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 High-A Midwest League and briefly in High-A Central, broke precedent by taking a regional name in 1960 - yet the area's cities using a regional brand was already nearly a century old. The Kansas City Royals farmhands play their home games at Modern Woodmen Park in Davenport, IA.

The wild success of MLB's 2021 Field of Dreams Game, played on the farm where the famous film was shot, generated at least one more on August 11, 2022. A few weeks into that season, MLB announced a precursor between eastern Iowa's two minor league teams - the Bandits and the Cedar Rapids Kernels. Although Cedar Rapids is 20 miles closer to the farm than the Quad Cities, the Bandits were designated the home team. Both teams used throw-back nicknames - the Bandits using the Davenport Blue Sox ID they used during three stretches between 1913 and 1937 with the Kernels using the Cedar Rapids Bunnies moniker of 1904-1932. The Sox won, 7-2, in front of 7,532 fans.

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.

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	Tommy Kawamura
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	54-78	11th	Brooks Conrad		Andy LaRoche	Steve Luebber	David Noworyta, Kevin Kuntz, Eddie Rodriguez
2023			Brooks Conrad		Ryan Powers	Derrick Lewis	Chris Nelson

Related Sites

• Quad Cities River Bandits