Progressive Field
aka Jacobs Field; The Jake
1994 - Present
Cleveland, OH
Historic Aerials
What Was There
| Team | Years | Games |
|---|---|---|
| Indians |
(1994 - 2025) |
2494 |
First Game
4/4/1994: Mariners 4, Indians 3, 11 inningsUmpires: HP - Larry Barnett, 1B - Greg Kosc, 2B - Al Clark, 3B - Dan Morrison
Managers: Mike Hargrove (CLE), Lou Piniella (SEA)
Starting Pitchers: Dennis Martinez (CLE), Randy Johnson (SEA)
First Pitch: President Bill Clinton
Attendance: 41,459
Time of Game: 3:29
Trivia
- David Bell hit the first inside-the-park home run at then-Jacobs Field in the bottom of the first inning against Seattle's Randy Johnson. Two innings later Johnson threw two pitches at Kenny Lofton's head and touched off a benches-clearing brawl, after which Johnson, Lofton and Indians catcher Sandy Alomar Jr. were ejected from the game.
- The first no-hitter was thrown 17 years after the park opened, the longest gap among active parks in which a no-hitter has been thrown. Interestingly, Cleveland's League Park boasts the longest gap--21 years--among inactive parks in which a no-hitter was thrown.
- Washington's Griffith Stadium went 20 years before the first no-hitter was thrown and Philadelphia's Veterans Stadium went 19 years.
- When Larry Barnett served as the home plate umpire in this game, he became the only ump to be behind the plate for the openings of two active parks (Orioles v. CLE at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore on 4/6/1992).
| Batting Event | First |
|---|---|
| First Batter | Rich Amaral (SEA) groundout: 2B-1B |
| Hit | Eric Anthony (SEA) home run to RF vs. Dennis Martinez (3rd inning) - Homered to RF (3rd) |
| Run Scored | Edgar Martinez (SEA) on Eric Anthony sacrifice fly to RF vs. Dennis Martinez (1st inning) |
| Run Batted In | Eric Anthony (SEA) on home run to RF vs. Dennis Martinez (3rd inning) |
| Single | Mike Blowers (SEA) to RF vs. Dennis Martinez (5th inning) |
| Double | Manny Ramirez (CLE) to LF vs. Randy Johnson (8th inning) |
| Triple | Ken Griffey, Jr. (SEA) to RF vs. Jack Morris on 4/7/1994 (6th inning, Game No. 2) |
| Home Run | Eric Anthony (SEA) to RF vs. Dennis Martinez (3rd inning) |
| Grand Slam | Paul Sorrento (CLE) to RF vs. Doug Linton (KCA) on 5/9/1995: 1B-Manny Ramirez, 2B-Jim Thome, 3B-Eddie Murray (1st inning, Game No. 56) |
| IPHR | David Bell (CLE) to LF vs. Randy Johnson (SEA) on 4/15/1998 (1st inning, Game No. 290) |
| Stolen Base | Omar Vizquel (CLE), 2B vs. Chris Bosio/Dan Wilson on 4/7/1994 (3rd inning, Game No. 2) |
| Sacrifice Hit | Dan Wilson (SEA) bunted Reggie Jefferson to 2B vs. Dennis Martinez (2nd inning) |
| Sacrifice Fly | Eric Anthony (SEA) to RF scored Edgar Martinez vs. Dennis Martinez (1st inning) |
| Cycle | NONE |
| Pitching Event | First |
| Win | Eric Plunk (CLE): 1 1/3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 0 HR, 0 HBP, 4 BF, 17 PIT, 11 Str, 1 StL, 4 StS, 2 GB, 1 FB, 0 LD, 0 Unk, 2 IR, 0 IS |
| Loss | Kevin King (SEA): 1 1/3 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 0 K, 0 HR, 0 HBP, 9 BF, 28 PIT, 10 Str, 2 StL, 1 StS, 2 GB, 5 FB, 3 LD, 0 PU, 0 Unk, 1 IR, 1 IS |
| Strikeout | Dennis Martinez (CLE) struck out Ken Griffey Jr. swinging on 1-2 count (3rd inning) |
| Shutout | Mark Clark (CLE) on 5/13/1994 vs. DET (Game No. 13) |
| Shutout, SP | Clark: 9 IP, 6 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 5 BB, 3 K, 0 HR, 1 HBP, 34 BF, 136 PIT, 79 Str, 30 StL, 7 StS, 16 GB, 9 FB, 4 LD, 0 PU, 0 Unk, 73 GSc |
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| Shutout, RP | Save | Hipolito Pichardo (KCA) vs. CLE on 4/15/1994: 1/3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 0 HR, 0 HBP, 1 BF, 1 PIT, 1 Str, 0 StL, 0 StS, 1 GB, 0 FB, 0 LD, 0 Unk (Game No. 3) |
| Hit by Pitch | Dennis Martinez (CLE) hit Edgar Martinez (1st inning) |
| Wild Pitch | Randy Johnson (SEA) sent Candy Maldonado to 3B, Sandy Alomar to 2B with Manny Ramirez at bat (8th inning) |
| Balk | John Briscoe (OAK) sent Kenny Lofton to 2B with Alvaro Espinoza at bat on 5/27/1994 (8th inning, Game No. 19) | No-Hitter | Ervin Santana (LAA) vs. CLE on 7/27/2011: 9 IP, 0 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 10 K, 0 HBP, 29 BF, 105 PIT, 76 Str, 25 StL, 13 StS, 13 GB, 5 FB, 0 LD, 1 PU, 0 Unk, 94 GSc (Game No. 1,382) |
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| Balk | No-Hitter |