JOS? ENRIQUE RAM?REZ...Daughter, Isabela...In the off-season he enjoys going to the beach and spending time with his family...Spent 2015-17 off-season training at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla....Four-time recipient of the MLBPAA Heart and Hustle Award.
2023
Had yet another productive campaign, finishing 10th in the MVP voting (sixth career Top-10 finish), finishing second on the club in bWAR (5.1)...Has finished in the Top 2 on the club in bWAR in each of the last four seasons since 2020 and six of the last seven since 2017...Second team All-MLB...Is one of just 17 players since 1980 (44 seasons) to have at least four top-4 MVP finishes (Barry Bonds leads with 10)...Is the only player in franchise history with at least 150 career home runs and 150 stolen bases (one of just four active in MLB with 200 SB/200 HR...11th player in MLB history w/200 SB & 200 career HR by age-30 MLB season...Owns four of the top-nine HR seasons by a switch-hitter in club history...20/20 Seasons: His five seasons of at least 20 HR and 20 steals are the most in club history (Sizemore four) and tied for most among active players (M Trout)...T10th all-time in MLB history (Barry/Bobby Bonds each had 10)...Six seasons of at least 20 homers is T3rd in club history...Continues to climb up the career lists in club history, ranking in the Top 10 in position player bWAR (8th, 45.6), doubles (6th, 325), home runs (T5th, 216), steals (7th, 202) and extra base hits (4th, 579)...98 games of at least two extra base hits ranks fifth in club history, is fourth with 23 multi-HR games in Cleveland history...His club record 22 int’l walks led the Majors and marked second straight season leading MLB in IBB (now third in career IBB with 76, Thome 87/Hafner 78)…Has 42 iBB the last two campaigns...200th career steal on Sept. 18 at KC...First career ejection Aug. 5 vs. CWS after altercation with Tim Anderson which led to two-game suspension (served 8/12-13)...2023 SEASON: Hit .348 (31-for-89) over his last 22 games after Sept. 6...MLB Third Basemen Ranks: AVG (1st, .282), OPS (4th,.831), fWAR (2nd, 5.1), hits (2nd, 172)...5XBH over two games, June 8-9, which included his first career three homer game on June 8 vs. Boston (and 200th career HR)...Seventh career game HR from each side of plate...125 GS at 3B, 31GS at DH...Finalist for Rawlings Gold Glove Award...Was second in AL w/27 go-ahead RBI & T2nd w/14 game-winning RBI...32 walks/17 iBB after sixth inn.(11 iBB in extra innings)...23rd career multi HR game (fourth club hist.) on 7/30 @CWS…200th career HR (T5th in club hist. 216 career HR)…First straight steal of home, 6/29 at KC.
2022
Franchise icon enjoyed another historic season, notching another top-four finish in the AL MVP voting after signing a seven-year extension through the 2028 season prior to the home opener (April 15)…Only he (4) and Mike Trout have as many top-four MVP finishes over the last seven seasons since 2016… Is one of just 15 players since 1980 (43 seasons) to have at least four top-4 MVP finishes (Barry Bonds leads with 10)…Among active players, he only trails Mike Trout (8) and is tied for second with Paul Goldschmidt and Miguel Cabrera.…Is the only player in franchise history with at least 150 career home runs and 150 stolen bases (one of seven active in MLB)…Owns four of the top-nine HR seasons by a switch-hitter in club history...Led the AL in doubles for the second time (first CLE batter since Lou Boudreau to lead AL in doubles multiple times, 1941-47)…Also led AL in go-ahead RBI (31)…His 126 RBI were second in the AL and 3rd in the Majors and the most by a Cleveland batter since Juan Gonzalez (140) in 2001…His 126 RBI were most-ever by a switch-hitter in club history... His 20 int’l walks led the Majors and were 2nd most in a single-season in club history (now 3rd in career IBB with 54)…Was also T3rd in MLB in XBH (78)…Drove in 18.1 percent of the Guardians’ runs (126 of 698), the highest % of any player in MLB…Only he and Al Rosen own three seasons of at least 100 RBI in club history