NEW YORK -- Hitting 30 home runs and stealing 30 bases in the same season is an accomplishment for a reason -- it¡¯s hard to do, and it isn¡¯t done very often. In Cleveland Guardians franchise history, which dates back to 1901, no player had ever done it twice. That is, until Thursday.

Jos¨¦ Ram¨ªrez swiped himself that particular slice of franchise history in the team¡¯s 6-0 loss at Yankee Stadium, stealing his 30th base of the season following a walk in the sixth inning to record his second career 30-30 season. Ram¨ªrez, who has 32 homers, compiled his first 30-30 season in 2018, when he hit 39 homers with 34 steals.

Ram¨ªrez is the second player in MLB with a 30-30 season in 2024, along with the Dodgers¡¯ Shohei Ohtani. The six-time All-Star is also one of only three Cleveland players to ever go 30-30, and the first since Grady Sizemore in 2008. Joe Carter also achieved the feat in 1987.

¡°He¡¯s our sparkplug for a reason,¡± Guardians left fielder Steven Kwan said. ¡°I want to learn as much as I can from him. He picks his spots. It never feels like it¡¯s forced. He has his spots, he takes them. He¡¯s never stat-padding. They are meaningful statistics, so it¡¯s always really fun to watch.¡±

Additionally, Ram¨ªrez is one of only four third basemen to go 30-30, the first since David Wright in 2007. Ram¨ªrez and Howard Johnson are the only third basemen to do it multiple times. Tommy Harper also did it for Milwaukee in 1970.

Ram¨ªrez¡¯s stolen base Thursday also inched him higher on Cleveland¡¯s all-time list, pushing him one behind Ray Chapman for fifth in franchise history with 232. Ram¨ªrez is on pace for 38 steals this season, and he has averaged 19 per season and 26 every 162 games over his 12-year career. If he maintains those projections, he could put himself in a position to challenge Omar Vizquel (279) for second in franchise history in the near future. Kenny Lofton leads the way with 452.

Steals are only one of several leaderboards Ram¨ªrez should find himself climbing through the length of his current contract, which runs through 2028.

¡°He¡¯s hunting his numbers wherever he goes,¡± Kwan said. ¡°He knows his spots to go get them, and that¡¯s still a charge for us, to see a guy care about those things and the little things as well.¡±

Ram¨ªrez's milestone was a bright spot on an otherwise listless day for Cleveland¡¯s offense, which managed only Kwan¡¯s leadoff single in the series finale against Gerrit Cole and three Yankees relievers. The loss was Cleveland¡¯s fifth in six games. The Guardians have scored only five runs total in those five defeats, and they are now 12-42 (.222 winning percentage) when scoring three runs or fewer. They¡¯ve plated three runs or fewer in their past nine losses.

¡°I think it¡¯s just been a tough week,¡± manager Stephen Vogt said. ¡°We had a tough road trip offensively. We ran into tough pitching and also didn¡¯t have great at-bats at the same time. Every team is going to go through a little stretch like this. It was a tough week for us.¡±

The Guardians have the second-worst team OPS (.639) in baseball in the second half. With Thursday¡¯s loss, the Guardians also forfeited the head-to-head tiebreaker to New York, which will be important should the teams finish with identical records as division winners. The Guardians and Yankees entered their three-game set this week both leading their divisions and separated by only one-half game record-wise.

¡°We have to regroup and get back to being ourselves, go back to having good at-bats,¡± Vogt said. ¡°We are a good offensive team, we¡¯ve shown that the whole year.¡±