John O'Donnell Stadium, 3rd base side view

John O'Donnell Stadium, 1st base side view

John O'Donnell Stadium is a minor league baseball park located in Davenport, Iowa. It is home to the Swing of the Quad Cities, a single-A affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals. It is located on the banks of the Mississippi River, in the shadow of the Centennial Bridge. Home run balls to right field often land in the river. ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 260 KB) John ODonnell Stadium - left field line view File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 260 KB) John ODonnell Stadium - left field line view File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 210 KB) John ODonnell Stadium - right field line view File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 210 KB) John ODonnell Stadium - right field line view File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... A Class A California League game in San Jose, California (1994) Minor baseball leagues are North American professional baseball leagues that compete at a level below that of Major League Baseball. ... Dillon Fountain and Main St. ... The Swing of the Quad Cities is a Class A minor league baseball team, affiliated with the St. ... * World Champion notes: St. ... Length 6,270 km Elevation of the source 450 m Average discharge Saint Louis¹: 5,500 m³/s Vicksburg²: 16,800 m³/s Baton Rouge³: 12,800 m³/s Area watershed 2,980,000 km² Origin  Lake Itasca Mouth  Gulf of Mexico Basin countries United States (98. ... Rock Island Centennial Bridge The Centennial Bridge, or Rock Island Centennial Bridge, connects Rock Island, Illinois and Davenport, Iowa. ...

John O'Donnell Stadium was built in 1931, and was originally known as Municipal Stadium. It is the oldest ballpark still in use in all of the minor leagues, although it underwent a major renovation before the 2004 season that brought the ballpark up to modern professional baseball standards and a capacity of 6,000. The only major league ballparks older than it still in use are Fenway Park, Wrigley Field and Yankee Stadium. 1931 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Fenway Park is the home ballpark for the Boston Red Sox baseball club. ... Wrigley Field is a sports stadium in Chicago, Illinois which was built in 1914 for the Chicago Federal League baseball team, the Chicago Whales and which became the home of the Chicago Cubs in 1916. ... Yankee Stadium is the home stadium of the New York Yankees, a major league baseball team. ...

In 1971 the stadium was renamed from Municipal Stadium to John O'Donnell Stadium in honor of the longtime Davenport sports editor of the Davenport Times-Democrat, shortly following his death. 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ...

In earlier years, John O'Donnell Stadium played host to high school football games. Assumption High School, a private Catholic high school in Davenport; and Saint Ambrose College called the field home until 1987, when both schools began playing at Brady Street Stadium. United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... St. ... 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The renovations done before the 2004 season include a nine-foot-high berm that provides a lawn seating area for fans. The berm also acts as a floodwall around the entire stadium. Until that point, it had no flood protection from Mississippi River flooding, causing the home team to play home games at other parks whenever the river floods. During the Great Flood of 1993, photos of water creeping across the playing field at John O'Donnell made national publications and became somewhat of a symbol of the flood. 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Great Flood of 1993 was a huge, costly, and devastating flood that occurred in the American Midwest from April to October of 1993. ...

The Swing defeated the Burlington Bees 1-0 in the first game at the renovated John O'Donnell Stadium on April 29, 2004. The Burlington Bees are a Class A minor league baseball team, affiliated with the Kansas City Royals, that plays in the Midwest League. ... April 29 is the 119th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (120th in leap years). ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• History of John O'Donnell Stadium
• Ballpark Digest's review of John O'Donnell Stadium (before the renovation)