Keokuk Indians

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Keokuk Indians
1904–1962
(1904-1915, 1929-1933, 1935, 1947-1949, 1952-1962)
Keokuk, Iowa
Class-level
  • Class-D (1958-1962)
  • Class-B (1952-1957)
  • Class-C (1947-1949)
  • Class-A (1935)
  • Class-B (1933)
  • Class-D (1904-1915, 1929-1932)
Minor league affiliations
Major league affiliations
Name
  • Midwest Dodgers (1962)
  • Keokuk Dodgers (1962)
  • Keokuk Cardinals (1958-1961)
  • Keokuk Kernels (1952-1957)
  • Keokuk Pirates (1947-1949)
  • Keokuk Indians (1904-1915, 1929-1933, 1935)
Ballpark
  • John Petrakis Field
  • Joyce Park II
  • Joyce Park
Minor league titles
League titles 2 (1930, 1955)

The Keokuk Indians were a minor league baseball team based in Keokuk, Iowa that played on-and-off from 1904 to 1935. The team played in the Iowa State League (1904-1907), Central Association (1908-1915), Mississippi Valley League (1929-1933) and Western League (1935). It was affiliated with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1935.

Notable players include Jesse Barnes, Ray Caldwell[1] and Lyman Lamb.

In 1947, the Pittsburgh Pirates established an affiliate in Keokuk that played in the Central Association through 1949. In 1952, the Keokuk Kernels joined the Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League and they became a Cleveland Indians affiliate in 1954. The team name was changed to the Cardinals after becoming a St. Louis Cardinals affiliate in 1958. They became a Los Angeles Dodgers affiliate in 1962 but the team was moved to Dubuque, Iowa on August 2 and renamed the Midwest Dodgers for the duration of its final season.

References

  1. ↑ Ray Caldwell minor league page
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