The Kid from Cleveland is a 1949 sports drama film starring George Brent, Lynn Bari and Russ Tamblyn, directed by Herbert Kline, and released by Republic Pictures.

The real-life Indians had just won the 1948 World Series, and many of the team's players made appearances in the film, as well as owner Bill Veeck, co-owner and former Major League Baseball star Hank Greenberg, and then current coach and Baseball Hall-of-Famer Tris Speaker.

Several Cleveland Indians and Boston Braves players also appear in the film in archive baseball footage segments from the 1948 World Series.

Johnny makes up with Carl, who had secretly been saving money to go to architectural school, just as his father had studied at when he was a boy.

Based on the centerfield scoreboard, the game was played on Sunday, June 5, 1949 as part of a doubleheader with the Philadelphia Athletics.