Topeka Owls Hoodie - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams Color:Sand then sat dormant for more

then sat dormant for more than three decades

with brief affiliations to the Cubs and Athletics in the 1940s–50s

In 1954 Hall of Famer Luis Aparicio played 94 games for the White Hawks at shortstop

The nickname fit the geography: Davenport sits on the west bank of the Mississippi River directly across from Rock Island

the team became affiliated with the Brooklyn Dodgers and was renamed the Union City Dodgers

Topeka Owls Hoodie - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams Color:Sand then sat dormant for moreThe Topeka Owls, based in Topeka, Kansas, played in the Class C Western Association from 1939 to 1942 and from 1946 to 1954. They were a St. Louis Browns affiliate in their first two seasons, then operated without a major league working agreement through the mid 1940s before affiliating with the Chicago Cubs in 1951 52 and the Chicago White Sox in 1953 54. Their home was Owl Ballpark on North Topeka Boulevard, which expanded from 2,750 to 4,700 seats