Illinois–Missouri League Explained

Illinois–Missouri League
Sport:Minor League Baseball
President:A. E. Blain (1908–19110)
R.E. Rollins (1911)
Charles A. Cline (1912–1914)
Inaugural:1908
Teams:17
Country:United States of America
Continent:or
Continents:-->
Folded:1914
Most Champs:2
Lincoln Abes (1912–1913)
Classification:Class D (1908–1914)

The Illinois–Missouri League was an American minor league baseball league. The Class D league began operations in 1908, and continued through 1914 with teams located in Illinois and Missouri. The Lincoln Abes won consecutive league titles in 1912–1913. Baseball Hall of Fame members Grover Cleveland Alexander (1909 Galesburg Boosters) and Ray Schalk (1911 Taylorville Christians) are league alumni.

Cities represented: 1908–1914

Beardstown Infants 1909–1910

Canton Chinks 1908–1911; Canton Highlanders 1912; Canton Chinks 1913

Clinton Champs 1910–1912

Galesburg Hornets 1908; Galesburg Boosters 1909

Hannibal Cannibals 1908, moved to Central Association

Havana Perfectos 1908

Jacksonville Jacks 1910

Kankakee Kanks 1912–1914

LaSalle Blue Sox 1914

Lincoln Abes 1910–1914

Macomb Potters 1908–1910

Monmouth Browns 1908–1909, moved to Central Association

Ottawa Indians 1914

Pekin Celestials 1909–1913

Streator Speedboys 1912; Streator Boosters 1913–1914

Taylorville Christians 1911[1]

Standings and statistics

1908 Illinois–Missouri League
The league was formed. Newly formed teams in Canton, Illinois, Galesburg, Illinois, Hannibal, Missouri, Havana, Illinois, Macomb, Illinois, and Monmouth, Illinois were the charter cities in the league.

Team standingsWLPCTGBManagers
Hannibal Cannibals6849.581–Bert Hough
6653.5553.0Jap Wagner
5861.48711.0
Canton Chinks5661.47912.0Rodney Turner / Charles Murphy
5562.47013.0Robert Hyde / Charles Karnell
5067.42718.0Clyde Horne / Andy Mueller /
John Grogan / Jerry Smith
Player statistics !Player!! Team!!Stat!! Tot!!!!Player!!Team!!Stat!!Tot
Fred KommersHavanaBA.349Henry Rossback GalesburgW21
Fred KommersHavanaRuns75Charles Fanning CantonSO200
Fred KommersHavanaHits153Curly Curtis MacombPct.714; 15–6
Fred KommersHavanaHR11

1909 Illinois–Missouri League
Hannibal left the to join the American Association. The Havana Perfectos folded. The Beardstown Infants and Pekin Celestials joined the league.

Team StandingsWLPCTGBManagers
Monmouth Browns7750.606–Jack Corbett
7752.5971.0Harry Riggons
7357.5625.5Doug Jeffries /
Harry Horton / Walter Diehl
Macomb Potters6367.48515.5Orville Wolfe
5179.39227.5Harry Lloyd
4783.36231.5W.C. Dithridge
Player statistics !Player!! Team!!Stat!! Tot!!!!Player!!Team!!Stat!!Tot
Andy Lotshaw BeardstownBA.329Homer Hargrove MonmouthW27
Andy Lotshaw BeardstownRuns72Joe JenkinsPekinW27
Andy Lotshaw BeardstownHits146Charles Fanning CantonSO249
Cy Forsythe PekinHR7Homer Hargrove MonmouthPct.750; 27–9
Will Johnston MonmouthHR7
Fred JohnsonCantonHR7

1910 Illinois–Missouri League
The teams from Galesburg and Monmouth joined the Central Association. The Clinton Champs and Lincoln Abes joined the league. Beardstown moved to Jacksonville, Illinois on July 21, and folded with Macomb on August 17.[2] schedule

Team standingsWLPCTGBManagers
Pekin Celestials6647.584–William Hickey / Bill Dithridge
5857.5049.0Monte McFarland /
Claude Suttles / Charles Cline
5562.47013.0Elmer Smith / M. McDonald
Lincoln Abes4371.37723.5James Novacek / Bill Salliard
5043.538NAStewart
Beardstown Infants /
Jacksonville Jacks		4436.550NA
Beardstown (38–26) moved to Jacksonville July 21; Jacksonville disbanded August 17; Macomb disbanded August 17.[1]
Player statistics !Player!! Team!!Stat!! Tot!!!!Player!!Team!!Stat!!Tot
Cy Forsythe PekinBA.380Joe Jenkins PekinW27
Walter Diehl
Charles O'Berta 		Pekin
Macomb/Lincoln		Runs72
72		Joe Jenkins PekinSO242
Will Lindberg ClintonHits138Joe Jenkins PekinPct.771; 27–8
Al Dean Pekin/ClintonHR5

