Player Profile: Rocky Colavito

diamondfans.com notes: Colavito was fan favorite in Cleveland in the late fifties, and his trade to Detroit after the '59 season for batting champion Harvey Kuenn was not well received (to put it mildly) by Indian fans. The affection of the Cleveland fans was well placed. Colavito was a solid ballplayer: a slugging outfielder with a strong arm in right field. His noteworthy accomplishments included hitting home runs in four consecutive at bats in a game on June 19, 1959, playing 162 games in the outfield without an error (in 1965), and hitting twenty or more home runs in 11 consecutive seasons (1956-1966). Only four players reached 300 home runs faster than Colavito. While he did not maintain his skills long enough to put up Hall of Fame numbers, Colavito remains one of the most popular Indians of the post-war period.