Rock Island Islanders T-Shirt (Premium Lightweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams Lawrenceburg Distillers "Red" Fowler relocated his Burlington

"Red" Fowler relocated his Burlington franchise there as a Pittsburgh Pirates affiliate

fielding teams mostly from Ohio

They won the Carolina League championship that year

Notable figures included Wally Schang

Rock Island Islanders T-Shirt (Premium Lightweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams Lawrenceburg Distillers "Red" Fowler relocated his BurlingtonThe Rock Island Islanders were a long running minor league baseball team from Rock Island that played from 1901 1937, primarily in the Three I League and later the Mississippi Valley League. The Islanders won the Three I championship in 1909 with a 90 48 record and later captured the Mississippi Valley League title in 1932 after defeating Davenport in the playoffs. During the 1920s, they shared Douglas Park with the Rock Island Independents (an early