The Cleveland Guardians are a professional baseball team in Cleveland that plays in the American League (AL) of Major League Baseball. The team has won two World Series titles, in 1920 and 1948, and six AL pennants. Founded in 1901 as the Bluebirds, the team was known as the Indians from 1915 until 2022, when it changed its name to the Guardians. The change came after decades of controversy over the team’s name and iconography, which were criticized for perpetuating racist stereotypes.
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