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Illinois–Indiana League

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Illinois–Indiana League
ClassificationIndependent (1889, 1892)
SportMinor League Baseball
First season1889
Ceased1892
Replaced byIllinois-Iowa League
PresidentJ.W. Irwin (1889)
A.S. Miller (1889)
W.W. Kent (1892)
No. of teams13
CountryUnited States of America
Most titles1
Terre Haute (1889)
Joliet Convicts (1892)

The Illinois–Indiana League or Two–I League was based in Illinois and Indiana and refers the name of two different baseball circuits in Minor league baseball which operated in 1889 and 1892. The league was renamed to the Illinois-Iowa League in 1890 and 1891.

Cities represented/Teams

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1889

* Bloomington, Indiana Bloomington Blues
*Danville, Illinois Danville Browns
* Decatur, Illinois Decatur
* Lafayette, Indiana Lafayette
* Logansport, Indiana/Champaign-Urbana, Illinois     Logansport/Champaign-Urbana Clippers
* Terre Haute, Indiana Terre Haute

1892

* Aurora, Illinois/Peoria, Illinois Aurora Indians/Peoria Distillers
* Evansville, Indiana Evansville
* Jacksonville, Illinois Jacksonville Lunatics
* Joliet, Illinois Joliet Convicts
* Quincy, Illinois Quincy Ravens
* Rock Island, Illinois/Moline, Illinois       Rock Island-Moline Twins
* Rockford, Illinois Rockford Hustlers
* Terre Haute, Indiana Terre Haute Hottentots

Standings & statistics

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1889 Illinois–Indiana League

Team standings W L PCT GB Managers
Terre Haute 20 4 .833 William Schneider
Danville Browns 14 13 .519 7.5 Harry Smith
Bloomington Blues 5 5 .500 NA Von Elleau
Decatur 0 10 .000 NA NA
Logansport /
Champaign-Urbana Clippers
NA NA NA NA F.L. Bills
Lafayette NA NA NA NA Rafferty / Alex McFarlan

Bloomington disbanded June 15; Decatur was dropped June 16.; Logansport disbanded and was replaced by Champaign–Urbana.
Finals: Terre Haute 4 games, Danville 0, one tie.

1892 Illinois-Indiana League - schedule

Team standings W L PCT GB Managers
Joliet Convicts 55 27 .671 Billy Murray
Rockford Hustlers 46 38 .549 10.0 Hugh Nicol
Rock Island-Moline Twins 37 42 .468 16.5 Harry Sage
Jacksonville Lunatics 30 57 .345 27.5 Jack Pettiford / Guy Hecker
Evansville Hoosiers 30 20 .600 NA Albert Schellhase / Jack Wentz
Peoria Distillers /
Aurora Indians
26 27 .491 NA Mike Trost
Terre Haute Hottentots 25 27 .481 NA George Brackett / Charles Flynn
Quincy Ravens 12 23 .343 NA Bill Whitrock /
John Godar / Samuel Levesque

Peoria (17–8) moved to Aurora May 31; Aurora disbanded July 5; Quincy disbanded June 24; Evansville disbanded July 8; Terre Haute disbanded July 10.

Player Statistics
Player Team Stat Tot Player Team Stat Tot
Fred Underwood Rockford BA .282 Bumpus Jones Joliet W 24
Ed Wiswell Rockford Runs 77 George Nicol Rockford SO 230
Gene Moriarty Evansville/Jacksonville Hits 91 Ernest Beam Terre Haute ERA 0.91
Gene Moriarty Evansville/Jacksonville HR 13 Bumpus Jones Joliet PCT .857 24–4

Sources

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