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December 1, 1956
 		Future Hall of Famer Luis Aparicio is selected as the American League Rookie of the Year, beating out Indian right fielder Rocky Colavito and Oriole outfielder/first baseman Tito Francona. The 22-year-old White Sox shortstop led the American League with 21 stolen bases.
June 10, 1959
 		In Baltimore, Rocky Colavito becomes the sixth player to hit four home runs in one game, helping the Indians defeat the Orioles, 11-8. The New York City native joins Lou Gehrig as the only player to accomplish the feat with four consecutive shots.
December 15, 1959
 		Frank Lane replaces Hank Greenberg as the Indians' general manager. 'Trader Lane,' who has made 60 separate deals since December 2, 1957, lives up to his well-deserved nickname when, just before Opening Day, he sends the Tribe's very popular Rocky Colavito to Detroit for batting AL champ Harvey Kuenn.
October 11, 1959
 		At Syracuse's MacArthur Stadium, middleweight champion Carmen Basilio umpires an exhibition game between Mickey Mantle's AL All-Stars and Willie Mays' NL All-Star barnstorming squads. The contest, which costs only $2.50 to attend, features a home-run hitting competition between Braves slugger Hank Aaron and Indians right fielder Rocky Colavito, who led the American League in home runs this season. 
April 17, 1960
 		The Tigers and Indians swap fan favorites when Detroit trades Harvey Kuenn, last season's batting champ, for Cleveland's 26-year-old slugger Rocky Colavito, the AL's home run champ. Detroit's new outfielder puts together four consecutive solid seasons batting .271 with 139 homers, with their former fly chaser hitting .308 in his only season in Cleveland before being traded by the Tribe to the Giants for Johnny Antonelli and Willie Kirkland.
July 19, 1960
 		Pedro Ramos one-hits Detroit in the Senators' 5-0 victory at Briggs Stadium. Rocky Colavito's lead-off single to centerfield in the eighth inning spoils the Washington right-hander's bid for a no-hitter.
December 3, 1960
 		The Indians deal outfielder Harvey Kuenn to the Giants for flycatcher Willie Kirkland and pitcher Johnny Antonelli. The 1958 American League batting champ, who hit .308 in his one year with the Tribe, came to Cleveland in the trade at the beginning of the season, which some fans believe started "the Curse of Rocky Colavito."
January 3, 1961
 		Frank 'Trader' Lane becomes the A's general manager and executive vice president. The former Cleveland GM, best remembered by Indians fans for last season's controversial trade of Rocky Colavito to the Tigers in exchange for Harvey Kuenn, a swap that gave rise to the Colavito Curse, believed to bring a series of unfortunate events to the Tribe over many decades.
July 31, 1961
 		Due to heavy rain, the second 1961 All-Star Game ends in a 1-1 tie at Fenway Park, with Rocky Colavito's home run accounting for the American League's only run. Jim Bunning, the American League starter, pitches three perfect innings again (he also did it in 1957), making him the only All-Star hurler to accomplish the feat twice.
October 1, 1961
 		Willie Mays hits his 40th home run when he goes deep off Lew Burdette in the Giants' 8-2 victory over Milwaukee in the opener of a twin bill at County Stadium. The 'Say Hey Kid' is the eighth player to reach the mark this season, a major league first, joining Roger Maris (61), Mickey Mantle (54), Harmon Killebrew (46), Orlando Cepeda (46), Jim Gentile (46), Rocky Colavito (45), and Norm Cash (41) in accomplishing the feat.
August 25, 1968
 		Rocky Colavito, giving up just one hit in 2⅓ innings of relief, gets credit for the win when the Yankees beat the Tigers, 6-5. The Bronx Bomber outfielder, who also homers in the game, will be the last position player to notch a major league victory until Rockies' catcher Brent Mayne accomplishes the feat in 2000.
August 22, 2000
 		Rockies' catcher Brent Mayne, working a scoreless 12th in a 7-6 victory over the Braves, becomes the first position player to be a winning pitcher in 32 years. In 1968, outfielder Rocky Colavito, as a Yankee, homered and threw 2.2 shutout innings against his former teammates, helping the Bronx Bombers to beat the Tigers.
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