Cleveland, OH
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Cleveland is located on the south shore of Lake Erie, at the mouth of the Cuyahoga River. It is home to Cleveland State University and Case Western Reserve University. The headquarters of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) are also located here.
[edit] Teams that have played here
- Cleveland Forest Citys, National Association (1871-1872)
- Cleveland Spiders, National League (1879-1884, 1889-1899)
- Cleveland Forest Citys, Western League (1885)
- Cleveland Blues, American Association (19th Century) (1887-1888)
- Cleveland Infants, Players League (1890)
- Cleveland Lake Shores, American League (1900)
- Cleveland Blues, American League (1901)
- Cleveland Bronchos, American League, (1902)
- Cleveland Naps, American League (1903-1914)
- Cleveland Green Sox, Federal League (1913)
- Cleveland Bearcats, American Association (1914)
- Cleveland Indians, American League (1915-present)
- Cleveland Spiders, American Association (1915)
- Cleveland Tate Stars, Negro National League (1922-1924)
- Cleveland Browns, Negro National League (1924)
- Cleveland Elites, Negro National League (1926)
- Cleveland Hornets, Negro National League (1927)
- Cleveland Tigers, Negro National League (1928)
- Cleveland Cubs, Negro National League (1931)
- Cleveland Stars, East-West League (1932)
- Cleveland Giants, Negro National League (1933)
- Cleveland Red Sox, Negro National League (1934)
- Cleveland Bears, Negro American League (1939-1940)
- Cleveland Buckeyes, Negro American League (1943-1948, 1950)
[edit] Further Reading
- James M. Egan, Jr.: Base Ball on the Western Reserve: The Early Game in Cleveland and Northeast Ohio, Year by Year and Town by Town 1865-1900, McFarland, Cleveland, OH, 2007.
