Moline Plowboys
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The Moline Plowboys were a minor league baseball
Minor league baseball
Minor league baseball is a hierarchy of professional baseball leagues in the Americas that compete at levels below Major League Baseball and provide opportunities for player development. All of the minor leagues are operated as independent businesses...

 team that existed from 1914 to 1941. They were located in Moline, Illinois
Moline, Illinois
Moline is a city located in Rock Island County, Illinois, United States, with a population of 45,792 in 2010. Moline is one of the Quad Cities, along with neighboring East Moline and Rock Island in Illinois and the cities of Davenport and Bettendorf in Iowa. The Quad Cities has a population of...

. From 1914 to 1923, they played in the Class B Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League; from 1924 to 1932, they played in the Class D Mississippi Valley League
Mississippi Valley League
The Mississippi Valley League was a Class-D minor baseball league from 1922 to 1932, and a Class-B league in 1933.The league began play in 1922 with six teams: the Cedar Rapids Bunnies, the Marshalltown Ansons, the Rock Island Islanders, the Waterloo Hawks, the Ottumwa Cardinals and the Dubuque...

; and from 1937 to 1941, they again played in the Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League. The Plowboys' ballpark from 1920 to 1941 was Browning Field
Browning Field
Browning Park is a park in Moline, Illinois, USA that has been the home of high school and professional athletic events since 1910. The land is deeded to the city of Moline for use as a "playground and athletic park"...

.

Year-by-year record

Year Record Finish Manager Playoffs
1914 20-33 8th Connie Walsh
Connie Walsh
Cornelius Robert Walsh was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for one season. He pitched in one game for the Pittsburgh Pirates on September 16 during the 1907 Pittsburgh Pirates season, pitching one inning and allowing one earned run.-External links:...

 / William Neal
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1915 75-51 1st George Hughes League Champions
1916 59-76 5th George Hughes none
1917 27-38 6th Ned Pettigrew / Bob Tarleton season shortened to July 8
1919 40-81 6th George Hughes none
1920 69-70 4th Earle Mack
Earle Mack
Earle Thaddeus Mack, born Earle Thaddeus McGillicuddy , was an American player and coach in Major League Baseball, and, during parts of two seasons, manager of the Philadelphia Athletics when his father, Connie Mack, was too ill to manage. He also became a part-owner of the franchise. His nephew...

 
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1921 78-55 1st Earle Mack
Earle Mack
Earle Thaddeus Mack, born Earle Thaddeus McGillicuddy , was an American player and coach in Major League Baseball, and, during parts of two seasons, manager of the Philadelphia Athletics when his father, Connie Mack, was too ill to manage. He also became a part-owner of the franchise. His nephew...

 
League Champions
1922 49-89 8th Earle Mack
Earle Mack
Earle Thaddeus Mack, born Earle Thaddeus McGillicuddy , was an American player and coach in Major League Baseball, and, during parts of two seasons, manager of the Philadelphia Athletics when his father, Connie Mack, was too ill to manage. He also became a part-owner of the franchise. His nephew...

 
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1923 45-91 8th Bobby Coltrin / Jim Shollenberger none
1924 59-65 5th Jim Shollenberger none
1925 73-52 2nd Jim Shollenberger none
1926 71-50 2nd Jim Shollenberger none
1927 63-55 5th Fritz Mollwitz none
1928 69-54 2nd Richard Manchester none
1929 63-63 4th Richard Manchester none
1930 63-62 4th Riley Parker none
1931 68-58 3rd Riley Parker none
1932 55-66 6th Ernie Lorbeer none
1937 74-41 2nd Mike Gazella
Mike Gazella
Michael Gazella was an American major league baseball player who played for the New York Yankees on several championship teams in the 1920s....

 
League Champions
1938 67-59 3rd Mike Gazella
Mike Gazella
Michael Gazella was an American major league baseball player who played for the New York Yankees on several championship teams in the 1920s....

 
lost league finals
1939 49-73 6th (t) Mike Gazella
Mike Gazella
Michael Gazella was an American major league baseball player who played for the New York Yankees on several championship teams in the 1920s....

 
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1940 46-78 7th Mike Gazella
Mike Gazella
Michael Gazella was an American major league baseball player who played for the New York Yankees on several championship teams in the 1920s....

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1941 43-82 8th Joe Mowry none
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