Cleveland Buckeyes

Negro League Baseball team (1942–1948)

Cleveland Buckeyes

Information
League|

* Negro American League

Location| Cleveland, Ohio
Ballpark|

* Crosley Field (1942)
* League Park (1942-1948, 1950)
* Parkway Field (1949)

Established| 1942
Disbanded| 1950
Nickname(s)|

* Cincinnati–Cleveland Buckeyes (1942)
* Cleveland Buckeyes (1943-1948)
* Louisville Buckeyes (1949)
* Cleveland Buckeyes (1950)

Negro World Series championships| 1945
League titles|

* 1945
* 1947

The Cleveland Buckeyes were a Negro league baseball team that played from 1942 to 1950 in the Negro American League. The Buckeyes played in two Negro World Series, defeating the Washington Homestead Grays in 1945, and losing to the New York Cubans in 1947. They were based in Cincinnati for their first season and Louisville for their second-to-last season.

## Founding

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For a list of annual win-loss records, see List of Cleveland Buckeyes seasons.

The Buckeyes were established in 1942 as the Buckeyes Baseball Club,[1] established initially in Cincinnati, Ohio[2] (Ohio being the Buckeye State), scheduling seven league games in Cincinnati and nine in Cleveland, plus another five in Meadville, Pennsylvania.[3][4] The following season, owner Ernest White of Erie made Cleveland the team's home city, where they played their games at League Park.[5]

## Glory years

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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.[2]

## Decline and demise

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In 1949 the team moved again, to Louisville, Kentucky, but it was to no avail and the Louisville Buckeyes returned to Cleveland for the first two months of the 1950 season before disbanding.[2][6]

## Players

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For a more comprehensive list, see Cleveland Buckeyes all-time roster.

## Home fields

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The Buckeyes played their inaugural season's home games at Crosley Field in Cincinnati.[7] After one season, they moved upstate to Cleveland and played at League Park until their demise,[8] except for 1949 when they played at Parkway Field in Louisville, Kentucky.[9]

## MLB throwback jerseys

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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.

On April 25, 2015, in Detroit, the Cleveland Indians and Detroit Tigers wore the uniforms of the Cleveland Buckeyes and Detroit Stars, respectively.[10] Players' names were not displayed on the jerseys. Detroit won the game 4–1.[11]

On May 7, 2017, in Kansas City, the Cleveland Indians and Kansas City Royals wore the uniforms of the Cleveland Buckeyes and Kansas City Monarchs, respectively. Players' names were not displayed on the jerseys. Cleveland won the game 1–0.

## References

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1. ^ "BUCKEYES GET FRANCHISE IN THE NEGRO AMERICAN LEAGUE". The Cleveland Call & Post. January 3, 1942.
2. ^ a b c "Encyclopedia of Cleveland History". Case Western Reserve University. Retrieved October 3, 2009.
3. ^ "1942 Cincinnati/Cleveland Buckeyes". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
4. ^ "Negro American League First Half Schedule (May 10: Cincy-Cleve @ Memphis, 2 games)". The Cleveland Call & Post. March 14, 1942.
5. ^ O'Karma, Dave (May 2006). "The Forgotten Championship". Cleveland Magazine. Retrieved October 3, 2009.
6. ^ "Cleveland Buckeyes". Negro League Baseball Players Association. Archived from the original on May 21, 2009. Retrieved May 29, 2009.
7. ^ Lowry, Philip J. (2006). Green Cathedrals: The Ultimate Celebration of Major League and Negro League Ballparks. New York: Walker Publishing Company, Inc. p. 65. ISBN 0-8027-1562-1.
8. ^ Lowry, Philip J. (2006). Green Cathedrals: The Ultimate Celebration of Major League and Negro League Ballparks. New York: Walker Publishing Company, Inc. p. 71. ISBN 0-8027-1562-1.
9. ^ Lowry, Philip J. (2006). Green Cathedrals: The Ultimate Celebration of Major League and Negro League Ballparks. New York: Walker Publishing Company, Inc. p. 123. ISBN 0-8027-1562-1.
10. ^ "Indians wear Buckeyes uniforms in annual Negro Leagues Tribute Game". April 25, 2015.
11. ^ "Cleveland Indians vs. Detroit Tigers Results, Stats, and Recap - April 25, 2015 Gametracker".

