The Des Moines Boosters were a Western League minor league baseball team based in Des Moines, Iowa, United States that existed from 1908 to 1924. Des Moines...
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Des Moines Champs, Western League (1906–1907) Des Moines Boosters, Western League (1908–1924) All Nations, Negro leagues (1912–1918) Des Moines Demons...
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Prohibitionists (1904); Des Moines Underwriters (1905); Des Moines Champions (1906); Des Moines Champs (1907); Des Moines Boosters (1908-1924); Des Moines Demons (1925-1937)...
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Harry Patton (category Des Moines Boosters players)
Harry Claud Patton (June 29, 1884 – June 9, 1930) was an American baseball pitcher. He played one game for the St. Louis Cardinals on August 22, 1910,...
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Mutt Williams (baseball) (category Des Moines Boosters players)
David Carter "Mutt" Williams (July 31, 1892 – March 30, 1962) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played with the Washington Senators in 1913 and 1914...
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Jack Gilligan (baseball) (category Des Moines Boosters players)
John Patrick Gilligan (born John Peter Gilgen, October 18, 1885 – November 19, 1980) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. Gilligan played for...
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Andy Nelson (baseball) (category Des Moines Boosters players)
Andrew Anthony "Peaches" Nelson (November 30, 1884 – unknown) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Chicago White Sox in 1908. "Andy...
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Taylor arrived in 1914, the Des Moines Boosters were a fixture of the Western League.[citation needed] In 1925 the Des Moines Demons became the city's baseball...
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Claude Thomas (baseball) (category Des Moines Boosters players)
Claude Alfred "Lefty" Thomas (May 15, 1890 – March 6, 1946) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Washington Senators in 1916. Career...
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Carl Sawyer (category Des Moines Boosters players)
Carl Everett Sawyer (October 19, 1890 – January 17, 1957) was an infielder in Major League Baseball. Nicknamed "Huck", he played for the Washington Senators...
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Bruce Hartford (category Des Moines Boosters players)
Bruce Daniel Hartford (May 14, 1892 – May 25, 1975) was a Major League Baseball shortstop who played for one season. He played in eight games for the Cleveland...
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Frank Lange (category Des Moines Boosters players)
Frank Herman Lange (October 28, 1883 – December 26, 1945) was a pitcher and pinch hitter in Major League Baseball. He played for the Chicago White Sox...
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Adrian Lynch (category Des Moines Boosters players)
Adrian Ryan Lynch (February 9, 1897 – March 16, 1934) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who appeared in five games, three of which were starts, for the...
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Art Thomason (category Des Moines Boosters players)
Arthur Wilson Thomason (February 12, 1889 – May 2, 1944) was a Major League Baseball outfielder who played for one season. He played in 20 games for the...
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Lefty O'Doul (category Des Moines Boosters players)
Francis Joseph "Lefty" O'Doul (March 4, 1897 – December 7, 1969) was an American professional baseball player and manager. Though he spent eleven seasons...
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Frank Thompson (third baseman) (category Des Moines Boosters players)
Frank E. Thompson (July 2, 1895 – June 27, 1940) was an American professional baseball player and manager. He appeared in Major League Baseball (MLB) as...
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2, 1930. 1925 In 1925 the Des Moines Boosters of the Western League became the Des Moines Demons. The club from Des Moines, Iowa broke in in fine form...
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Billy Meyer (category Des Moines Boosters players)
William Adam Meyer (January 14, 1893 – March 31, 1957) was an American baseball player and manager. He holds the dubious distinction of having played with...
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Phil Slattery (category Des Moines Boosters players)
Philip Ryan Slattery (February 25, 1893 – March 2, 1968) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1915. "Phil Slattery...
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Art Bader (category Des Moines Boosters players)
Arthur Herman Bader (September 21, 1886 – April 15, 1957) was a Major League Baseball player. Bader played for the St. Louis Browns in the 1904 season...
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Ira Belden (category Des Moines Boosters players)
Ira Allison Belden (April 16, 1874 – July 15, 1916) was an American outfielder in Major League Baseball who played in the late 19th century. Career statistics...
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Bill Hunter (outfielder) (category Des Moines Boosters players)
William Ellsworth Hunter (July 8, 1887 – April 10, 1934) was a Major League Baseball outfielder who played for one season. He played in 21 games for the...
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Frank Miller (pitcher) (category Des Moines Boosters players)
Frank Lee Miller (May 13, 1886 – February 19, 1974), a.k.a. "Bullet", was 27 years old when he entered the professional baseball scene on July 12, 1913...
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George Clark (baseball) (category Des Moines Boosters players)
George Myron Clark (May 19, 1891 – November 14, 1940) was a Major League Baseball pitcher. Clark played for the New York Yankees in 1913. In 11 career...
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Ray Flaskamper (category Des Moines Boosters players)
Raymond Harold Flaskamper (October 31, 1901 - February 3, 1978) was a Major League Baseball shortstop. He played in 26 games for the Chicago White Sox...
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Moses J. Yellow Horse (category Des Moines Boosters players)
Moses J. "Chief" Yellow Horse (January 28, 1898 – April 10, 1964) was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played two seasons in Major League...
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Ed Kinsella (category Des Moines Boosters players)
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...
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Jack Graney (category Des Moines Boosters players)
John Gladstone Graney (June 10, 1886 – April 20, 1978) was a Canadian professional baseball left fielder. He played in Major League Baseball for 14 seasons...
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Clint Rogge (category Des Moines Boosters players)
Francis Clinton "Clint" Rogge (July 19, 1889 – January 6, 1969) was a professional baseball pitcher. Rogge played for the Pittsburgh Rebels of the Federal...
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Paul Meloan (category Des Moines Boosters players)
Paul B. Meloan (August 23, 1888 – February 11, 1950) was an American Major League Baseball right fielder with the Chicago White Sox and St. Louis Browns...
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