sentence: in 1948 , when the indians won the american league pennant and world series behind pitcher bob feller and shortstop / player - manager lou boudreau , the indians set three major league attendance records : they had the highest single season attendance , 2,620,627 , which was not eclipsed until the 1962 los angeles dodgers , largest regular season night game attendance of 72,434 for the first major league start of satchel paige , and biggest world series game attendance of 86,288 for game 5 on october 10 , 1948 .