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Cleveland Giants
Information
League
  • Negro National League (II)
Location Cleveland, Ohio
Ballpark
Year established 1933
Year disbanded 1933
Nickname(s)
  • Columbus Blue Birds (first half of 1933 season)
  • Akron Black Tyrites (briefly, mid-1933 season)
  • Cleveland Giants (last part of 1933 season)

The Cleveland Giants were a Negro league baseball team. The team played only one year, 1933. Their home games were contested at Cleveland's Luna Bowl in Luna Park.

History

In 1933, the struggling Columbus Blue Birds of the Negro National League dropped out and were replaced by the Cleveland Giants, which was practically the same team. Overall the club went 22-28 and did not continue after the year. Bingo DeMoss managed the team, which included Bill Byrd (5-6), Wilson Redus (.325), SS Leroy Morney (.467) and OF Jabbo Andrews. Andrews was third in the NNL with 13 homers and third with a .412 average. Morney split the year with the Baltimore Black Sox and led the circuit in batting average.

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