The Baseball Scholar

Cleveland Guardians

Dave Franks
1–2 minutes

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  • Cleveland Indians Lists
  • Team History
    Years Known As Record World Series Titles Pennants Playoff Appearance
    2022 Cleveland Guardians 92 – 70 0 0 1
    1915 – 2021 Cleveland Indians 8,532 – 8,112 2 6 15
    1903 – 1914 Cleveland Naps 937 – 883 0 0 0
    1902 Cleveland Bronchos 69 – 67 0 0 0
    1901 Cleveland Blues 54 – 82 0 0 0
    World Series Titles
    Year Opponent Series World Series MVP
    1948 Boston Braves 4-2
    1920 Brooklyn Robins 5-2
    Retired Numbers
    Number Player Years Played Position
    3 Earl Averill 1929 – 1939 OF
    5 Lou Boudreau 1938 – 1950 SS
    14 Larry Doby 1947 – 1955 OF
    18 Mel Harder 1928 – 1947 RHP
    19 Bob Feller 1936 – 1941, 1945 – 1956 RHP
    21 Bob Lemon 1946 – 1958 RHP
    MVP
    Year Player Position
    1953 Al Rosen 3B
    1948 Lou Boudreau SS
    1926 George Burns 1B
    Cy Young Award
    Year Player
    2020 Shane Bieber
    2017 Corey Kluber
    2014 Corey Kluber
    2008 Cliff Lee
    2007 C.C. Sabathia
    1972 Gaylord Perry
    Rookie of the Year
    Year Player Position
    1990 Sandy Alomar, Jr C
    1980 Joe Charboneau OF
    1971 Chris Chambliss 1B
    1955 Herb Score SP
    Manager of the Year
    Year Manager
    2022 Terry Francona
    2016 Terry Francona
    2013 Terry Francona
    2007 Eric Wedge