At least three teams in minor league baseball have borne the name Indianapolis Hoosiers.
The first Western League, which lasted only part of the season, included an Indianapolis Hoosiers team. This Hoosiers team won the 1885 Western League pennant.
Another Hoosiers minor-league team came into existence in . It was a charter member of the third Western League, which became the American League in . Despite winning three Western League pennants (1895, 1897, 1899), this team was contracted when the AL became an official major league in .
One of the two Western Associations that existed in also had a team known as the Indianapolis Hoosiers. Both the team and league lasted only one season.