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This Week in Cleveland Indians History: Lee Fohl’s great managerial blunder

On July 18, 1919, the Cleveland Indians and Boston Red Sox met for the third of a four-game set at League Park in Cleveland. The Indians entered the game at 44-33, 4.5 games behind the first place White Sox. The Red Sox were 31-42 and well on their way to a fifth-place finish.

33-year-old Hi Jasper lasted eight innings for the Indians. In the bottom of the eighth inning with the score tied 3-3 the Indians pinch-hit Joe Harris for Jasper.

Harris might be one of the best Indians you’ve never heard of.