The Cleveland Clippers were a Negro league baseball team in the minor
United States League
The United States League (USL), alternately called the United States Baseball League, was one of the several Negro baseball leagues created during the time organized baseball was segregated. The USL was organized as a minor league in 1945 by Bra ...
, based in
Cleveland, Ohio in 1946.
Composed mostly of former players on from the
Great Lakes
The Great Lakes, also called the Great Lakes of North America, are a series of large interconnected freshwater lakes in the mid-east region of North America that connect to the Atlantic Ocean via the Saint Lawrence River. There are five lak ...
Naval Varsity team and local sandlot stars,
the Clippers are credited with a 2–16 record in 18 league games.
By July, the Clippers had folded and the remnants of the organization merged with the
Brooklyn Brown Dodgers
The Brooklyn Brown Dodgers were a Negro league baseball team from 1945 to 1946. Calling Ebbets Field home, they played primarily in the United States League and folded with the rest of the league in 1946.
History
Founding and first season
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.
Roster
See also
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United States League
The United States League (USL), alternately called the United States Baseball League, was one of the several Negro baseball leagues created during the time organized baseball was segregated. The USL was organized as a minor league in 1945 by Bra ...
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Brooklyn Brown Dodgers
The Brooklyn Brown Dodgers were a Negro league baseball team from 1945 to 1946. Calling Ebbets Field home, they played primarily in the United States League and folded with the rest of the league in 1946.
History
Founding and first season
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References
Defunct baseball teams in Ohio
African-American history in Cleveland
Baseball teams in Cleveland
Negro league baseball teams
1946 establishments in Ohio
1946 disestablishments in Ohio
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