Cleveland Clippers

{{Infobox baseball team

|name =Cleveland Clippers

|founded =1946

|city =Cleveland, Ohio

|league =United States League (1946)

|ballpark =Cleveland Stadium

}}

The Cleveland Clippers were a Negro league baseball team in the minor United States League, based in Cleveland, Ohio in 1946.{{Cite web|title=United States League (1945-1946)|url=https://irp.cdn-website.com/33d0c3d0/files/uploaded/United%20States%20League%20(1945-1946)%202019-10.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-15|website=Center for Negro League Baseball Research|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211023193224/http://www.cnlbr.org/Portals/0/Standings/United%2520States%2520League%2520(1945-1946)%25202019-10.pdf |archive-date=2021-10-23 }} Composed mostly of former players on from the Great Lakes Naval Varsity team and local sandlot stars,{{Cite news|date=May 25, 1946|title=Cleveland Clippers Meet Boston Blues Friday at Stadium|work=Cleveland Call and Post|via=NewspaperArchive.com}}{{Cite news|date=June 10, 1946|title=Blues Take 2 From Br. Dodgers, Up League Lead|work=The Brooklyn Eagle|via=NewspaperArchive.com}} the Clippers are credited with a 2–16 record in 18 league games. By July, the Clippers had folded and the remnants of the organization merged with the Brooklyn Brown Dodgers.{{Cite news|date=July 18, 1946|title=Negro Dodgers Buy Entire Clipper Roster|work=The Gazette|location=Montreal, Quebec|via=NewspaperArchive.com}}