1911 Illinois–Missouri League
New teams in Champaign-Urbana Velvets and Taylorville Christians joined the league.schedule

Team standingsWLPCTGBManagers
Clinton Champs7455.574–Claude Suttles
7255.5671.0Jack Herbert
Champaign-Urbana Velvets6660.5246.5John Thiery / Fred Donovan
Canton Chinks6062.49210.5Fred "Blackie" Wilson
Lincoln Abes5964.48012.0Conley / Bill Salliard /
James Brady / Charles Vaught /
Jack Corbett
Taylorville Christians4782.36427.0Fred Donovan /
Joe Adams / R.M. "Oscar" Denney
[1]
Player statistics !Player!! Team!!Stat!! Tot!!!!Player!!Team!!Stat!!Tot
Andy Lotshaw CantonBA.355Joab McManus CantonW32
Will Lindberg ClintonRuns94Joab McManus CantonSO243
Andy Lotshaw CantonHits160Fred Marks ClintonPct.727; 24–9
Andy Lotshaw CantonHR29

1912 Illinois–Missouri League
Taylorville folded. The Streator Speedboys joined the league. The Champaign–Urbana Velvets changed their name to the Champaign Velvets. Clinton moved to Kankakee, Illinois on May 16 with a 2–5 record; thereafter, they went 54–51 as the Kankakee Kanks.schedule

Team standingsWLPCTGBManagers
Lincoln Abes7047.598–Louis Ehrgott
6155.5268.5Jack Herbert
Canton Highlanders5756.50411.0Unknown
Clinton Champs /
Kankakee Kanks		5656.50011.5Claude Suttles / Fred "Blackie" Wilson
Champaign Velvets5364.45317.0Chuck Fleming
Streator Speedboys4665.41421.0Jack Leuter
[1]
Player statistics !Player!! Team!!Stat!! Tot!!!!Player!!Team!!Stat!!Tot
Polly WolfeLincolnBA.374Clarence Vaught LincolnW22
Polly WolfeLincolnRuns89Fred Witte ChampaignSO211
Polly WolfeLincolnHits164N. Entrich ChampaignPct.786; 11–3
Andy Lotshaw CantonHR11

1913 Illinois–Missouri League
Canton and Pekin folded on July 10, before the end of the season. The league instituted a split–season schedule. The playoff system developed in which the best record of the first–half of the season would play the best record of the second–half of the season. schedule

Team standingsWLPCTGBManagers
Lincoln Abes5726.686–Louis Ehrgott
5332.6235.0Fred "Blackie" Wilson
Kankakee Kanks3551.40723.5Red Kelly
Streator Boosters3057.34529.0Bob Coyle / Nick Kahl
Pekin Celestials2326.469NAJack Herbert
2026.435NATed Raines
Playoff: Lincoln won the first half, Lincoln & Champaign tied for the second half. Lincoln was awarded the championship when Champaign refused to play off the second half tie.[1]
Player statistics !Player!! Team!!Stat!! Tot!!!!Player!!Team!!Stat!!Tot
Fred Dang LincolnBA.412Clarence Vaught LincolnW21
Dick Higgins LincolnRuns65Clarence Vaught LincolnSO166
A.J. Holtzhouser KankakeeHits118Ernest Hook LincolnPct.889; 16–2
Roy Phillips StreatorHR13

1914 Illinois–Missouri League
The LaSalle Blue Sox and Ottawa Indians formed and joined the league. Kankakee and Lincoln both folded on July 3, before the season ended.schedule

Team standingsWLPCTGBManagers
Champaign Velvets6227.696–Fred "Blackie" Wilson
4738.55313.0Chuck Fleming
Streator Boosters4048.45421.5John Ray / Heinie Seebach
LaSalle Blue Sox2660.30234.5
3215.681NALouis Ehrgott
1433.301NATed Raines / Harry Randall /
Gene Connelly / William Hinley
Lincoln & Kankakee disbanded July 3.
Ottawa and Streator left the league to join the Bi-State League. The teams in Champaign and LaSalle folded, and the league itself folded.[1]
Player statistics !Player!! Team!!Stat!! Tot!!!!Player!!Team!!Stat!!Tot
Andy Lotshaw Champaign-UrbanaBA.320Grover BaichleyChampaign-UrbanaW15
Chuck Fleming OttawaRuns68Grover BaichleyChampaign-UrbanaSO174
Andy LotshawChampaign-UrbanaHits108Grover BaichleyChampaign-UrbanaPct.938; 15–1
Andy Lotshaw Champaign-UrbanaHR10
[1]

External references

Notes and References

  1. Book: The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball . Lloyd . Johnson . Miles . Wolff . Third . . 2007 . 978-1932391176.
  2. Web site: Illinois-Missouri League (D) Encyclopedia and History. Baseball-Reference.com.

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