Cleveland Buckeyes

Cleveland Buckeyes
Information
League
LocationCleveland, Ohio
Ballpark
Established1942
Disbanded1950
Nickname(s)
  • Cincinnati–Cleveland Buckeyes (1942)
  • Cleveland Buckeyes (1943-1948)
  • Louisville Buckeyes (1949)
  • Cleveland Buckeyes (1950)
League titles
Negro World Series championships1945

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.


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