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This is an original watercolor painting of the 1948 (World Series winning season) Cleveland Indians uniform.
Click on image to enlarge$550.00 (includes shipping in North America)
This original, one-of-a-kind watercolor painting of the 1948 Cleveland Indians home uniform is the original artwork that was used in the creation of this Cleveland Indians uniform evolution print and tens of thousands of other Cleveland Indians products that have been sold across North America. This original piece of art was painted by artist Bill Band for Maple Leaf Productions Ltd. 1948 was a World Series winning season for the Cleveland Indians.
Some History
What a year, what a uniform, what a lot of stories!First, the season: Under the guidance of player-manager Lou Boudreau, the Indians finished the regular season tied with Boston with identical 96-58 records, just two games ahead of 3rd the place Yankees. Thus Cleveland and the Red Sox played a one game playoff in Boston. Cleveland, behind rookie pitcher Gene Beardens knuckleballs, beat the Red Sox 8-3 and advanced to the World Series. For more about this game, please visit http://indians.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/cle/history/cle_history_feature.jsp?story=2 .
Second, the World Series: This was only the Indians second appearance in the World Series, their previous visit being a win in 1920. This time they faced the 91-62 Boston Braves. The good thing was the Indians simply stayed in Boston after their one game playoff against the Red Sox. Lead by two wins by Bob Lemon, 10 2/3rds innings of scoreless pitching by Gene Bearens, and great hitting by Larry Doby, Lou Boudreau and Eddie Robinson, the Indians won the Series 4 games to 2 over Warren Spahn and Johnny Sains Braves.
And stories? Ask anyone from Cleveland born before 1940 about the 1948 season you'll get an earfulI recall driving on Interstate 90 in Ohio in 1992 and hearing a replay of one of the Indians games from the 1948 season how's that for reliving the past?
As for the uniform, look at the new Indian head logo on the sleeve of both the home and road jerseys this was actually introduced in 1947 and was designed by 17 year old high school student Walter Goldbach.
Note also the swoosh underlining the word Indians on the home jersey. This style was introduced to baseball by the 1932 Cubs, and has been worn by many teams since then. The Indians would wear a swoosh on their home jerseys from 1946 to 1949, then it would be re-introduced in the 1990's.
