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.[1]: 95 

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.[1]: 342  The Tigers also competed briefly in 1936, disbanding on May 25.[1]: 347  In 1937, competing as the Mansfield Red Sox, the team again were Ohio State League champions.[1]: 354  The team's final seasons were 1939 as the Mansfield Indians,[1]: 368  1940 as the Mansfield Braves,[1]: 375  and 1941 as the Braves.[1]: 383 

Year-by-year record

YearRecordFinishManagerNotes
188746–566thSandy McDermott, Bob Allen & Frank O'Brien
188843–746thFrank Torreyson, Frank O'Brien,
James Green & Ed Darrow
188949–251stGeorge GreerLeague champions
189319–193rdCal McVey
189763–615thCon Strouthers & Barton Howard
189871–756thBarton Howard
189986–542ndDan Lowney
190067–685thDan Lowney
190659–777thCarl McVey
190755–84T6thCarl McVey
190876–734thCarl McVey & Tim Flood
190963–583rdTim Flood
191060–665thGeorge Fox
191155–825thEd Hahn, Les Channell & Frank Reynolds
191272–672ndBarry McCormick & Walter East

Source: [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Lloyd Johnson & Miles Wolff, editors (Third ed.). Baseball America. 2007. ISBN 978-1932391176.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  2. ↑ "Baseball Reference Mansfield, Ohio". Baseball-Reference.com.
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