Youngstown, OH

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Youngstown is a former center of steel production that is located in Northeastern Ohio, on the Mahoning River, 15 miles southeast of Warren, OH and 50 miles west of Akron, OH. It is home to Youngstown State University. This mid-sized industrial town produced a disproportionate number of baseball legends, including Deacon McGuire, Jimmy McAleer, George Shuba, and Dave Dravecky. The city was also the adopted hometown of Hall of Fame umpire Billy Evans and John D. Reese (better known as Bonesetter Reese). The latter enjoyed a national reputation as the "baseball doctor" and treated such luminaries as Cy Young, Ty Cobb, Rogers Hornsby, Walter Johnson, and John McGraw.

In recent years, Youngstown has taken steps to re-establish its once robust tradition of amateur baseball. During the 1930s, '40s and '50s, the city had hosted the National Amateur Baseball Federation (NABF) tournament; and in 1946, Youngstown park officials were praised by NABF President Henry Schubert for maintaining some of the best sandlot fields found in the country. The city is currently home to the Mahoning Valley Scrappers.

[edit] Teams that have played here

• Youngstown, Iron & Oil Association (1884)
• Youngstown Giants, Tri-State League (1890)
• Youngstown Puddlers, Interstate League (1896-1898)
• Youngstown Little Giants, Interstate League (1899)
• Youngstown, Interstate League (1900)
• Youngstown Ohio Works, Ohio-Pennsylvania League (1905-1906)
• Youngstown Champs, Ohio-Pennsylvania League (1907-1908)
• Youngstown Indians, Ohio-Pennsylvania League (1909)
• Youngstown Steelmen, Ohio-Pennsylvania League (1910-1911)
• Youngstown Steelmen, Central League (1912, 1915)
• Youngstown Steelmen, Interstate League (1913)
• Youngstown Tubers, Middle Atlantic League (1931)
• Youngstown Buckeyes, Central League (1932)
• Youngstown Browns, Middle Atlantic League (1939-1941)
• Youngstown Gremlins, Middle Atlantic League (1946)
• Youngstown Colts, Middle Atlantic League (1947-1948)
• Youngstown A's, Middle Atlantic League (1949-1951)
• Mahoning Valley Scrappers, New York-Penn League (1999-present)

[edit] References

• The Youngstown Daily Vindicator, Youngstown, Ohio, Sept. 16, 1946.

• The Youngstown Daily Vindicator, Youngstown, Ohio, Sept. 17, 1946.

• The Youngstown Daily Vindicator, Youngstown, Ohio, Sept. 18, 1946.

• The Valley Voice, Youngstown, Ohio, July 1-7, 2005.