Cleveland Stadium

From BR Bullpen

(also known as Municipal Stadium, 1931 to 1974)

BUILT: 1931

CAPACITY: 78,000 (1931); 74,483 (1989)

FIRST GAME: July 31, 1932, vs. Philadelphia Athletics (Athletics 1, Indians 0)

LAST GAME: October 3, 1993, vs. Chicago White Sox (White Sox 4, Indians 0)

LARGEST CROWD: 86,288 - October 10, 1948, vs. Boston Braves (World Series)

Cleveland Stadium was the home of the Cleveland Indians from 1931 to 1993, when they moved to Jacobs Field. For much of its existence, it had the largest seating capacity in the Major Leagues, although its other redeeming features were few, as witnessed by its unofficial nickname: the Mistake by the Lake (i.e. Lake Erie).