among third basemen...Continues to climb up the career lists in club history, ranking in the top 10 in position player bWAR (9th, 40.3), doubles (8th, 289), home runs (T10th, 192), steals (7th, 174) and extra base hits (7th, 514)…His 416 XBH since 2017 (last 6 seasons) lead all ML hitters...Enjoyed a monster start to the season, earning AL Player of the Month honors in April for the third time, batting .342 (27/79) in 21 games with seven 2B, seven HR & 28 RBI (1.133 OPS)… Led the Majors in RBI (7 more than any other hitter) and was T2nd in HR and OPS…Recorded 1000th career hit, Apr. 15 vs. SF…His 20 RBI over first 11 team games were T2nd most in MLB history and most since Manny Ramirez (CLE, 1999, 22-RBI); 2nd player (Willie Mays, 1964) w/10 XBH and 20 RBI first 11 games…Was only the 2nd player (since 1920) w/at least 12 hits & 14 RBI over first six games (Pat Burrell 2005)…Earned two AL player of the week awards over the first seven weeks of the season...Trajectory of the season took a turn in mid-June after tearing the UCL ligament in his right thumb…At the time of the injury (June 17) he was hitting .305 (69/226) with 20 2B, four 3B, 16 HR & 62 RBI over the first 60 games (.397/.642/1.039)…In fact, his 40 XBH were a club record for 59 games…He was leading the Majors in XBH and RBI, 13 more than Aaron Judge, and was third in OPS behind Goldschmidt and Trout (just ahead of Judge) …From that point on he batted .264 (99/375) with 24 2B, one 3B, 13 HR and 64 RBI over his final 97 games (.329/.437/.766)…His 75 RBI at the AS Break were T5th-most in club history…Was still 2nd in the AL and T3rd in the Majors in 2nd half RBI (51) and was such a force in September he ranked T4th in MLB in walks (18, 11 IBB)…His 20 int'l walks led Majors (first in club history to do so) and were a club record (stat began in 1955)…Was again a finalist for the Rawlings Gold Glove award(6X career), making 127 starts at third base (30 at DH) and was credited with 2 DRS… Hit .330 (89/270) w/ men on, .331 (52/157) with RISP and .346 (18-for-52) w/RISP2… Batted .320 (112-for-350) w/54 XBH and 103RBI in club’s 90 wins(73 runs)…Was T3rd in MLB with 16 games of at least 2 XBH (89 for career; 8th-most in club history)…Was third in in AL in hits (10) thru the first two rounds of the postseason prior to exit and hit go-ahead HR in Game 1 of the ALWC vs. TB, his second career postseason HR…He batted .333 (10/30) with two 2B, one HR & four RBI in seven games (.844 OPS).
2021
Turned in yet another prolific season, earning his fourth top-six finish in the A.L. Most Valuable Player voting since 2017, tied for the most in MLB with Mike Trout over the five-year span…Ended the season as one of two players to have 35-or-more home runs, 100-or-more RBI, 100-or-more runs and 25-or-more steals (36HR, 103 RBI, 111 runs, 27 SB), joining A.L. MVP Shohei Ohtani... Marked his second season passing the above marks (also 2018), making him just the 9th player in MLB history to have multiple seasons turning the trick (T2nd-most with several behind Barry Bonds - four seasons; only player in club history with one such season)… Became just the second third basemen (75% of games) in club history w/ multiple 30-HR seasons (Al Rosen) and the fourth in club history with multiple 100-RBI seasons…José is the only player club history with 150 career HR & 150 career steals... According to FanGraphs, the Cleveland third baseman finished the season sixth in fWAR in MLB (6.3), third in the A.L. behind Toronto’s Vladimir Guerrero, Jr. (6.7) and Marcus Semien (6.6)…Over the last two seasons, his combined fWAR of 9.8 leads MLB, slightly ahead of Trea Turner (9.6)… Ramírez finished the year with 73 extra-base hits (T8th-most in MLB) and has tallied 338 extra-base hits since the start of 2017, most among MLB players over that span ahead of Cincinnati's Nick Castellanos (334) and St. Louis' Nolan Arenado (327)…His 36 home runs were third-most in a single season by a switch-hitter, just shy of his 2018 mark of 39, giving him 163 for his career (only Carlos Santana has more