This list of Cleveland Buckeyes seasons compiles games played by the Cleveland Buckeyes. Seasons in which the Buckeyes were league members (or an associate team), only games that counted in official league standings are included. Seasons in which they had no league membership and played an independent/barnstorming schedule include games against primarily major-league-caliber teams.
Contemporary coverage of games and won-loss standings was spotty and inconsistent. On-going research continuously discovers unreported or misreported games, while some games are probably lost forever. Therefore, Negro league seasonal finishes will likely remain incomplete and subjective.
Negro World Series Champions (1924–1927 & 1942–1948) * | League Champions ‡ | Other playoff ^ |
Season | Level | League | Season finish | Games | Wins | Loses | Ties | Win% [lower-alpha 1] | Postseason | Ref | |
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Cincinnati–Cleveland Buckeyes | |||||||||||
1942 | Major | NAL | 2 | — | 65 | 42 | 22 | 1 | .656 | [1] | |
Cleveland Buckeyes | |||||||||||
1943 | Major | NAL | 2 | DNQ | 65 | 39 | 25 | 1 | .609 | [2] | |
1944 | Major | NAL | 2 | DNQ | 79 | 46 | 33 | 0 | .582 | [3] | |
1945* | Major | NAL | 1 | 1st & 2nd | 81 | 63 | 17 | 1 | .788 | Won Negro World Series (Homestead Grays) 4–0 Won pennant outright | [4] |
1946 | Major | NAL | 3 | DNQ | 59 | 31 | 27 | 1 | .534 | [5] | |
1947‡ | Major | NAL | 1 | — | 67 | 49 | 18 | 0 | .731 | Lost Negro World Series (New York Cubans) 4–1–1 Won pennant outright | [6] |
1948 | Major | NAL | 3 | DNQ | 87 | 42 | 43 | 2 | .494 | [7] | |
Louisville Buckeyes | |||||||||||
1949 | Minor | NAL | 5 (W) | — | 83 | 19 | 64 | 0 | .229 | [8] | |
Cleveland Buckeyes | |||||||||||
1950 | Monir | NAL | 5 (W) | — | 42 | 3 | 39 | 0 | .071 | [9] |