Cleveland Buckeyes
| Cleveland Buckeyes 1942–1949 Cleveland, Ohio |
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The Cleveland Buckeyes were a professional baseball team that played in the Negro Leagues.
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[edit] Founding
The Buckeyes were established in 1942 in Cincinnati, Ohio[1] as the Cincinnati Buckeyes (Ohio being the Buckeye State). The following season, the team moved to Cleveland, Ohio, where they played their games at League Park.[2]
[edit] Glory years
While in Cleveland, the team achieved great success, including winning a pair of Negro American League championships (1945, 1947) and a Negro League World Series title in 1945.[1]
[edit] Decline and demise
In 1949 the team moved again, to Louisville, Kentucky, but it was to no avail and the Louisville Buckeyes disbanded at the end of the season.[3][1]
[edit] MLB throwback jerseys
On May 20, 2006, in Cleveland, the Pittsburgh Pirates and Cleveland Indians honored the Negro league teams by wearing the uniforms of the Homestead Grays and the Cleveland Buckeyes, respectively, during an inter-league game, as well as displaying the names on the scoreboard. The Pirates won the game 9-6.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c "Encyclopedia of Cleveland History". Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. Case Western Reserve University. http://ech.cwru.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=CB5. Retrieved 2009-10-03.
- ^ O'Karma, Dave (May 2006). "The Forgotten Championship". Cleveland Magazine. https://www.clevelandmagazine.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=586CA122EB394032BD4AA3B686FF03D9&nm=Editorial&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&mid=1578600D80804596A222593669321019&tier=4&id=92D9E44CE17C41D6A70731914BA4644C. Retrieved 2009-10-03.
- ^ "Cleveland Buckeyes". Negro League Baseball Players Association. http://www.nlbpa.com/cleveland_buckeyes.html.
- ^ Scott Priestle (May 21, 2006). "Throw Johnson back? Pitcher lousy in loss.". The Columbus Dispatch. http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-16974754_ITM. Retrieved May 29, 2009.
