Subject(s): Rocky Colavito Sport: Baseball Location: Tony Brush Park, Mayfield Road, Cleveland, OH Unveiled: 10/8/2021 Sculptor: David Deming Material: Bronze Status: In Situ Inscription(s): Plaque 1: ROCKY COLAVITO. "THE ROCK". BELOVED CLEVELAND ICON. MIGHTY HOME RUN HITTER. ARM LIKE A CANNON. Plaque 2: BORN AUG. 10, 1933, BRONX, NY. YOUNGEST OF 5 CHILDREN. GREW UP NEAR YANKEE STADIUM. DREAMED OF BEING A BALLPLAYER. SIGNED WITH CLEVELAND AT 17. Plaque 3: COLAVITO PLAYED ON 6 TEAMS. INDIANS 1956-59. TIGERS 1960-63. ATHLETICS 1964. INDIANS 1965-67. WHITE SOX 1967. DODGERS 1968. YANKEES 1968 . Plaque 4: PLAYED 1955-1968. .266 BATTING AVERAGE. 374 HOME RUNS. 1,159 RUNS BATTED IN. HOMERED EVERY 17.4 AT BATS. Plaque 5: PLAYED IN 9 ALL-STAR GAMES. 2ND FASTEST TO 100 HOME RUNS. 5TH FASTEST TO 300 HOME RUNS. MOST MLB HOME RUNS, 1958-62. RETIRED 15TH IN CAREER HOMERS. Plaque 6: RIGHT FIELDER ONCE THREW A BALL 435 FEET IN EXHIBITION. HAD ERRORLESS SEASON IN 1965. PLAYED 234 STRAIGHT GAMES WITHOUT RECORDING AN ERROR. Plaque 7: HIT 4 SUCCESSIVE HOMERS ON JUNE 10, 1959. BALTIMORE’S MEMORIAL STADIUM. SCORED 5 RUNS, DROVE IN 6. INDIANS WON BY A SCORE OF 11-8. Plaque 8: ROCCO DOMENICO COLAVITO. PRIDE OF ITALIAN AMERICANS. ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR BALLPLAYERS EVER TO PLAY FOR CLEVELAND INDIANS. [Back wall also contains plaques with sponsors' names and messages] Links: Sculptor Project