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Quad Cities River Bandits Founded in 1901 Davenport, Iowa
Team logo Cap insignia
Class-level
Current	Class-A (1963–present)
Previous	Class D (1960-1962) Class B (1946-1952; 1957-1958)
Minor league affiliations
League	Midwest League (1960–present)
Conference	Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League (Class B) (1901–1916, 1946–1958) Western League (Class A) (1934–1937) Mississippi Valley League (Class D) (1929–1933)
Major league affiliations
Current	Houston Astros (2013–present)
Previous	St. Louis Cardinals (2005–2012) Minnesota Twins (1999–2004) Houston Astros (1993–1998) California Angels (1985–1992) Chicago Cubs (1979–1984) Los Angeles Angels/California Angels (1962–1978) Milwaukee Braves (1960–1961) Chicago White Sox (1957–1958) Detroit Tigers (1951–1952) Pittsburgh Pirates (1948–1949) Chicago Cubs (1946–1947) Brooklyn Dodgers (1936–1937)
Minor league titles
League titles (10)	1914 1933 1936 1949 1968 1971 1979 1990 2011 2013
Team data
Nickname	Quad Cities River Bandits (2008–present)
Previous names	Midwest League Swing of the Quad Cities (2004–2007) Quad City River Bandits (1992–2003) Quad City Angels (1985–1991) Quad City Cubs (1979–1984) Quad City Angels (1962–1978) Quad City Braves (1961) Davenport Braves (1960) Three-I League Davenport DavSox (1957–1958) Davenport Tigers (1951–1952) Davenport Quads (1950) Davenport Pirates (1948–1949) Davenport Cubs (1946–1947) Western League Davenport Blue Sox (1934–1937) Mississippi Valley League Davenport Blue Sox (1929–1933) Three-I League Davenport Blue Sox (1913–1916) Davenport Prodigals (1909–1912) Davenport Knickerbockers (1906) Davenport Riversides (1905) Davenport River Rats (1901–1904) Illinois–Iowa League Davenport Pilgrims (1891) Central Interstate League Davenport Hawkeyes (1889) Davenport Onion Weeders (1888) Northwestern League Davenport Brown Stockings (1879)
Ballpark	Modern Woodmen Park (1931–present)
Previous parks	Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds (1929–1930) Blue Sox Stadium (1909–1916)
Owner(s)/ Operator(s)	Main Street Baseball
Manager	Russ Steinhorn
General Manager	Andrew Chesser

Three-I League

Western League

Mississippi Valley League

Three-I League

Illinois–Iowa League

Central Interstate League

Northwestern League

The Quad Cities River Bandits are a Class A minor league baseball team, affiliated with the Houston Astros, that plays in the Midwest League. Its home games are played at Modern Woodmen Park (formerly John O'Donnell Stadium) in Davenport, Iowa, one of the Quad Cities. The address is 209 S. Gaines Street.

Tracing back to 1879, Quad City professional baseball has a rich history that includes teams in Davenport, Moline (Moline Plowboys) and Rock Island (Rock Island Islanders). The 1879 Davenport Brown Stockings played one season in the Northwestern League beginning a baseball history in the area. Davenport teams with catchy names (Onion Weeders, Pilgrims, Hawkeyes) played before the turn of the 20th century in a various leagues.

In 1901, play began in the Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League (Three-I) with teams Davenport and Rock Island as charter members. The Davenport team set the foundation of the franchise that exists today. The Making up the rest of the 1901 Three-I League teams were: Terre Haute, Bloomington, Cedar Rapids, Rockford, Evansville and Decatur. The Davenport team continued to change their name frequently in the early years of their Three-I play: River Rats (1901–04), Riversides (1905), Knickerbockers (1906), Prodigals (1909–12) and Davenport Blue Sox (1913–1916). Davenport won their first Three-I Championship in 1914.

While the Quad Cities area was able to support two teams in this era, Davenport and the Rock Island Islanders, a third Quad City team was added In July, 1914. Moline gained a franchise, that year when the Danville Speakers relocated to Moline and the Moline Plowboys were established. The Plowboys would win Three-I Championships in 1915, 1921 and 1937.

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