Cincinnati Pippins
{{Short description|1912 baseball team in Ohio, U.S.}}
{{Infobox baseball team
|name = Cincinnati Pippins
|founded = 1912
|disbanded = 1912
|city = Cincinnati, Ohio
|ballpark = Hippodrome Park
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|league =United States Baseball League
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|owner = John J. Ryan
| general_manager = Hugh McKinnon
|manager = James Barton
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The Cincinnati Pippins,{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S06nCgAAQBAJ&q=%22cincinnati+pippins%22&pg=PA197|title=Indiana-Born Major League Baseball Players: A Biographical Dictionary, 1871-2014|author=Pete Cava|date=2015|isbn=9781476622705|publisher=McFarland}} also known as the Cincinnati Cams,{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=54290231&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjMzMzQzNDA1LCJpYXQiOjE1OTg2MzgxNjYsImV4cCI6MTU5ODcyNDU2Nn0.dxfpXDLgTXEGHM9qB7XFDagSm22V1d_hwQfsoFGyDVo|newspaper=The Cincinnati Enquirer|title=Long Wallops By the Local U.S. Leaguers Are Numerous|date=May 6, 1912|page=8|via=Newspapers.com|accessdate=August 28, 2020|quote=[T]hose United States Leaguers of ours copped the second straight game from the proud Pittsburgers at the United States League Park yesterday afternoon...the Cams, as they have been named...}} were a franchise in the United States Baseball League based in Cincinnati, Ohio, and was owned by New York attorney John J. Ryan. The team and the league lasted just over a month, from May 1 to June 5, 1912. The most games any of the eight team in the league played was 26. The USBL originally planned to have a 126-game season.{{Cite journal |last=Haerle |first=Rudolf K. |date=1976 |title=The United States Baseball League of 1912: A Case Study of Organizational Failure |url=https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll10/id/10185/rec/1 |url-status=live |journal=North American Society for Sport History Proceedings and Newsletter |pages=36–37 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615163315/http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/NASSH_Proceedings/NP1976/NP1976zi.pdf |archive-date=June 15, 2018 |via=LA84 Foundation}}
File:Cincinnati Hippodrome Park 1912 01 20.jpg
The home field was Hippodrome Park, which was located at Spring Garden Avenue and Queen City Avenue. The ballpark had been built for local semipro clubs in 1911,{{cite news |date=January 20, 1912 |title=New "big league" grounds |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/33380032/?match=3&clipping_id=173158936 |work=The Cincinnati Enquirer |page=8}} and that usage would continue for a few years after the USBL failed. By the 1930s, the ballpark had fallen out of use and was demolished. Per Google Maps, Spring Garden Avenue and Queen City Avenue no longer intersect. The former ballpark location is now occupied by industrial buildings.
1912 Standings
In the only season for the United States Baseball League, the Pippins held a 12–10 record, fourth-best in the league.
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! Team ! Win ! Loss ! Pct |
Pittsburgh Filipinos
| 19 | 7 | .731 |
Richmond Rebels
| 15 | 11 | .577 |
Reading (no name)
| 12 | 9 | .571 |
Cincinnati Pippins
| 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 |