Des Moines Boosters
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The Des Moines Boosters were a Western League
minor league baseball team based in Des Moines, Iowa
, USA that existed from 1908 to 1924. They won two league championships - their first in 1915 under manager Frank Isbell
and their second in 1917 under Jack Coffey.
Hall of Famers George Davis and Red Faber
played for the Boosters.
Western League (defunct minor league)
The Western League is a name given to several circuits in American minor league baseball. Its earliest progenitor, which existed from 1885 to 1899, was the predecessor of the American League...
minor league baseball team based in Des Moines, Iowa
Des Moines, Iowa
Des Moines is the capital and the most populous city in the US state of Iowa. It is also the county seat of Polk County. A small portion of the city extends into Warren County. It was incorporated on September 22, 1851, as Fort Des Moines which was shortened to "Des Moines" in 1857...
, USA that existed from 1908 to 1924. They won two league championships - their first in 1915 under manager Frank Isbell
Frank Isbell
William Frank Isbell was a Major League first baseman, second baseman, and outfielder in the 1910s. He played for the Chicago Cubs in 1898 briefly, where he had 37 hits in 159 at bats . With the Cubs, he pitched and played outfield more than anything else. Thirteen of his seventeen games pitched...
and their second in 1917 under Jack Coffey.
Hall of Famers George Davis and Red Faber
Red Faber
Urban Clarence "Red" Faber was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball from through , playing his entire career for the Chicago White Sox. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1964....
played for the Boosters.