TANNER HAYES BIBEE … Posted a 4-year collegiate ERA of 3.68 at Cal-State Fullerton (55G/41GS, 281.1IP, 282H, 115ER, 247SO)...Recorded a 3.61 ERA during his 2021 junior season in 16 games/14 starts (89.2IP, 84H, 36ER, 21BB, 67SO)...Made nine relief outings for Wareham in the Cape Cod League in 2019, posting a 3.63 ERA...Graduated from Mission Viejo High School in 2017 where he played three years of varsity baseball…Earned All South Coast League honors in 2017, First Team all-Orange County in 2016-17, First Team All CIF in 2016-17…Cal-Hi All State Second Team in 2017…Earned MaxPreps All-State Second Team honors in 2017…Named the Seaview League MVP in 2016...Spent much of the 2023 season giving back to the youth by attending the Guardians Play Ball! Clinic, Guardians Summer Camps, and held a Q/A session with the Guardians Kids Club. He was a member of the Guardians Chess Club, and visited José Ramírez Field for its grand opening.
2023
Produced one of the most effective rookie pitching campaigns in recent memory, finishing 10-4 with a 2.98 ERA (47ER/142.0IP), 141 strikeouts in 25 starts/appearances, earning AL Rookie of the Year runner-up honors … Among MLB rookie pitchers (min 70.0 IP) he finished second in win percentage (.714), second in ERA (2.98), third in strikeouts (141), third in opposing slugging percentage (.353), third in innings pitched (142.0) and fourth in wins (10) … Before Tanner and Kodai Senga (NYM), 2014 was the last season a rookie posted a sub-3.00 ERA (Jacob deGrom/Collin McHugh)...Became the first AL rookie pitcher with 10+ wins, 140+ strikeouts and a sub-3.00 ERA in their debut season since NYY’s Masahiro Tanaka in 2014 … His 3.6 bWAR was the highest by a Cleveland rookie pitcher since Dennis Eckersley (5.3) in 1975 … His 141 strikeouts through his first 25 career starts were the fifth-most in Cleveland history behind Greg Swindell (143), Shane Bieber (143), Danny Salazar (148) and Herb Score (180)…Won seven straight decisions from June 18 to Aug. 13, becoming the third rookie in franchise history to do so … The last rookie hurler to turn the trick for Cleveland was Gene Bearden (seven) in 1948 … During that stretch Bibee led the AL with a 2.09 ERA (14ER/60.1IP) … His 1.78 ERA (6ER/30.1IP) in July was the seventh-lowest ERA in a single month by a Cleveland rookie pitcher (min. 5GS) and the lowest since Cody Anderson in Sept., 2015 (1.38)...Held PHI scoreless over 7.0 innings in 1-0 victory on July 22 … Struck out six and walked none in another 7.0-shutout inning effort on Aug. 8 vs. Toronto…The outing came after fellow rookie arm Gavin Williams struck out 12 in 7.0-scoreless innings the day prior…The pair became the first duo of Cleveland rookies to throw at least 7.0-shutout innings in back-to-back starts since Albie Lopez and Jeff Mutis on 7/17-18/1993...In 12 starts at Progressive Field, tallied a 5-2 record with a 2.11 ERA (16ER/68.1IP) … Among starting pitchers (min 60.0IP), he had the lowest home ERA in AL and second-lowest in MLB behind SF’s Alex Cobb (1.95)...Went 8-1 with a 2.32 ERA (21ER/81.1IP) in 14 starts following a loss in 2023 … Among MLB pitchers (min 10 GS), Bibee owned the best ERA in the American League following a loss and trailed only LAD’s Clayton Kershaw (2.04) in MLB...Entered the 2023 season as the fifth-best prospect in the Guardians system; 65th overall in MLB according to MLB Pipeline… Made 3 starts at Triple-A Columbus, going 2-0 with a 1.76 ERA (3ER/15.1IP) … Was called up to the Major League level on April 26 vs. Colorado (W, 5.2IP, 1ER, 8SO) … Became the second pitcher in club history to with eight plus strikeouts and no walks in their MLB debut, joining Floyd Weaver (W 5.0IP, 8SO, 0BB) on Sept. 30, 1962.
