» May 11, 1939: Cleveland native Al Milnar stops the visiting A's, 7–0. Ken Keltner has a triple and three RBIs, and Roy Weatherly is 5-for-5, all singles, for Cleveland.

» May 25, 1939: In his last three at bats against the Red Sox Emerson Dickson, Cleveland's Ken Keltner belts three homers in an 11–0 romp at Fenway. It's the 11th time that an American League batter has hit three successive homers. Feller makes it easy, pitching a one-hitter for the win.

» November 28, 1939: Ken Keltner is turned down in Cleveland for off-season unemployment benefits.

» July 17, 1941: In front of more than 60,000 fans at Cleveland, Joe DiMaggio's hitting streak is ended at 56 games. Indian P Al Smith and Jim Bagby, Sr., plus sensational plays by 3B Ken Keltner, stop the Yankee Clipper, but New York edges the Indians 6-5.

» May 9, 1948: The Indians sweep a pair at Fenway, beating the Red Sox, 4–1 in 10 innings, and 9–5. A Ted Williams homer in the opener is the only Sox score, while Ken Keltner belts a pair of homers. They both add another in the nitecap, but Doby clouts a monstrous 2-run shot to dead center for the Tribe. He'll add another in a win tomorrow as Cleveland stays percentage points ahead of the A's.

» May 20, 1948: In a 13–4 Cleveland win, the Indians collect 18 bases on balls against the Red Sox to tie the American League record. Handing out the free passes are two Mickeys -- Mickey Harris and Mickey McDermott (11 in six 2/3 IP). Bob Lemon, Jim Hegan, and Ken Keltner all collect RBIs without the benefit of a hit.

» June 30, 1948: In his first full season as a pitcher, Bob Lemon of the Cleveland Indians pitches a no-hitter, beating the Detroit Tigers 2-0 in front of 49,628 at Briggs Stadium. Lemon has only two scares: Dale Mitchell makes a miraculous catch of a George Kell drive in the fourth and Ken Keltner makes a great stop behind 3B in the fifth.

» October 4, 1948: In a one-game playoff for the AL pennant at Fenway Park, the Cleveland Indians beat the Boston Red Sox 8-3 behind rookie knuckleballer Gene Bearden, who wins his 20th game. Player-manager Lou Boudreau gets 4 hits, including 2 HRs. Red Sox manager Joe McCarthy ignores his rotation pitchers to go with journeyman Denny Galehouse (8-7). With the score 1-1 in the 4th, Ken Keltner hits a 3-run HR over the LF fence.

» May 5, 1949: At Cleveland, Bob Feller, making his first start since pitching two innings in the season opener and coming up with a sore shoulder, beats the Red Sox, 7–3. The Tribe scores six in the 2nd inning, including Ken Keltner's three run homer off Jack Kramer. On the next pitch, Minnie Minoso making his second start, hits his first major-league homer. Ted Williams and Bobby Doerr hit 8th-inning homers for Boston, while Joe Gordon adds a homer in the 5th for Cleveland.

» April 18, 1950: The Indians release veteran Ken Keltner. He signs with the Red Sox the same day but is released on June 6th.