Today In Tribe History
Today in Tribe History: September 27, 1914
September 27, 2020 | Bob TothNap Lajoie joins the 3,000 hit club, becoming just the second Major League ball player* to do so. Honus Wagner previously beat him to the plateau earlier in the season on June 9th. Read More
Today in Tribe History: September 26, 1907
September 26, 2020 | Bob TothHeinie Berger allows just one hit to New York as the Naps defeat the Highlanders, 6-0, giving Cleveland back-to-back one-hitters. Read More
Today in Tribe History: September 25, 2005
September 25, 2020 | Bob TothA fly ball lost in the Kansas City sun gives the Royals a walk-off win over the Cleveland Indians, 5-4. It would prove to set a disastrous course for the Tribe over the course of the rest of the regular season schedule. Read More
Today in Tribe History: September 24, 2013
September 24, 2020 | Bob TothJason Giambi sends a pinch-hit, two-run, walk-off home run into the visitor’s bullpen in right in the bottom of the ninth as the Cleveland Indians come back to win a 5-4 final over the Chicago White Sox. It was, as announcer Tom Hamilton proclaimed, “Mardi Gras, in September, in Cleveland.” Read More
Today in Tribe History: September 23, 2007
September 23, 2020 | Bob TothIn front of 40,250 fans at Jacobs Field, the Cleveland Indians defeat the Oakland Athletics, 6-2, to clinch their first American League Central Division championship since 2001 and their seventh such division crown overall. Read More
Today in Tribe History: September 22, 1920
September 22, 2020 | Bob TothWhile the Indians would win their sixth straight game, an 8-3 victory in Cleveland over the Boston Red Sox to reach the 90-win plateau for just the second time in the 20-year history of the franchise, a future component of the team’s next two American League pennant winning clubs after this season is born in San Bernardino, California. Read More
Today in Tribe History: September 21, 1942
September 21, 2020 | Bob TothSam McDowell is born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Read More
Today in Tribe History: September 20, 1954
September 20, 2020 | Bob TothThe Cleveland Indians match a season-high by extending their winning streak to eleven straight games as they defeat the Chicago White Sox 7-4 at Cleveland Stadium. Read More
Today in Tribe History: September 19, 1939
September 19, 2020 | Bob TothIn front of a reported crowd of 500 at Griffith Stadium, the Cleveland Indians pull off a triple play in the fifth inning. It does not help their final score, however, as despite rallying to tie the game in the ninth, they fall 10-9 to the Washington Senators. Read More
Today in Tribe History: September 18, 1908
September 18, 2020 | Bob TothBob Rhoads tosses the first no-hitter in Cleveland Naps history as they defeat the Boston Red Sox, 2-1. Read More
Today in Tribe History: September 17, 1937
September 17, 2020 | Bob TothCleveland starter Johnny Allen wins his 12th straight decision to open the season, improving to a perfect 12-0 behind a 4-1 victory in Boston over the Red Sox. Read More
Today in Tribe History: September 16, 1987
September 16, 2020 | Bob TothJoe Carter becomes the Indians’ first member of the 30-homer, 30-stolen base club with his steal in Cleveland’s 5-3 loss to the Seattle Mariners. Read More
