The whole book isn't about Cleveland, but Lawrence Ritter's The Glory Of Their Times is a series of interviews with dead-ball era baseball players, many years after their retirement in most cases. A few of the players interviewed were from Cleveland, and the way they describe the city in the late 19th and early 20th century is fascinating. Imagine E 55th being countryside. Great read.
https://www.amazon.com/Glory-Their-Times-Baseball-Perennial/dp/0061994715
https://www.amazon.com/Glory-Their-Times-Baseball-Perennial/dp/0061994715
In the 1960s the author of this book went around and interviewed all the old time ball players and got their stories. He then transcribed and edited them in this book. One of my favorites.
The Glory of Their Times: The Story of the Early Days of Baseball Told by the Men Who Played It (Harper Perennial Modern Classics) https://www.amazon.com/dp/0061994715/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apip_TGrHk2QO4rggf
Glory of Their Times has a lot of neat old baseball stories.
The Glory of Their Times is just one of my favorite books period.
Almost all of it is after the turn of the century, but this can't be recommended enough - http://www.amazon.com/The-Glory-Their-Times-Perennial/dp/0061994715