Illinois–Missouri League

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Illinois–Missouri League
SportMinor League Baseball
Inaugural season1908
Ceased1914
PresidentA. E. Blain (1908–19110)
R.E. Rollins (1911)
Charles A. Cline (1912–1914)
No. of teams17
CountryUnited States of America
Most titles2
Lincoln Abes (1912–1913)
ClassificationClass D (1908–1914)
Related
competitions		Central Association


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. Baseball Hall of Fame members Grover Cleveland Alexander (1909 Galesburg Boosters) and Ray Schalk (1911 Taylorville Christians) are league alumni.

Cities Represented: 1908–1914[]

1908[]

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 Standings W L PCT GB Managers
Hannibal Cannibals 68 49 .581 - Bert Hough
Macomb Potters 66 53 .555 3.0 Jap Wagner
Havana Perfectos 58 61 .487 11.0 Mike Sampson / Fred Kommers
Canton Chinks 56 61 .479 12.0 Rodney Turner / Charles Murphy
Monmouth Browns 55 62 .470 13.0 Robert Hyde / Charles Karnell
Galesburg Hornets 50 67 .427 18.0 Clyde Horne / Andy Mueller /
John Grogan / Jerry Smith[1]

1909[]

Hannibal left the league to join the American Association. The team in Havana Perfectos franchise folded. Newly formed teams in Beardstown, Illinois and Pekin, Illinois joined the league.

Team Standings W L PCT GB Managers
Monmouth Browns 77 50 .606 - Jack Corbett
Beardstown Infants 77 52 .597 1.0 Harry Riggons
Pekin Celestials 73 57 .562 5.5 Doug Jeffries /
Harry Horton / Walter Diehl
Macomb Potters 63 67 .485 15.5 Orville Wolfe
Canton Chinks 51 79 .392 27.5 Harry Lloyd
Galesburg Boosters 47 83 .362 31.5 W.C. Dithridge[1]

1910[]

The teams from Galesburg and Monmouth joined the Central Association. New teams in Clinton, Iowa and Lincoln, Illinois joined the league. Beardstown moved to Jacksonville, Illinois on July 21, and folded with Macomb on August 17.[2] schedule

Team Standings W L PCT GB Managers
Pekin Celestials 66 47 .584 - William Hickey / Bill Dithridge
Clinton Champs 58 57 .504 9.0 Monte McFarland /
Claude Suttles / Charles Cline
Canton Chinks 55 62 .470 13.0 Elmer Smith / M. McDonald
Lincoln Abes 43 71 .377 23.5 James Novacek / Bill Salliard
Macomb Potters 50 43 .538 NA Stewart
Beardstown Infants /Jacksonville Jacks 44 36 .550 NA Jack Corbett / Pants Rowland

Beardstown (38–26) moved to Jacksonville July 21; Jacksonville disbanded August 17.
Macomb disbanded August 17.[1]

1911[]

New teams in Champaign-Urbana and Taylorville, Illinois joined the league. schedule

Team Standings W L PCT GB Managers
Clinton Champs 74 55 .574 - Claude Suttles
Pekin Celestials 72 55 .567 1.0 Jack Herbert
Champaign-Urbana Velvets 66 60 .524 6.5 John Thiery / Fred Donovan
Canton Chinks 60 62 .492 10.5 Fred "Blackie" Wilson
Lincoln Abes 59 64 .480 12.0 Conley/ Bill Salliard /James Brady /
Charles Vaught / Jack Corbett
Taylorville Christians 47 82 .364 27.0 Fred Donovan /
Joe Adams / R.M. "Oscar" Denney

[1]

1912[]

Taylorville folded. A new team in Streator, Illinois formed and joined the league. The Champaign-Urbana Velvets changed their name to the Champaign Velvets. The team from Clinton moved to Kankakee, Illinois on May 16 with a 2–5 record; thereafter, they went 54-51 based in Kankakee. schedule

Team Standings W L PCT GB Managers
Lincoln Abes 70 47 .598 - Louis Ehrgott
Pekin Celestials 61 55 .526 8.5 Jack Herbert
Canton Highlanders 57 56 .504 11.0 Unknown
Clinton Champs/ Kankakee Kanks 56 56 .500 11.5 Claude Suttles / Fred "Blackie" Wilson
Champaign Velvets 53 64 .453 17.0 Chuck Fleming
Streator Speedboys 46 65 .414 21.0 Jack Leuter

Clinton (2–5) moved to Kankakee May 16.[1]

1913[]

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 Standings W L PCT GB Managers
Lincoln Abes 57 26 .686 - Louis Ehrgott
Champaign Velvets 53 32 .623 5.0 Fred "Blackie" Wilson
Kankakee Kanks 35 51 .407 23.5 Red Kelly
Streator Boosters 30 57 .345 29.0 Bob Coyle / Nick Kahl
Pekin Celestials# 23 26 .469 NA Jack Herbert
Canton Chinks 20 26 .435 NA Ted Raines

Pekin & Canton disbanded July 10.
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]

1914[]

New teams in LaSalle, Illinois and Ottawa, Illinois formed and joined the league. Kankakee and Lincoln both folded on July 3, before the season ended. schedule

Team Standings W L PCT GB Managers
Champaign Velvets 62 27 .696 - Fred "Blackie" Wilson
Ottawa Indians 47 38 .553 13.0 Chuck Fleming
Streator Boosters 40 48 .454 21.5 John Ray/ Heinie Seebach
LaSalle Blue Sox 26 60 .302 34.5 Tony Hinley / John Fitzpatrick
Lincoln Abes 32 15 .681 NA Louis Ehrgott
Kankakee Kanks 14 33 .301 NA Ted 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]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Illinois-Missouri League - BR Bullpen". www.baseball-reference.com.
  2. ^ "Illinois-Missouri League (D) Encyclopedia and History". Baseball-Reference.com.

external references[]

  • Sumner, Benjamin Barrett. Minor League Baseball Standings:All North American Leagues, Through 1999. Jefferson, N.C.:McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-0781-6
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