in club history with 216)... The Rawlings Gold Glove finalist was tied for most defensive runs saved (10) among MLB third basemen along with Oakland's Matt Chapman (10)…For the year compiled a .955 (333TC/15E) in 132 starts at third base…Was his fifth career Rawlings Gold Glove finalist nomination…Over his last 20 games, Sept. 14-on, was 25-for-71 (.352),4 2B, 3HR, 16RBI, 18R to end season and posted a .933 OPS from Aug. 1-Oct 3 to end year…Earned his fourth career A.L. Player of the Week nod, Sept. 13-19...Finished the second half among AL league leaders in runs (5th, 51), RBI (T6th, 51), XBH (T7th, 35) and OPS (8th, .919) and posted 51 RBI over his last 65 games (July 23rd-on)…16 of his homers tied game or gave club the lead…Tied for fifth in MLB in homers (53) over the last two seasons.
2020
Enjoyed an outstanding season, finishing second in the American League Most Valuable Player voting and led MLB in fWAR (3.4)... Marked the highest finish by a Cleveland player since 1995 (Albert Belle) and just the fourth runner-up MVP finish in Cleveland history. Now has three MVP top-3 finishes since 2017, the most in Major League Baseball over the four-year span...For the season, Ram?rez batted .292 (64-for-219) with 45 runs, 16 doubles, 1 triple, 17 home runs and 46 RBI in 58 games (.386/.607/.993)....His fWAR (*) of 3.4 finished tied for first in MLB (ATL Freddie Freeman) as he finished tied for first in the American League in runs, extra-base hits (34) and multi-hit games (21).... Was at his best when it counted the most, winning AL Player of the Month honors in September (second time career) after batting .366 (30-for-82) with 10 HR and 24 RBI over the final 23 games of the campaign...Including the two Postseason games, his final 14 hits of the season went for extra bases...His four two-homer games led all of Major League Baseball as he recorded 41 RBI over his final 47 games of the season...Led MLB in extra-base hits (15), HR (8) and OPS (1.407) vs. left-handed pitching....His 4.51 pitches seen per plate appearance led the AL...Over the final 12 games of the regular season, José hit .442 (19-for-43) with 8 2B, 6 homers and 18 RBI as the club went 9-3 over that span to conclude the season.
2019
Put together another historic offensive season, joining Grady Sizemore (2008) and Joe Carter (1987) as the only three Indians players in franchise history with at least 30 steals and 30 home runs in a season...As late as July, hewas vying to become the first American League player since Ty Cobb (1909) to lead the league in steals and home runs...Became the fourth player whose primary position was third base to enjoy a 30HR/30SB season, joining David Wright (2007), Howard Johnson (1987, '89, '91) and Tommy Harper (1970)...Became the 25th player in MLB history and first Indian with at least 30 homers & steals and at least 100 runs & RBI (last done by Ryan Braun in 2012; the last overall player in MLB along with Mike Trout to record a 30/30 season; Mookie Betts joined them in late September)...Became the first third baseman in club history to notch multiple Silver Slugger Awards, was a top-three finalist for the Rawlings Gold Glove Award (3B) and again placed third in the A.L. MVP voting...Sporting News Postseason A.L. All-Star...Became the franchise's all-time single-season leader for home runs by a switch-hitter (39), connecting for his 35th homer on August 13 at Cincinnati, breaking Carlos Santana's mark of 34 in 2016 in team game #118...Ramirez and Francisco Lindor became the first pair of switch-hitting teammates to each hit 30 homers in a season and also the first switch-hitting pair to record 20 steals and 20 homers within the same season...He and Lindor were the first duo in club history with at least 50 extra-base hits in first half and the first MLB teammates to each get 80 extra-base hits in consecutive seasons since Joe DiMaggio and Lou Gehrig did so for the Yankees in 1936-37...For the second consecutive year, Ramίrez was elected theAL starting third baseman...Entered the break hitting .302 (108-for-358) with 26 doubles, 29 home runs and 70 RBI in 94 games (20 SB)...Entered the break leading the A.L.in extra-base hits, tied-first in HR, second in RBI and third in steals...The last Indians third baseman to start consecutive All-Star contests was Al Rosen (1953-54)...Enjoyed a career-high 32-game on-base streak (via hit or walk) from May 22-June 26... Set a club record with 29 first-half homers, tied for the most in MLB history by a switch-hitter (Lance Berkman; Mickey Mantle)...Became the fourth player in MLB history w/30+HR, 20+SB over a team's first 100 games of season (AlexRodriguez 1998; JeffBagwell 1999; Alfonso Soriano 2006).... Ramίrez joined Bobby Abreu, Barry Bonds and Bagwell as the only players in MLB history with at least 100 runs/walks/RBI and 30 HR/steals (9th time overall)...Named A.L Player of the Month for July, batting .322 (29-for-90) with 8 HR, 25 RBI and an OPS of 1.164...His 31 games of multiple extra-base hits since the beginning of 2017 are the most in MLB over that span...Also leads MLB with 172 extra-base hits since the start of 2017...Overall made 137 starts at third base, four starts at DH and made 16 starts at second base...Was fourth among A.L. third basemen with three defensive runs saved (Fangraphs)...Slumped over the last two months, hitting .203 (37-for-182) after August 2 and from August 15-on he batted .166 (24-for-145) with 3 HR and 16 RBI over his last 40 games...Hit .360 (18-for-50) with RISP -2outs... Finished second in MLB for the month of May with a 1.189 OPS.
2018
Put together another historic offensive season, joining Grady Sizemore (2008) and Joe Carter (1987) as the only three Indians players in franchise history with at least 30 steals and 30 home runs in a season...As late as July, he was vying to become the first American League player since Ty Cobb (1909) to lead the league in steals and home runs...Became the fourth player whose primary position was third base to enjoy a 30HR/30SB season, joining David Wright (2007), Howard Johnson (1987, '89, '91) and Tommy Harper (1970)...Became the 25th player in MLB history and first Indian with at least 30 homers & steals and at least 100 runs & RBI (last done by Ryan Braun in 2012; the last overall player in MLB along with Mike Trout to record a 30/30 season; Mookie Betts joined them in late September)...Became the first third baseman in club history to notch multiple Silver Slugger Awards, was a top-three finalist for the Rawlings Gold Glove Award (3B) and again placed third in the A.L. MVP voting...Sporting News Postseason A.L. All-Star...Became the franchise's all-time single-season leader for home runs by a switch-hitter (39), connecting for his 35th homer on August 13 at Cincinnati, breaking Carlos Santana's mark of 34 in 2016 in team game #118...Ramirez and Francisco Lindor became the first pair of switch-hitting teammates to each hit 30 homers in a season and also the first switch-hitting pair to record 20 steals and 20 homers within the same season...He and Lindor were the first duo in club history with at least 50 extra-base hits in first half and the first MLB teammates to each get 80 extra-base hits in consecutive seasons since Joe DiMaggio and Lou Gehrig did so for the Yankees in 1936-37...For the second consecutive year, Ramίrez was elected the American League starting third baseman in the All-Star Game...Entered the break hitting .302 (108-for-358) with 26 doubles, 29 home runs and 70 RBI in 94 games (20 SB)...Entered the break leading the A.L. in extra-base hits, tied-first in HR, second in RBI and third in steals...The last Indians third baseman to start consecutive All-Star contests was Al Rosen in 1953 and 1954...Enjoyed a career-high 32-game on-base streak (via hit or walk) from May 22-June 26...Set a club record with 29 first-half homers, tied for the most in MLB history by a switch-hitter (Lance Berkman; Mickey Mantle)...Became the fourth player in MLB history w/30+HR, 20+SB over a team's first 100 games of season (Alex Rodriguez 1998; Jeff Bagwell 1999; Alfonso Soriano 2006)....Ramίrez