The Cleveland Blues were a
Major League Baseball
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team based in
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Cuyahoga County. Located along the southern shore of Lake Erie, it is situated across the Canada–United States border, Canada–U.S. maritime border ...
that operated in the
National League
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*National League (baseball), one of the two baseball leagues constituting Major League Baseball in the United States and Canada
*National League (division), the fifth division of the English football (soccer) system ...
from
1879
Events January
* January 1
** The Specie Resumption Act takes effect. The United States Note is valued the same as gold, for the first time since the American Civil War.
** Brahms' Violin Concerto is premiered in Leipzig with Joseph Joachim ...
to
1884
Events January
* January 4 – The Fabian Society is founded in London to promote gradualist social progress.
* January 5 – Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera '' Princess Ida'', a satire on feminism, premières at the Savoy The ...
. In six seasons their best finish was third place in 1880.
Hugh Daily threw a
no-hitter
In baseball, a no-hitter or no-hit game is a game in which a team does not record a hit (baseball), hit through conventional methods. Major League Baseball (MLB) officially defines a no-hitter as a completed game in which a team that batted in ...
for the Blues on September 13, 1883. Besides Daily, notable Blues players included
Jack Glasscock
John Wesley Glasscock (July 22, 1857 – February 24, 1947) was an American shortstop in Major League Baseball who played for several teams from 1879 to 1895. Nicknamed "Pebbly Jack", he was the top player at his position in the 1880s during the ...
and
Baseball Hall of Fame
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member
Ned Hanlon. The team was purchased by
Charles Byrne in 1885 for $10,000 and folded into his
Brooklyn Grays
The Brooklyn Dodgers were a Major League Baseball team founded in 1883 as the Brooklyn Grays. In 1884, it became a member of the American Association as the Brooklyn Atlantics before joining the National League in 1890. They remained in Brook ...
team.
Baseball Hall of Famers
See also
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1879 Cleveland Blues season
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1880 Cleveland Blues season
*
1881 Cleveland Blues season
*
1882 Cleveland Blues season
*
1883 Cleveland Blues season
*
1884 Cleveland Blues season
*
Cleveland Blues (NL) all-time roster
The Cleveland Blues (NL), Cleveland Blues were a professional baseball franchise that operated in the National League (baseball), National League (NL), a Major League Baseball#Founding, "major" league, from 1879 until 1884. They were organize ...
References
External links
Cleveland Blues team index– Baseball-Reference.com
Defunct Major League Baseball teams
Defunct baseball teams in Ohio
Baseball teams disestablished in 1884
Baseball teams established in 1879
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