The Cleveland Indians are a professional
baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are in the Central
Division of Major League Baseball's American League. Since 1994
they have played in Progressive Field (formerly Jacobs Field).
The team's spring training facility is in Winter Haven, Florida,
but will move to Goodyear, Arizona in 2009.
The "Indians" name originates
from a request by the club owner to decide a new name, following
the 1914 season. In reference to the Boston Braves (now the Atlanta
Braves), the media chose "the Indians". They are nicknamed
"the Tribe" and "the Wahoos". The latter is
a reference to the mascot which appears in the team's logos, Chief
Wahoo.
One of the American League's eight charter
franchises, the club was founded in Cleveland in 1901. The team
actually began play in 1900, when the AL was officially a minor
league. Then called the Cleveland Blues, the team played in League
Park until moving permanently to Cleveland Municipal Stadium in
1946. They have an all-time franchise record of 8,075-7,711 (.512).
The Indians are the reigning American League Central Champions.