Rock Island Islanders
The Rock Island Islanders were a minor league baseball team based in Rock Island, Illinois that played on and off from 1899 to 1937.
The team began in 1899 as a member of the Class-B Western Association (though one source claims they were the Rock Island-Moline Islanders that season).[1] In 1901, they joined the Three-I League initially as a Class-D squad, though from 1902 to 1911 they were a Class-B team. They moved to the Central Association in 1914 as a Class-D team, though they returned to the Three-I league from 1916 to 1917 and from 1920 to 1921. They were members of the mostly Class-D Mississippi Valley League from 1922 to 1933 and the Class-A Western League from 1934 to 1935 and in 1937. They were affiliated with the St. Louis Browns in 1932 and the St. Louis Cardinals in 1933.
The Islanders played their home games at Douglas Park. [2]
Si Johnson, who won 101 games at the major league level, pitched for the team in 1928,[3] while Baby Doll Jacobson, who hit .311 with over 1,700 major league hits, was with the team from 1909 to 1911.[4]
They won league championships in 1907, 1909 and 1932.