Louis Francis Sockalexis, nicknamed "the Deerfoot of the Diamond", was a Penobscot professional baseball player. Sockalexis played in the major leagues from 1897–1899 as an outfielder for the Clevelan
Louis Sockalexis
The Cleveland Guardians are an American professional baseball team based in Cleveland. The Guardians compete in Major League Baseball as a member club of the American League Central Division. Since 19
Louis Sockalexis
…sports journalists attributed his rapid decline to alcoholism, they identified the disease as the inherent "Indian weakness". The name change of the Cleveland Naps to the Indians in 1915 is attributed by some to a desire to honor Sockalexis. The new name was chosen by sportswriters in honor of the nickname given…
The team is named after the eight Guardians of Traffic statues displayed on the Hope Memorial Bridge next to their home field.
Cy Young on a 1911 baseball card
The 1899 Columbus/Grand Rapids team. Hall of Famer Rube Waddell is back row, second from the left.
Nap Lajoie, who won the 1903 American League Batting Championship with the Cleveland Naps, was the team's namesake from 1903 to 1915, and is an MLB Hall of Famer.