Clay Center Cubs
{{Short description|Minor league baseball team in Clay Center, Kansas}}
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| name = Clay Center Cubs
| firstseason = 1909
| lastseason = 1913
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| city = Clay Center, Kansas
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- Class D (1909-1911, 1913){{cite web |title=Clay Center, Kansas Encyclopedia |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/team.cgi?city=Clay+Center&state=KS&country=US |website=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=30 June 2025 |language=en}}}}
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- Kansas State League (1913)
- Central Kansas League (1909-1911)}}
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The Clay Center Cubs were an American minor league baseball team based in Clay Center, Kansas.
They were founded in 1909, and played two and a half seasons in the Central Kansas League, until the league folded midway through the 1911 season.{{cite book |last1=Sumner |first1=Benjamin Barrett |title=Minor league baseball standings : all North American leagues, through 1999 |date=2000 |publisher=Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-0781-1 |url=https://archive.org/details/minorleaguebaseb0000sumn |access-date=30 June 2025}}{{rp|245}} The team re-formed for the 1913 season and joined the Kansas State League. They finished 1.5 games out of first place but folded again after the season.{{rp|358}}
Three major league players are known to have played for Clay Center: Clyde Southwick (1910-1911),{{cite web |title=Clyde Southwick Minor Leagues Statistics |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=southw001cly |website=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=30 June 2025 |language=en}} George Aiton (1911),{{cite web |title=George Aiton Minor Leagues Statistics |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=aiton-001geo |website=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=30 June 2025 |language=en}} and Gil Britton (1911).{{cite web |title=Gil Britton Minor & Independent Leagues Statistics |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=britto001ste |website=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=30 June 2025 |language=en}} All three of them played for the 1911 team.{{cite web |title=1911 Clay Center Cubs Statistics |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/team.cgi?id=374dc8cd |website=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=30 June 2025 |language=en}}