The 1947 Cleveland Indians season was the 47th in franchise history. On July 5, Larry Doby broke the American League color barrier. Doby was signed by the Indians by owner and team president Bill Veeck in July, 11 weeks after Jackie Robinson appeared with the Brooklyn Dodgers in the National League. In his rookie season, Doby went 5-for-32 (.156) in 29 games.
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Since then, the Indians have had three periods of success. The first was from 1947 to 1956, when they had winning records in every season, including a 111–43...
The 1948 ClevelandIndiansseason was the 48th in franchise history. When the regular season resulted in a first place tie, the Indians won a one-game...
the team was renamed the ClevelandIndians. The name referred to the nickname "Indians" that was applied to the Cleveland Spiders baseball club during...
The 1994 ClevelandIndiansseason was the 94th season for the franchise. For the first time since 1986, the Indians finished the season with a winning...
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The ClevelandIndians name and logo controversy referred to the controversy surrounding the club name and logo previously used by Major League Baseball's...
for Cleveland Stadium came from city manager William R. Hopkins, ClevelandIndians' president Ernest Barnard, real estate magnate and future Indians' president...
Park. While in Cleveland, the team achieved great success, including winning a pair of Negro American League championships (1945, 1947) and a Negro League...
players of black African descent. Later in the season, Larry Doby debuted with the ClevelandIndians on July 5, becoming the first black player in the...
Bill Veeck finally became the owner of a major league team, the ClevelandIndians. He immediately put the team's games on radio, and set about to put...
their input, the team was renamed the ClevelandIndians. It is claimed that the nickname "Indians" references Cleveland Spiders baseball club during the time...
(called Ray Fosse Park today), the Marion Indians were a minor league affiliate of the ClevelandIndians in 1947 and qualified for the 1948 league playoffs...
Spanish expand to all 81 home games this season". Cleveland.com (The Plain Dealer). Retrieved April 5, 2024. "Indians Broadcast Schedule - MLB.com". Archived...
1937 to 1943, the award was known as the "ClevelandIndians Most Valuable Player Award" chosen by the Cleveland BBWAA. There were no awards given for the...
the Indians played the majority of their home schedule at Cleveland Stadium, abandoning League Park entirely after the 1946 season. The final Indians game...
inning and struck out. April 23, 1947: Gus Zernial was purchased by the White Sox from the ClevelandIndians. July 1947: Pete Wojey was acquired by the...
October 1993. The ballpark, which was referred to as "ClevelandIndians Baseball Park" and "Indians Park" on blueprints, cost approximately $175 million...
Wahoo was a logo used by the ClevelandIndians (now Guardians), a Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise based in Cleveland, Ohio, from 1951 to 2018. As...
financial losses, Cleveland elected to sell the team after the 1955 season. The Indianapolis community rallied to save the Indians by purchasing 20,182 shares...
his entire career with the ClevelandIndians. He spent 36 seasons overall with the Indians, as a player from 1928 to 1947 and as one of the game's most...
Cleveland, officially the City of Cleveland, is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. Located in Northeast Ohio along the southern...
opened for Major League Baseball's (MLB) ClevelandIndians. Later that year, the Cavaliers moved back into Cleveland when they opened the adjacent Gund Arena...
Championship in 1945 before relocating to Los Angeles. The Cleveland Guardians (then known as the Indians) won the World Series in 1920 and 1948. They also won...
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of the St. Louis Cardinals (1931–1932), Pittsburgh Pirates (1947–1949), ClevelandIndians (1954–1957), St. Louis Cardinals (1958–1961) and Los Angeles...