Jim Thome
Today in Tribe History: September 8, 1995
September 8, 2020 | Bob TothWith a 3-2 win over the Baltimore Orioles, the Cleveland Indians clinch the American League Central Division crown. With the season shortened at the front-end of the schedule, it was the 123rd game of the season, the fastest that any team has won a title in Major League history. The Indians improve to 86-37 with the win. Read More
Today in Tribe History: September 4, 1991
September 4, 2020 | Bob TothThe long and storied Major League career of Jim Thome begins at the Metrodome as the Cleveland Indians defeat the first place Minnesota Twins, 8-4. Read More
Today in Tribe History: August 27, 1970
August 27, 2020 | Bob TothFirst ballot Hall of Famer Jim Thome is born in Peoria, Illinois. Read More
Today in Tribe History: July 3, 2002
July 3, 2020 | Bob TothTribe slugger Jim Thome homers for the seventh consecutive game as the Indians fall again to the New York Yankees, 11-8. Read More
Today in Tribe History: April 9, 2000
April 9, 2020 | Bob TothThe Indians improved to 4-2 on the season behind an offensive eruption in a 17-4 victory over the Devil Rays in Tampa Bay, but not everyone enjoyed a good day at the plate. Read More
Countdown to Indians’ 2020 Opening Day – 25
March 1, 2020 | Bob TothBaseball takes little time off in between seasons, so neither can we. Follow along at Did the Tribe Win Last Night as we count down to March 26, when the Cleveland Indians host the Detroit Tigers for game one of the 2020 season. – BT
Countdown to Opening Day – 25 days
On July 29, 2018, Jim Thome took his place among the other baseball immortals in Cooperstown’s National Baseball Hall of Fame. Three weeks later, Thome returned home to Cleveland, where he was inducted into the team’s Hall of Fame and had his number 25 retired that afternoon.
Thome’s selection made him the club’s first Hall of Famer since Roberto Alomar and Bert Blyleven gained entrance together in 2011. Read More
Today in Tribe History: October 26, 1995
October 26, 2019 | Bob TothDespite a legitimate scare in the ninth, the Cleveland Indians held on to defeat the Atlanta Braves, 5-4, in Game 5 of the World Series to delay their season’s end by one more game. It was the final game to be played at Jacobs Field that season with a total of 43,595 in attendance for the two hour and 33 minute contest. The Braves held a 3-2 edge after the defeat in the best-of-seven series as the games shifted back to Atlanta. Read More
Today in Tribe History: October 18, 1997
October 18, 2019 | Bob TothThe World Series begins from Pro Player Stadium in Miami, Florida, where the National League champion Florida Marlins host the Cleveland Indians and defeat them by a 7-4 final. Read More
Today in Tribe History: September 8, 1995
September 8, 2019 | Bob TothWith a 3-2 win over the Baltimore Orioles, the Cleveland Indians clinch the American League Central Division crown. With the season shortened at the front-end of the schedule, it was the 123rd game of the season, the fastest that any team has won a title in Major League history. The Indians improve to 86-37 with the win. Read More
Today in Tribe History: September 4, 1991
September 4, 2019 | Bob TothThe long and storied Major League career of Jim Thome begins at the Metrodome as the Cleveland Indians defeat the first place Minnesota Twins, 8-4. Read More
Today in Tribe History: August 27, 1970
August 27, 2019 | Bob TothFirst ballot Hall of Famer Jim Thome is born in Peoria, Illinois. Read More
Today in Tribe History: July 3, 2002
July 3, 2019 | Bob TothTribe slugger Jim Thome homers for the seventh consecutive game as the Indians fall again to the New York Yankees, 11-8. Read More
