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In 1994, the Colorado Silver Bullets women's professional baseball team was founded, in which the women players barnstormed around the country playing men's professional and semi-professional teams. [55] They won six of 40 games in their inaugural season, improving to a final winning season of 23–22 in their final year, 1997. [56]
That win was the third of 14 straight wins for the Indians, which was then a franchise record. [22] Their 14 straight wins from June 17 to July 1 is not only a franchise record but also the longest win streak in baseball since 2013. [23] During the streak, Ramírez batted .298 while compiling 17 hits and nine RBIs.
The Indians did not qualify for the postseason from 2018 to 2019. [58] The start of the 2020 season was initially postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic before being cancelled altogether. [68] [69] In conjunction with Major League Baseball's restructuring of Minor League Baseball in 2021, the Indians were placed in the Triple-A East. [70]
The 2021 Cleveland Indians season was the 121st season for the franchise. It was the ninth season under the leadership of manager Terry Francona and sixth under general manager Mike Chernoff. The Indians played their home games at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio. This was the team's final season under the name Indians.
The 2016 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2016 season.The 112th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the National League (NL) champion Chicago Cubs and the American League (AL) champion Cleveland Indians, the first meeting of those franchises in postseason history.
The Indians play their home games at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio. They made the playoffs after missing them in 2019 and improved upon their previous year's record of 93–69. They were swept out of the playoffs, losing both games of the ALWCS to the New York Yankees , extending their postseason losing streak to eight games.
Since then, the Indians have had three periods of success. The first was from 1947 to 1956, when they had winning records in every season, including a 111–43 record in 1954, which remains the best Major League Baseball regular season record since the 1909 Pirates, and won their only other World Series in 1948.
His second start was not as good as his first: although the Indians won 9-3, McDowell did not make it out of the fifth inning, once again walking five batters and failing to qualify for a win. [7] McDowell remained with the Indians as a swingman until the end of May, when he was sent back to the minors with a 6.04 ERA and 24 walks in 25.1 innings .