Cleveland Stadium - Records and Milestones

Records and Milestones

• July 1, 1931 - Dedication
• July 3, 1931 - Opening event: World Heavyweight Championship boxing match between Max Schmeling and Young Stribling, with 37,000 fans in attendance.
• July 31, 1932 - First Cleveland Indians game, vs. Philadelpha Athletics (loss, 1-0); pitched by Mel Harder
• September 12, 1954 - A league record 84,587 people attended a Yankees-Indians game.
• April 19, 1960 - The Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Indians played 15 innings on Opening Day, tying the record for the longest Opening-Day game.
• June 17, 1960 - Ted Williams hits his 500th career home run.
• August 14, 1966 - The Beatles perform at the stadium.
• June 21, 1970 - Detroit's Cesar Guitierrez got seven hits in seven at bats in 12 innings.
• June 25, 1977–83,199 people attend a concert by the British rock group Pink Floyd.
• August 21, 1986 - Boston's Spike Owen tied a Major League record by scoring six runs.
• January 11, 1987 - The Drive: In one of Cleveland's many sports disappointments, John Elway leads the Denver Broncos 98 yards down the field for the tying score late in the AFC Championship Game. Denver wins in overtime, 23-20, earning the right to play in Super Bowl XXI.
• October 3, 1993 - Last Cleveland Indians game, vs. Chicago White Sox (loss, 4-0)
• December 17, 1995 - Last Cleveland Browns game, vs. Cincinnati Bengals (win, 26–10)