Actually he was a dismal failure who had a so-so first season and spent his second and third seasons in an alcohol-induced burnout. And the Indians chose that name for other reasons over 15 years later.
TRUE STORY FOLKS, HIS NAME IS LOUIS SOCKALEXIS AND HE PLAYED FOR CLEVELAND FROM 1897-1899, THEN THEY WERE CALLED THE CLEVELAND SPIDERS.
HE WAS A PHENOM THAT DAZZLED CLEVELAND FANS SO MUCH THAT OHIOANS STARTED CALLING HIS TEAM “THE INDIANS.”
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN LIBERAL CANCEL CULTURE RUNS RABID!