TANNER HAYES BIBEE...Posted a four-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...In his second season with the club, Bibee was an integral member of the Guardians Chess Club. In addition to his regular chess club appearances, he also attended Season Ticket Member Photo Day and the Guardians Significant Other Beach Cleanup. In preparation for the 2024 Giveathon, Bibee signed dozens of baseballs to support Cleveland Guardians Charities.
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.
