Minor Manager, Major Additions: Quad Cities River Bandits

 This will be the eighth in series on the minor league managers of the different minor league teams from Iowa.  Today we will break down the Quad Cities River Bandits. The River Bandits existed from 1992 to 2003 and 2008-present.  Many major leaguers have come through here, including Joe Mauer, Billy Wagner, Carlos Correa and Johan Santana.  

Chris Widger is the biggest name in the group (based on TCDB cards), with Manny Acta, Luis Aguaya and Jim Pankovits having a fair share of base Topps as well. 


Mitch Seoane

1994 River Bandits Manager (Angels affiliate)

26 cards in TCDB













Steve Dillard

1993-94/2008-09 River Bandits Manager (Astros/Cardinals affiliate)

36 cards in TCDB








Jim Pankovits

1995-96 River Bandits Manager (Astros affiliate)

71 cards in TCDB













 Manny Acta

1997 River Bandits Manager (Astros affiliate)

75 cards in TCDB

As manager

As coach






Mike Rojas


1998 River Bandits Manager (Marlins affiliate)

11 cards in TCDB








Jose Marzan

1999 River Bandits Manager (Twins affiliate)

19 cards in TCDB








Stan Cliburn

2000 River Bandits Manager (Twins affiliate)

52 cards in TCDB









Jeff Carter

2001-03 River Bandits Manager (Twins affiliate)

29 cards in TCDB











Johnny Rodriguez

2010-11 River Bandits Manager (Cardinals affiliate)

14 cards in TCDB









Luis Aguayo

2012-13 River Bandits Manager (Cardinals affiliate)

84 cards in TCDB

As player







Omar Lopez

2014/16 River Bandits Manager (Astros affiliate)

11 cards in TCDB










Josh Bonifay

2015 River Bandits Manager (Astros affiliate)

55 cards in TCDB

As coach

As executive









Russ Steinhorn

2017 River Bandits Manager (Astros affiliate)

5 cards in TCDB







Mickey Storey

2018 River Bandits Manager (Astros affiliate)

20 cards in TCDB








Ray Hernandez

2019 River Bandits Manager (Astros affiliate)

3 cards in TCDB










Chris Widger

2021 River Bandits Manager (Royals affiliate)

194 cards in TCDB








Brooks Conrad

2022 River Bandits Manager (Royals affiliate)

92 cards in TCDB









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