:Cleveland Forest City (1912)
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{{Infobox baseball team
|name = Cleveland Forest City
|founded = 1912
|disbanded = 1912
|city = Cleveland, OH
|ballpark = National Association Grounds
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|league = United States Baseball League
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|former_names = Forest City (1912)
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|colors = Light-green
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|league_champs = None
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|owner = W.L. Murphy
|gm =
|manager = Jack O'Connor
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Cleveland Forest City was a short-lived major-league franchise that collapsed after 1 month of play with the United States Baseball League in 1912.{{Cite web |last=Haerle |first=Rudolf K. |title=The United States Baseball League of 1912: A Case Study of Organizational Failure |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/NASSH_Proceedings/NP1976/NP1976zi.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100808070951/http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/NASSH_Proceedings/NP1976/NP1976zi.pdf |archive-date=2010-08-08 |website=LA84 Foundation}} The Forest City were managed by Jack O'Connor and owned by W.L. Murphy.{{Cite news |date=1912-03-16 |title=New York Not Yet In Outlaw League |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1912/03/16/100354689.pdf |access-date=2025-03-07 |work=New York Times}}
1912 Standings
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Team ! Win ! Loss ! Pct |
| Pittsburgh Filipinos
| 19 | 7 | .731 |
| Richmond Rebels
| 15 | 11 | .577 |
| Reading (no name)
| 12 | 9 | .571 |
| Cincinnati Cams
| 12 | 10 | .545 |
| Washington Senators
| 6 | 7 | .462 |
| Chicago Green Sox
| 10 | 12 | .455 |
| Cleveland Forest City
| 8 | 13 | .381 |
| New York Knickerbockers
| 2 | 15 | .118 |
The Forest City placed 7th in the one-year USBL at 8-13, only better than the New York Knickerbockers.{{Cite web |title=1912 United States League |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=861dfeed |access-date=2025-03-07 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}
Notable players
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/team.cgi?id=dcc15fbe 1912 Cleveland Forest City] at Baseball Reference
Category:United States Baseball League teams
Category:Defunct baseball teams in Ohio