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Louis Sockalexis - The Cleveland Indian
Although the Cleveland team was called The Spiders, The Naps, The Blues, etc., sports writers continued to refer to the team as the Indians long after Sockalexis had left.
Louis Sockalexis, a Penobscot Indian from the state of Maine, joined the Cleveland Spiders in 1897 after a successful college career at Holy Cross. He made such an impression that he was christened the "The Cleveland Indian" by the local sportswriters. It was at this point, the writers began calling the team the Indians, and continue to do so to this day.
Sockalexis passed away at an early age of 42 In 1914. The following year the Cleveland team formally changed their name to the Indians in remembrance of the athlete who accomplished so much in so little time.
When Sockalexis joined the Cleveland team, he became the first Native American to play major league ball, and the first minority of any kind in the National League.
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"Maybe someday I will be a great player, but not yet. I have a good deal to learn and watch every player, some of whom may do something of benefit to me to me another time."
Louis Sockalexis was called the "Deerfoot Of The Diamond" for his speed.
In his youth, it was told he could throw a baseball across the Penobscot River. Being a true athlete, he was a versatile player who could play just about any position in the game of baseball.
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"If the small and big boys of Brooklyn find it a pleasure to shout at me, I have no objections. No matter where we play, I go through the same ordeal, and at the present time I am so used to it that at times I forget to smile at my tormentors, believing it to be part of the game. (Louis Sockalexis -- Brooklyn Eagle, May 1897)
Click on the photo for more information about Sockalexis at The Baseball Biography Project. Below below are biographies available from Amazon.
Louis Sockalexis: Native American Baseball Pioneer by Bill Wise
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2003 Topps 205 145 Louis Sockalexis FY RC (Baseball Cards) Cleveland Spiders (XRC - Extended Rookie Card)
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Louis Sockalexis: The First Cleveland Indian by David L. Fleitz
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Indian Summer: The Tragic Story of Louis Francis Sockalexis, the First Native American in Major League Baseball by Brian McDonald
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The Penobscot Indians On YouTube
Louis Sockalexis Baseball Reliquary
Detail of shrine to Louis Sockalexis from The Baseball Reliquary.
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Louis Sockalexis: Influential Sports Icon Of The 20th Century
"Louis Sockalexis had the most brilliant career of any man who ever played the game. At no time has a player crowded so many remarkable accomplishments into such a short period of time as Sockalexis.
He should have been the greatest player of times - greater than (Ty) Cobb, (Honus) Wagner, (Nap) Lajoie, (Roger) Hornsby or any of the other men who made history for the game." - Hall of Famer Hughie Jennings
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