joined Bobby Abreu, Barry Bonds and Bagwell as the only players in MLB history with at least 100 runs/ walks/RBI and 30 HR/steals (9th time overall)...Named A.L Player of the Month for July, batting .322 (29-for-90) with 8 HR, 25 RBI and an OPS of 1.164...His 31 games of multiple extra-base hits since the beginning of 2017 are the most in MLB over that span...Also leads MLB with 172 extra-base hits since the start of 2017...Overall made 137 starts at third base, four starts at DH and made 16 starts at second base...Was fourth among A.L. third basemen with three defensive runs saved (Fangraphs)...Slumped over the last two months, hitting .203 (37-for-182) after August 2 and from August 15-on he batted .166 (24-for-145) with 3 HR and 16 RBI over his last 40 games...Hit .360 (18-for-50) with RISP-2outs... Finished second in MLB for the month of May with a 1.189 OPS...His 33 go-ahead RBI led team and were 14 more than any other club batter.
2017
Enjoyed one of the finest offensive season's in Indians history, joining Grady Sizemore (2006) as the only Indians with at least 100 runs scored, 50 doubles, 25 home runs and 15 stolen bases within the same campaign, earning his first American League All-Star selection while finishing in the top 10 in MLB in B-R WAR (6.9, 7th among pos. players), extra-base hits, doubles and total bases... His extra-base hits (91) and doubles (56) totals each ranked in the top 5 in a single-season in the 117-year history of the franchise... 91 extra-base hits were 2nd-most ever by a switch-hitter in MLB history (Lance Berkman 94 in 2001)... Passed Jimmy Rollins (88 in 2007) during the final week of the season...Became the 19th player in MLB history with at least 56 doubles in a season, the first since Brian Roberts (BAL) also had 56 in 2009...Was a top-three finalist for the Rawlings Gold Glove Award at third base & won first career Silver Slugger Award ...Earned third place finish in the 2017 A.L. MVP voting announced on Nov. 16. Became the first Indians hitter since Grady Sizemore (92) in 2006 to lead the A.L. in extra-base hits, the first Indians infielder sine A.L. Rosen in 1953 (75) to lead the circuit in XBH and the most by an Indians infielder since 1B Hal Trosky's 96 in 1936...The last Indians infielder to lead the league in doubles was Lou Boudreau in 1947 (45)...Season was encapsulated into a single day as he tied the Major League record for extra-base hits in a game at Detroit on Sept. 3, going 5-for-5 with 3 doubles and 2 homers, the 13th player in 132-year history of MLB (3rd Indians player) to record 5 extra-base hits in a contest...Was his first career 5-hit game. Became the first player in modern MLB history with as many as 14 extra-base hits over a 7-game span, June 14-19 (Elias)...Was the first of two 7-game extra-base hit streaks (also June 29-July 6), the first Indians hitter ever to have two such streaks within the same season, the first MLB hitter since Chase Utley (2008) with two before the All-Star break, just the 7th in MLB since 1913 (Stats LLC)...Recorded at least 2 hits in 9 straight games, June 14-21, the longest streak by an Indians batter since 1936 (Roy Hughes)...Joe Jackson had an 11-game multiple hit streak in 1911 and a 10-gamer in 1910...Jose Altuve also had a 9-game streak in 2015...Doubled in a club record 7 straight games, June 14-19, just one shy of the MLB record (Yadier Molina 2016, Derrek Lee 2007). His .957 OPS was the highest among A.L. players who appeared in at least 80 games at third base...That .957 OPS is the highest in MLB history among players who appeared in at least 60 games at both second and third base within the same season...On the year he appeared in 71 games at second (65 starts) and 88 games at third (86 starts)...Club was 47-18 (.723) when he started at second base. Enjoyed six 2-homer games on the season, which was tied for 4th among all MLB hitters behind Stanton's 10 (4/15 vDET, 6/17@MIN, 7/2 & 9/3 @DET, 8/28@NYY, 9/5@CWS)...Also homered from both sides of the plate three times (6/17, 7/2, 9/3) to equal