Milwaukee Creams

The Creams hosted minor league home games at Borchert Field and Lloyd Street Grounds.

[1][2][3] Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Clark Griffith pitched for the 1889 Milwaukee Creams at age 19.

Milwaukee ended the season with record of 80–54, finishing 1.0 game behind the first place Kansas City Blue Stockings.

The Kansas City Blue Stockings (82–54) finished mere percentage points ahead of the second place Omaha Indians (84–56), followed closely by the Milwaukee Creams (80–54).

They were followed by the Denver Grizzlies (81–57), St. Joseph Saints (71–68), Colorado Springs Millionaires (63–75), Des Moines Midgets (54–83) and Peoria Distillers (35–103) teams in the final standings.

[1][8][9][10][6] The 1903 Milwaukee Creams won the Western League championship and were forced to fold following the season.

[15][16] In 1913, the Milwaukee Creams briefly returned as members of the Class C level Wisconsin-Illinois League before relocating amidst controversy.

With approximately 400 fans in attendance, Milwaukee defeated the Appleton Papermakers by the score of 12–5 in the home opener.

Milwaukee/Fond du Lac finished 13.0 games behind the first place Oshkosh Indians, playing under managers Harry Clark, Ernest Landgraf and Marty Hogan in the two locations.