While Joplin had its first professional baseball team in the form of the Colts who became the Miners, it did not mean that others put down their gloves and bats. One group of men who continued to play, perhaps as an amateur team, were the Joplin Bankers. Note, the team consisted of the bare minimum to play with one man for every position.
The 1907 Joplin Bankers baseball team.
Source: The Joplin Globe