A.L. single-season record (last Teixeira 2009)... April 15 game vs. Detroit featured a career-high 6 RBI... Batted .267 (72/270) w/2 K & .248 (41/165) when behind in the count. Batted .423 (30/71) with 17 runs, 11 2B, 8 HR & 14 RBI over the club's A.L. record 22-game hitting streak, Aug. 24-Sept. 14 (1.405 OPS)...From August 24-end of the season he batted .400 (46/115) with 27 runs, 17 2B, 11 HR and 24 RBI over his final 30 games...That stretch was coming off an 8-for-60 stretch from Aug. 5-23 that dropped his average to .300...Batted .301 (74/246) w/runners on...From June 14-end of the season he batted .342 (124/363) with 74 runs, 43 2B, 4 3B, 21 HR & 56 RBI (1.051 OPS) over the final 92 games of the season...Batting .330 (189/572) at home since the start of the 2016 season....Struck out just five times from September 1 on, a span of 101 plate appearances.
2016
Was one of the club's most versatile and valuable players, playing nearly every day between left field and third base and collected career-bests in every offensive category in his first full season in the Major Leagues…Appeared at four different positions and started at all nine spots in the batting order as his production eased the loss of Michael Brantley for most of the season....Ranked 4th on the team in fWAR (4.6) behind Lindor, Kluber and Kipnis and was 3rd in MLB in doubles (46), the most by an Indians switch-hitter in club history and the most by an Indian since Grady Sizemore in 2006 (53)...Made 47 starts (48 games) in left field, 91 starts (117 games) at third base, 3 starts (9 games) at second base and 3 starts (5 games) at shortstop…Was the primary third baseman over the last two months of the season following the release of Juan Uribe (only appeared at 3B after July 30)…Was lethal in the clutch, hitting .346 (80-231) with runners on base (4th-highest in the American League) and .355 (50-141) with runners in scoring position (T5th-highest in the A.L.)…Hit .366 (26-71) with RISP and two-outs on the year, .636 (7-11) with a runner on third base and .400 (6-15) with the bases loaded...Enjoyed a career-high 18-game hitting streak from July 26-August 14, the longest by an Indian in 2016 (.32/72, .444, 17R, 4 HR, 10 RBI)...From July 26 thru the end of the season he batted .347 (85-245) with 37 R, 24 2B, 2 3B, 7 HR and 35 RBI over the last 63 games of the season (reached base safely in 56 of the final 63 games of the season via hit or walk)...Was the 3rd-hardest player in the league in strikeout (565 at bats, in 62 strikeouts, 9.1:1)… Also ranked 2nd in the A.L. in batting average with two strikes (.275, 79/287) and also recorded an OPS of .728 with two strikes (7th in MLB)…Was 18th in the A.L. in batting average after the 6th inning (.288, 47/163)...Hit .350 (41/117) in August with 10 2B, 1 3B, 5 HR & 18 RBI in 30 games (.968 OPS)…7 of his 11 home runs came after the 6th inning...Became the fourth Indians player (fifth time) to homer and steal three bases in the same game on August 12 vs. the LA Angels (3-for-5, career-high 4 runs, 2B, HR, 2RBI, 3 SB)…Became the third Indians player (fourth time) to steal at least 3 bases and score 4 or more runs in the same game, the first since Kenny Lofton in September 2000 (Lofton 2x, Ray Chapman 1918)…Indians were 48-31 (.608) with Jose batting fifth in the lineup…Hit .282 (50-177) when ahead in the count and .326 (61-187) when behind in the count...His .979 (5 E, 233 TC) was 2nd-highest among A.L. third basemen... Collected a single-game, career-high 3 doubles on Sept. 21 vs. KC (first Indian since 2014)...Hit .350 (41/117) in August with 10 2B, 1 3B, 5 HR & 18 RBI in 30 games (.968 OPS)…His .291 (16-55) average on 0-2 counts was 3rd-best in the A.L... OBP of .408 (129/316) at home . (MLB Rank: 6th of 203 full-time players; League Avg: .332)...Batted .268 (15-56) in 15 Postseason games, starting each one at third base, with 6 runs, 2 2B, 1 HR, 3 RBI... Lone home run came in Game 5 of World Series at Chicago off Jon Lester...Reached safely in 7 of 12 plate appearances in the ALDS vs. Boston.
