Council Bluffs Rails Hoodie - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Iowa Size:2XL Merced's baseball history did not

Merced's baseball history did not begin or end there: the city fielded the Merced Fig Growers in the California State League in 1910

and the Tigers from 1954 through 1958

adding 37 doubles

a league that folded mid-season

Council Bluffs Rails Hoodie - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Iowa Size:2XL Merced's baseball history did notThe Council Bluffs Rails existed for two months in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and packed a full franchise saga into them. In May 1935 the owner of the Omaha Packers, a Western League fixture for 35 years, stopped making payroll. The league took over the club, and on June 25 the franchise moved across the Missouri River to Council Bluffs. The Council Bluffs Nonpareil ran a naming contest that drew 1,100 entries, including the Beat em Alls, the Mormons, and