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The former Cleveland Naps change their name to the Cleveland Indians and become the main city baseball team.
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The Indians played at League Park before the construction of Cleveland Stadium. The park had 20,000 seats and was mostly built from wood in 1896. The park has prevously served other Cleveland baseball teams.
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The Cleveland Indians beat the Boston Braves for their first World Series win.
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17 year old Bob Feller joins the Cleveland Indians as pitcher.
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The Cleveland Indians move to the 80,000 seat Cleveland Stadium, where they played for 53 years. They shared the field with the Cleveland Browns
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Cleveland Stadium was built in 1932 for the Great Lakes Expo. The Cleveland Indians did not play there much until 1940, but did play some major games there. The stadium was also the home of the Cleveland Browns until 1996, and was replaced by the Cleveland Browns Stadium.
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Chief Wahoo is introduced as the mascot of the Cleveland Indians, and has been such since this day.
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The Cleveland Indians beat the Boston Braves again to win the 1948 World Series. This would be their last World Series to this date.
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John Adams begins drumming at the Indians games. He still goes to every home game each season with his drum.
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The Indians leave the old Cleveland Stadium for the new, 40,000 seat Jacobs Field. They were second in the division for the year but a players strike prevented them from going to the playoffs.
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The Cleveland Indians lose to the Atlanta Braves in the 1995 World Series, their first since 1948. Atlanta won four games while the Indians won two.
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The Cleveland Indians go to the 1997 World Series, where they lose to the Florida Marlins. This series featured the coldest game in World Series history. They lost in an extra inning of the seventh game. The final count was Florida having four games to the Indians three.
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The Cleveland Indians lose to the Tampa Bay Raves 4-0 in their last postseason appearence.
