Cleveland Baseball's Unforgettable Games
This website will describe some of the most significant games Cleveland's major league baseball teams have played. Most of you probably know that Cleveland's rowdy Spiders competed rather sucessfully in the National League through 1898. In 1899, the team was robbed of their players and endured one last unprecedented and disasterous season before passing into oblivion. In 1900 Cleveland recieved a team in the new American League. It was subject to the NL draft so it was a minor league. But in 1901, the AL became the second major league. Cleveland's blue-clad team was called the "Bluebirds" or the "Blues." In 1902, they were also called the "Bronchos". Beginning in 1903 with the acquisition of Napoleon Lajoie, the team was called the "Naps". In 1915, they became the "Indians".
Most of the games covered here were found in the book by John Phillips called Remember When?. All the books by John I've seen are about Cleveland baseball past. He has a lot of books, so if you like or even just curious about Cleveland baseball especially from over 50 years ago, his books are for you. You can find them at the Cleveland Public Library downtown or you can write to John at John Phillips, CPC, 8105 MacArthur Blvd., Cabin John, Md 20818. You'll be so glad you did.
Here is the listing of games covered:
Cy Young's debut (August 7, 1890)
Young pitches into a scoreless tie to start championship series (October 17, 1892)
Spiders Win Temple Cup (October 8, 1895)
Wanderers finish season 20-134 (October 15, 1899)
Blues lose AL's inaugural game (April 24, 1901)
Billy Hart provides Blues' first win (April 27, 1901)
Blues open at home with a victory (April 29, 1901)
Earl Moore loses AL's first no-hitter (May 9, 1901)
Blues score 9 in the ninth with two out to win 14-13(May 23, 1901)
Addie Joss' debut (April 26, 1902)
The Great Lajoie joins Blues (June 4, 1902)
Dusty Rhoades' No-hitter (September 18, 1908)
Addie Joss' perfect game (October 2, 1908)
Addie Joss No-hitter (April 20, 1910)
Cy Young's 500th Win (July 19, 1910)
All-star game benefits Joss' family (July 24, 1911)
Ray Caldwell's No-hitter (September 10, 1919)
Chapman killed by pitch (August 16, 1920)
Indians Win Series Opener (October 5, 1920)
Dodgers' Grimes ties World Series (October 6, 1920)
Lefty gives Dodgers lead in Series (October 7, 1920)
Indians return home, tie Series (October 9, 1920)
Wamby makes unassisted triple play (October 10, 1920)
Indians within one game of title (October 11, 1920)
Indians Win First Series Title (October 12, 1920)
Indians' 6-run 9th nips Yanks 10-9 (May 20, 1925)
Indians blow 12-run lead, lose 17-15 (June 15, 1925)
Wes Ferrell's No-hitter (April 29, 1931)
Burnett's 9 hits can't help Indians (July 10, 1932)
Grove ruins Tribe's debut in stadium 1-0 (July 31, 1932)
Teenager debuts in losing cause [Feller's first game] (July 18, 1936)
Two rookies debut in defeat [Boudreau, Mack](September 9, 1938)
Feller strikes out 18 (October 2, 1938)
First home night game : A Feller one-hitter (June 27, 1939)
Feller No-Hits Chisox (April 16, 1940)
Giebell Outpitches Feller (September 27, 1940)
Indians halt DiMaggio's streak at 56 (July 17, 1941)
Gromek wins peculiar encounter [team made no assists](July 4, 1945)
Fat Pat's (Seerey) bat sinks Yankee fat cats (July 13, 1945)
Feller wins in return from war (August 24, 1945)
Bob Feller's 2nd No-hitter (April 30, 1946)
Tigers' Trout beats Indians 5-3 [Last game in League Park] (September 21, 1946)
Larry Doby's debut (July 5, 1947)
Don Black's No-hitter (July 10, 1947)
Bob Lemon's No-hitter (June 30, 1948)
Satchel Paige's Debut (July 9, 1948)
Boudreau's pinch hit arouses Tribe (August 9, 1948)
Don Black suffers aneurysm while batting (September 13, 1948)
Newhouser denies flag to Indians (October 3, 1948)
Indians Win Pennant (October 4, 1948)
Indians lose controversial 1-0 game [The "pick off"] (October 6, 1948)
Boudreau enables Tribe to tie Series (October 7, 1948)
Bearden puts Indians one up (October 8, 1948)
Doby, Gromek win for Tribe (October 9, 1948)
Braves send Series back to Boston (October 10, 1948)
Tribe wins World Series (October 11, 1948)
Indians blow 11-run lead, lose 15-14 (August 28, 1950)
Boner turns out lights on Tigers (September 24, 1950)
Feller pitches 3rd No-hitter (July 1, 1951)
Indians win 111th game (September 25, 1954)
Rhodes' fluke HR sinks Indians (September 29, 1954)
Giants' Rhodes does it again (September 30, 1954)
Rhodes has no mercy on Indians (October 1, 1954)
Giants sweep record-setting Tribe (October 2, 1954)
Score strikes out nine in debut (April 15, 1955)
Score beats Bosox 19-0 on 3-hitter (May 18, 1955)
Score beaned by McDougald's liner (May 7, 1957)
Colavito Hits four homers (June 10, 1959)
Early Wynn's 300th Win (July 13, 1963)
Indians hit four straight homers (July 31, 1963)
Rocky returns but Wagner the hero (April 13, 1965)
Sonny Siebert's No-hitter (June 10, 1966)
Tiant Strikes out 19 in 10 innings (July 3, 1968)
Beer Night goes sour (June 4, 1974)
Dick Bosman's No-hitter (July 19, 1974)
Frank Robinson debuts as manager in a big way (April 8, 1975)
Dennis Eckersley's No-hitter (May 10, 1977)
Len Barker's perfect game (May 15, 1981)
Down 10-0, Tribe ruins Twins 11-10 (September 28, 1984)
Baerga hits two HR's in the same inning one lefthanded, one righthanded(April 8, 1993)
Last Game at the Stadium (October 3, 1993)
Indians open Jacobs Field with a comeback win (April 4, 1994)
Paul Sorrento's blast brings Tribe back from 7-0, beat Jays 9-8 (June 4, 1995)
Ramirez' blast makes Eckersley say "Wow!" (July 16, 1995)
Belle's Slam in 9th beats Lee Smith, Angels (July 18, 1995)
1995 Playoffs
3 with Boston, 6 with Seattle, 6 with Atlanta
1996 Playoffs
4 with Baltimore
1997 Playoffs
5 with New York, 6 with Baltimore, 7 with Florida
1998 Playoffs
4 with Boston, 6 with New York
Boston Series
Game One
Game 2
Game Three
Game FourYankee Series
Game One
Game Two
Game Three
Game Four
Game Five
Game Six