The Davenport Hawkeyes were a minor league baseball team based in Davenport, Iowa. In 1888 and 1889, the Hawkeyes were charter members of the independent level Central Interstate League, winning the l
(1888) Bid McPhee, Cincinnati Red Stockings, baseball card. McPhee played for the 1879 Davenport Brown Stockings. McPhee was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame
The St. Paul Saints were an early minor league baseball team based in St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. The "Saints" franchise played as members of the Western League in 1892 and from 1895 to 1899.
Davenport Hawkeyes
…25, 1888. Davenport joined the Chicago Maroons, Des Moines Prohibitionists, Kansas City Blues, Milwaukee Brewers, Omaha Omahogs, St. Louis Whites, St. Paul Apostles and Sioux City Cornhuskers teams in league play. William Lucas remained with the franchise to manage his second Davenport team of the season, as the…
John Barnes managed St. Paul for three seasons
(1899) Jouett Meekin, Boston Beaneaters. Meekin pitched for St. Paul in 1889, compiling a 1.92 ERA with 13 wins in his first professional season. He went on to win 153 major league games. A hard thrower, Meekin played a role in the pitching mound being moved back to today's standard of 60 feet, 6 inches.
(1888) Baseball Hall of Fame member Charles Comiskey, St. Louis Browns baseball card. Following his major league playing and managerial career, Comiskey bought the St. Paul franchise in 1895. Comiskey moved the team to become the Chicago White Sox in 1900.
(1887) Jack Glasscock, Indianapolis Hoosiers. Allen & Ginter Cigarettes, baseball card. Glasscock batted .431 for St. Paul in 1896, at age 38, his first of three seasons with the team.