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Cleveland Buckeyes

* Operated 1942–1950
* Also known as Cincinnati–Cleveland Buckeyes and Louisville Buckeyes
Based in Cleveland, Ohio, Cincinnati, Ohio and Louisville, Kentucky

Franchise|

* Players
* Seasons

Ballparks|

* Cincinnati: Crosley Field
Cleveland: League Park
Louisville: Parkway Field

League affiliations|

* Negro American League

Negro World Series
championships (1)|

* 1945

League pennants (2)|

* 1945
* 1947

Seasons (9)

1940s|

* · 1940 · 1941 1942
* 1943
* 1944
* 1945
* 1946
* 1947
* 1948
* 1949

1950s|

* 1950  · 1951 · 1952 · 1953 · 1954 · 1955 · 1956 · 1957 · 1958 · 1959

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Cleveland Buckeyes 1945 Negro World Series champions

Buddy Armour
Earl Ashby
Gene Bremer
John Brown
Avelino Cañizares
Frank Carswell
Johnnie Cowan
Lloyd Davenport
Rosey Davis
Rayford Finch
Willie Grace
Lovell Harden
Billy Horne
Bill Jefferson
Jeff Jefferson
Sam Jethroe
Phelbert Lawson
George Provens
Quincy Trouppe
Archie Ware
Parnell Woods

Manager
Quincy Trouppe

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Negro American League (1937–1962)

Pre-integration
(1937–1948)|

* Atlanta Black Crackers/Indianapolis ABCs (IV) (1938–1939)
* Birmingham Black Barons (1937–1938, 1940–1962)
* Chicago American Giants (1937–1952)
* Cincinnati Tigers (1937)
* Cincinnati/Cleveland/Louisville Buckeyes (1942–1950)
* Detroit Stars (III) (1937)
* Indianapolis Athletics (1937)
* Cincinnati/Indianapolis Clowns (1943–1954)
* Toledo/Indianapolis Crawfords (1939–1940)
* Jacksonville Red Caps/Cleveland Bears (1938–1942)
* Kansas City Monarchs (1937–1962)
* Memphis Red Sox (1937–1959)
* St. Louis Stars (II) (1937)
* Indianapolis ABCs (II)/New Orleans–St. Louis Stars (1938–1941)

Post-integration
(1949–1962)|

* Baltimore Elite Giants (1949–1951)
* Detroit Stars/Clowns/Detroit–New Orleans Stars (1954–1960)
* Houston/New Orleans Eagles (1949–1951)
* Louisville Clippers (1954)
* Mobile Havana Cuban Giants (1957)
* New Orleans Crescent Stars (1957)
* Newark Indians (1959)
* New York Cubans (1949–1950)
* Philadelphia Stars (1949–1952)
* Raleigh Tigers (1959–1962)

Years in parentheses are years as a full member in the Negro American League. Years as an associate team are not noted.

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* List of Negro league baseball postseason games
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* Negro World Series

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* American Series
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* List of teams by state
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Leagues|

| Major leagues|

* Negro National League (I)
* Eastern Colored League
* American Negro League
* East–West League
* Negro Southern League (I)
* Negro National League (II)
* Negro American League

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Proto-leagues|

* Southern League of Colored Base Ballists (1886)
* National Colored Base Ball League (1887)
* International League of Independent Professional Base Ball Clubs (1906)
* National Association of Colored Baseball Clubs of the United States and Cuba (1907–1909)

Minor leagues|

* Negro Southern League (1920–1936)
* Texas Colored League (1919–1931)
* Negro American Association (1939)
* Negro Major League (1942)
* United States League (1945–1946)

Post-integration|

* Negro Southern League (1945–1951)
* West Coast Negro Baseball Association (1946)
* Negro American Association (1948–1949)
* Negro American League (1951–1960)

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* No-hitters
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* VIAF

National|

* United States

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