Ottumwa Packers
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Team | None |
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League titles (7) |
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Team data | |
Name | Ottumwa Coal Palaces,(1890–1891) Ottumwa Brownies (1895) Ottumwa Giants (1898–1899) Ottumwa Snappers (1904–1905) Ottumwa Champs (1906) Ottumwa Packers (1907–1910) Ottumwa Speedboys (1911–1912) Ottumwa Packers (1913–1914, 1916) Ottumwa Cardinals (1922–1925) Ottumwa Packers (1926–1928) |
Ballpark | Green Street Park (1890–1891, 1895, 1898–1899) Riverside Park (1904–1914, 1916, 1922–1928) |
The Ottumwa Packers was the primary name of the
History
History of the nickname
Ottumwa was host to multiple minor league teams using a few different names, with the first known squad appearing in 1890 and the last playing in 1928. The Packers nickname, which first appeared in 1907, was the most commonly used.
It was initially used through the 1910 season, when the team changed its name to the
1915 was the first season since 1900 that Ottumwa did not field a professional team and the first since 1912 that a team called the Packers did not play. However, in the middle of the 1916 season, the
Minor league baseball returned to Ottumwa in 1922, with the Packers nickname returning in 1926. It was used through 1928, when the last professional team to date was fielded in the city.[1][2]
League championships
The Ottumwa Coal Palaces won the
The Ottumwa Snappers won back-to-back
In 1911 and 1912, the Ottumwa Speedboys won back-to-back
The Ottumwa Packers won the 1913 championship, their third consecutive Central Association Championship under manager Ned Egan. Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Burleigh Grimes pitched for the 1913 Packers, where he had a 6–2 record with a 1.93 ERA at age 19. The 1926 Packers won the Mississippi Valley League Championship under manager Pat Harkins. In neither year was a league championship series played, however the Packers finished in first both seasons, making them champions.[3][4][2]
The ballparks
From 1890 to 1899, Ottumwa teams played minor league home games at Green Street Park. Green Street Park was located at Myrtle Street & Green Street, Ottumwa, Iowa.[5]
Beginning in 1904, Ottumwa teams played at home games at Riverside Park. The ballpark was located on South Wapello Street in the park district.[6]
Notable alumni
Baseball Hall of Fame alumni
- Burleigh Grimes (1913), inducted 1964[4]
Notable alumni
- Dan Adams (1913)
- Jim Adams (1891)
- Hal Anderson (1924)
- Varney Anderson (1890)
- Grover Baichley (1916)
- Kirtley Baker (1891)
- Harry Berte (1898)
- Babe Borton (1910)
- Ray Boyd (1910–1911)
- George Burns (1913)
- Hick Cady (1908)
- John Callahan (1899)
- Boileryard Clarke (1890)
- Davey Crockett (1898)
- Fred Curtis (1905)
- Bill Doran (1923, 1925)
- Tim Flood (1898)
- Pop Dillon(1895)
- Tom Drohan (1914)
- Billy Earle (1908)
- Pat Flaherty (1899)
- Ed Gagnier (1905–1906)
- Lou Garland (1925)
- Emil Geiss (1895)
- Frank Gregory (1912–1913, 1916, 1922)
- Jim Hackett (1898)
- Irv Hach (1899)
- Mickey Heath (1923–1924)
- Jesse Hoffmeister (1905–1906)
- George Huff (1895)
- Charlie Jaeger (1910)
- Jimmy Johnston (1910)
- Lou Johnson (1891)
- Bumpus Jones (1891)
- Frank Jude (1922)
- Snapper Kennedy (1904–1905, MGR))
- Maury Kent (1910)
- Ed Kinsella (1914)
- Elmer Klumpp (1927–1928)
- Steve Ladew (1890–1891)
- Lefty Lorenzen (1913–1914)
- Wally Mattick (1923–1925, MGR)
- Harry Maupin (1905)
- Mart McQuaid ((1899)
- Walt Meinert (1916)
- Wally Millies (1928)
- Gene Moore (1928)
- Eddie Mulligan (1914)
- Win Noyes (1911)
- John O'Connell (1898)
- Chick Pedroes (1895)
- Robert Pender (1898)
- Lee Riley (1927)
- Joe Sargent (1916)
- Jack Saltzgaver (1925, 1928)
- Roy Schalk (1928)
- Dutch Schliebner (1913)
- Ossee Schrecongost(1898)
- Hank Severeid (1910)
- Camp Skinner (1928)
- Bill Speas (1928, MGR)
- Ed Spurney (1891)
- Tom Stanton (1899)
- Harry Taylor (1928)
- Fay Thomas (1925)
- Walt Thomas (1910)
- Art Twineham (1890)
- Austin Walsh (1914)
- Buck Washer (1908)
- Jake Weimer (1898–1899)
- Johnny Welch (1925)
- Cy Wright (1916)
- Zeke Wrigley (1910)
- Henry Yaik (1895)
- George Zackert (1908)
- Bill Zies (1891)
See also
Ottumwa (minor league baseball) players
Ottumwa Cardinals players
Ottumwa Champs players
Ottumwa Coal Palaces players
Ottumwa Giants players
Ottumwa Packers players
Ottumwa Snappers players
Ottumwa Speedboys players
References
- ^ a b "Ottumwa, Iowa Encyclopedia". Baseball-Reference.com.
- ^ ISBN 978-1932391176.)
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- ^ a b "Burleigh Grimes Minor Leagues Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference.com.
- ^ "Green Street Park in Ottumwa, IA history and teams on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.
- ^ "Riverside Park in Ottumwa, IA history and teams on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.