About Cleveland Indians Memorabilia & Collectibles
The Cleveland Indians are professional team in baseball that is based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are part in the Central Division of Major League Baseball’s American League. The team was established in 1901 as a Major League franchise. Since then, they were able to win two World Series Championships and that was from 1920 up to 1948. They have the spring training facility that is in the Goodyear, Arizona.
They were named as the Lake Shores. That time, the American League was officially the minor league. In 1901, the major league of the incarnation of the club was then founded. And it was one of the AL’s eight charter franchises. They were then named as the Cleveland Blues and played in League Park until they move enduringly to Cleveland Municipal Stadium. That was in 1946. In 1901, the team was named as the Cleveland Bluebirds. Others also called them with their further nickname that is The Tribe and The Wahoos.
The Cleveland Indians have won five American League pennants and two World Series titles, the first in 1920 and the second in 1948.
Nicknamed as The Tribe and The Wahoos, they play their home games at Progressive Field. The team started as a minor league club, then elevated to major league status in 1901 and was called the Clevelend Bluebirds, then became Cleveland Bronchos in 1902.
They currently hold the record of winning seven American League Central titles, and at the end of 2009, had a regular season franchise record of 8,622–8,274.
In 2001, the Indians returned to the playoffs and winning the Central division with a 91-71 record, led by former MVP
Juan Gonzalez. The year also witnessed the comeback in Major League Baseball History when the Indians rallied to close a 14–2 deficit in the sixth inning to defeat the Seattle Mariners 15–14 in 11 innings.
The team’s earlier record includes finishing a season with a record of 111-43 in 1954, which to date, is still an AL record. During Game 1 of the World Series, Willie May made the famous over-the-shoulder catch off the bat of Vic Wertz. In the strike-shortened 1995 season, the Indians went 100-44 and advanced to their first World Series in 41 years, but lost to the Atlanta Braves in six games.
Among the Indian’s season records include the highest batting average (408) made by Joe Jackson in 1911; most home runs (52) by
Jim Thome in 2002; and most strikeouts (348) by Bob Feller in 1956. Own
Bob Feller collectibles to remember his contributions to the team.
Most popular Cleveland Indians players: Joe Adcock, Johnny Antonelli, Scott Bailes, Chris Bando, Josh Barfield, Corbin Bernsen, Ken Berry, Jim Bibby, Jim Bolger, Joe Borowski, Lou Boudreau, Ted Bowsfield, Michael Brantley, Ben Broussard, Tom Buskey, Asdrubal Cabrera, Leo Cardenas, Fausto Carmona, George Case, Sam Chapman, Joe Charboneau, Shin-Soo Choo, Rocky Colavito, Vince Colbert, Gordy Coleman, Jackie Collum, Marty Cordova, Del Crandall, Trevor Crowe, Vic Davalillo, Don Demeter, Don Dillard, Larry Doby, Jason Donald, Ryan Drese, Shelley Duncan, Harry Eisenstat, Andy Etchebarren, Bibb Falk, John Farrell, Bob Feller, Lew Fonseca, Roy Foster, Kosuke Fukudome, Vern Fuller, Aaron Fultz, Jim Gentile, Ed Fitz Gerald, Steve Gromek, Travis Hafner, Jack Hamilton, Mel Harder, Mike Hargrove, Joe Hauser, Roberto Hernandez, Dennis Higgins, Dick Howser, Willis Hudlin, Billy Hunter, Bob Kennedy, Jim King, Jason Kipnis, Masahide Kobayashi, Duane Kuiper, Matt LaPorta,
Bob Lemon, Sherm Lollar, Al Lopez, John Lowenstein, Rick Manning, Lou Marson, Justin Masterson, Sam Mele, Billy Moran, Jack Morris, Charles Nagy, Cal Neeman, Rocky Nelson, Don Newcombe, Trot Nixon, Chad Ogea, Camilo Pascual, Chris Perez, Rafael Perez,
Gaylord Perry, Vinnie Pestano, Mike Powers, Pete Reiser, Bob Reynolds, Sam Rice, Steve Ridzik, Rich Rollins, Al Rosen,
Carlos Santana, Herb Score, Joe Sewell, Luke Sewell, Tony Sipp,
Grady Sizemore, Al Smith, Cory Snyder, Jeremy Sowers, Dan Spillner, Jack Spring, George Strickland, Brent Strom, Ken Suarez, Greg Swindell, Julian Tavarez, Ralph Terry, Andre Thornton,
Jim Thorpe, Josh Tomlin, Mike Tresh, George Uhle, Del Unser, Jake Westbrook, Wally Westlake, Ed Whitson, Reggie Williams, Red Wilson, Matt Young