Davenport River Rats T-Shirt (Premium Lightweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Iowa Lufkin Foresters were a charter member of

were a charter member of the KITTY League in 1903 and carried one of the most unusual names in minor league baseball

and Jim Kaat

learned to pull the ball more aggressively under manager Jo-Jo White

the Waterville club existed for only a single season before folding

While these jerseys have been hard to find since the team folded

Davenport River Rats T-Shirt (Premium Lightweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Iowa Lufkin Foresters were a charter member ofThe Davenport River Rats, based in Davenport, Iowa, were charter members of the Illinois Indiana Iowa League in 1901, one of eight founding clubs in a circuit that would become one of the longest running minor leagues in the country. The nickname fit the geography: Davenport sits on the west bank of the Mississippi River directly across from Rock Island, Illinois, and the city's amateur teams had carried river themed names for years before organized