The Cleveland Jaybirds were a men’s professional Slo-Pitch softball team that played at Elder Field in Brookside park in 1977 and 1978. The team was consistently strong but could not beat the powerhouse Detroit Caesars club in the playoffs either season. The team changed it name under new ownership prior to the 1979 American Professional Slo-Pitch League season.
The Columbus All-Americans were one of 12 original men’s softball franchises in the American Professional Slo-Pitch League during the summer of 1977. Overshadowed by the return of Triple-A minor league baseball to Columbus that summer, the All-Americans struggled to a 16-40 last place finish and quietly evaporated following the 1977 season.
American Professional Slo-Pitch League (1978-1979) Born: 1978 – Re-branded from Minnesota Goofy’s Folded: 1980 First Game: May 19, 1978 (W 38-14 & 35-16 vs. Cincinnati
The Philadelphia Athletics softball team of 1978-1980 was a men’s slo-pitch squad competing in the American Professional Slo-Pitch League. The team revived both the name and the old elephant logo of Philadelphia’s former American League baseball franchise. NFL All-Pro kick returner Billy “White Shoes” Johnson of the Houston Oilers played for the Athletics during the 1978 season.
The Pittsburgh Hardhats softball team played for six seasons between 1977 and 1982 during the short-lived Pro era of men’s slo-pitch softball. The Hardhats competed in the first men’s pro league – the American Professional Slo-Pitch League – and, later, in its the APSPL’s successor league, the United Professional Softball League.
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