Cleveland Giants
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| Location | Cleveland, Ohio |
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| Established | 1933 |
| Disbanded | 1933 |
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The Cleveland Giants were a Negro league baseball team. The team played for one year, 1933. Their home games were contested at Cleveland's Luna Bowl in Luna Park.
History
In 1933, the struggling Columbus Blue Birds of the Negro National League dropped out and were replaced by the Cleveland Giants. The club went 22-28 in their first and only year. Bingo DeMoss managed the team, which included Bill Byrd (5-6), Wilson Redus (.325), SS Leroy Morney (.467) and OF Jabbo Andrews. Andrews was third in the NNL with 13 homers and third with a .412 average. Morney split the year with the Baltimore Black Sox and led the circuit in batting average.
References
- ^ Lowry, Philip J. (2006). Green Cathedrals: The Ultimate Celebration of Major League and Negro League Ballparks. New York: Walker Publishing Company, Inc. pp. 72–73. ISBN 0-8027-1562-1.
External links
- Holway, John B. (2001). The Complete Book of Baseball's Negro Leagues: The Other Half of Baseball History. Fern Park, FL: Hastings House Publishers. ISBN 0-8038-2007-0.
- Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.
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Negro National League (1933–1948)
- Bacharach Giants (1934)
- Baltimore Black Sox (1933–1934)
- Baltimore Elite Giants (1933–1948)
- Cole's American Giants (1933–1935)
- Cleveland Red Sox (1934)
- Columbus Blue Birds/Akron Black Tyrites/Cleveland Giants (1933)
- Indianapolis ABCs(II)/Detroit Stars (II) (1933)
- Harrisburg–St. Louis Stars (1943)
- (Washington) Homestead Grays (1934–1948)
- New York Black Yankees (1936–1948)
- New York Cubans (1935–1936, 1939–1948)
- Newark Eagles (1934–1948)
- Philadelphia Stars (1934–1948)
- Pittsburgh Crawfords (1933–1938)
- Washington Black Senators (1938)
Years in parentheses are years as a full member in the Negro National League. Years as an associate team are not noted.
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