Davenport River Rats T-Shirt (Heavyweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Iowa port arthur sea hawks They existed from 1908 through

They existed from 1908 through the middle of the 1910 season

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The 1949 club was the best team Duncan fielded in the league

Davenport River Rats T-Shirt (Heavyweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Iowa port arthur sea hawks They existed from 1908 throughThe 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