Cleveland Guardians

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The Cleveland Guardians are a Major League Baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. The team was founded in 1901 as the Cleveland Blues, one of the inaugural teams in the American League. [1] [2] [3] In 2022, the team's name changed from Cleveland Indians to Cleveland Guardians.

## Contents

* 1 Championships
* 2 Locations and Nicknames
* 3 Retired Numbers
* 4 Notes

## Championships[edit]

The team has had two championship-winning seasons since the beginning of major-league baseball's modern World Series in 1903, winning the World Series in 1920 and 1948. [4] They were also American League champions, but lost in the World Series, four times: in 1954, 1995, 1997, and 2016.

## Locations and Nicknames[edit]

The team has been based in Cleveland since its inception in 1901. They have played their home games at the following stadiums. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

* 1994-present: Progressive Field (Originally named Jacobs Field, renamed Progressive Field in 2008)
* 1946-1993: Cleveland Municipal Stadium
* 1934-1946: League Park and Cleveland Municipal Stadium
* Second half of 1932 to 1933: Cleveland Municipal Stadium
* 1901 to first half of 1932: League Park (Originally named League Park, renamed Dunn Field for the 1922-1927 seasons, then name reverted back to League Park starting with the 1928 season)

They have been known by five different nicknames: [10]

* 2022-present: Cleveland Guardians
* 1915-2021: Cleveland Indians
* 1903-1914: Cleveland Naps
* 1902 only: Cleveland Bronchos
* 1901 only: Cleveland Blues

## Retired Numbers[edit]

The following uniform numbers are retired in that players, managers, and coaches of the team will no longer use them. For non-players, the person's role in the organization is also listed. [11] [12]

* 3 Earl Averill
* 5 Lou Boudreau (player and manager)
* 14 Larry Doby
* 18 Mel Harder
* 19 Bob Feller
* 20 Frank Robinson (player and manager)
* 21 Bob Lemon
* 25 Jim Thome
* 42 Jackie Robinson (retired across major league baseball)
* 455 The fans (455 sellouts)

## Notes[edit]

1. ↑ https://www.mlb.com/guardians/history/timeline
2. ↑ https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CLE/
3. ↑ https://www.baseball-almanac.com/teams/clei.shtml
4. ↑ https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/world-series.shtml
5. ↑ https://www.mlb.com/guardians/history/ballparks
6. ↑ https://www.baseball-almanac.com/stadium/stadium3.shtml
7. ↑ https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CLE/attend.shtml
8. ↑ https://www.ballparksofbaseball.com/ballparks/cleveland-municipal-stadium/
9. ↑ https://www.ballparksofbaseball.com/ballparks/league-park/
10. ↑ https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CLE/#all_history
11. ↑ https://www.mlb.com/guardians/history/retired-numbers
12. ↑ https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CLE/#all_teams_retired_unis_CLE