Tim Herrin entered Friday’s game in the 6th inning with a runner on first and promptly walked all three batters he faced.
It was the 15th time in franchise history a Cleveland pitcher faced at least three batters and walked each one.
The most recent occurrences prior to Herrin:
This is also the first time its happened to Cleveland twice in the same year (Herrin, Karinchak).
Michael Kelly made his season debut on Saturday against the Rangers with a three-up, three-down inning with two strikeouts. It was just the fifth career game for Kelly, a 30-year-old rookie, who made his MLB debut last year for the Phillies.
Dating back to 1990, Kelly is just the 14th pitcher to post the following stats in his Cleveland debut:
- At least three batters faced
- No baserunners allowed
- 2 or more strikeouts
The other pitchers on the wonderfully random list (* indicates players in their MLB debut):
- Tim Herrin, 2023*
- James Hoyt, 2019
- Tyler Clippard, 2019
- Esmil Rogers, 2012
- Jose Veras, 2009
- Jon Meloan, 2008
- Rafael Perez, 2006*
- Fernando Cabrera, 2004*
- Cliff Bartosh, 2004*
- Nick Bierbrodt, 2003
- John Rocker, 2001
- Mike Mohler, 2000
- Jeff Russell, 1994