Illinois–Indiana League Explained

Illinois–Indiana League
Sport:Minor League Baseball
President:J.W. Irwin (1889)
A.S. Miller (1889)
W.W. Kent (1892)
Inaugural:1889
Teams:13
Country:United States of America
Continent:or
Continents:-->
Folded:1892
Most Champs:1
Terre Haute (1889)
Joliet Convicts (1892)
Classification:Independent (1889, 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 and . The league was renamed to the Illinois-Iowa League in 1890 and 1891.

Cities represented/Teams

1889

Bloomington Blues
Danville Browns
Decatur
Lafayette
Logansport/Champaign-Urbana Clippers
Terre Haute
1892
Aurora Indians/Peoria Distillers
Evansville
Jacksonville Lunatics
Joliet Convicts
Quincy Ravens
Rock Island-Moline Twins
Rockford Hustlers
Terre Haute Hottentots

Standings & statistics

1889 Illinois–Indiana League

Team standingsWLPCTGBManagers
Terre Haute204.833William Schneider
Danville Browns1413.5197.5Harry Smith
55.500NAVon Elleau
Decatur 010.000NANA
NANANANAF.L. Bills
LafayetteNANANANA
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 standingsWLPCTGBManagers
Joliet Convicts5527.671
Rockford Hustlers4638.54910.0
Rock Island-Moline Twins3742.46816.5
Jacksonville Lunatics3057.34527.5
3020.600NA
2627.491NA
2527.481NAGeorge Brackett / Charles Flynn
1223.343NABill 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 UnderwoodRockfordBA.282Bumpus JonesJolietW24
Ed Wiswell RockfordRuns77George NicolRockfordSO230
Gene MoriartyEvansville/JacksonvilleHits91Ernest Beam Terre HauteERA0.91
Gene MoriartyEvansville/JacksonvilleHR13Bumpus JonesJolietPCT.857 24–4

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