Elmer Flick
Today in Tribe History: May 16, 1902
May 16, 2020 | Bob TothThree weeks after his release from the Philadelphia Athletics, the Cleveland Bronchos sign outfielder and northeast Ohio native Elmer Flick in a move that will benefit the team for years. Read More
Today in Tribe History: March 17, 1907
March 17, 2020 | Bob TothCleveland Naps vice president Charles Somers and manager Nap Lajoie firmly reject a proposed trade with the Detroit Tigers that would have sent Ty Cobb to Cleveland for Elmer Flick. Read More
Today in Tribe History: January 9, 1971
January 9, 2020 | Bob TothElmer Flick, a longtime Cleveland Indians outfielder and a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, passes away, two days short of his 95th birthday. Read More
Today in Tribe History: May 16, 1902
May 16, 2019 | Bob TothThree weeks after his release from the Philadelphia Athletics, the Cleveland Bronchos sign outfielder and northeast Ohio native Elmer Flick in a move that will benefit the team for years. Read More
Today in Tribe History: March 17, 1907
March 17, 2019 | Bob TothCleveland Naps vice president Charles Somers and manager Nap Lajoie firmly reject a proposed trade with the Detroit Tigers that would have sent Ty Cobb to Cleveland for Elmer Flick. Read More
Today in Tribe History: January 9, 1971
January 9, 2019 | Bob TothElmer Flick, a longtime Cleveland Indians outfielder and a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, passes away, two days short of his 95th birthday. Read More
Today in Tribe History: May 16, 1902
May 16, 2018 | Bob TothThree weeks after his release from the Philadelphia Athletics, the Cleveland Bronchos sign outfielder and northeast Ohio native Elmer Flick in a move that will benefit the team for years. Read More
Today in Tribe History: March 17, 1907
March 17, 2018 | Bob TothCleveland Naps vice president Charles Somers and manager Nap Lajoie firmly reject a proposed trade with the Detroit Tigers that would have sent Ty Cobb to Cleveland for Elmer Flick. Read More
1963 Hall of Fame Inductions had a Cleveland Feel
January 31, 2018 | Vince GuerrieriThis year, the Baseball Hall of Fame came calling for Jim Thome – who’ll go into Cooperstown wearing an Indians cap – and Jack Morris, whose career ended with a brief stint in Cleveland.
It’s not an uncommon occurrence to see two inductees in the same year who have played all or part of their careers with the Indians (prior to this year, it last happened in 2011, with Roberto Alomar and Bert Blyleven). Rarer still is three inductees from the Indians. That only happened once, in 1937, when Cy Young, Napoleon Lajoie and Tris Speaker were inducted in the second class.
But in 1963, three former players were inducted with ties to Cleveland baseball – all of whom played at League Park.
That year, only the veterans committee voted, and the inductees included Elmer Flick, Sam Rice and John Clarkson. Flick and Rice both played for the Indians, but Clarkson, a posthumous inductee, ended his career more than 70 years earlier with the Cleveland Spiders. Read More
Today in Tribe History: January 9, 1971
January 9, 2018 | Bob TothElmer Flick, a longtime Cleveland Indians outfielder and a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, passes away, two days short of his 95th birthday. Read More
Today in Tribe History: May 16, 1902
May 16, 2017 | Bob TothThree weeks after his release from the Philadelphia Athletics, the Cleveland Bronchos sign outfielder and northeast Ohio native Elmer Flick in a move that will benefit the team for years. Read More
Today in Tribe History: March 17, 1907
March 17, 2017 | Bob TothCleveland Naps vice president Charles Somers and manager Nap Lajoie firmly reject a proposed trade with the Detroit Tigers that would have sent Ty Cobb to Cleveland for Elmer Flick. Read More
