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{{short description|Amateur baseball team in Cincinnati, Ohio}}
The '''Cincinnati Buckeyes''' was the name of two amateur [[baseball]] teams in [[Cincinnati, Ohio]]. The first, formed in 1859, disbanded during the Civil War.<ref name="isbn1-56663-748-1">{{cite book |author=Morris, Peter |title=But Didn't We Have Fun?: An Informal History of Baseball's Pioneer Era, 1843-1870 |publisher=Ivan R. Dee, Publisher |location=Chicago |year=2008 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/butdidntwehavefu0000morr/page/186 186] |isbn=978-1-56663-748-0 |url=https://archive.org/details/butdidntwehavefu0000morr/page/186 }}</ref>
Another team, the Buckeyes Base Ball Club of Cincinnati, formed in 1865. In the late 1860s, the Buckeyes were a skilled baseball team and were starting to make themselves known nationally. In 1868, they had won 21 games and lost only 5. However, when another local team, the [[Cincinnati Red Stockings]], decided to field an all-professional team in 1869, it spelled the end for the amateur Buckeyes. In fact, Buckeye stars [[Charlie Gould]], [[Charlie Sweasy]], [[Andy Leonard]] and [[Dick Hurley]] left the team to join the Red Stockings. The Buckeyes considered going professional themselves, but did not have the resources to do so. After some humiliating defeats against the rival Red Stockings in 1869, the club folded in 1870.<ref name="Buckeyes">{{cite web|url=http://www.cincinnatibuckeyes.com/history/|title=Brief History of the Buckeyes|work=Cincinnati Buckeyes|access-date=2009-10-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080820023602/http://www.cincinnatibuckeyes.com/history|archive-date=2008-08-20|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Harry Wright"/><ref>{{cite book|last=Ryczek|first=William J. |title=When Johnny came sliding home: the post-Civil War baseball boom, 1865-1870|publisher=McFarland|date=1998|pages=[https://archive.org/details/whenjohnnycamesl0000rycz/page/175 175]|isbn=978-0-7864-0514-5|url=https://archive.org/details/whenjohnnycamesl0000rycz|url-access=registration|quote=buckeyes Iron slag.}}</ref>
Star pitcher [[Cherokee Fisher]] played for the Buckeyes in 1868.<ref name="Harry Wright">{{cite book|last=Devine|first=Christopher
|title=Harry Wright: the father of professional base ball|publisher=McFarland|date=2003|pages=36|isbn=978-0-7864-1561-8|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3CoUoAn55A0C&q=buckeyes+%22Iron+slag%22&pg=PA36|access-date=2009-10-03}}</ref>
In 1869, the Buckeyes played on "Iron Slag" grounds, near today's [[Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal|Union Terminal]].<ref name="Buckeyes"/><ref name="Harry Wright"/>
== Modern team ==
In 2001, the Cincinnati Vintage Base Ball Club formed a [[vintage base ball]] team called the Cincinnati Buckeyes, named and styled after the former Buckeyes Base Ball Club of Cincinnati. The team plays baseball as it was played in 1869, using the rules, customs and equipment of the time. The Cincinnati Buckeyes serve as a modern-day rival to the club's other team, the Cincinnati Red Stockings. However, they also travel around the Midwest to play other vintage base ball teams. They play their home games at Heritage Village in Sharon Woods Park, [[Sharonville, Ohio]] (north of Cincinnati). The team is a member of the [[Vintage Base Ball Association]].
==External links==
* [http://www.cincinnatibuckeyes.com/ Cincinnati Buckeyes website]
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