DALLAS — Home run hitter Rocky Colavito, the hero to thousands of Cleveland baseball fans in the 1950s and 1960s, has died. He was 91. Colavito’s family confirmed his death to the Guardians on Tuesday ...

Rocky Colavito, one of the most popular players in Cleveland baseball history, died on Tuesday, the Guardians announced. He was 91. One of 18 players to hit four home runs in an MLB game, Colavito ...

Colavito kept the ball he hit for the fourth homer in his den the rest of his life, refusing requests to give it to the Baseball Hall of Fame. “It would be like giving up part of my life,” he said. It ...

Rocky Colavito, one of baseball’s most popular figures in the 1950s and ’60s, passed away Tuesday night at his longtime Berks County home after a lengthy illness, a family source confirmed. He was 91.

He was named Cleveland’s Man of the Year by the local chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America after the 1976 season. The next spring, at banquet honoring Carty, he criticized manager ...