The Cleveland Forest Citys were a short lived Major League Baseball team in the National Association. The team only existed two years, from 1871 to 1872, and their home games were played at the National Association Grounds in Cleveland, Ohio. They were most famous for losing the first recorded game ever played to the Fort Wayne Kekiongas by a score of 2-0. The club's record over the two years was poor, winning 16 and losing 35. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... A National Association is a national bank; the name is a required part of the distinguishing legal title of a national bank, as in Bank of America, N.A. See also National Association of Professional Baseball Players ... The following are the baseball events of the year 1871 throughout the world. ... The following are the baseball events of the year 1872 throughout the world. ... National Association Grounds is a former baseball ground located in Cleveland, OH. The ground was home to the Forest City of Cleveland baseball club of the National Association from 1871 to 1872. ... Nickname: The Forest City Motto: Progress and Prosperity Location in Cuyahoga County, Ohio Coordinates: Country United States State Ohio County Cuyahoga Founded 1796 Incorporated 1836 Mayor Frank G. Jackson (D) Area - City 82. ... The Fort Wayne Kekiongas won the first major league baseball game ever played, on May 4, 1871. ...
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1872 roster
Art Allison
Jim Carleton
Scott Hastings
Jim Holdsworth
Mullen
Charlie Pabor
Al Pratt
Joe Simmons
Ezra Sutton
Charlie Sweasy
Deacon White
Rynie Wolters
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References
Baseball-Reference.com
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Further reading
Wright, Marshall (2000). The National Association of Base Ball Players, 1857-1870. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co. ISBN 0-7864-0779-4
The ForestCity is a nickname or alternate toponym for Cleveland, Ohio.
The inspiration for the name is a famous reference to Cleveland, describing a highly sophisticated society amid a heavily forested environment in Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America, which contains the Frenchman's observations of the United States in the 1830's.
The first National Association game was a visit by the ForestCity club of Cleveland at the Kekionga club of Fort Wayne, Indiana on May 4, 1871.
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