| Mansfield minor league baseball teams | |
| Allyears: | 1887–1890, 1893, 1897–1900, 1906–1912, 1935–1937, 1939–1941 |
| City: | Mansfield, Ohio |
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| Leaguechamps: | 3 (1889, 1935, 1937) |
The city of Mansfield, Ohio, was home to minor league baseball teams, known by various nicknames, which played periodically between 1887 and 1912, and between 1935 and 1941.[1]
The team first began play in the Ohio State League in 1887 as simply Mansfield. The following season, the club moved to the Tri-State League until 1890. After a three-year hiatus, Mansfield once again fielded a new team, the Mansfield Electricians and played the 1893 season in the short-lived Ohio–Michigan League. No team was then fielded until 1897, when the city fielded the Mansfield Haymakers in the Interstate League.
In 1906, the city was represented in then Ohio–Pennsylvania League with the Mansfield Giants. The club changed its name to the Mansfield Pioneers in 1907 until 1909. The team was once again renamed the Mansfield Reformers in 1910 and the Mansfield Brownies in 1911. In 1912 the club moved back to the Ohio State League for their final season of this era.
In 1935, the Mansfield Tigers were champions of the Ohio State League.[1] The Tigers also competed briefly in 1936, disbanding on May 25.[1] In 1937, competing as the Mansfield Red Sox, the team again were Ohio State League champions.[1] The team's final seasons were 1939 as the Mansfield Indians,[1] 1940 as the Mansfield Braves,[1] and 1941 as the Braves.[1]
| Year | Record | Finish | Manager | Notes | |
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| 1887 | 46–56 | 6th | Sandy McDermott, Bob Allen & Frank O'Brien | ||
| 1888 | 43–74 | 6th | Frank Torreyson, Frank O'Brien, James Green & Ed Darrow | ||
| 1889 | 49–25 | 1st | George Greer | League champions | |
| 1893 | 19–19 | 3rd | |||
| 1897 | 63–61 | 5th | Con Strouthers & Barton Howard | ||
| 1898 | 71–75 | 6th | Barton Howard | ||
| 1899 | 86–54 | 2nd | Dan Lowney | ||
| 1900 | 67–68 | 5th | Dan Lowney | ||
| 1906 | 59–77 | 7th | Carl McVey | ||
| 1907 | 55–84 | T6th | Carl McVey | ||
| 1908 | 76–73 | 4th | |||
| 1909 | 63–58 | 3rd | Tim Flood | ||
| 1910 | 60–66 | 5th | |||
| 1911 | 55–82 | 5th | Ed Hahn, Les Channell & Frank Reynolds | ||
| 1912 | 72–67 | 2nd |