The Buckeyes played in two Negro World Series, defeating the Washington Homestead Grays in 1945, and losing to the New York Cubans in 1947.

[3][4] The following season, owner Ernest White of Erie made Cleveland the team's home city, where they played their games at League Park.

[5] While in Cleveland, the team achieved great success, including winning a pair of Negro American League championships (1945, 1947) and a Negro League World Series title in 1945.

[2][6] The Buckeyes played their inaugural season's home games at Crosley Field in Cincinnati.

[7] After one season, they moved upstate to Cleveland and played at League Park until their demise,[8] except for 1949 when they played at Parkway Field in Louisville, Kentucky.