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(Redirected from Mansfield Indians) Minor league baseball team
Mansfield minor league baseball teams
  • (1887–1890, 1893, 1897–1900, 1906–1912,
    1935–1937, 1939–1941)
  • Mansfield, Ohio
Minor league affiliations
Previous classes
  • Class D (1936–1937, 1939–1941)
  • Independent (1935)
  • Class D (1912)
  • Class C (1910–1911)
  • Class D (1908–1909)
  • Class C (1906–1907)
  • Class B (1897–1900)
League
Minor league titles
League titles 3 (1889, 1935, 1937)
Team data
Previous names
  • Mansfield Braves (1940–1941)
  • Mansfield Indians (1939)
  • Mansfield Red Sox (1937)
  • Mansfield Tigers (1935–1936)
  • Mansfield Brownies (1911–1912)
  • Mansfield Reformers (1910)
  • Mansfield Pioneers (1907–1909)
  • Mansfield Giants (1906)
  • Mansfield Haymakers (1897–1900)
  • Mansfield Electricians (1893)
  • Mansfield (1887–1890)

The city of Mansfield, Ohio, was home to minor league baseball teams, known by various nicknames, which played periodically between 1887 and 1912, and between 1935 and 1941.

History

Late 19th century

The team first began play in the Ohio State League in 1887 as simply Mansfield. The following season, the club moved to the Tri-State League until 1890. After a three-year hiatus, Mansfield once again fielded a new team, the Mansfield Electricians and played the 1893 season in the short-lived Ohio–Michigan League. No team was then fielded until 1897, when the city fielded the Mansfield Haymakers in the Interstate League.

Early 20th century

In 1906, the city was represented in then Ohio–Pennsylvania League with the Mansfield Giants. The club changed its name to the Mansfield Pioneers in 1907 until 1909. The team was once again renamed the Mansfield Reformers in 1910 and the Mansfield Brownies in 1911. In 1912 the club moved back to the Ohio State League for their final season of this era.

Pre-World War II

In 1935, the Mansfield Tigers were champions of the Ohio State League. The Tigers also competed briefly in 1936, disbanding on May 25. In 1937, competing as the Mansfield Red Sox, the team again were Ohio State League champions. The team's final seasons were 1939 as the Mansfield Indians, 1940 as the Mansfield Braves, and 1941 as the Braves.

Year-by-year record

Year Record Finish Manager Notes
1887 46–56 6th Sandy McDermott, Bob Allen & Frank O'Brien
1888 43–74 6th Frank Torreyson, Frank O'Brien,
James Green & Ed Darrow
1889 49–25 1st George Greer League champions
1893 19–19 3rd Cal McVey
1897 63–61 5th Con Strouthers & Barton Howard
1898 71–75 6th Barton Howard
1899 86–54 2nd Dan Lowney
1900 67–68 5th Dan Lowney
1906 59–77 7th Carl McVey
1907 55–84 T6th Carl McVey
1908 76–73 4th Carl McVey & Tim Flood
1909 63–58 3rd Tim Flood
1910 60–66 5th George Fox
1911 55–82 5th Ed Hahn, Les Channell & Frank Reynolds
1912 72–67 2nd Barry McCormick & Walter East

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References

  1. ^ Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (Third ed.). Baseball America. ISBN 978-1932391176.
  2. "Baseball Reference Mansfield, Ohio". Baseball-Reference.com.
Ohio–Pennsylvania League
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