Cleveland Forest Citys

The Forest Citys were a short lived professional baseball team based in Cleveland in the early 1870s.

The Forest City club was the first fully salaried Cleveland team, beginning in 1870 as an independent.

The Forest Citys' home games were played at the National Association Grounds in Cleveland.

Forest City played in the first National Association game, as the visiting team against the Kekionga club of Fort Wayne, Indiana.

The small quantity of games was typical in the early years, when teams often played only once a week.