When the regular season resulted in a first place tie, the Indians won a one-game playoff against the Boston Red Sox to advance to the World Series.
Cleveland won the championship by defeating the Boston Braves 4 games to 2 for their first World Series win in 28 years.
Paige then threw his "Hesitation Pitch", which puzzled Platt and led him to throw his bat forty feet up the third base line.
Browns manager Zack Taylor bolted from the dugout to talk to umpire Bill McGowan about the pitch.
Larry Doby, the player who broke the American League's color barrier, pinch hit for Paige the following inning.
This was accomplished the night after he pitched in an exhibition game against the Brooklyn Dodgers in front of 65,000 people in Cleveland's Municipal Stadium.
51,013 people paid to see the game, but many thousands more stormed the turnstiles and crashed into the park, overwhelming the few dozen ticket-takers.
Coming into the game against the White Sox, Bob Lemon, Gene Bearden and Sam Zoldak had thrown consecutive shutouts to run up a thirty-inning scoreless streak, eleven shy of the big league record.
[12] Red Sox manager Joe McCarthy picked pitcher Denny Galehouse, who had an 8–7 pitching record.
[13] Ken Keltner contributed to the victory with his single, double, and 3-run homer over the Green Monster in Fenway Park in the 4th inning.
[13] [14] Infielders Other batters Coaches Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg.
He pitched for two-thirds of an inning in Game Two while the Indians were trailing the Boston Braves, giving up a sacrifice fly to Warren Spahn, got called for a balk and struck out Tommy Holmes.