Cleveland In the Finals

[The Gipper]

Here is the litany of Cleveland teams making the Finals in each of the major sports:

 

1892 Cleveland Spiders (now defunct) lose NL Finals to Boston Beaneaters (nka Atlanta Braves)

1920 Cleveland Indians defeat Brooklyn Robins (nka LA Dodgers) MLB

1945 Cleveland Rams defeat Washington Redskins NFL

1946 Cleveland Browns defeat NY Yankees AAFC

1947 Cleveland Browns defeat NY Yankees AAFC

1948 Cleveland Indians defeat Boston Braves (nka Atlanta) MLB

1948 Cleveland Browns defeat Buffalo Bills AAFC

1949 Cleveland Browns defeat SF 49ers AAFC

1950 Cleveland Browns defeat LA Rams NFL

1951 Cleveland Browns lose to LA Rams NFL

1952 Cleveland Browns lose to Detroit Lions NFL

1953 Cleveland Browns lose to Detroit Lions NFL

1954 Cleveland Indians lose to NY Giants (now San Francisco) MLB

1954 Cleveland Browns defeat Detroit Lions NFL

1955 Cleveland Browns defeat LA Rams NFL

1957 Cleveland Browns lose to Detroit Lions NFL

1964 Cleveland Browns defeat Baltimore Colts (now Indianapolis) NFL

1965 Cleveland Browns lose to Green Bay Packers

1995 Cleveland Indians lose to Atlanta Braves MLB

1997 Cleveland Indians lose to Florida (nka Miami) Marlins MLB

2007 Cleveland Cavaliers lose to San Antonio Spurs NBA

2015 Cleveland Cavaliers lose to Golden State Warriors

2016 Cleveland Cavaliers defeat Golden State Warriors

2016 Cleveland Indians lose to Chicago Cubs

2017 Cleveland Cavaliers lose to Golden State Warriors

 

Notes:

A. Cleveland/Akron/Canton area teams win NFL titles in 1920, 1922, 1923, 1924..but no playoffs involved.

B. Cleveland only had teams in NHL for a few years....no Finals appearances

[The Gipper]

By the way...the overall record in these Finals series is 12 wins 13 losses.

 

(but if you take the 4 uncontested NFL titles into account...you could say that Cleveland has an overall winning record.

Its just that "we" are 1-7 in our last 8 appearances (since 1964).