Moline Plowboys

Moline Plowboys
Minor league affiliations
Previous classesClass C (1947–1948)
Class B (1937–1941; 1919–1923; 1914–1917)
Class D (1924–1932)
Class A (1894)[1]
Previous leagues
Central Association (1947–1948)
Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League (1937–1941)
Mississippi Valley League (1924–1932)
Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League (1914–1917, 1919–1923)
Western Association (1894)
Illinois-Iowa League (1892)
Major league affiliations
Previous teams
Minor league titles
League titles 4 1894, 1915, 1921, 1937
Team data
Previous names
  • Moline A's (1947–1948)
  • Moline Plowboys (1914–1917, 1919–1932, 1937–1941)
  • Rock Island-Moline Islanders (1894)
  • Rock Island-Moline Twins (1892)
Previous parks
  • Browning Field (1920–1932, 1937–1941, 1947–1948)
  • Athletic Park/Three-I Park (1914, 1917, 1919)
  • Twin Cities Park (1892, 1894)

The Moline Plowboys was a primary name of the minor league baseball teams based in Moline, Illinois, one of the Quad Cities. Moline teams played as members the 1892 Illinois-Iowa League, 1894 Western Association, the Mississippi Valley League (1924–1932), Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League (1914–1923, 1937–1941) and Central Association (1947–1948), winning four league championships. The franchise played as the "Moline A's" in 1947–1948.

Moline was an affiliate of the Detroit Tigers (1932), Chicago Cubs (1937–1940) and Philadelphia Athletics (1947–1948).

Moline's home minor league ballpark from 1920 to 1948 was Browning Field.[2]

Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Warren Giles was President of the Plowboys franchise from 1919 to 1922.[3]

Warren Giles, National League President, 1962
  1. ^ "Moline, Illinois Encyclopedia". Baseball-Reference.com.
  2. ^ "Moline, Illinois Minor League History". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2011-02-10.
  3. ^ "Warren Giles | Society for American Baseball Research". sabr.org.