The Des Moines Demons were a short-lived Class B farm club of the Philadelphia Phillies in the Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League (typically known as the “Three-I League”) from 1959 to 1961. Key players included Ray Culp, Pat Corrales and Cal Emery.
The Iowa Oaks baseball team was a triple-A minor league club that played from 1969 to 1981 at Sec Taylor Stadium in Des Moines. During the Oaks era, the club was never especially competitive. The Oaks only made the American Association playoffs once in thirteen seasons, advancing to the championship series in 1973, which they lost to the Tulsa Oilers. The former Oaks franchise continues to exist today under the Iowa Cubs name.
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