Cincinnati Pippins

Cincinnati Pippins
Cincinnati Pippins
Information
Location	Cincinnati, Ohio
Ballpark	Hippodrome Park
Year founded	1912
Year disbanded	1912
League championships	None
Former league(s)	United States Baseball League;
Ownership	John J. Ryan
Manager	James Barton
General Manager	Hugh McKinnon
Media	The Cincinnati Enquirer

The Cincinnati Pippins,^[1] also known as the Cincinnati Cams,^[2] were a franchise in the United States Baseball League based in Cincinnati, Ohio and was owned by New York attorney John J. Ryan. The team and the league lasted just over a month, from May 1 to June 5, 1912. The highest number of games played by any of the eight team league was 26. The USBL originally planned to have a 126-game season.^[3]

The home field was Hippodrome Park, which was located at Spring Garden Avenue and Queen City Avenue.[Cincinnati Enquirer, January 20, 1912, p.8] The ballpark had been built in 1911, and had fallen out of use by the 1930s. The two roads no longer intersect.

1912 Standings[]

In the one and only year for the United States Baseball League, the Pippins held a 12-10 record at 4th place in the league.

Team	Win	Loss	Pct
Pittsburgh Filipinos	19	7	.731
Richmond Rebels	15	11	.577
Reading (no name)	12	9	.571
Cincinnati Pippins	12	10	.545
Washington Senators	6	7	.462
Chicago Green Sox	10	12	.455
Cleveland Forest City	8	13	.381
New York Knickerbockers	2	15	.118

Notable players[]

References[]

^ ^a ^b Pete Cava (2015). Indiana-Born Major League Baseball Players: A Biographical Dictionary, 1871-2014. McFarland. ISBN 9781476622705.
^ "Long Wallops By the Local U.S. Leaguers Are Numerous". The Cincinnati Enquirer. May 6, 1912. p. 8. Retrieved August 28, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. [T]hose United States Leaguers of ours copped the second straight game from the proud Pittsburgers at the United States League Park yesterday afternoon...the Cams, as they have been named...
^ Haerle, Rudolf K. "The United States Baseball League of 1912: A Case Study of Organizational Failure" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 15, 2018.

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[cava-1] Pete Cava (2015). Indiana-Born Major League Baseball Players: A Biographical Dictionary, 1871-2014. McFarland. ISBN 9781476622705.

[2] "Long Wallops By the Local U.S. Leaguers Are Numerous". The Cincinnati Enquirer. May 6, 1912. p. 8. Retrieved August 28, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. [T]hose United States Leaguers of ours copped the second straight game from the proud Pittsburgers at the United States League Park yesterday afternoon...the Cams, as they have been named...

[3] Haerle, Rudolf K. "The United States Baseball League of 1912: A Case Study of Organizational Failure" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 15, 2018.

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