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The were a professional
Baseball team based in
Cincinnati, Ohio ,
Ohio which played in the
Negro Leagues . The Tigers were founded in
1934 by
William DeHart Hubbard , the first black to win an individual
Olympic gold medal when he won the
Long Jump during the
1924 Summer Olympics . In
1937 , the Tigers joined the
Negro American League in its inaugural season. Using
Cincinnati Reds hand-me-down uniforms, the Tigers played at
Crosley Field , often outdrawing the Reds. The Tigers folded after the 1937 season.
