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...Named the Seaview League MVP in 2016...Bibee has been an active member of the Guardians Chess Club and is passionate about beach clean-ups. Also, Bibee has signed dozens of baseballs to support Cleveland Guardians Charities...Attended 13 community events in 2025, totaling 8.5 hours of outreach impacting 1,400 people.
2025
After signing a five-year contract extension on March 29, Bibee turned in another solid season for Cleveland, setting a career-high in innings (182.1IP), while tying career-highs in wins (12), starts (31) and quality starts (12)...Became the first Cleveland starter to make 30-or-more starts in consecutive seasons since Carlos Carrasco in 2017-18...Additionally, he became the first Cleveland pitcher to win 10+ games in each of his first three campaigns to start his career since CC Sabathia from 2001-03, and the first Guardians right-hander to turn the trick since Dennis Eckersley from 1975-77...Was named Opening Day starter for the first time in his career; however, he was scratched from the outing due to acute gastroenteritis...Eventually made his first start in the third game of the season, firing 5.2 shutout innings on March 30 at Kansas City, en route to the win...Finished the first half with a 5-9 record and a 4.29 ERA (52ER/109.0IP)...Earned a season-high five-straight winning decisions from July 12-August 14...Ignited a stretch where the right-hander recorded the win in eight of his final 10 decisions…Worked six or more innings in his final sx starts from August 25-September 24, the longest such streak of his career...During that stretch, his 40 innings of work were second-most in the American League, slightly trailing New York-AL’s Max Fried…In his final four outings, Bibee went 3-0 with a 1.30 ERA (4ER/27.2IP), firing four quality starts...His 1.30 ERA in September led the American League and ranked second in MLB behind Los Angeles-NL’s Yoshinobu Yamamoto (0.67)...Worked two complete games, including a complete game shutout on Sept. 12 vs. Chicago-AL (9IP, 2H, 0R,HB, 0BB, 10K, 103P)…According to Opta STATS, Bibee's shutout broke a streak of 888 team games (including regular season & Postseason) for Cleveland without a pitcher shutout, which was the third-longest streak in the Majors, behind Washington (982) and Tampa Bay (1,503)...Became the first Cleveland starter to have multiple complete games in a single season since Shane Bieber in 2019... The two-hitter was the first by a CLE P since Zach Plesac 9/10/19 at LAA, while it was the first complete game shutout by a CLE pitcher at home since Bieber (5/19/19 vs BAL)...Became the fourth pitcher in franchise history to throw a complete game shutout while allowing two or fewer hits, no walks and 10+ strikeouts, joining Josh Tomlin (2014), Len Barker (1981, perfect game) and Stan Williams (1968)...The right-hander went 8-0 with a 2.32 ERA (17ER/66.0IP) against AL Central opponents in 2025...His eight wins in divisional play were tied with Boston’s Garrett Crochet (8-1) for the most wins by any MLB pitcher vs. his own division...Cleveland finished 11-0 against divisional opponents when Bibee got the starting nod...Bibee surrendered a career-high 27 home runs this season, tied for the sixth-most in the AL…However, he did not allow a home run in his final three starts and allowed just two roundtrippers across his final five outings…Bibee fashioned a 0.83 HR/9.0IP in 14 starts at Progressive Field, compared to a 1.79 HR/9.0IP in 17 starts on the road...Cleveland is 54-33 all-time when the righty takes the mound in his career (regular season only)...Bibee’s 54 team wins through his first 87 starts are third-most in franchise history, behind Jaret Wright (55) and Shane Bieber (58)...Since the start of last season, the Guardians 40 wins when Bibee starts are the fourth-most in MLB, behind Philadelphia’s Cristopher Sánchez (41), Toronto’s José Berríos (41) and Detroit’s Tarik Skubal (42)...Made his fifth career Postseason start in AL Wild Card Series Game 2 allowing one run (earned) over 4.2 innings in Cleveland’s 6-1…Owns a 3.10 ERA (7ER/20.1IP) in five career Postseason starts with Cleveland going 3-2 in those games.
2024
Stepped up as Cleveland's ace in his sophomore season following Shane Bieber's season-ending right elbow injury in April...Was the club's most productive starter, leading the Guardians and setting career-bests in innings (173.2IP), starts (31), quality starts (12) and strikeouts (187)...Closed the year by fashioning a 3.04 ERA (45ER/133.1IP) in his final 23 outings...Ranked ninth in the AL with 187 strikeouts and 5th in SO/9 IP (9.7) behind Cole Ragans, Tarik Skubal, Yusei Kikuchi& Carlos Rodón...Tied for MLB lead among pitchers with 6 defensive runs saved (FanGraphs), along with Jake Irvin...Marked the T2nd-most DRS by a Cleveland pitcher (2003-), trailing Jake Westbrook’s 10DRS in 2004...Was tabbed with his first career Fielding Bible Award, recognizing the best defensive player for each fielding position in MLB and was a finalist for the Rawlings Gold Glove Award (2nd in AL in assists by a P)...The Guards went 22-9 in his 31 starts in 2024; Bibee matched ATL’s Chris Sale for the third-most team victories in a pitcher’s starts this year, behind only NYM's Sean Manaea (23) and ChC’s Shota Imanaga (23)...Fanned a then-career-high 11 batters on 6/12 at CIN, then set a new single-game career-high with 12 punchouts in his next start on 6/19 vs. SEA...Finished the regular season with quality starts in each of his last three outings, posting a 2.75 ERA (6ER/19.2IP) with 21 SO and a 1.02 WHIP in that span...Started ALDS Game 1 vs. Detroit...Went 0-1 with a 3.45 ERA (6ER/15.2IP) and 16SO across four Postseason starts...Worked a season-high 7.0 IP in four starts; was the only Cleveland hurler with more than one start of 7.0 innings during the campaign...Opponents hit .152 (25-for-164) with 58 strikeouts off Bibee’s slider in 2024...The pitch accrued a 15 run value per Baseball Savant, the fourth-best run value on a slider in MLB this season (ATL’s Chris Sale led the league - 24).
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.
