The '''Youngstown Steelmen''' was a minor league baseball franchise that competed in three different leagues between 1910 and 1915.{{Citation needed|date=September 2008}} The club, based in Youngstown, Ohio, participated at various times in the Ohio–Pennsylvania League, the Tri-State League, and the Central League.{{Citation needed|date=September 2008}} The Steelmen's most notable alumnus was Everett Scott, who played with the club between 1910 and 1913. Scott later served as a shortstop for the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees.<ref name="boston1918">{{cite web | url = http://www.1918redsox.com/players/scott.htm | title = Lewis Everett "Deacon" Scott | publisher = 1918 Red Sox | access-date = 2008-01-31}}</ref>
== Origins ==
The Steelmen succeeded the Youngstown Indians, a team that placed last in the Ohio–Pennsylvania League at the close of the 1909 season.{{Citation needed|date=September 2008}} The renamed franchise was owned by former Indians coach W. R. Terry and business partner Paul Powers.<ref>''Spalding's Official Athletic Library Baseball Guide'' (New York: American Sports Publishing Co., 1910), p. 217.</ref> In the 1910 season, the Steelmen, under the management of Frank Eustace, placed seventh in the eight-team league, with a record of 55–67.{{Citation needed|date=September 2008}}
== Playing record ==
The club's performance improved dramatically during the following season. In 1911, under manager Bill Phillips, the Steelmen placed second in the league, with a record of 82–50.{{Citation needed|date=September 2008}} The championship was taken that year by the Akron Champs, which closed with a record of 90–42.{{Citation needed|date=September 2008}}
The Steelmen moved to the Central League in the 1912 season, where it narrowly lost the championship to the Fort Wayne Railroaders.<ref name="sp190">''Spalding's Official Athletic Library Baseball Guide'' (New York: American Sports Publishing Co., 1913), p. 190.</ref> Although the Steelmen ended the season with a 74–54 record, the Railroaders closed with 77 wins and 52 losses.{{Citation needed|date=September 2008}} The ''Spalding Guide'' (1913) observed that the Steelmen "gave Fort Wayne a terrific drive for the championship and for much of the season the pennant looked as if it would be won by the Ohio club".<ref name="sp190"/>
The Steelmen moved to the Tri-State League in 1913, but returned to the Central League in 1915.{{Citation needed|date=September 2008}}
== References == {{reflist}} {{Ohio-Pennsylvania League |state=collapsed}} {{Youngstown}} Category:Defunct minor league baseball teams Category:Defunct baseball teams in Ohio Category:Sports in Youngstown, Ohio Category:Central League teams Category:Baseball teams disestablished in 1915 Category:Baseball teams established in 1910 Category:1910 establishments in Ohio Category:1915 disestablishments in Ohio Category:Ohio-Pennsylvania League teams Category:Defunct Interstate League teams