CLEVELAND MUNICIPAL STADIUM PICS

[andycummings65]

The Stadium was also known as Lakefront Stadium or just Cleveland Stadium. It was home of the Cleveland Indians in 1932-1933, but fans and players complained about the spacious outfield and the Indians moved back to League Park. The Indians played Sunday and holiday games in Cleveland Stadium, then began playing night games and other important games in Cleveland Stadium as well, moving back to Cleveland Stadium full-time in 1947. The Indians played there from 1947-1993.

Joe DiMaggio's 56 game hitting streak ended here, Thursday, July 17, 1941.

No home run was EVER hit into the original Center Field bleachers.

The Center Field bleachers were the location of the Dawg Pound during Browns games.


Original dimensions
Left Field-322 ft.
Center Field-470 ft.
Right Field-322 ft.

Later dimensions
Let Field-321 ft.
Center Field-410 ft.
Right Field-321 ft.

[b:99e36ead5d]Cleveland Stadium. Construction almost complete-1931. Notice the running track similar to the one in Yankee Stadium's early years. It is not next to the wall. Huge centerfield.[/b:99e36ead5d]
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[b:99e36ead5d]Cleveland Stadium 1948--doubleheader between Indians and Yankees. Crowd of 78,431. Notice the fences have been brought in from the distant wall(470 ft)[/b:99e36ead5d]
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[b:99e36ead5d]Cleveland Stadium 1970s[/b:99e36ead5d]
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[b:99e36ead5d]Cleveland Stadium[/b:99e36ead5d]
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[b:99e36ead5d]Cleveland Stadium. No one EVER homered into the distant CF bleachers.[/b:99e36ead5d]
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[b:99e36ead5d]Entrance to Cleveland Stadium[/b:99e36ead5d]
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[b:99e36ead5d]Cleveland Stadium Closing in 1996 after Browns moved to Baltimore.
Mistake by the Lake? [u:99e36ead5d]Hardly[/u:99e36ead5d]. This photo poignantly should remind each of us that stadiums, strat, sports, our jobs and all the other "stuff" in our lives are just tools to enable us to enjoy our relationships with friends and family. Cleveland Stadium was not a mistake for this family, and hopefully a reminder to all of us to treasure what is most important.[/b:99e36ead5d]
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If you cant make out the writing:
"This is for my father:
I will always remember our times here, together, cheering the Indians & Browns [u:99e36ead5d]together[/u:99e36ead5d] and the Pipe Machinery father and son outing here. So here's to you, Harold P. Wallace. Thank you and I love you always. Your son, Michael P. Wallace."

sniff............

[Casey89]

I imagine Cleveland Stadium was murder on hitters when the shadows covered home plate.

[willsghoul]

1st job there selling hot dogs at 16 yr. / First draft beer there Genesee 16 1/2 yr :D me and my hot dog selling buddy got to know the vending stand gals in right field and they would give us free beer the entire year ... i believe 1977 , sat 1st row center behind home plate when Frank Robinson (majors first black manager) hit a home run in his first at bat opening day against Doc Medich and the hated Yankees , got my only baseball when Mike Hargrove tossed me a ball between innings his rookie of the year season with Texas , and my only autograph ... Ray Fosse after he interviewed for a radio broadcast ... stadium hot dogs with the original stadium mustard were really good and only cost 50 cents back in the day ... for that matter could get a bleacher seat for 50 cents in the early to mid 70's ... great memories !

[motherscratcher]

I loved that old Stadium. My last 2 years in high school I got a free season pass. The Indians would give GA season passes to all of the high school ballplayers in the area. We'd sit in general admission and then move closer after a few innings. We'd absolutely torture the opposing LF. For some reason I remember we really layed into Jim Eisenreich. I don't know why.

Here is mandatory reading for any baseball fan:

[url]http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=beernight/080604[/url]

[Semper Gumby]

I bet the bases are sitting next to Art Modell's toilet seat.

[willsghoul]

[quote:c69cec35b8="motherscratcher"]I loved that old Stadium. My last 2 years in high school I got a free season pass. The Indians would give GA season passes to all of the high school ballplayers in the area. We'd sit in general admission and then move closer after a few innings. We'd absolutely torture the opposing LF. For some reason I remember we really layed into Jim Eisenreich. I don't know why.

Here is mandatory reading for any baseball fan:

[url]http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=beernight/080604[/url][/quote:c69cec35b8] Funny you bring that up ... i can't say i was there that evening like the 1.5 million who claim to have been, but i was listening on the radio that night , Cleveland fans had a few more run ins with Billy Martin over the next few years i know that.

[Stormcrow2012]

I used to go to games on the rapid and seat in general admission for 3.00 dollars. We would yell, "Hey Joe Charboneau", and once he yelled back. I was nine or ten. But I did see dozens of baseball games there in the 1980s. And I saw over a 100 Browns' games between 1978-1993 at the old stadium.

I am currently doing a 1980 Cleveland Indians replay on the CD-ROM. Miguel Dilone is batting over .400 . I am only 40 games into the season.

[Maxie Minoso]

My first baseball memory was in Municipal in 1948. My mother leaned over to her eight year son and said, "Listen to this."

The outfield fence gate swung open and a tall, lanky figure slowly walked toward the pitchers mound. When he appeared a thunderous roar began that scared me like nothing had before. It lasted until the pitcher began his warm ups.

I was reminded years later that Satchel Paige went on to strike out the first batter, Joe DiMaggio and the Tribe won the game.

Who of us knows the exact moment when baseball became a life long love? But I'm probably right when I say that this moment sixty-four years ago was my first.

Maxie
(Note to self: e-mail to Bernie to please correct the "Yankee Clipper's" spelling with a capital M in DiMaggio.)

[Stormcrow2012]

Maxie Minoso:[quote:254e3e5ce9]My first baseball memory was in Municipal in 1948. My mother leaned over to her eight year son and said, "Listen to this." [/quote:254e3e5ce9]

My Father sold pop (soda) in the stands as a young teenager during the 1948 World Series.