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Five Hits and 5 RBI

August 26, 2026

On Tuesday night had his second career five-hit game and drove in five RBI.

It’s the 17th game in team history in which two different players have collected five hits and five RBI in a game.

Here’s the full list with the five-hit player listed first:

Four Walks by a Catcher

August 26, 2026

During Tuesday’s win over the Angels, had the 91st four-walk game in team history and just the fourth by a catcher.

Four walk games by catchers:

also had a four-walk game in 1978 in which he played catcher, but he started the game at DH and only caught the 9th inning.

Most of the players on the four-walk list are exactly who you would expect, so in an effort to capture the randomness of Bailey’s game, here are the most recent players to do so among those who were never selected to an All-Star team:

Multiple Players with 2+ Grand Slams in a Year

August 8, 2026

The Guardians hit their fifth grand slam of the year on Friday night in Chicago, this one coming from .

It was Martinez’s second grand slam of the year, joining Daniel Schneeman who has two of his own.

It’s the 13th time in franchise history multiple players have hit multiple grand slams in the same season.

Here’s the list:

Teammates with Multi-HR Game

July 21, 2026

In Monday’s win over Minnesota, and became the 29th pair of Cleveland teammates with a multi-homer game in the same contest.

Here’s the list:

Multiple Grand Slams in a Season

June 18, 2026

On Wednesday night in Milwaukee, hit his second grand slam of the season and third of his career.

It’s the 46th time in franchise history someone has hit multiple grand slams in a season and the first since in 2022.

The franchise record is six by in 2006.

The overwhelming majority of players on the list are exactly who you would expect, but here are a few names that stick out as more Schneeman-like:

DeLauter’s 5 HR Through 7 Games

April 3, 2026

In the home opener, did it again, blasting his fifth homer in his just seventh game.

He’s the fourth player in history with at least five homers through seven career regular season games, joining:

  • Trevor Story, 7
  • Rece Hinds, 5
  • Mark Quinn, 5

also had five home runs through the first seven games in which he had a plate appearance with the 2007 Yankees. However, in his third career game he was a defensive replacement and did not come to the plate, so technically it took him eight games to reach five home runs.

The previous franchise record was four, by in 1988.

and were the only others with three.

DeLauter is also just the sixth player franchise history with five homers through the team’s first eight games, joining:

Chase DeLauter’s “Debut”

March 27, 2026

Although he made his MLB debut in the postseason last year, had never appeared in a regular season contest until Opening Day in Seattle.

So his two homer game against the Mariners is the sixth in MLB history in a player’s first regular season appearance:

  • 2016 Trevor Story, Rockies
  • 2010 J.P. Arencibia, Blue Jays
  • 1999 Mark Quinn, Royals
  • 1964 Bert Campaneris, Athletics
  • 1951 , Browns

Story is the only other to do so on Opening Day. Nieman later played for Cleveland, hitting just two homers in 41 games in 1961 and 1962.

DeLauter also become just the fourth player in franchise history with two homers on Opening Day, joining this list:

DeLauter is also the 17th youngest player in MLB history with two homers on Opening Day (24 years, 170 days).

Tyler Soderstrom of the A’s (23 years, 123 days) was the last to do so at a younger age, last year. The youngest is Bryce Harper (20 years, 167 days).

HR vs. Defending Champs

May 29, 2025

On Wednesday, hit a go-ahead three-run homer in the 8th inning of the Guardians 7-4 win over the Dodgers, the team’s first go-ahead home run in the 8th inning or later against the defending champs since 2019.

Here are the rest of the go-ahead HR in 8th or later vs defending World Series champs since 2000: