Ryan McCrystal
@clevelandfan
Cleveland Guardians stats (and sometimes Cavs too). Formerly known as TribeFanMcC at the other place Albert Belle belongs in the HOF
Never heard of Bobby Magallanes until just this moment. But I immediately recognized the last name (apparently he’s Ever’s brother)
Despite his early-season struggles Kwan has been excellent with RISP this year
Bazzana had cooled off at the end of the first half, but he's red hot again🔥
Here's what Paul Hoynes wrote after Luis Medina's 2-HR game There was a lot of excitement for Medina. He hit 35 HR in the minors in 1986. Had some injuries in 87, but then had 28 HR in Triple-A in 1988 before the call up
Petey Halpin is the 11th player in franchise history to hit his first two career HRs in the same game 40 games into his career is the second deepest before it happened, trailing only Lou Boudreau
For some reason, on the day Ramos struck out 15 and hit 2 HR, they published this poem by a fan (for context, Cleveland regularly used their starters in relief. And apparently this fan thought that should be Ramos' full time job - he had a 2.12 ERA as a reliever in 1963)
Gavin Williams is the 10th player in franchise history to strike out at least 11 batters in a game in which he allowed 5 runs. The team record is 15 K by Pedro Ramos in 1963 (8.1 IP, 5 runs, 15 K) This was the game the team hit 4 straight HR (setting the AL record). Ramos hit one of those HR
Wow, I’m sure I knew this at the time but I forgot the 1998 All-Star Game was Jeff Shaw’s birthday. I remember him in that game vividly bc I thought it was so cool that his first game in a Dodgers uniform was the All-Star Game (he was traded from Reds days before)
Why on earth is this what I see when I open Netflix tonight?? Especially as someone who has used Netflix to watch sports documentaries before
The first time Cleveland hit 3 HR in a row (June 25, 1939) they almost made it four according to Gordon Cobbledick in the PD. They eventually did hit 4 in a row in 1963, but the 1961 Braves beat them to it. It's been done 11 times now.
I love when Chris Magruder pops up on a list. He couldn't really hit but he was a good defender and played hard and was one of the few watchable players on those rebuilding 2002-03 teams.
Jeff Liefer's grand slam came in the 7th inning of 4-2 win over the Royals and was his only HR with Cleveland
Last night's game provided a bunch of good notes, but I think this is my favorite clevelandbaseballhistory.com/grand-slam-p...
In the All-Star Game era (1933), only 10 players at age 33 or older have reached 30 SB before the break. Jose Ramirez is at 24 (currently tied for team record with 2016 Rajai Davis)
Travis Bazzana is on track to make the all-star team, with a strong argument to be the starter.
Petey Halpin is still searching for his first career extra-base hit after 22 games. That's tied for the 4th longest streak to begin a career in the Jacobs Field era. The franchise record is 56 games by Junior Noboa clevelandbaseballhistory.com/extra-base-h...
Cleveland has a monopoly on major-league Dions Will Dion and Dion James are the only ones.
if you gave me 500 guesses I doubt I would have come up with the name of the guy who held the MLB record before Melancon. John Johnstone with the 1999 Giants
Eric Sabrowski's 17 holds thru the Guardians first 50 games is tied for the 2nd most in MLB history (JoJo Romero still has 3 games to go before the Cardinals reach 50 games)
Jose Ramirez's career vs Tigers 169 Games .310 BA .387 OBP .594 SLG 36 HR 135 RBI 24-4 SB-CS
Prior to Carrasco, you have to go back to 1991 when the Tribe lost 8 straight behind both Dave Otto and Eric King in August and September
Travis Bazzana is the 10th player in MLB history with 0 hits and at least 4 walks thru his first 3 games.
that was my guess too. but no! Even back then listed at 225 (which feels accurate for his early career)
Ok.. so I dug into this a little more and I think you have an error here @baseball-reference.com I assume Well's comically low listed weight of 187 was based on an early-career number? But he's listed at 225 on his rookie card. By the end he was listed at 235. But certainly never 187