Cleveland Green Sox

The Cleveland Green Sox were managed by Baseball Hall of Fame member Cy Young and played the 1913 season before the franchise was folded in a territorial battle.

Finishing in second place, the 1913 Green Sox hosted Federal League home games at Luna Park.

Undaunted, Powers tried again the following year, creating a new league with teams in Chicago, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Indianapolis, St. Louis, and Covington, Kentucky.

Cleveland joined the Chicago Whales, Covington Blue Sox, Indianapolis Hoosiers, Pittsburgh Filipinos and St. Louis Terriers in beginning Federal League play on May 4, 1913.

The Federal League opener was held at Cleveland's Luna Park against the Covington Blue Sox.

[12] In their only season of play, the 1913 Cleveland Green Sox finished in second place in the six–team Federal League standings.

[4] Cleveland ended the season with a 64–54 record, finishing 10.0 games behind the first place Indianapolis Hoosiers.

Three other original Federal League franchises (St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Chicago) were in the same position of having to share their market.

The Green Sox were subsequently sold to Bernard Hepburn, who moved the franchise to Toronto, Ontario.

[16][17] The 1913 Cleveland Green Sox reportedly played home games at Luna Park.

The short lived 1912 Cleveland Forest City club of the United States Baseball League had used Luna Park the year before the Green Sox.

(1911) Cy Young , Cleveland Naps . Young pitched his final season for Cleveland in 1911. After his retirement as a player, Young managed the 1913 Cleveland Green Sox, in what became his final season in professional baseball.
(1910) Luna Park entrance. Cleveland, Ohio.