what year did the cleveland indians go to the world series?
1948 World Series 1920 World Series
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 The Cleveland Indians won the World Series in 1920 and 1948 . They also won the American League pennant , making the World Series in the 1954 , 1995 , and 1997 seasons . Between 1995 and 2001 , Progressive Field ( then known as Jacobs Field ) sold out 455 consecutive games , a Major League Baseball record until it was broken in 2008 . 

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 In early September 1926 , thousands of Cleveland fans , confident that their Indians would win the pennant even when they trailed the Yanks by six games , made World Series ticket reservations . By September 23 they were only two games behind New York , but then lost three of their final four games to finish the season three games behind . 

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 The Cleveland Indians previously played at Cleveland Stadium , which they shared with the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League . The Indians first played at the stadium , which seated nearly 80 @,@ 000 people for baseball , for the 1932 and 1933 seasons , then returned to the smaller League Park . From 1936 – 1946 , they played weekend and holiday games there , and eventually night games and other dates where larger crowds were expected , moving to the stadium full @-@ time in 1947 . Cleveland Stadium was the largest stadium in the American League during its tenure as a baseball facility and was the largest stadium in Major League Baseball for all but a few seasons . 

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 The Indians defeated the Red Sox , 8 – 3 , as the Indians scored four runs in the fourth inning and limited the Red Sox to five hits . The Indians advanced to the 1948 World Series , where they defeated the Boston Braves , four games to two , giving them their second and most recent World Series championship . In baseball statistics , the tie @-@ breaker counted as the 155th regular season game by both teams , with all events in the game added to regular season statistics . 

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 The Browns are only one of 12 NFL franchises to predate the 1960 launch of the American Football League , and only one of three such teams in the AFC . 
