May 19, 2026
On Sunday afternoon, Bo Naylor collected his first career four-hit game and the 99th four-hit game by a catcher in franchise history.
Sandy Alomar Jr., Victor Martinez and Steve O’Neill are tied for the team lead with nine four-hit games as a catcher.
On Wednesday, Angel Martinez 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:
Josh Bell belted two home runs for the Diamondbacks against the Guardians on Wednesday. Dating back to 1990, its the 15th time a former member of the team had a multi-home run game against Cleveland.
Miller’s multi-homer performance is perhaps the most unique on the list as it occurred in the same season in which he played for Cleveland.
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:
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:
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:
Following the brawl between Jose Ramirez and Tim Anderson, Jose Tena was called upon to make his MLB debut as a pinch-runner for Ramirez.
Here are the most recent Cleveland players to make their debut as a pinch-runner: