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Baseball team in Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland Clippers
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League	United States League (1946)
Location	Cleveland, Ohio
Ballpark	Cleveland Stadium
Founded	1946

The Cleveland Clippers were a Negro league baseball team in the minor United States League, based in Cleveland, Ohio in 1946. Composed mostly of former players on from the Great Lakes Naval Varsity team and local sandlot stars, 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.

Roster

Position	Name	Age	Bats	Throws	Height	Weight (lbs)
OF	Tommy Miles
OF	William Hall
OF/P	Harvey Peterson	25	Right	Right
1B	Robert Johnson	27			5'11"	180
2B	Jack Henderson	22			6'11"	185
SS	Otis Davis		Right	Right	5'9"	170
3B	Travis Taylor	26			5'9"	180
C	Raymond Taylor
C	Carl Childs
C	Leonard Ausbrooks
P	Lucius Holton	25		Right	6'4"	200
P	Edgar Baker	27		Right
P	Thomas Jackson	33		Left
2B	Leroy "Spud" Gaffenreed
3B	Lee Boyd
1B/MGR	Jim Bender
P	Sam Barber
OF	Jack Bruce
C	Burch
2B	Daniels
P	Garrett
C	R. Gaston
OF	Edie Johnson
UTL	William Mason
P	Frank McCallister
C	Peterson
P	Travis Jackson
OF	David Whatley
P/OF	Eddie Williams
C	Jesse Williams
MGR	John Shackleford

References

^ "United States League (1945-1946)" (PDF). Center for Negro League Baseball Research. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-10-23. Retrieved 2021-10-15.
^ "Cleveland Clippers Meet Boston Blues Friday at Stadium". Cleveland Call and Post. May 25, 1946 – via NewspaperArchive.com.
"Blues Take 2 From Br. Dodgers, Up League Lead". The Brooklyn Eagle. June 10, 1946 – via NewspaperArchive.com.
"Negro Dodgers Buy Entire Clipper Roster". The Gazette. Montreal, Quebec. July 18, 1946 – via NewspaperArchive.com.
"Rosters - United States League (1945-1946)" (PDF). Center for Negro League Baseball Research. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-10-21. Retrieved 2021-10-21.

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Major leagues	Negro National League (I) Eastern Colored League American Negro League East–West League Negro Southern League (I) Negro National League (II) Negro American League
Proto-leagues	Southern League of Colored Base Ballists (1886) National Colored Base Ball League (1887) International League of Independent Professional Base Ball Clubs (1906) National Association of Colored Baseball Clubs of the United States and Cuba (1907–1909)
Minor leagues	Negro Southern League (1920–1936) Texas Colored League (1919–1931) Negro American Association (1939) Negro Major League (1942) United States League (1945–1946)
Post-integration	Negro Southern League (1945–1951) West Coast Negro Baseball Association (1946) Negro American Association (1948–1949) Negro American League (1951–1960)

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