Ottumwa Cardinals
The Ottumwa Cardinals were a Class-D Mississippi Valley League minor league baseball team based in Ottumwa, Iowa that played from 1922 to 1925. They were preceded and succeeded by the Ottumwa Packers.[1]
Of note, Jack Saltzgaver and Johnny Welch, who both spent considerable time in Major League Baseball, played for the team. They were managed by Wally Mattick from 1923 to 1925.[2]
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- Defunct minor league baseball teams
- Defunct baseball teams in Iowa
- Baseball teams established in 1922
- Baseball teams disestablished in 1925
- Ottumwa, Iowa
- 1922 establishments in Iowa
- 1925 disestablishments in Iowa
- Iowa sport stubs
- Midwestern United States baseball team stubs