Cleveland Indians in History (Part 2)

Events 101 - 174 of 174

• 1965-09-16 Boston Red Sox Dave Morehead no-hits Cleveland Indians, 2-0
• 1966-04-11 Emmett Ashford becomes first African American major league baseball umpire in Washington Senators’ game against the Cleveland Indians at D.C. Stadium
• 1968-07-30 Washington shortstop Ron Hansen makes 8th unassisted triple-play in MLB history and first in 41 years as Senators lose, 10-1 to Cleveland Indians

• 1971-06-21 MLB Cleveland Indians Ken Harrelson retires from baseball to play pro golf
• 1971-09-14 Cleveland Indians & Washington Senators, play 20 innings
• 1972-03-22 Nick Mileti purchases Cleveland Indians for $9 million

• 1973-05-28 Chicago White Sox beat Cleveland Indians, 6-3, in 21 innings (game started 5/26)
• 1974-04-06 Yankees 1st home game at Shea Stadium, while Yankee Stadium is renovated; beat Cleveland Indians 6-1
• 1974-07-19 Cleveland Indians pitcher Dick Bosman no-hits Oakland A's, 4-0

• 1975-04-08 Frank Robinson debuts as 1st African American baseball manager (Cleveland Indians beat New York Yankees, 5-3)

• 1976-09-18 MLB Cleveland Indians player-manager Frank Robinson's last game as a player
• 1977-04-10 Cleveland Indians set club record for longest, 9 inn game (3:17)
• 1977-06-19 MLB Cleveland Indians fire manager Frank Robinson and replace him with Jeff Torborg
• 1977-09-05 Cleveland Indians stage 1st "I hate the Yankee Hanky Night", inspired by local radio personality Pete Franklin; home team sweeps a doubleheader over New York at Cleveland Municipal Stadium
• 1978-07-27 Cleveland Indians Duane Kuiper is 3rd in MLB history to hit 2 bases-loaded triples in a game, at Yankee Stadium
• 1978-09-01 Baltimore Orioles pitcher Sammy Stewart fans 7 consecutive batters in his MLB debut, en route to 9-3 win v Chicago White Sox
• 1980-08-20 Cleveland Indians pitcher Dan Spillner, 5.45 ERA, is 2 outs from a no-hitter when Chicago White Sox rookie Leo Sutherland singles
• 1984-04-27 Cleveland Indians beat Detroit Tigers, 8-4, in 19 innings
• 1984-05-02 MLB Cleveland Indians' infielder Andre Thornton ties record for most walks (6 in 16 innings)
• 1984-09-28 Cleveland Indians down 0-10 to Minnesota Twins, win 11-10
• 1986-08-21 Red Sox Spike Owens scores 6 runs in a 24-5 rout of Cleveland Indians

• 1988-09-20 Detroit first baseman Darrell Evans hits home run #18 in Tigers' 4-3 loss to Cleveland Indians; Evans' 400th MLB career HR

• 1991-07-03 Gateway Board of Trustees approve a 20-year lease for the Cleveland Indians to play MLB at Jacobs Field
• 1991-09-18 American Major League Baseball executive John Hart becomes general manager of Cleveland Indians
• 1992-04-06 1st game at Camden Field, Baltimore, Maryland - Orioles beat Cleveland Indians 2-0
• 1992-04-11 MLB Cleveland Indians set team record for long game loss to Boston Red Sox (19 innings - 6½ hr)
• 1992-04-12 MLB Boston Red Sox pitcher Matt Young no-hits Cleveland Indians, but loses 2-1
• 1993-04-05 73,293 see the NY Yankees beat the Cleveland Indians, 9-1 in the season opener at Cleveland Stadium
• 1993-08-31 Minnesota Twins beat Cleveland Indians 5-4 in 22 innings
• 1993-09-04 MLB New York Yankees 1-handed pitcher Jim Abbott no-hits Cleveland Indians, 4-0 at Yankee Stadium
• 1993-10-03 Cleveland Indians play their final MLB game at Cleveland Stadium; lose 4-0 to Chicago White Sox Chicago
• 1994-02-24 Scoreboard is unveiled at new Cleveland Indians' park (Jacobs Field)
• 1994-03-15 Experts from AL certify the Cleveland Indians Jacobs Field is properly lit
• 1994-03-17 It is announced there is no smoking in Cleveland Indians new ballpark
• 1994-05-13 MLB Cleveland Indians begin a 18 home game win streak at newly opened Jacobs Field
• 1994-06-25 Cleveland Indians 18 game home win streak ends to Yanks 11-6
• 1995-05-09 Cleveland Indians tie record of scoring 8 runs before making an out, they beat Twins 10-0

