(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 1915 1920 1948 1994 1999 Indians Nickname With Lajoie gone, the Molly McGuires now needed a new nickname. Somers asked the local newspapers to come up with a new name, and based on their input, the team was renamed the Cleveland Indians. Legend has it that the team honored Louis Sockalexis when it assumed its …