Cincinnati Tigers

Negro league baseball team based in Ohio

Cincinnati Tigers
Information
League	Negro Southern League (1934-1936) Negro American League (1937)
Location	Cincinnati, Ohio
Ballpark	Crosley Field
Established	1934
Disbanded	1937

The Cincinnati Tigers were a professional Negro league baseball team that was based in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Founding

The club was founded in 1934 by DeHart Hubbard, who was the first African American to win an individual Olympic gold medal when he won the long jump during the 1924 Summer Olympics. Dizzy Dismukes was named as the club's first manager as they entered the integrated Indiana-Ohio League.^[1] In addition, Carl Glass also served time as the club's manager during their first season.^[2]

Negro Southern League

In addition to membership in the Indiana-Ohio League, the Tigers were also members of the Negro Southern League, though by the second half of the season, they disappeared from the standings.^[2] After a brief hiatus, the Tigers rejoined the NSL again in 1936, credited with a 3-0 record in league play but reporting significantly less games than the rest of the league.^[2]

Negro American League

The Tigers joined the new Negro American League as charter members in 1937, which elevated the club to major league status. In its lone season as a major league team, the Tigers finished the season second in the league's overall standings. Five Tigers players were named to the West team in the East-West All-Star game, including Ted Radcliffe, Porter Moss, Ducky Davenport, Porter Moss, and Rainey Bibbs.^[3]

During their run, the Cincinnati Reds furnished the Tigers with their older uniforms and, like the Reds, the team played at Crosley Field. The club folded after the 1937 season.^[4]

Notable players

Marlin Carter
Lloyd Davenport
Dizzy Dismukes
Carl Glass
Ted Radcliffe
Porter Moss
Roy Partlow
Joe Lillard
Neil Robinson

External links

Negro League Baseball Players Association
Franchise history on Seamheads

References

^ "Colored Team Added to I-O League Roster". Palladium-Item. June 6, 1934.
^ ^a ^b ^c Plott, William J. (2015). The Negro southern league : a baseball history, 1920-1951. Jefferson, North Carolina. ISBN 978-0-7864-7544-5. OCLC 907976278.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ "1937 West All Stars - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database". www.seamheads.com. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
^ Holway, John (2001). The complete book of baseball's Negro leagues : the other half of baseball history. Buck O'Neil, Lloyd Johnson, Rachel Borst. Fern Park, FL: Hastings House Publishers. ISBN 0-8038-2007-0. OCLC 47175621.

Negro Southern League (1920–1936)

Classifications: Major league (de facto): 1932
Minor league: 1920–1931, 1933–1936

Major league teams
(1932)

Minor league teams

Multi seasons played	Knoxville Giants (1920–22,31) Montgomery Grey Sox (1920–22,26,31–33,35–36) Atlanta Black Crackers (1920–21,26–27,29,35–36) Birmingham Black Barons (1920–21,23,26,31,34–36) New Orleans Caulfield Ads (1920–22,26,29,35) Nashville Elite Giants (1921–23,26–27,29,31–32) Memphis Red Sox (1921–23,26,31–33–36) New Orleans Crescent Stars (1922–23,33–34) Chattanooga Black Lookouts (1926–27,29,31,35–36) Louisville Black Caps (1929)
Two seasons played or less	Jacksonville Stars (1920) Pensacola Giants (1920) Nashville White Sox (1920) Chattanooga Tigers (1921–22) Bessemer (AL) Stars/Grey Sox (1921,27) Gadsden (AL) Giants (1921) Mobile Braves (1921) Louisville Stars (1922) Albany (GA) Giants (1926) Evansville Reichert Giants (1927,29) Hopkinsville (KY) Athletics (1927,36) Jackson (TN) Cubs (1927) Atlanta Panthers (1931) Shreveport Cubs (1933) Algiers (LA) Giants (1933) Little Rock Stars (1933) Jackson (TN) Senators (1933) Alexandria (LA) Lincoln Giants (1933) Pine Bluff (AR) Boosters (1933) Cincinnati Tigers (1934,36) Atlanta Athletics (1934) Claybrook (AR) Tigers (1935) Louisville Caps (1934) Nashville Black Vols (1936)

Multi seasons
played

Knoxville Giants (1920–22,31)
Montgomery Grey Sox (1920–22,26,31–33,35–36)
Atlanta Black Crackers (1920–21,26–27,29,35–36)
Birmingham Black Barons (1920–21,23,26,31,34–36)
New Orleans Caulfield Ads (1920–22,26,29,35)
Nashville Elite Giants (1921–23,26–27,29,31–32)
Memphis Red Sox (1921–23,26,31–33–36)
New Orleans Crescent Stars (1922–23,33–34)
Chattanooga Black Lookouts (1926–27,29,31,35–36)
Louisville Black Caps (1929)

Two seasons
played or less

Jacksonville Stars (1920)
Pensacola Giants (1920)
Nashville White Sox (1920)
Chattanooga Tigers (1921–22)
Bessemer (AL) Stars/Grey Sox (1921,27)
Gadsden (AL) Giants (1921)
Mobile Braves (1921)
Louisville Stars (1922)
Albany (GA) Giants (1926)
Evansville Reichert Giants (1927,29)
Hopkinsville (KY) Athletics (1927,36)
Jackson (TN) Cubs (1927)
Atlanta Panthers (1931)
Shreveport Cubs (1933)
Algiers (LA) Giants (1933)
Little Rock Stars (1933)
Jackson (TN) Senators (1933)
Alexandria (LA) Lincoln Giants (1933)
Pine Bluff (AR) Boosters (1933)
Cincinnati Tigers (1934,36)
Atlanta Athletics (1934)
Claybrook (AR) Tigers (1935)
Louisville Caps (1934)
Nashville Black Vols (1936)

Years in parentheses are years as a full member in the Negro Southern League. Years as an associate team are not noted.

The Negro Southern League did not organize for the following seasons: 1924–1925, 1928, 1930

v t e Negro American League (1937–1962)
Pre-integration (1937–1948)	Atlanta Black Crackers/Indianapolis ABCs (IV) (1938–1939) Birmingham Black Barons (1937–1938, 1940–1962) Chicago American Giants (1937–1952) Cincinnati Tigers (1937) Cincinnati/Cleveland/Louisville Buckeyes (1942–1950) Detroit Stars (III) (1937) Indianapolis Athletics (1937) Cincinnati/Indianapolis Clowns (1943–1954) Toledo/Indianapolis Crawfords (1939–1940) Jacksonville Red Caps/Cleveland Bears (1938–1942) Kansas City Monarchs (1937–1962) Memphis Red Sox (1937–1959) St. Louis Stars (II) (1937) Indianapolis ABCs (II)/New Orleans–St. Louis Stars (1938–1941)
Post-integration (1949–1962)	Baltimore Elite Giants (1949–1951) Detroit Stars/Clowns/Detroit–New Orleans Stars (1954–1960) Houston/New Orleans Eagles (1949–1951) Louisville Clippers (1954) Mobile Havana Cuban Giants (1957) New Orleans Crescent Stars (1957) Newark Indians (1959) New York Cubans (1949–1950) Philadelphia Stars (1949–1952) Raleigh Tigers (1959–1962)
Years in parentheses are years as a full member in the Negro American League. Years as an associate team are not noted.

Negro league baseball

Players

Post-season

International competitions

Teams

Leagues

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)