Bearden Surprise Start and Three Homers Send Tribe to Series; Indians 8, Red...
October 4, 1948 After five and a half months and 155 big games, the Cleveland Indians finally won their biggest game of the season and clinched the American League pennant. The Tribe’s Gene Bearden...
View ArticleTribe Celebrates In Clubhouse After Clincher
October 4, 1948 When Eddie Robinson caught Ken Keltner’s throw from the grass of the Fenway Park infield the Indians had officially clinched the American League pennant and a summer of tension and...
View ArticleBoudreau’s Selection of Bearden Was Secret But Easy Choice
October 5, 1948 Beaten and dejected Sunday afternoon the Indians quickly learned upon reaching the clubhouse at Municipal Stadium that the Boston Red Sox had completed their 10-5 victory over the New...
View ArticleIndians and Braves Ready for Game One
October 6, 1948 The heavily-favored Cleveland Indians will engage the Boston Braves in a seven-game championship battle in the 45th World Series. Lou Boudreau’s Indians knocked off the Red Sox in...
View ArticleThe World Series is back in Cleveland—Series Tied 1-1
October 8, 1948 Large crowds. Cold, rainy weather. Ticket scalpers making profits. An electric atmosphere. Welcome back Tribe…this time it’s for all the marbles. Today, for the first time since...
View ArticleBearden Masterful—Tribe takes Series Lead; Indians 2, Braves 0
October 8, 1948 Cleveland Indians rookie pitcher Gene Bearden is making quite a name for himself, as he pitched the Tribe’s third straight outstanding game, defeating the Boston Braves 2-0 and giving...
View ArticleINDIANS WIN WORLD SERIES!!!!!!! Indians 4, Braves 3
October 11, 1948 As Bob Kennedy circled around a routine fly ball by Tommy Holmes and squeezed the final out this afternoon, he concluded the end of anything but a routine season for the Indians. The...
View ArticleTribe Celebrates World Championship with Fans Before Heading Home
October 12, 1948 This morning the Cleveland Indians arrived home from Boston, victors of the 1948 World Series and received a heroes parade upon their arrival. A dozen slow moving vehicles carrying...
View ArticleBoudreau Wins Most Valuable Player Award in American League
November 25, 1948 This afternoon the Baseball Writers of American Association announced Lou Boudreau as the Most Valuable Player of the American League. Boudreau, the Indians player-manager, led the...
View ArticleAfter the Cleveland Indians 1948 Season
The 1948 World Championship was the crowning moment in Bill Veeck’s career as an owner – and one of the loneliest in his life. Veeck would own another pennant winner, but no other world champion. On...
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