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"...

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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	none
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...	none
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...	none
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....	none
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....	none
1941	43-82	8th	Joe Mowry	none