Illinois–Missouri League

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, IL: Beardstown Infants 1909–1910
 * Canton, IL: Canton Chinks 1908–1911; Canton Highlanders 1912; Canton Chinks 1913
 * Champaign, IL & 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 Cannibals 1908, moved to Central Association
 * 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 1908–1910
 * Monmouth, IL: Monmouth Browns 1908–1909, moved to Central Association
 * Ottawa, IL: Ottawa Indians 1914
 * Pekin, IL: Pekin Celestials 1909–1913
 * Streator, IL: Streator Speedboys 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, Galesburg, Illinois, Hannibal, Missouri, Havana, Illinois, Macomb, Illinois, and Monmouth, Illinois 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 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. schedule

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 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

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

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 Ottawa and Streator left the league to join the Bi-State League. The teams in Champaign and LaSalle folded, and the league itself folded.

External references

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