Cleveland Cubs

{{Short description|Negro league baseball team}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}

{{Infobox baseball team

|name = Cleveland Cubs

|established = 1920

|disbanded = 1950

|city = Cleveland, Ohio

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|league = {{plainlist|

• Negro National League (1931)

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|nickname =

|ballpark = {{plainlist|

• Hardware Field (1931)

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The Cleveland Cubs were a Negro league baseball team in the Negro National League, based in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1931.{{Cite book | last=Holway | first=John | title=The Complete Book of Baseball's Negro Leagues | publisher=Hastings House Publishers | year=2001 | pages=272, 275 | isbn=0-8038-2007-0 }} In their only season, they finished in second place with a 23-22 record.{{Cite web |title=Cleveland Cubs Team History - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database |url=https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/organization.php?franchID=CCU |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=www.seamheads.com}} The rosters of the 1931 Cubs and the 1931 Nashville Elite Giants have some overlap as Tom Wilson was owner of both teams.{{Cite web |title=Negro League Owners |url=https://irp.cdn-website.com/33d0c3d0/files/uploaded/Negro%20League%20Owners%202019-10.pdf |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=www.cnlbr.org |page=6 |language=en}}

The Cubs had one Hall of Famer play for them: Satchel Paige pitched in 5 games for the Cubs, winning one and losing one, with a 2.13 ERA.{{Cite web |title=Satchel Paige - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database |url=https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/player.php?playerID=paige01sat&tab=pit&mult=Indiv&sort=Year_a&adv_sort=Year_a |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=www.seamheads.com}} The Cubs home ballpark was Hardware Field.