Waterloo Hawks (baseball)

The Waterloo Hawks were an American minor-league professional baseball team based in Waterloo, Iowa, that existed on-and-off from 1922 to 1969. From 1922 to 1932, they played in the Mississippi Valley League and in 1932 they were affiliated with the Chicago White Sox. They played in the Western League in 1936 and from 1940 to 1942 in the Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League, where they were again affiliated with the White Sox. From 1958 to 1969 they played in the Midwest League and were affiliated with the Boston Red Sox (1958–1968) and Kansas City Royals (1969).

In 1936 and from 1940 to 1942, they played their home games at Red Hawk Stadium. From 1958 to 1969, they played their home games at Riverfront Stadium.

Year-by-year record

Year	Record	Finish	Manager	Playoffs
1922	59-68	4th	Pat Ragan	none
1923	58-69	4th	Bert Weeden	none
1924	84-40	1st	Cletus Dixon	League Champs
1925	59-66	6th	Cletus Dixon	none
1926	67-52	3rd	Cletus Dixon	none
1927	75-47	2nd	Cletus Dixon	none
1928	81-41	1st	Cletus Dixon	League Champs
1929	72-54	2nd	Cletus Dixon	none
1930	63-63	5th	Cletus Dixon	none
1931	57-68	6th	Dick Manchester / Babe Thomas	none
1932	52-73	7th	Elmer Bennett	none
1936	50-79	6th	Ralph Michaels / John Berger	none
1940	36-85	8th	John Fitzpatrick / Frederick Bedore
1941	59-65	5th	Louis Brower / Johnny Mostil
1942	47-71	5th	Johnny Mostil
1958	66-55	3rd	Ken Deal	League Champs
1959	76-48	1st	Elmer Yoter	League Champs
1960	81-43	1st	Matt Sczesny	League Champs
1961	75-51	1st	Matt Sczesny / Bill Slack	Lost League Finals
1962	73-50	1st	Matt Sczesny	Lost League Finals
1963	58-66	6th	Len Okrie	none
1964	65-61	5th	Matt Sczesny
1965	63-55	4th	Larry Thomas	none
1966	56-68	7th	Dave Philley
1967	56-65	7th	Rac Slider
1968	53-60	8th	Rac Slider
1969	52-72	8th	Rollie Hemsley	none