Rock Island Islanders

The Rock Island Islanders was the primary name of the minor league baseball teams based in Rock Island, Illinois, one of the Quad Cities, between 1892 and 1937. Rock Island teams played as members of the Illinois–Iowa League (1892), Western Association (1894), Eastern Iowa League (1895), Western Association (1898–1899), Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League (Three-I League) (1901–1911), Central Association (1914), Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League (1916–1917, 1920–1921), Mississippi Valley League (1922–1933) and Western League (1934–1937). The Rock Island Islanders were affiliates of the St. Louis Browns in 1932 and Cincinnati Reds in 1933. Beginning in 1920, Rock Island played home games at Douglas Park, sharing the field with the Rock Island Independents, a charter National Football League franchise. History Beginning in 1879, Quad City professional baseball history includes minor League teams based in Davenport, Iowa, Moline, Illinois, Rock Island, Illinois and nearby Kewanee, Illinois. The 1879 Davenport Brown Stockings began minor league play as members of the Northwestern League. Rock Island first fielded a team in the 1894 Western Association and other Rock Island teams played as members of the Western Association 1899), Eastern Iowa League (1895) and Illinois–Iowa League (1892). Rock Island first played 1883 as an Independent League team. The 1892 Rock Island-Moline Twins played in the final season of the Illinois-Iowa League, which folded after the season. In 1894, Rock Island played in the Western Association as the Rock Island-Moline Islanders. Rock Island captured the 1894 Western Association Championship with a record of 72–50. In 1901, the "Rock Island Islanders" began play as charter members of the Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League, along with the Bloomington Blues, Cedar Rapids Rabbits, Davenport River Rats, Decatur Commodores, Evansville River Rats, Rockford Red Sox and Terre Haute Hottentots. Rock Island played in the league until 1921.