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When did Cleveland Indians last win a World Series?
The BASEBALL WORLD SERIES has been played in Cleveland 6 times, when the CLEVELAND INDIANS won the American League championship in 1920, 1948, 1954, 1995, 1997, and 2016.
The Chicago Cubs are World Series champions. Ending more than a century of flops, futility and frustration, the Cubs won their first title since 1908, outlasting the Cleveland Indians 8-7 in 10 innings of a Game 7 thriller early Thursday.
June 27, 1989 – The Blue Jays ‘ Cito Gaston and the Baltimore Orioles’ Frank Robinson become the first black managers to face one another in MLB history. Oct. 24, 1992 – Cito Gaston becomes the first black manager to win a World Series.
The longest all time World Series drought belongs to the Chicago Cubs, who went 107 seasons without winning the World Series between 1909 and 2016.
Instead, the Indians took the field against the Florida Marlins in snowy weather for Game 4 of the 1997 World Series. Heavier snow fell on Jacobs Field leading into the game before subsiding to smaller flurries at first pitch.
Indians’ Michael Martinez, who made last out of 2016 World Series, could see career end after tearing achilles.