| Repository: | Western Reserve Historical Society |
| Creator: | Cleveland Baseball Company |
| Title: | Cleveland Baseball Company Records |
| Dates: | 1927-1970 |
| Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) |
| Abstract: | The Cleveland Baseball Company is the corporation which operates the Cleveland Indians baseball team. the collection consists of financial records of the company and the Indian's farm clubs. |
| MS Number | MS 4132 |
| Location: | closed stacks |
| Language: | The records are in English |
The Cleveland Baseball Company operates the Cleveland Indians baseball team, one of the original teams that founded the American League in 1901. The team played in League Park at East 65th and Lexington Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio, before moving completely to Cleveland Municipal Stadium in the 1946 season. The team was briefly (1946-1949) owned by baseball entrepreneur Bill Veeck, who laid the framework for a successful decade of Indians baseball. In 1954, the team won the pennant and set a record for most victories in a season--111. Since the 1960s, the team has struggled to be a contender. In 1986, shopping mall tycoons Richard and David Jacobs bought the team.
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The Cleveland Baseball Company Records, 1927-1970, consist of financial records of the company and the Indians' farm clubs.
This collection is useful for understanding the finances of a major league ball team and its constituent farm teams, particularly the Cleveland Indians.
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The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 4132 Cleveland Baseball Company Records, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland Baseball Company, 1980.
Processed by Daniel J. Linke in 1987.
Series I: Cleveland Baseball Company Financial Reports 1927-1970 |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Audit Reports 1927 1933 | |||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Report of Examination 1942-1947 | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Report of Examination and Supplementary Data 1950-1953 | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Audited Financial Statement 1968-1970 | |||||||||
Series II: Minor League Club Financial Reports 1939-1957 |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Cleveland Baseball Company's Minor League Clubs 1949-1951 | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Burlington Baseball Club, Inc., Burlington, Iowa 1947-1951 | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Cordele Indians Baseball Club, Cordele, Georgia 1947-1949 | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | Kern County Baseball Club, Bakersfield, California 1946-1951 | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | Meridian Baseball Corporation, Meridian, Mississippi 1947 | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | North Platte Indians Baseball Company, Lincoln, Nebraska 1957 | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Reading Indians Baseball Company, Reading, Pennsylvania 1957 | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Wilkes-Barre Baseball Company, Incorporated, Kingston, Pennsylvania 1939-1941 | |||||||||
| 1 | 6 | Wilkes-Barre Baseball Company, Incorporated, Kingston, Pennsylvania 1941-1951 | |||||||||