The Ottumwa Packers was the primary name of the minor league baseball teams that played between 1890 and 1928, based in Ottumwa, Iowa. Ottumwa teams played...

played from 1922 to 1925. They were preceded and succeeded by the Ottumwa Packers. Of note, Jack Saltzgaver and Johnny Welch, who both spent considerable...

slippery elm to alter the baseball's face. He played in Ottumwa, Iowa, in 1913 for the Ottumwa Packers in the Central Association. Grimes played for the Pittsburgh...

Austin Edward Walsh (September 1, 1891 – January 26, 1955) was a left fielder for the Chicago Federals professional baseball team in 1914. "Austin Walsh"...

Oskaloosa Quakers 1908 Ottumwa, IA: Ottumwa Packers 1908–1910; Ottumwa Speedboys 1911–1912; Ottumwa Packers 1913–1914; Ottumwa Packers 1916 Rockford, IL:...

Frederick Paul "Dutch" Schliebner (May 19, 1891 – April 15, 1975) was a German-born American professional baseball first baseman. He played for one season...

the Ottumwa Cardinals became the Ottumwa Packers and the Dubuque Dubs became the Dubuque Speasmen, named after their manager Bill Speas. The Packers finished...

James Harle Johnston (December 10, 1889 – February 14, 1967) was a Major League Baseball player from 1911 to 1926. He played mostly with the Brooklyn Robins...

George Watson Wrigley (January 18, 1874 in Philadelphia – September 28, 1952), was a former professional baseball player. He played all or part of four...

Frank Ernst Gregory (July 25, 1888 – November 5, 1955) was a professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher for one season (1912) with the...

William Baker "Babe" Borton (August 14, 1888 – July 29, 1954) was an American Major League Baseball first baseman. Borton played for the Chicago White...

Grover Cleveland Baichley (December 10, 1889 – June 28, 1956) was an American professional baseball pitcher who played for the St. Louis Browns of the...

William "Buck" Washer (October 11, 1882 – December 8, 1955) was an American professional baseball pitcher. Washer played for the Philadelphia Phillies...

Leon Francis Riley Sr. (August 20, 1906 – September 13, 1970) was an American professional baseball player who became a manager in the minor leagues. During...

Walter Henry Meinert (December 11, 1890 – November 9, 1958) was an American Major League Baseball right fielder who played for the St. Louis Browns in...

Henry Levai Severeid (June 1, 1891 – December 17, 1968) was an American professional baseball player and scout. He played as a catcher in Major League...

William Walter Thomas (April 28, 1884 – June 6, 1950) was an American professional baseball player. He played part of one season in Major League Baseball...

Raymond C. Boyd (February 11, 1887 – February 11, 1920) was an American professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher over parts of two seasons...

Adolph Andreas "Lefty" Lorenzen (January 12, 1893 – March 5, 1963) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played in one game for the Detroit Tigers on...

Edward William "Rube" Kinsella (January 15, 1880 – January 17, 1976) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Browns...

Baseball pitcher who played for two seasons. He played for the Kansas City Packers of the Federal League during their two seasons of existence, 1914 and 1915...

Elmer Edward Klumpp (August 26, 1906 – October 18, 1996) was an American catcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Washington Senators in 1934...

Forrest Leroy "Hick" Cady (January 26, 1886 – March 3, 1946) was an American baseball backup catcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston...

Elisha Harrison "Camp" Skinner (June 25, 1897 – August 4, 1944) was a professional baseball outfielder. He was a reserve player and pinch hitter for the...

Otto Hamlin "Jack" Saltzgaver (January 23, 1903 – February 1, 1978) was an American professional baseball player. The native of Croton, Iowa, as an infielder...

Charles Thomas Jaeger (April 17, 1875 – September 27, 1942) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Detroit Tigers during the 1904 Detroit...

George Henry Burns (January 31, 1893 – January 7, 1978), nicknamed "Tioga George", was an American first baseman in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played...

Walter Louis Millies (October 18, 1906 – February 28, 1995) was an American professional baseball player, scout and manager whose career began in 1927...

were from Illinois. After playing with unaffiliated minor league teams in Ottumwa, Iowa, Fairbury, Nebraska and Oklahoma City (where he hit .344 in 1932)...

Edward Joseph Mulligan (August 27, 1894 – March 15, 1982), was an American third baseman for the Chicago Cubs (1915 – 1916), Chicago White Sox (1921 -...