Today in Tribe History: May 18, 1955

Coming off of a 10-3 loss at Fenway Park to Boston the day before, the first place Cleveland Indians return the favor and then some, putting up eleven runs in the fifth inning on the way to a 19-0 dismantling of the Red Sox. Read More

Through No Fault of His Own, Score Never Lived Up to Potential

With baseball rumored to be inching closer and closer to a proposed return, we at Did The Tribe Win Last Night continue to wait out the grueling absence of sports across the country by looking back at the past. Today’s trip down memory lane, published by Vince Guerrieri on November 18, 2015, looks back at what could have been for Indians hurler Herb Score. – BT

Almost from the day he was unearthed by Indians scout Cy Slapnicka, big things were expected from Herb Score.

A policeman in Lake Worth, Florida, alerted Slapnicka – the man who discovered Bob Feller – about the fireballing southpaw. He was signed to a contract at the age of 19 – with a $60,000 bonus. While the Indians won 111 games and the American League pennant in 1954, Score was mowing down batters at Triple-A Indianapolis on the way to being named the minor league player of the year, with a record of 22-5 and 350 strikeouts.

And big things were expected of him even when he went to his first Indians spring training in 1955. He was tabbed by the Sporting News – the “Bible of Baseball” – as a Rookie of the Year candidate. And he delivered on that prediction, going 16-10 and leading the league with 245 strikeouts – the most by a rookie in 44 years, and a rookie record that stood until Dwight Gooden shattered it in 1984. Indians manager Al Lopez named Score to that year’s American League All-Star team. Read More

Today in Tribe History: May 1, 1955

Hosting a doubleheader at Cleveland Stadium, the Indians pulled off the daily double win over the Boston Red Sox as Bob Feller and Herb Score allowed a combined five hits in 18 innings on the mound to push Cleveland to 11-6 on the season. Read More

Today in Tribe History: March 18, 1957

Cleveland general manager Hank Greenberg rejects a deal offered by Boston that would have sent the Indians’ 23-year-old pitcher Herb Score to the Red Sox for $1 million. Read More

Today in Tribe History: May 18, 1955

Coming off of a 10-3 loss at Fenway Park to Boston the day before, the first place Cleveland Indians return the favor and then some, putting up eleven runs in the fifth inning on the way to a 19-0 dismantling of the Red Sox. Read More

Today in Tribe History: May 1, 1955

Hosting a doubleheader at Cleveland Stadium, the Indians pulled off the daily double win over the Boston Red Sox as Bob Feller and Herb Score allowed a combined five hits in 18 innings on the mound to push Cleveland to 11-6 on the season. Read More

Today in Tribe History: March 18, 1957

Cleveland general manager Hank Greenberg rejects a deal offered by Boston that would have sent the Indians’ 23-year-old pitcher Herb Score to the Red Sox for $1 million. Read More

Little Surprise as Tribe Held Without a Rookie of the Year Again

Shane Bieber did not place in the American League Rookie of the Year voting, nor did Greg Allen, Adam Plutko, or Adam Cimber, as the Cleveland Indians’ long drought without a winner extends back to 1990, despite several high quality candidates over the last three decades. Former Tribe prospect Joey Wendle, traded to Oakland in the Brandon Moss trade in December of 2014, did earn a fourth-place share of this year’s award with 17 vote points.

It was no surprise that the Indians’ 23-year-old right-handed starting pitcher Bieber did not fit into the mix in a season that saw winner Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels wow with 22 homers and a .285 batting average while also going 4-2 with a 3.31 ERA and a 1.16 WHIP in ten starts before being shut down from his rotation work with right elbow issues. New York Yankees wunderkinder Miguel Andujar and Gleyber Torres finished second and third, respectively. Read More

Today in Tribe History: May 29, 1955

Larry Doby becomes the first player in the Majors to clear the outer wall of Kansas City’s Municipal Stadium with a home run and the Indians back left-hander Herb Score’s strong effort on the mound in a 4-2 win over the Athletics. Read More

Today in Tribe History: May 18, 1955

Coming off of a 10-3 loss at Fenway Park to Boston the day before, the first place Cleveland Indians return the favor and then some, putting up eleven runs in the fifth inning on the way to a 19-0 dismantling of the Red Sox. Read More

Today in Tribe History: May 7, 2017

Mike Clevinger capitalized on an opportunity to help out the Indians, throwing five and two-thirds innings of scoreless baseball. The Cleveland bullpen did the rest in a combined 1-0 one-hit victory over the Kansas City Royals. Read More

Today in Tribe History: May 1, 1955

Hosting a doubleheader at Cleveland Stadium, the Indians pulled off the daily double win over the Boston Red Sox as Bob Feller and Herb Score allowed a combined five hits in 18 innings on the mound to push Cleveland to 11-6 on the season. Read More