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The Illinois–Missouri League was an American
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league. The Class D league began operations in 1908, and continued through 1914 with teams located in
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. The Lincoln Abes won consecutive league titles in 1912–1913.
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(1909 Galesburg Boosters) and
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(1911 Taylorville Christians) are league alumni.


Cities represented: 1908–1914

* Beardstown, IL: Beardstown Infants (1909–1910) * Canton, IL: Canton Chinks (1908–1911); Canton Highlanders (1912); Canton Chinks (1913) *
Champaign, IL Champaign ( ) is a city in Champaign County, Illinois, United States. The population was 88,302 at the 2020 census. It is the tenth-most populous municipality in Illinois and the fourth most populous city in the state outside the Chicago metr ...
& Urbana, IL: Champaign-Urbana Velvets (1911); Champaign Velvets (1912–1914) * Clinton, IL: Clinton Champs (1910–1912) * Galesburg, IL: Galesburg Hornets (1908); Galesburg Boosters (1909) *
Hannibal, MO Hannibal is a city along the Mississippi River in Marion County, Missouri, Marion and Ralls County, Missouri, Ralls counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. According to the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. Census, the population was 17,108, ...
:
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(1908), moved to
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* Havana, IL: Havana Perfectos (1908) * Jacksonville, IL: Jacksonville Jacks (1910) * Kankakee, IL: Kankakee Kanks (1912–1914) * LaSalle, IL: LaSalle Blue Sox (1914) * Lincoln, IL: Lincoln Abes (1910–1914) * Macomb, IL: Macomb Potters (1910) * Monmouth, IL: Monmouth Browns (1908–1909), moved to
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* Ottawa, IL:
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(1914) * Pekin, IL: Pekin Celestials (1909–1913) * Streator, IL:
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(1912); Streator Boosters (1913–1914) * Taylorville, IL: Taylorville Christians (1911)


Standings and statistics

1908 Illinois–Missouri League
The league was formed. Newly formed teams in
Canton, Illinois Canton is the largest city in Fulton County, Illinois, United States. The population was 13,242 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, down from 14,704 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. The Canton Micropolitan Statistical Ar ...
,
Galesburg, Illinois Galesburg is a city in Knox County, Illinois, United States. The city is northwest of Peoria, Illinois, Peoria. At the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census, its population was 32,195. It is the county seat of Knox County and the principal cit ...
,
Hannibal, Missouri Hannibal is a city along the Mississippi River in Marion County, Missouri, Marion and Ralls County, Missouri, Ralls counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. According to the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. Census, the population was 17,108, ...
,
Havana, Illinois Havana is a city and the county seat of Mason County, Illinois, United States. The population was 2,963 at the 2020 census, a decline from the figure of 3,301 tabulated in 2010. History Havana was a major ancient American settlement two thousan ...
,
Macomb, Illinois Macomb () is a city in and the county seat of McDonough County, Illinois, United States. It is situated in western Illinois, about southwest of Peoria, Illinois, Peoria. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population of the c ...
, and
Monmouth, Illinois Monmouth is a city in and the county seat of Warren County, Illinois, United States. The population was 8,902 at the 2020 census, down from 9,444 in 2010. It is the home of Monmouth College and contains Monmouth Park, Harmon Park, North Park, W ...
were the charter cities in the league. 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. 1910 Illinois–Missouri League
The teams from Galesburg and Monmouth joined the
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. The Clinton Champs and Lincoln Abes joined the league. Beardstown moved to
Jacksonville, Illinois Jacksonville is a city and the county seat of Morgan County, Illinois, United States. The population was 17,616 at the 2020 census, down from 19,446 in 2010. It is home to Illinois College, Illinois School for the Deaf, and the Illinois Sc ...
on July 21, and folded with Macomb on August 17.schedule
Beardstown (38–26) moved to Jacksonville July 21; Jacksonville disbanded August 17; Macomb disbanded August 17. 1911 Illinois–Missouri League
New teams in Champaign-Urbana Velvets and Taylorville Christians joined the league
schedule
1912 Illinois–Missouri League
Taylorville folded. The
Streator Speedboys Streator is a city in LaSalle and Livingston counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. The city is situated on the Vermilion River approximately southwest of Chicago in the prairie and farm land of north-central Illinois. As of the 2020 cens ...
joined the league. The Champaign–Urbana Velvets changed their name to the Champaign Velvets. Clinton moved to
Kankakee, Illinois Kankakee ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Kankakee County, Illinois, United States. Located on the Kankakee River, as of 2020, the city's population was 24,052. Kankakee is a principal city of the Kankakee-Bourbonnais-Bradley, IL MSA, Kan ...
on May 16 with a 2–5 record; thereafter, they went 54–51 as the Kankakee Kanks
schedule
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
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. 1914 Illinois–Missouri League
The LaSalle Blue Sox and
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formed and joined the league. Kankakee and Lincoln both folded on July 3, before the season ended
schedule
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.


References


External references

*Sumner, Benjamin Barrett. ''Minor League Baseball Standings:All North American Leagues, Through 1999.'' Jefferson, N.C.:McFarland. {{DEFAULTSORT:Illinois-Missouri League Defunct minor baseball leagues in the United States Baseball leagues in Illinois Baseball leagues in Missouri 1908 establishments in Illinois 1908 establishments in Missouri 1914 disestablishments in Illinois 1914 disestablishments in Missouri