2015
Started the year as the every day shortstop and ended the year in a valuable utility role around a two-month stint in AAA Columbus... Started the season off making 43 starts at shortstop (46 games) and was hitting .180 (27-150) with 19 runs, 6 doubles, 1 home run and 8 RBI over the first 46 games of the season before being optioned to AAA Columbus on June 7th...Was recalled for one game on July 12 when Mike Aviles went on the Family Medical Emergency List and was optioned back to Columbus the next day...Recalled for his third stint on August 3rd and spent the remainder of the season on the Major League roster...With Columbus he batted .293 (51-174) with 29 runs, 13 2B, 2 3B, 1HR & 12 RBI in 44 games and struck out just 9 times in 195 plate appearances while stealing 15 bases in 19 attempts...Defensively for the Clippers, he appeared in 28 games at second base, 10 games at shortstop, 3 games at third base and 2 games in left field...Over his final stint in Cleveland, he batted .259 (42-for-162) with 31 runs, 8 2B, 3 3B, 5 HR and 19 RBI (.337/.438/ .775), hitting safely in a career-high 8 straight games from August 4-13 and homering in consecutive games for the first time in his career on Sept. 8-9 (first career pinch-hit home run on 9/8 at CWS)... Appeared in 33 games at second base (27 starts), 13 games at third base (12 starts) and his fist 2 career starts in left field....Finished year with 46 games at shortstop (43 starts)...Made just 2 errors in 130 total chances at second base (.985 fielding pct.)... Set a single-game career-high in RBI (4) on Sept. 30 vs. Minnesota and set a new career-high for runs scored in four games (3 runs)...From Sept. 8 thru the end of the season he hit .299 (20-for-67) with 16 runs, 6 2B, one 3B, 4 HR and 11 RBI over his last 20 games...On the year he batted .256 (33-for-129) with runners on base... Hit .300 (15-50) in 13 games for Este in November before ankle sprain ended his stint...Spent rest of off-season working out and boning up on his English at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, FL with Erik Gonzalez, Jesus Aguilar and Giovanny Urshela.
2014
Split the season between AAA Columbus and Cleveland, taking over full-time shortstop duties following the July 31 Asdrubal Cabrera trade ... Spent most of the first four months of the season in Columbus where he batted .302 (74-245) w/15 doubles, 2 triples, 5 homers and 29 RBI in 60 games around an 18-day/11-game stint in Cleveland from May 2-19 when Jason Kipnis went on the 15-day D.L ... At the time of his final July 23 recall he was tied for 6th in the International League in stolen bases (19, 4th most in PD system at the time) ... Was limited in big league camp in March due to offseason thumb surgery suffered in Winter Ball. Hit .319 (29-91) in April for the Clippers with 3 2B, 4 HR, 17 RBI and 12 runs scored in 23 games ... Also hit .375 (18-48) in June and missed 15 days from June 13-27 with a right hamstring strain ... Over his last 11 Triple-A games from July 8-21 he hit .341 (15-44) with 9 runs, 4 2B and 3 RBI...With Columbus he ap p eared in 35 games at second base, 21 games at short, 1 game at third base and left field and 3 games in center field...Batted lead-off in 57 games and in the 2-hole 3 times...Went 4-for-5 with 2HR and 3RBI on Ap ril 21 vs. Toledo...He batted .309 (29-94) off LHP , .308 (28-910 with runners on base and .298 (14-47) with RISP. Appeared in 11 games for Cleveland, May 2-19 (2-for-25, 4R, 1RBI) and p rovided a huge lift for the club after his July 23 recall ... From July 23 until the end of the season Jose batted .283 (60-212) with 23 runs, 10 doubles, 2 home runs and 16 RBI in 57 games ... Also stole 10 bases in 11 attempts (4th among A.L. rookies) and finished tied for the American League with 13 sacrifice bunts (Coco Crisp 2005 last Indian to lead/share league lead). Excelled in the two-sp ot in the batting order where he batted .299 (50-167) with 20 runs scored in 42 starts in the second spot in the order ... From August 9-end of season he hit .298 (50-168) with 20 runs, 9 doubles, 2 triples, 2 home runs and 15 RBI in 43 games (club was 28-18 from 8/9-end of season) ... Hit his first Major League home run on August 9 at New York-AL off Brandon McCarthy and his second HR on Sept. 26 vs. Tamp a Bay (Archer) ... Was 6th among league rookies in batting average and T-10th in on-base pct. With Cleveland he ap p eared in 56 games at shortstop (54 starts) and 11 games at second base (7 starts) ... Recorded a fielding pct of .983 (4E, 235TC) at SS and enjoyed a 33-game errorless streak from August 17-Sept 22....Batted .301 (25-83) in August with 3 2B, 1 3B, 1HR 7RBI and 10 runs in 24 games...Hit .289 (28-97) with runners on base ... Was the 9th-youngest p layer to appear in an American League game in 2014...Named an organizational all-star by MILB. com .... Played in 24 games for Este in the off-season.
2013
Made the jump from Class-A Lake County in 2012 to AA Akron and eventually the Major Leagues in 2013, hitting .272 (131-482) with 78 runs scored, 16 doubles, 6 triples, 3 home runs and 38 RBI in 113 games at AA Akron... He led the Eastern League in stolen bases (39), finished 5th in runs scored (78) and 12th in base hits (131) while hitting .324 (44-136) off left-handed pitchers and .296 (53-179) with runners on base...He finished T1st in the Indians PD system with Tyler Naquin in runs (78)...With Akron he appeared in 50 games at shortstop, 53 games at second base and 8 games at third base...He entered the 2013 season as the 9th-best prospect in the Indians system according to MLB.com... Had only 41 strikeouts in 482 at-bats (534 total plate appearances) and had 12-game hitting streak, July 3-August 1...Was on the minor league DL from 7/15-30 with a sprained left ankle...Pulled off straight steal of home on August 18th...Promoted to Cleveland on Sept. 1 when rosters expanded and made MLB debut that day pinch-running at Detroit...Pinch-ran and scored on two grand slams during his first week with the club and made his first career start at third base on Sept. 9 vs. KC and collected his first hit (Ervin Santana) and scored his first run that night (2-3, RS)...Appeared 7 games as a pinch-runner, 5 games at second base (1GS), 2 games at third base (1GS) and 2 games at shortstop... Entered the 2013 season rated the 9th-best prospect in the organization according to MLB.com...Injured his left thumb sliding during a winter ball game on Nov 22 while playing for Este in the Dominican Winter League that required surgery on December 11...Concluded winter ball stint hitting .287 (29-101) w/8 2B, 1 3B, 7RBI & 11 runs in 25 games.
2012
Named an MiLB.com organization All-Star...Following the season, played for Toros del Este in the Dominican Winter League where he hit .312 (44-141) with 22 runs, 5 2B, 1 3B & 22 RBI in 38 games...Season began at A Lake County on 6/22 where he hit a combined .390 (53-136) in August and September and hit safely over the season's last 9 games...Went 5-for-5 w/2RS and a double on 6/30 vs. West Michigan...Also had two 4-hit games and a ten 3-hit games for the Captains.
2011
Led the entire Indians Player Development System in batting average (.325) at rookie Arizona.
