Steven Kwan has been red-hot since returning from the injured list a few weeks ago, as the Cleveland Guardians outfielder is now batting .390 on the season.
Kwan led off the fourth inning with a home run to put Cleveland on top 5-3. The Guardians went on to win 6-5 as Kwan finished the afternoon 2-for-5 at the plate.As it stands, Kwan is now batting .390 on the season. He is 11 plate appearances shy of qualifying for the league leaderboards – thanks to the four weeks he missed withKwan is now just the fifth player since 2000 to have a batting average of .
Todd Helton was batting .420 at this point in his season back in 2000, while Chipper Jones was batting .418 in 2008. Joe Mauer, another Hall of Famer, was batting .395 through 49 games in 2009. Justin Turner was the last to achieve the feat prior to Kwan, also hitting .390 across his first 49 appearances in 2017.The 26-year-old outfielder won Gold Gloves in both 2022 and 2023, finishing third in AL Rookie of the Year voting in 2022.
After entering this season with a .739 career OPS, Kwan's season OPS is sitting at 1.023. He also came into Sunday with a 3.2 WAR, rapidly approaching the 3.6 mark he put up across 158 games in 2023.Sam Connon is a Staff Writer for Fastball on the Sports Illustrated/FanNation networks.
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