11/18/2025
The Cleveland Indians won the 1948 World Series defeating the Boston Braves 4 games to 2.
The Indians led by manager/player Lew Burdette got there by defeating the Boston Red Sox in the first ever AL playoff game to win the pennant.
It was the closest the Boston Braves and Boston Red Sox ever came to playing each other in a World Series.
Gave 5 in Cleveland broke an at then World Series attendance record of over 86,000.
It was Cleveland's 2nd World Series win. The franchise has not won a World Series since.
Vintage Highlight films reels of the 1948 World Series with the Cleveland Indians and the Boston Braves reel #1 'the World Series of 1948' presented by the ...