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The Cleveland Indians are a Major League Baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are in the Central Division of the American League.
- Founded: 1901 (charter American League member)
- Formerly known as: the Cleveland Naps, when Napoleon Lajoie was manager, from 1906 through 1910. The team cycled through a series of nicknames before and after that, until becoming the Indians in 1915.
- Home ballpark: Jacobs Field, Cleveland
- Uniform colors: Navy blue and Red
- Logo design: "Chief Wahoo," a smiling Indian caricature.
- Wild Card titles won (0): none
- Division titles won (6): 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001
- League pennants won (5): 1920, 1948, 1954, 1995, 1997
- World Series championships won (2): 1920, 1948
Franchise history
- to be written
Players of note
Baseball Hall of Famers
- Earl Averill
- Lou Boudreau
- Steve Carlton
- Stan Coveleski
- Larry Doby
- Dennis Eckersley
- Bob Feller
- Elmer Flick
- Addie Joss
- Ralph Kiner
- Nap Lajoie
- Bob Lemon
- Al Lopez
- Hal Newhouser
- Phil Niekro
- Satchel Paige
- Gaylord Perry
- Sam Rice
- Frank Robinson
- Joe Sewell
- Tris Speaker
- Hoyt Wilhelm
- Dave Winfield
- Early Wynn
- Cy Young
Not to be forgotten
- Albert Belle
- Bert Blyleven
- Joe Charboneau (Rookie of the Year in 1980)
- Bartolo Colon
- Travis Fryman
- Kenny Lofton
- Manny Ramirez
- Herb Score
- Jim Thome
- Hal Trosky
Retired numbers
- 3 Earl Averill
- 5 Lou Boudreau
- 14 Larry Doby
- 18 Mel Harder
- 19 Bob Feller
- 21 Bob Lemon
- 42 Jackie Robinson (retired throughout baseball)
