Quad Cities River Bandits

• Location: Davenport, IA
• League: Midwest League, 2008-2019; High-A Central 2021; Midwest League 2022-
• Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals, 2008-2012; Houston Astros, 2013-2019; Kansas City Royals 2021-present
• Ballpark: Modern Woodmen Park

Team History

The Quad Cities River Bandits, of the Midwest League and briefly in High-A Central, took the regional locale name in 1962. The Kansas City Royals farmhands play their home games at Modern Woodmen Park in Davenport, IA.

MLB's 2021 Minor League Reorganization raised the Bandits, and most of the Midwest League, one level. Originally listed for elimination, they squeaked through as MLB winnowed the MwL from 16 teams to 12 and switched the Bandits from the Houston Astros to the Royals.

Davenport professional ball traces to 1879. Over the next 40 years, Davenport and the Illinois cities Rock Island and Moline began calling themselves the Tri-Cities. Around the time then-Municipal Stadium opened in 1931, East Moline, IL, was getting into the act and the name "Quad Cities" was born. Bettendorf, IA, passed East Moline in population in the late 1940s, but an effort to rebrand as "Quint Cities" failed.

In 1992, the Quad City Angels became known as the Quad City River Bandits (note the singular City). They changed their name to the Swing of the Quad Cities in 2004, then adopted Quad Cities River Bandits after the 2007 campaign.

The Bandits play Copa de la Diversión Hispanic engagement campaign games as Bandidos del Rio de las Ciudades Cuádaruples, a straight translation of their full brand.

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Record	Finish	Manager	Playoffs	Hitting coach	Pitching coach	Coach
2008	68-66	9th	Steve Dillard		Joe Kruzel	Ace Adams
2009	61-78	9th	Steve Dillard		Joe Kruzel	Ace Adams
2010	83-55	2nd	Johnny Rodriguez	Lost in 1st round	Joe Kruzel
2011	81-56	2nd	Johnny Rodriguez	League Champs	Joe Kruzel	Tim Leveque
2012	68-71	9th	Luis Aguayo		Joe Kruzel	Ace Adams
2013	81-57	3rd	Omar Lopez	League Champs	Joel Chimelis	Dave Borkowski	Vince Coleman
2014	70-69	7th	Omar Lopez		Joel Chimelis	Dave Borkowski	Vince Coleman
2015	88-50	1st	Josh Bonifay	Lost in 1st round	Joel Chimelis	Dave Borkowski	Tim Garland
2016	61-78	14th	Omar Lopez		Joel Chimelis	Chris Holt
2017	79-59	2nd	Russ Steinhorn	League Champs	Ben Rosenthal	Drew French	Jason Bell
2018	81-59	2nd	Mickey Storey	Lost in 1st round	Dillon Lawson	Graham Johnson	Rafael Pena
2019	79-57	4th	Ray Hernandez	Lost in 1st round	Rafael Pena	Erick Abreu
2020	Season cancelled
2021	77-41	1st	Chris Widger	League Champs	Andy LaRoche	Steve Luebber	Mike Jirschele
2022			Brooks Conrad		Andy LaRoche	Steve Luebber	David Noworyta

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