2009 9.28 , , , , ,
1997 8.39 , , , ,
1987 8.17 , , , ,
2001 6.89 Bartolo Colon, , , ,
2025 6.70 , , , ,

7+ Runs Allowed by SP

April 6, 2025

Last night against the Angels, gave up seven runs in four innings. gave up seven runs against the Padres his last time out too.

That’s just the 12th time in franchise history at least two starters have allowed seven or more runs in a game through the team’s first eight games.

The last time it happened was in 2013:

Three Straight Rookies

August 10, 2023

Over the past three games, , and have combined to allow just one run in 19 innings of work.

Their one run allowed is the fewest combined runs allowed by rookie starting pitchers in three consecutive games in franchise history, breaking a record set by Bibee, Allen and earlier this year.

On a more depressing note, it was just the third time in franchise history the team won just one game in a three-game span in which its starting pitchers allowed one or fewer runs. The other instances:

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: