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| 1929 | In a 5-4 Opening Day victory over Detroit at League Park, Indians' rookie center fielder Earl Averill homers on a 0-2 pitch off Detroit's hurler Earl Whitehill, becoming the first American Leaguer to hit a home run in his first major league at-bat. The Earl of Snohomish will also be the first future Hall of Famer to accomplish the feat. |
| 1929 | On Opening Day, the Indians become the first team to wear numbers on their jerseys permanently when they edge Detroit at League Park, 5-4. The Tribe beat the Yankees in becoming the first team to regularly don digits when rain postpones the earlier-scheduled Bronx Bombers' contest against Boston in New York. |
| 1940 | On a chilly day, the White Sox team's batting average does not change when Indian fireballer Bob Feller hurls an Opening Day no-hitter, beating Chicago at Comiskey Park, 1-0. Each Pale Hose batter starts and ends the game with a .000 BA. |
| 1954 | The Indians refuse to play a game against the Tigers scheduled for Good Friday, a somber Holy Day observed by many Christian fans. The contest will be made up on August 19, setting up a rare Thursday afternoon doubleheader, one of ten twin bills the Tribe will play at Cleveland Stadium this season. |
| 2000 | Indian starter Chuck Finley, who was already the only pitcher to strike out four batters in one inning twice, does it for the third time. The southpaw whiffs Tom Evans, Royce Clayton, Chad Curtis (who takes first on a passed ball), and Rafael Palmeiro in the third inning, goes the distance in the complete-game victory when Manny Ramirez and Jim Thome hit back-to-back homers in the Tribe's 2-1 walk-off win over the Rangers. |
| 2009 | Grady Sizemore's grand slam spoils the debut of the new Yankee Stadium, an eventual Cleveland 10-2 rout over the Bronx Bombers. The Indians outfielder's decisive blast off Damaso Marte is the keynote hit of the Tribe's nine-run seventh inning, starting with the score tied at 1-1. |
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