This day in baseball: 1939 All-Star Game
Posted: July 11, 2020 Filed under: 20th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: All-Star Game, American League, Baseball, Bob Feller, Cleveland Indians, Joe DiMaggio, Major League Baseball, MLB, National League, New York Yankees, sports, Yankee Stadium Leave a commentThe 1939 All-Star Game was held on July 11th at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, where the American League defeated the National League, 3-1. Two of the three AL runs were driven in by Yankees players (the third was an unearned run scored on an error), including a DiMaggio home run. Indians pitcher Bob Feller, only twenty years old at the time, threw 3.2 scoreless innings to earn the save.
The box score for the game can be found here.
Bob Feller (Wikimedia Commons)
This day in baseball: Bradley’s four-game streak
Posted: May 24, 2020 Filed under: 20th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: American League, Babe Ruth, Baseball, Bill Bradley, Cleveland Indians, history, Major League Baseball, MLB, sports Leave a commentOn May 24, 1902, Cleveland third baseman Bill Bradley became the American League’s first player to hit a home run in each of four consecutive games. This record would not be matched until Babe Ruth accomplished the same in June of 1918.
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This day in baseball: Jersey numbers everywhere
Posted: May 13, 2020 Filed under: 20th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: Baseball, Baseball uniforms, Cleveland Indians, history, League Park, Major League Baseball, MLB, New York Yankees, sports Leave a commentFor the first time in history, on May 13, 1929, a major league game featured both teams wearing numbers on the backs of their jerseys. The Indians played host to the Yankees at League Park in Cleveland, winning by a score of 4-3. The digits would become a permanent fixture on each club’s ensemble.
1929 Cleveland uniform (baseballhalloffame.org)
This day in baseball: Three times three
Posted: August 27, 2019 Filed under: 20th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: Baseball, Cleveland Indians, history, Joe DiMaggio, Major League Baseball, MLB, New York Yankees, sports Leave a commentIn the first game of a doubleheader played on August 27, 1938, the Yankee Clipper, Joe DiMaggio, hit three consecutive triples against the Indians. DiMaggio’s feat helped the Yankees en route to an 8-7 victory over Cleveland.
The box score for the game can be found here.
New York Post
This day in baseball: Double triple steal
Posted: July 25, 2019 Filed under: 20th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: Baseball, Cleveland Indians, League Park, Major League Baseball, MLB, Philadelphia Athletics, sports 2 CommentsAt Cleveland’s League Park on July 25, 1930, the Philadelphia Athletics pulled off a rare triple steal in the first inning of a game against the Indians, then proceeded to repeat the feat in the fourth inning. The A’s pounded Cleveland 14-1 in that game.
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This day in baseball: Double fest
Posted: July 21, 2019 Filed under: 20th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: American League, Baseball, Cleveland Indians, League Park, New York Yankees, sports Leave a commentOn July 21, 1921, the Yankees and the Indians hit a collective total of 21 doubles, establishing an American League record. Cleveland collected nine of the two-baggers, defeating New York 17-8 at League Park.
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This day in baseball: Feller’s first major league appearance
Posted: July 6, 2019 Filed under: 20th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: Baseball, Bob Feller, Cleveland Indians, Major League Baseball, MLB, sports, St. Louis Cardinals Leave a commentIn his first major league appearance on July 6, 1936, seventeen-year-old Indians rookie Bob Feller pitched in an All-Star break exhibition game against the Cardinals’ Gashouse Gang. After the first batter was thrown out trying to bunt, Feller proceeded to strike out eight consecutive batters in three innings.
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This day in baseball: Carl Mays beans Tris Speaker
Posted: May 20, 2019 Filed under: 20th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: Baseball, Boston Red Sox, Carl Mays, Cleveland Indians, history, Major League Baseball, MLB, Ray Chapman, sports, Tris Speaker 2 CommentsOn May 20, 1918, Indians outfielder Tris Speaker was hit in the head by a pitch thrown by Red Sox hurler Carl Mays. A right-handed submarine pitcher, Mays denied Speaker’s allegation that the beanball pitch was intentional. Mays pitched a complete game, winning 11-1 that day. The beanball would prove a precursor to the pitch that would kill Ray Chapman two years later.
Carl Mays (SABR)
This day in baseball: Feller’s contract
Posted: January 21, 2019 Filed under: 20th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: Baseball, Bob Feller, Cleveland Indians, Dazzy Vance, history, Lefty Grove, Major League Baseball, MLB, sports 2 CommentsTwenty-two-year-old Bob Feller signed a deal with the Indians on January 21, 1941 reportedly worth $30,000. This made Feller the highest paid pitcher in baseball history. The previous high salary for a single season of pitching had been $27,500 to Dazzy Vance and Lefty Grove.
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This day in baseball: Speaker resigns as manager
Posted: November 29, 2018 Filed under: 20th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: Baseball, Billy Evans, Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers, Dutch Leonard, history, Kenesaw Mountain Landis, Major League Baseball, MLB, sports, Tris Speaker, Ty Cobb Leave a commentTris Speaker resigned as Indians manager on November 29, 1926, after a scandal broke in which pitcher Dutch Leonard claimed that Speaker and Ty Cobb fixed at least one game between Cleveland and the Detroit Tigers. Umpire Billy Evans called these accusations “purely a matter of personal revenge” for Leonard, who is reported to have been upset with Cobb and Speaker after a trade ended with Leonard in the minor leagues. Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis cleared both Speaker and Cobb of any wrongdoing when Leonard did not show up at a hearing to discuss his accusations.
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