Play Ball! Browns Opening Day Starting Pitchers

The Browns won a record-setting nine-straight opening day contests from 1937 through 1945.

Year	Pitcher	Decision	Opponent	Location	Reference
1902	Red Donahue	(W)	Cleveland Indians	Sportsman's Park	[5][6]
1903	Red Donahue (2)	(L)	Chicago White Sox	Sportsman's Park	[5][12]
1904	Ed Siever	(L)	Detroit Tigers	Sportsman's Park	[5][13]
1905	Harry Howell	(W)	Chicago White Sox	South Side Park	[5][14]
1906	Harry Howell (2)	(L)	Cleveland Indians	Sportsman's Park	[5][15]
1907	Harry Howell (3)	(W)	Chicago White Sox	Sportsman's Park	[5][16]
1908	Barney Pelty	(W)	Cleveland Indians	League Park	[5][17]
1909	Jack Powell	(L)	Cleveland Indians	Sportsman's Park	[5][18]
1910	Bill Grahame	(L)	Chicago White Sox	South Side Park	[5][19]
1911	Jack Powell (2)	(W)	Cleveland Indians	Sportsman's Park	[5][20]
1912	Joe Lake	(L)	Chicago White Sox	Comiskey Park	[5][21]
1913	Carl Weilman	(W)	Detroit Tigers	Sportsman's Park	[5][22]
1914	Carl Weilman (2)	(L)	Detroit Tigers	Tiger Stadium	[5][23]
1915	Carl Weilman (3)	(L)	Chicago White Sox	Sportsman's Park	[5][24]
1916	Bob Groom	(L)	Cleveland Indians	League Park	[5][25]
1917	Earl Hamilton	(L)	Chicago White Sox	Sportsman's Park	[5][26]
1918	Grover Lowdermilk	(W)	Chicago White Sox	Comiskey Park	[5][27]
1919	Dave Davenport	(L)	Chicago White Sox	Sportsman's Park	[5][28]
1920	Allen Sothoron	(L)	Cleveland Indians	League Park	[5][29]
1921	Urban Shocker	(W)	Cleveland Indians	Sportsman's Park	[5][30]
1922	Urban Shocker (2)	(W)	Chicago White Sox	Comiskey Park	[5][31]
1923	Urban Shocker (3)	(L)	Detroit Tigers	Sportsman's Park	[5][32]
1924	Urban Shocker (4)	(W)	Chicago White Sox	Comiskey Park	[5][33]
1925	Joe Bush	(L)	Cleveland Indians	Sportsman's Park	[5][34]
1926	Milt Gaston	(L)	Chicago White Sox	Comiskey Park	[5][35]
1927	Tom Zachary	T	Detroit Tigers	Sportsman's Park	[5][36]
1928	Sam Gray	(W)	Detroit Tigers	Tiger Stadium	[5][37]
1929	Sam Gray (2)	(W)	Chicago White Sox	Sportsman's Park	[5][38]
1930	Sam Gray (3)	(L)	Detroit Tigers	Tiger Stadium	[5][39]
1931	Lefty Stewart	(W)	Detroit Tigers	Sportsman's Park	[5][40]
1932	Lefty Stewart (2)	(L)	Chicago White Sox	Comiskey Park	[5][41]
1933	Bump Hadley	(L)	Chicago White Sox	Sportsman's Park	[5][42]
1934	George Blaeholder	(L)	Cleveland Indians	League Park	[5][43]
1935	Bobo Newsom	(L)	Cleveland Indians	Sportsman's Park	[5][44]
1936	Ivy Andrews	(L)	Chicago White Sox	Comiskey Park	[5][45]
1937	Oral Hildebrand	(W)	Chicago White Sox	Sportsman's Park	[5][46]
1938	Bobo Newsom (2)	(W)	Cleveland Indians	League Park	[5][47]
1939	Bobo Newsom (3)	(W)	Chicago White Sox	Comiskey Park	[5][48]
1940	Slick Coffman	(W)	Detroit Tigers	Tiger Stadium	[5][49]
1941	Elden Auker	(W)	Detroit Tigers	Sportsman's Park	[5][50]
1942	Bob Muncrief	(W)	Chicago White Sox	Comiskey Park	[5][51]
1943	Al Hollingsworth	(W)	Chicago White Sox	Sportsman's Park	[5][52]
1944**	Jack Kramer	(W)	Detroit Tigers	Tiger Stadium	[5][10]
1945	Sig Jakucki	(W)	Detroit Tigers	Sportsman's Park	[5][53]
1946	Nels Potter	(L)	Detroit Tigers	Tiger Stadium	[5][54]
1947	Denny Galehouse	(L)	Detroit Tigers	Sportsman's Park	[5][55]
1948	Fred Sanford	(L)	Cleveland Indians	Cleveland Stadium	[5][56]
1949	Ned Garver	(W)	Cleveland Indians	Sportsman's Park	[5][57]
1950	Ned Garver (2)	(W)	Chicago White Sox	Comiskey Park	[5][58]
1951	Ned Garver (3)	(L)	Chicago White Sox	Sportsman's Park	[5][59]
1952	Ned Garver (4)	(W)	Detroit Tigers	Tiger Stadium	[5][60]
1953	Virgil Trucks	(W)	Detroit Tigers	Busch Stadium	[5][61]

courtesy Wikipedia