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The Indians played all of their home games at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio. The season saw the Indians win 22 consecutive games from August 24 to September 15, the longest winning streak in American League history and the second longest winning streak in Major League Baseball history, surpassing the marks set by the Oakland Athletics in ...
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.
Season(s) Season record(s) Date Score Opponent Date Score Opponent Beginning (first victory) End (first defeat) 1 26^ New York Giants: 1916: 86–66 September 7, 1916: 4–1 Brooklyn Robins: September 30, 1916: 3–8 Boston Braves: 2 22 Cleveland Indians: 2017: 102–60 August 24, 2017: 13–6 Boston Red Sox: September 15, 2017: 3–4 Kansas ...
With their season on the line, the Yankees started Masahiro Tanaka for Game three against the Indians' Carlos Carrasco. Tanaka pitched brilliantly, confusing Indians hitters for seven shutout innings with his splitter. Yankees right fielder Aaron Judge robbed Francisco Lindor of a two-run home run in the top of the sixth to preserve the ...
The Cleveland Indians established a new Major League record for most consecutive games won in stunning fashion on Thursday night, scoring a run each in the ninth and 10th innings to steal a 3-2 ...
The winningest season in franchise history came in 1954, when the Indians finished the season with a record of 111–43 (.721). That mark set an American League record for wins that stood for 44 years until the Yankees won 114 games in 1998 (a 162-game regular season). The Indians' 1954 winning percentage of .721 is still an American League record.
Indians reliever Oliver Perez makes odd history with first-ever zero-pitch, one-walk outing.
The Indians are five and one in Opening Day games in those seasons, with the only loss coming in 2016. [3] The Indians and the Toronto Blue Jays currently hold the record for the longest Opening Day game in Major League history. They set that record on Opening Day 2012, when the game lasted 16 innings.