Ambassador of Kwan (Steven) - Cleveland Guardians, reaches base 15 times in 4 games.

[Mac4Lyfe]

Unreal start for this rookie.

Rookie reaches base 15 times in first 4 games

Steven Kwan has found himself in the brightest of all spotlights after a strong opening series to his first big league season, punctuated with his first career triple, two more walks and a little more history in the Guardians’ 10-7 win over the Royals at Kauffman Stadium on Monday.


With his six singles, two doubles, one triple and five walks since Opening Day, Kwan has reached base 15 times in his first four MLB games -- the most any player has logged in his first four career games since at least 1901.

[Mac4Lyfe]

Crazy stat - Kwan has not swung and missed at a single pitch in these first 4 games. He's literally made contact with every pitch he swung at. UNREAL...

[Mac4Lyfe]

Cleveland rookie Steven Kwan adds to historic start, leads Guardians past Kansas City Royals

[Mac4Lyfe]

Have you settled on a favorite Steven Kwan statistic?

Maybe that he’s the first player since Abner Doubleday hit an apple with a broom or whatever to reach base 15 times in his first four career games?

Or that he’s the second major-leaguer since the Great Depression with a five-hit game within the first three games of his career?

How about the simple fact that he has yet to swing-and-miss at any of the 82 pitches thrown his way? Or that he leads the majors in WAR, batting average, on-base percentage and puns involving his last name? (Though, admittedly, that last one is un-Kwan-tifiable.)

The Kwan hype train is surging toward Cleveland — with a quick pit stop for a couple of games in Cincinnati — where he’ll likely be overwhelmed by an ovation from a sellout crowd on Friday night. He has remained humble and grounded during this record-setting stretch and has chalked up his results to good fortune and kindness from the BABIP overlords.

[franklee168]

The Jeremy Lin of baseball. Bay area guy also. Love it.

[TheMoneyShot]

A young Ichiro in the making.

[Kermit]

That is impressive.

[Mac4Lyfe]

I probably jinxed him now.

[Mac4Lyfe]

Kwan on base twice and a sacrifice fly. This guys in freaking incredible.

[Mac4Lyfe]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Steven Kwan has now reached base 18 times in his 1st 5 MLB games, the most times on base in 1st 5 career games since at least 1901</p>&mdash; Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) <a href="https://twitter.com/SlangsOnSports/status/1514020833991479298?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" >April 12, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Mac4Lyfe]

CINCINNATI -- The streak is finally over for Steven Kwan.


Showing he’s human at the plate, or at least can actually swing and not hit the baseball, the Guardians rookie outfielder swung and foul tipped an 82-mph Nick Lodolo curveball into the glove of Reds catcher Tyler Stephenson in the first inning on Wednesday at Great American Ball Park.


The second pitch of Kwan's first at-bat was the first time in six games this season that he swung and didn't either put the ball in play or foul off the pitch (a foul tip is considered a whiff).

[Mac4Lyfe]

It was the first time in 40 swings this season that Kwan swung and missed. Per the Elias Sports Bureau, the 116 pitches seen by Kwan are the most without a swing and miss for any batter to start his career among players to debut since 2000.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We mourn the loss of Steven Kwan's incredible streak.<br><br>Please respect our privacy during this time.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ForTheLand?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5E tfw">#ForTheLand</a> <a href="https://t.co/38LlpBa41S">pic.twitter.com/38LlpBa41S</a></p>&mdash; Cleveland Guardians (@CleGuardians) <a href="https://twitter.com/CleGuardians/status/1514292949949063168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" >April 13, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Four pitches later, he struck out looking at a 94 mph sinker, the first time he struck out in the Majors.


It was his first strikeout of any kind dating to Sept. 26 with Triple-A Columbus.

[Mac4Lyfe]

These Indians bats are heating up. They've put up 6 at the top of the 5th. This team could make a pennant run.

[thetrinity]

These Indians bats are heating up. They've put up 6 at the top of the 5th. This team could make a pennant run.

old habits die hard

[Kermit]

He got an RBI via walk today.

[Mac4Lyfe]

old habits die hard

Momma call em Indians, I'ma call em Indians.