The Bloomington Bloomers were an Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League team based in Bloomington, Illinois

Bloomington, Illinois

Bloomington is a city in McLean County, Illinois, United States and the county seat. It is adjacent to Normal, Illinois, and is the more populous of the two principal municipalities of the Bloomington-Normal metropolitan area...

 that existed on-and-off from 1903 to 1939. In 1935, they were affiliated with the St. Louis Cardinals

St. Louis Cardinals

The St. Louis Cardinals are a professional baseball team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are members of the Central Division in the National League of Major League Baseball. The Cardinals have won eleven World Series championships, the most of any National League team, and second overall only to...

, and in 1939 they were affiliated with the Milwaukee Brewers

Milwaukee Brewers (minor league baseball team)

The Milwaukee Brewers were a Minor League Baseball team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. They played in the American Association from 1902 through 1952.-A Milwaukee Tradition:...

. Their home park was Fans Field

Fans Field (Bloomington)

Fans Field was a minor league baseball park in Bloomington, Illinois, and was home of the Bloomington Bloomers of the Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League, popularly known as the Three-I League or jokingly as the Three-Eye League, from the early 1900s into the 1940s...

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League championships

In their very first year of existence, 1903, they won the league championship under manager William Connors. They won back-to-back league championships in 1919 and 1920 under the guidance of Joe Dunn

Joe Dunn (baseball)

Joseph Edward Dunn , is a former professional baseball player who played catcher for the Brooklyn Superbas during the 1908 & 1909 baseball seasons....

. Their final league championship came in 1935, under manager and future Hall of Famer Burleigh Grimes

Burleigh Grimes

Burleigh Arland Grimes was an American professional baseball player, and the last pitcher officially permitted to throw the spitball. He was elected to the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame in 1954. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1964.-Career:Nicknamed "Ol' Stubblebeard", Grimes was...

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