Central Interstate League

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The Central Interstate League ran from 1888-1889 with teams from Indiana, Iowa, and Illinois.

1 Cities Represented
2 Teams and Statistics
- 2.1 1888
- 2.2 1889
3 Hall of Fame Alumni
4 Source

[edit] Cities Represented

Bloomington, IN: Bloomington Reds 1888
Burlington, IA: Burlington Babies 1889
Crawfordsville, IN: Crawfordsville 1888
Danville, IL: Danville Browns 1888
Davenport, IA: Davenport 1888-1889
Decatur, IL: Decatur 1888
Dubuque, IA: Dubuque 1888
Evansville, IN: Evansville Hoosiers 1889
Lafayette, IN: Lafayette 1888
Peoria, IL: Peoria Reds 1888; Peoria Canaries 1889
Quincy, IL: Quincy Ravens 1889
Rockford, IL: Rockford 1888
Springfield, IL: Springfield Senators 1889
Terre Haute, IN: Terre Haute Hoosiers 1888

[edit] Teams and Statistics

[edit] 1888

1888 Central Interstate League
President: William H. Allen

Team Standings	W	L	PCT	GB	Managers
Davenport	40	18	.690	0	William Henry Lucas
Peoria Reds	38	22	.633	3	Charles Flynn
Crawfordsville ### / Terre Haute	32	26	.552	8	Albert Miller
Bloomington Reds	26	28	.538	12	Edward Wochner / Cheney / Farrell
Dubuque ####	21	18	.538	NA	C.R. McQuade
Danville Browns ####	15	25	.375	NA	L.O. Platt
Rockford ##	11	23	.324	NA	William Allen
Decatur # / Lafayette ####	7	30	.189	NA	Michael Hurley / William McMillen

#Decatur (6-23) moved to Lafayette June 13.
##Rockford disbanded June 26.
###Crawfordsville (21-21) moved to Terre Haute July 2.
####Danville disbanded July 5
####Lafayette and Dubuque disbanded July 9.
The league disbanded in late July.

Player Statistics

Player	Team	Stat	Tot		Player	Team	Stat	Tot
W.A. Schwartz	Peoria	BA	.389		Owen Williams	Davenport	Runs	65
W.A. Schwartz	Peoria	Hits	82		A.W. Snyder	Crawford/Terre Haute	HR	6

[edit] 1889

1889 Central Interstate League
President: Joseph C. Pritchard

Team Standings	W	L	PCT	GB	Managers
Quincy Ravens	66	50	.569	0	George Brackett
Springfield Senators	65	53	.551	2	Harry Smith
Burlington Babies	55	62	.470	11.5	William Henry Lucas
Peoria Canaries	55	64	.462	12.5	Charles Flynn / Charles Levis
Evansville Hoosiers	51	69	.425	17	Walton Goldsby / Jacob Aydelotte / Douglas Crothers
Davenport #	57	45	.559	NA	Charles Holacher / Robert Allen