Joseph Wancho
Joseph Wancho lives in Brooklyn, Ohio, and is a lifelong Cleveland Indians fan. He has been a SABR member since 2005 and serves as the vice chair of SABR’s Baseball Index Project Committee. He was the editor of Pitching to the Pennant: The 1954 Cleveland Indians (University of Nebraska Press, 2014) and The Sleeping Giant Awakes: The 1995 Cleveland Indians (SABR, 2019). He also authored So You Think You’re a Cleveland Indians Fan? (Sports Publishing, 2018).
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SABR Games Project stories written by Joseph Wancho
- June 14, 1963: Willie Kirkland’s second extra-inning home run ends 19-inning marathon
- July 12, 1962: Hank Aaron’s walk-off grand slam caps Braves’ comeback victory
- June 17, 1960: Ted Williams wallops 500th career home run in Cleveland
- April 17, 1960: Pirates score 6 in 9th to complete Easter Sunday doubleheader sweep
- June 10, 1959: Rocky Colavito hits four consecutive home runs for Indians
- August 14, 1958: Vic Power steals home twice in Cleveland’s extra-inning win over Detroit
- May 7, 1957: Gil McDougald’s batted ball knocks out Herb Score
- July 23, 1955: Del Ennis belts three homers for Phillies
- May 1, 1955: Feller and Score pitch brilliantly in doubleheader sweep
- September 25, 1954: Cleveland wins 111th game, sets AL season record for wins
- September 12, 1954: Cleveland fans set attendance record as 86,563 watch Indians sweep Yankees
- July 5, 1954: Bill Glynn’s big day for Indians
- June 2, 1954: Yankees score seven runs in first inning, but lose to Indians in extras
- September 12, 1953: Bob Porterfield wins 20th game of season for Senators
- April 18, 1953: White Sox and Indians combine for 26 walks
SABR Journal Articles written by Joseph Wancho
- The Other Perry: Gaylord’s Big Brother Jim Helped Pitch the Twins to Two Division Titles
- Butch Wynegar: From Single-A to the Major League All-Star Game in One Year
- A Fox in White Sox
- Bill Melton: The South Side’s First Home Run King
- Steve Stone’s Cy Young Season
- Prologue: The Washington Senators: 1961-71
- Bears, Cubs, and a Moose, Oh My
- Mr. Cub: Ernie Banks
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