Keokuk Kernels T-Shirt (Heavyweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Iowa Size:S were a charter member of

were a charter member of the KITTY League in 1903 and carried one of the most unusual names in minor league baseball

producing several future MLB players

Their unusual name likely came from a local home for disabled Union Civil War veterans

but the team overall was quite good most years and sent many players on to the majors

who as an eighteen-year-old had thrown a shutout in his major league debut for the Cardinals in 1957

Keokuk Kernels T-Shirt (Heavyweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Iowa Size:S were a charter member ofThe Keokuk Kernels, based in Keokuk, Iowa, played in the Illinois Indiana Iowa League from 1952 to 1957 as a Cleveland Indians affiliate. The nickname came from The Hubinger Company, a local corn starch producer that was one of the city's major employers. Baseball in Keokuk ran far deeper than the Kernels era: the 1875 Keokuk Westerns were among the founding members of the National Association, the direct predecessor to today's major leagues, and on