Cleveland Red Sox

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Cleveland Red Sox
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League Negro National League
Location Cleveland, Ohio
Ballpark League Park
Established 1934
Disbanded 1934

The Cleveland Red Sox were a Negro league baseball team in the Negro National League, based in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1934. [1] [2] In their only season, they finished with a 4-25 record.

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References

  1. 1934 Cleveland Red Sox
  2. Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN   0-7867-0959-6.