• 1995-09-08 Cleveland Indians clinch 1st AL Central Division title
• 1995-09-11 Ohio's Governor Voinovich proclaims "Cleveland Indians Day"
• 1995-09-28 Dennis Martínez' fastball breaks Minnesota Twins Kirby Puckett's jaw, in what becomes his final career plate appearance, in Cleveland Indians 12-4 win
• 1995-10-01 Cleveland Indians end MLB season at 100-44 to set record 30 game margin over 2nd place Kansas City Royals in AL Central final standings
• 1995-10-17 MLB American League Championship: Cleveland Indians beat Seattle Mariners, 4 games to 2

• 1996-10-05 Cleveland Indians strike out 23 Baltimore Orioles in 12 innings in 4-3 ALDS win at Jacobs Field; Orioles win series, 3-1
• 1997-04-09 Cleveland Indians pitcher Jose Mesa is acquitted of rape

• 1997-10-15 MLB American League Championship: Cleveland Indians beat Baltimore Orioles, 4 games to 2
• 1997-10-19 700th World Series home run (Sandy Alomar, Cleveland Indians)
• 1997-10-26 Baseball World Series: Florida beats Cleveland Indians, 3-2 in Game 7 at Pro Player Stadium, Miami for Marlins first-ever title; MVP: Florida pitcher Liván Hernández
• 1998-09-04 NY Yankees beat Chicago White Sox, 11-6, to win their 100th game on the earliest date in MLB history besting the 1906 Chicago Cubs & 1954 Cleveland Indians by 5 days
• 1998-10-13 MLB American League Championship: New York Yankees beat Cleveland Indians, 4 games to 2

• 2001-08-05 Cleveland Indians tie a MLB record in erasing a 12 run Seattle lead to win 15-14, also preventing the Mariners from reaching a record 117 season wins
• 2003-04-05 The Kansas City Royals become the first MLB team to begin the season 5-0 after losing 100 games the previous year, beating the Cleveland Indians, 2 - 1
• 2006-07-07 Cleveland Indians first baseman Travis Hafner becomes first player in MLB history to hit 5 grand slams before the All-Star break when he homers off Baltimore's Kris Benson
• 2006-08-13 Cleveland Indians first baseman Travis Hafner ties Don Mattingley's MLB mark of 6 grand slams in a season when he homers off Kansas City's Luke Hudson
• 2007-10-21 MLB American League Championship: Boston Red Sox beat Cleveland Indians, 4 games to 3
• 2012-04-05 A three-run homer by J.P. Arencibia off Jairo Asencio gives the Toronto Blue Jays a 7-4 win over the Cleveland Indians; 16 inning game duration a MLB Opening Day record
• 2014-04-05 Minnesota manager Ron Gardenhire picks up the 1,000th win of his MLB career as the Twins score a 7 - 3 victory over the Cleveland Indians
• 2016-11-02 Baseball World Series: Chicago Cubs beat Cleveland Indians, 8-7 in Game 7 at Progressive Field, Cleveland; first Cubs' title in 108 years; MVP: Chicago utility Ben Zobrist
• 2018-01-29 Cleveland Indians announce they will remove "Chief Wahoo" caricature logo from uniforms in 2019
• 2020-07-03 MLB Cleveland Indians owner Paul Dolan announces he would review changing the organization's name
• 2020-11-11 Shane Bieber of the Cleveland Indians (AL) and Cincinnati Reds starter Trevor Bauer (NL) take Cy Young Award for best pitchers in MLB
• 2021-04-14 Chicago White Sox pitcher Carlos Rodón no-hits the Cleveland Indians, 8-0 at Guaranteed Rate Field, Chicago
• 2021-05-07 Cincinnati Reds pitcher Wade Miley no-hits Cleveland Indians, 3-0 at Progressive Field, Cleveland
• 2021-07-23 MLB Cleveland Indians announce team will be renamed the Guardians, after the Guardians of Traffic, eight large Art Deco statues on the Hope Memorial Bridge, located near their playing field
• 2021-10-27 Cleveland Guardians men's roller derby team files lawsuit seeking to block MLB baseball Cleveland Indians name change
• 2021-11-19 MLB Cleveland Indians name change to Guardians becomes official

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