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Guardians All Time Leaders – Through 2025

To paraphrase from a famous movie, the one constant through all the years has been baseball.  As we head into 2026, we continue our look at the all-time leaders in both offensive and defensive categories for all 30 teams. Today, we take a deeper dive into the Cleveland Guardians.

Then known as the Bluebirds, the Guardians were one of the charter members of the American League in 1901.  After a few name changes, they settled on the Indians name in 1915 before transitioning to the Guardians in 2022.  I’ve seen 307 players wearing the various Cleveland uniforms in the 69 of their games that I’ve attended live, including Games 4 and 5 of the 2016 World Series and two games against the White Sox at Progressive Field in 2019.

Home Runs

Name Total
Victor Martinez 6
Jose Ramirez 6
Jason Kipnis 5

Hits

Name Total
Jose Ramirez 25
Victor Martinez 24
Carlos Santana 24

Runs

Name Total
Jose Ramirez 20
Grady Sizemore 14
Shin-Soo Choo 13
Jhonny Peralta 13

RBI

Name Total
Carlos Santana 19
Jose Ramirez 16
Victor Martinez 16

Doubles

Name Total
Jose Ramirez 7
Carlos Santana 5
Josh Naylor 5

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Active Batting Leaders – Through 2022

Last month, we looked at the overall leaders on both sides of the ball from all of the games I’ve attended between 1984 and 2022.  With the end of spring training in sight, Opening Day is right around the corner.  Let’s take another look at those numbers, limiting it to players that are still active heading in to the 2023 season.

Home Runs

Name Total
Jose Abreu 49
Tim Anderson 23
Avisail Garcia 15
Javier Baez 13
Miguel Cabrera 13
Yoan Moncada 13

Hits

Name Total
Jose Abreu 273
Tim Anderson 194
Yoan Moncada 113
Avisail Garcia 101
Yolmer Sanchez 93

Runs

Name Total
Jose Abreu 129
Tim Anderson 107
Avisail Garcia 58
Yoan Moncada 57
Yolmer Sanchez 46

RBI

Name Total
Jose Abreu 159
Tim Anderson 68
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2022 Final Batting Leaders

Another baseball season is in the books, with the White Sox disappointing their fans by not just failing to return to the now-expanded postseason, but also failing to post a winning record.  The Cubs, meanwhile, struggled as expected in the first half of the season but managed to put together a decent enough second half, leading some to believe that a big offseason of free agent signings will put them right back in contention.  Let’s take a look back at the offensive leaders for the 33 games that I attended this season.

Home Runs

Name Total
Gavin Sheets 6
Jose Abreu 4
Luis Robert 4
A.J. Pollock 3
Eloy Jimenez 3

Hits

Name Total
Jose Abreu 31
Tim Anderson 26
Gavin Sheets 23
A,J. Pollock 20
Luis Robert 19

Runs

Name Total
Luis Robert 15
Jose Abreu 13
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2022 All Star Break Batting Leaders

The All-Star Game is on tap for tonight in Los Angeles, with four total representatives from the Cubs and White Sox.  As we get ready for the stars to come out, let’s take a look at the first half offensive leaders for the 21 games I attended, starting with:

Home Runs

Name Total
Luis Robert 4
Gavin Sheets 3
Jose Abreu 3
Jake Burger 2
Joey Gallo 2
Tim Anderson 2
Jorge Polanco 2
Josh Naylor 2
Andrew Vaughn 2

Hits

Name Total
Luis Robert 19
Jose Abreu 16
Tim Anderson 16
Gavin Sheets 15
Andrew Vaughn 11
Adam Engel 11
A.J. Pollock 11

Runs

Name Total
Luis Robert 15
Tim Anderson 9
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