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Cleveland Indians owner Jim Dunn. Name Years Charles W. Somers: 1900–1916 Jim Dunn: 1916–1922 Dunn estate 1922–1927 Alva Bradley: 1927–1946 Bill Veeck: 1946 ...
Cleveland Guardians owner [ edit ] In 2000, Dolan (through a family trust) bought the Cleveland Indians of Major League Baseball (MLB) for $323 million from Richard Jacobs , who, along with his late brother David Jacobs, had paid $35 million for the club in 1986.
Somers asked the local baseball writers to come up with a new name, and based on their input, the team was renamed the Cleveland Indians. [40] The name referred to the nickname "Indians" that was applied to the Cleveland Spiders baseball club during the time when Louis Sockalexis, a Native American, played in Cleveland (1897–1899). [41]
Dolan was born and raised in the Cleveland, Ohio suburb of Chardon, as one of six children of Larry and Eva Dolan. Dolan attended high school at the Gilmour Academy in Gates Mills, Ohio, and upon graduation attended college at St. Lawrence University, and upon graduation went on to earn his Juris Doctor at Notre Dame Law School in 1983.
In 1946, having sold his interest in the Class AAA Milwaukee Brewers, Veeck became the owner of a major league team, the Cleveland Indians. He immediately put all the team's games on radio (previously, only limited games had been broadcast). He also moved the team to Cleveland Municipal Stadium permanently in 1947.
The “Cleveland Indians” name that lasted more than 105 years is no more. Taking a new name for the first time since 1915, the storied franchise is now “The Cleveland Guardians.”
Along with his brother, [3] Jacobs was also well known for owning the Cleveland Indians of Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1986 to 1999; after David's death in 1992, Richard operated the team on his own. In 1994, Jacobs Field would open as the new venue of the Indians in downtown Cleveland. The ballpark bore his family name from its opening in ...
The Cleveland Guardians (formerly known as the Indians) are a professional baseball franchise based in Cleveland, Ohio that formed in 1901.They are members of the Central division of Major League Baseball's American League. [1]