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1945-59

9/21/1946: The Indians play their last game at League Park. They lose 5-3 to the Tigers.

7/5/1947: Larry Doby becomes the first Black player to play in the American League. He strikes out in the only at-bat of his debut in 6-5 loss to the White Sox.

10/3/48: The Indians play a special tie-breaker playoff game with the Red Sox to determine who wins the AL Pennant. Gene Bearden pitches brilliantly as the Tribe wins 6-3.

10/11/48: The Indians win Game 6 of the World Series over the Boston Braves (now Atlanta) by the score of 4-3 to become World Champions. They won the best of seven series 4 games to 2. Player/Manager Lou Boudreau was later named AL MVP for 1948.

6/18/1950: The Indians score 14 runs in the first inning of a 21-2 victory over the Athletics. The 14 runs are tied for an AL record.

6/23/1950: Luke Easter hits a 477-foot home run in a 14-3 win over the Senators. I believe this is the longest ever hit at Cleveland Municipal Stadium.

4/24/1952: Bob Feller and St. Louis Browns P Bob Cain both throw a one-hitter. The Browns ended up winning 1-0. The game's two hits are the lowest in an MLB game.

7/13/1954: Cleveland Municipal Stadium is the site for the MLB All-Star Game. Representing the Indians were Bobby Avila, Larry Doby, Al Rosen, and Bob Lemon. The AL beat the NL 11-9.

9/29/1954: Game 1 of the World Series takes place as the Indians play the New York Giants (now San Francisco) in New York. The Indians, who won a then-AL record 111 games in the regular season, were heavily favored. However, Vic Wertz hit a long fly ball that was caught by Giants CF Willie Mays while his back was turned. That set the tone for the series as the Tribe was swept in four games.

5/7/1957: Promising Indians pitcher Herb Score is nailed by a line drive hit by Gil McDougald of the Yankees. The ball almost ended up killing Score and hurt his vision to the point that he had to retire two years later. Score ended up being the Indians' radio play-by-play annoucner from 1961-1997.

6/10/1959: Rocky Colavito hits four home runs in an 11-8 win over the Orioles in Baltimore.