Cleveland Guardians Milestones

Order these Cleveland Guardians franchise moments by the year they happened. You place all 25 cards on one timeline, one at a time. Three wrong guesses ends the run.

Cleveland Guardians Milestones
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How the Cleveland Guardians history timeline works

Cleveland baseball's big moments are the cards here, each with a brief caption under its title, and the job is to rebuild their order by year. One moment is on the timeline from the start, with its year visible. Each new card goes into a gap you choose. Get it right and the year appears. Get it wrong and the card is placed where it really belongs, and you lose one of your three lives.

Cleveland's history runs through several names and ballparks, a couple of early championships, landmark firsts for the game and a long series of near misses in October. The modern part of the deck is crowded, with pennants, division crowns and award seasons stacked close together. Name changes and stadium openings make good anchors once they're down, but they're hard to place cold.

Want a longer game? On the deck tree you can tick this deck alongside any other one measured in release years and dates, and they shuffle into a single timeline together.

What's in the deck

Here are 25 of the 25 cards you might be dealt. Their values stay hidden until you place them.

  • Joined the AL as a charter franchise Cleveland fielded a team in the American League's first season
  • Renamed the Indians The club adopted the nickname it would keep for over a century
  • Won first World Series The title came weeks after shortstop Ray Chapman died from a pitch
  • Cleveland Municipal Stadium opened A cavernous lakefront stadium became the new home
  • Bob Feller debuted at 17 The Iowa farm boy struck out 15 in an early start
  • Larry Doby broke the AL color barrier Weeks after Jackie Robinson, he integrated the American League
  • Won the World Series over the Braves Boudreau's MVP season and rookie Satchel Paige delivered the most recent title
  • Won the AL pennant with 111 wins A record-setting season ended with a sweep and Willie Mays's catch
  • Herb Score won Rookie of the Year The flame-throwing lefty struck out a rookie-record 245
  • Early Wynn won his 300th game The veteran reached the milestone back with Cleveland
  • Ten Cent Beer Night riot A cheap-beer promotion ended in a forfeit
  • Frank Robinson became the first Black manager The player-manager homered in his debut
  • Jacobs Field opened A downtown ballpark replaced the lakefront stadium
  • Won the AL pennant, ending a 41-year drought A powerhouse lineup reached the Series but fell to Atlanta
  • Lost the World Series in extra innings of Game 7 A ninth-inning lead slipped away against the Marlins
  • Rallied from 12 runs down to beat Seattle One of the greatest comebacks erased a 14-2 deficit
  • CC Sabathia won the Cy Young The ace led the club to the ALCS
  • Ballpark renamed Progressive Field An insurance company took over the naming rights
  • Terry Francona's first playoff berth A wild-card season ended a six-year postseason drought
  • Won the AL pennant, lost Game 7 to the Cubs A rain-delayed finale ended a title chance against Chicago
  • Won a record 22 straight games The AL's longest winning streak stretched across September
  • Won a third straight AL Central The club again ran away with the division
  • Shane Bieber won the pitching Triple Crown The ace swept the Cy Young in the shortened season
  • Renamed the Guardians A new name drawn from the Hope Memorial Bridge statues
  • Won the AL Central and reached the ALCS Stephen Vogt's rookie managing season nearly reached the Series

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