Jose Ramirez and Josh Naylor both reached 30 RBI through the team’s first 50 games this year.
Most recent seasons with two players with 30+ RBI through 50 games:
Josh Naylor has six homers and a .329 BA through his first 20 games of the season.
Most recent Cleveland hitters with at least 6 HR and a .325 BA through 20 games:
Andres Gimenez reached base 5 times in Friday’s win at Oakland. It was just the 10th time in franchise history someone has reached base at least 5 times in either the first or second game of the season.
Others since 2000:
David Fry went 3-4 on Opening Day against the Athletics, becoming the 68th player in franchise history with a three-hit day on Opening Day.
The others to do so since 2000:
Jose Ramirez belted two home runs on Sunday afternoon as Cleveland shutout the White Sox behind Aaron Civale and the bullpen.
Dating back to 2000, it was the 16th time a Cleveland hitter had a multi-homer game in a shutout, and the fifth time it has involved Ramirez.
Here’s the rest list with the hitter, followed by the starting pitcher:
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:
Josh Naylor closed out the first half with 64 RBI, tied for 27th most in franchise history before the break. Obviously most of the players ahead of him on that list made the All-Star team.
Naylor is the 10th player in franchise history with at least 64 RBI to not be selected to the game. The list:
Hafner, Trosky and Horton never ended up making any All-Star team.
Steven Kwan went 5-11 with the bases loaded last season, with a two singles, a double, triple and grand slam. He’s the 10th player in franchise history to hit for the cycle with the bases loaded in a single season.
The others:
Only 11.3% of Carlos Santana‘s strikeouts were on three pitches, the team’s lowest rate dating back to 2000.
Here’s the top six, among players with at least 200 total strikeouts in that span:
Carlos Santana, 11.3%
Jim Thome, 12.4%
Travis Hafner, 12.5%
Ryan Garko, 12.8%
Travis Fryman, 12.9%
Matt LaPorta, 13.0%