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The Giants swept the Indians in four games, capturing their fifth championship in franchise history, since their previous in 1933. The 21st Major League Baseball All-Star Game was played on July 13, hosted by the Cleveland Indians in Cleveland, Ohio , with the American League winning, 11–9, ending the National League's four-win streak.
The 1931 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fourth in the American League with a record of 78–76, 30 games behind the Philadelphia Athletics . Regular season
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The 1954 Cleveland Indians advanced to the World Series for the first time in six years.It was the team's third American League championship in franchise history. The Indians' 111–43 record is the all-time record for winning percentage by an American League team (.721), as this was before 162 games were played in a season.
May 18 – Hal Chase, 64, outstanding first baseman whose big league career lasted from 1905 to 1919, who was the most notoriously corrupt player in Major League history and was barred from baseball after a reputed long history of fixing games. May 19 – Tex Hoffman, 53, third baseman for the 1915 Cleveland Indians. May 23:
The 1950 Cleveland Indians season was the 50th season in franchise history. The team finished fourth in the American League with a record of 92–62, six games behind the New York Yankees . Offseason
These results knock Philadelphia out of first place, with the Reds replacing them atop the NL standings. The Phillies would never return to first place in 1964. September 29 – The Pittsburgh Pirates blank the Reds 2–0 at Crosley Field (despite the Reds getting 11 hits off Bob Friend) to end the Reds' nine-game winning streak.
The Indians won the American League title via a tie-breaker game victory over the Boston Red Sox, after both teams finished their 154-game schedules with identical 96–58 records. This was the second regular season tie-breaker, and saw a change from the previous three-game format to that of a single-game, Game 163 .