Des Moines Iowa Baseball Mugs
Description: In 1903 the former Des Moines Midgets were renamed the Des Moines Undertakers. The club was just 55-76, 7th in the 8-team Western League, though Harvey Cushman led the league with 195 strikeouts. Shortstop Charley O'Leary was fourth in the circuit with a .311 batting average and had the best fielding percentage at his position. Due to the presence of the insurance industry in Des Moines, IA the club was renamed the Des Moines Prohibitionists in 1904.
Description: Des Moines had first fielded a Western League team in 1900, playing under several monikers before being called the "Boosters." At the time, the league was a Class A league, the highest level of minor league play. The teams that directly preceded the Des Moines Boosters in Western League play were the Des Moines Hawkeyes (1900–1901), Des Moines Midgets (1902), Des Moines Undertakers (1903), Des Moines Prohibitionists (1904), Des Moines Underwriters (1905), Des Moines Champions (1906) and Des Moines Champs (1907) before becoming the Des Moines Boosters (1908–1924). Des Moines won Western league Championships in 1905 and 1906, leading to the championship reference monikers.
Description: The Des Moines Demons were a minor league baseball team that was located in Des Moines, Iowa from 1925 to 1937 and 1959 to 1961. The teams played at Holcomb Park. The first professional night baseball game was played at Holcomb Park when the Demons played at home on May 2, 1930.
Description: The Des Moines Demons were a minor league baseball team that was located in Des Moines, Iowa from 1925 to 1937 and 1959 to 1961. The teams played at Holcomb Park. The first professional night baseball game was played at Holcomb Park when the Demons played at home on May 2, 1930.
Description: The Des Moines Boosters were a Western League minor league baseball team based in Des Moines, Iowa, United States that existed from 1908 to 1924. Des Moines fielded teams in the Western League from 1900-1937 and 1947–1958. Hall of Famers George Davis and Red Faber played for the Des Moines Boosters.
Description: The Des Moines Oak Leafs were a minor league professional ice hockey team from Des Moines, Iowa, playing at Des Moines Ice Arena. The Oak Leafs were members of the United States Hockey League from 1961 to 1963, and the International Hockey League from 1963 to 1972. After 1972, the team was renamed the Des Moines Capitols.
Description: Vintage Des Moines Demons baseball design: a retro tribute to the Three-I League club from Des Moines, Iowa, est. 1959, featuring a grinning little imp mascot. Great gift for Des Moines natives, baseball dads and fans of defunct minor league teams. Original artwork, not affiliated with any team.
Description: The Iowa Oaks were a minor league baseball team based in Des Moines, Iowa from 1969 to 1981. The team was affiliated originally with the Oakland Athletics, then with the Chicago White Sox and the Houston Astros. The team became the Iowa Cubs in 1982 after affiliating with the Chicago Cubs.
Description: The Iowa Oaks were a minor league baseball team based in Des Moines, Iowa from 1969 to 1981. The team was affiliated originally with the Oakland Athletics, then with the Chicago White Sox and the Houston Astros. The team became the Iowa Cubs in 1982 after affiliating with the Chicago Cubs.
Description: The Des Moines Knights were a football team formed in 1983 to compete in the semi-professional Northern States Football League. The Knights played a June-August schedule against semi-pro rivals from Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Illinois. The Knights were turbulent behind the scenes, cycling through multiple managers and organizers during their first two seasons. Two games into the team’s second season in 1984, Northern States Football League officials seized the nearly bankrupt franchise and awarded it to new owners David Sears and Ray Gamel.3 The new owners immediately modified the name of the team to the “Capitol City Knights” in the middle of the 1984 season.
Description: The Iowa Oaks were a minor league baseball team based in Des Moines, Iowa from 1969 to 1981. The team was affiliated originally with the Oakland Athletics, then with the Chicago White Sox and the Houston Astros. The team became the Iowa Cubs in 1982 after affiliating with the Chicago Cubs.
Description: The Iowa Oaks were a minor league baseball team based in Des Moines, Iowa from 1969 to 1981. The team was affiliated originally with the Oakland Athletics, then with the Chicago White Sox and the Houston Astros. The team became the Iowa Cubs in 1982 after affiliating with the Chicago Cubs.
