Two-I League

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The Two-I League, also known as the Illinois-Indiana League, was a league formed 1892 and lasted part of a season. The league included eight teams from Illinois and Indiana, but not Iowa, and predated the Three-I League. The Peoria Canaries moved to Aurora, IL in May. Four franchises had withdrawn from the league by August 1; the Quincy Ravens (June 24), the Aurora Hoodoos (July 5), Evansville (July 8) and the Terre Haute Hottentots (July 10). After the Joliet Stone Citys withdrew from the league on on August 18, leaving the league with three teams it folded.

1 Cities Represented
2 Teams and Statistics
- 2.1 1892
3 Source

[edit] Cities Represented

Aurora, IL: Aurora Hoodoos 1892
Evansville, IN: Evansville 1892
Jacksonville, IL: Jacksonville 1892
Joliet, IL: Joliet Stone Citys 1892
Peoria, IL: Peoria Canaries 1892
Quincy, IL: Quincy Ravens 1892
Rock Island/Moline, IL: Rock Island-Moline Twins 1892
Rockford, IL: Rockford Hustlers 1892
Terre Haute, IN: Terre Haute Hottentots 1892

[edit] Teams and Statistics

[edit] 1892

1892 Two-I League
President: W.W. Kent

Team Standings	W	L	PCT	GB	Managers
Joliet Stone Citys	55	27	.671	0	Billy Murray
Rockford Hustlers	46	38	.549	10	Hugh Nicol
Rock Island-Moline Twins	37	42	.468	16.5	Harry Sage
Jacksonville	30	57	.345	27.5	Jack Pettiford / Guy Hecker
Evansville ###	30	20	.600	NA	Jack Wentz
Peoria / Aurora Hoodoos #	26	27	.491	NA	Mike Trost / Charles Flynn
Terre Haute Hottentots ####	25	27	.481	NA	George Brackett
Quincy Ravens ##	12	23	.343	NA	Tom Baldwin / John Godar / Jerry Harrington

#Peoria (17-8) moved to Aurora May 31; Aurora disbanded July 25.
##Quincy disbanded June 24.
###Evansville disbanded July 8.
####Terre Haute disbanded July 10. Player Statistics

Player	Team	Stat	Tot	Player	Team	Stat	Tot
Fred Underwood	Rockford	BA	.282	Bumpus Jones	Joliet	W	24
Ed Wiswell	Rockford	Runs	77	George Nicol	Rockford	SO	230
Ernest Moriarty	Evans/Jackson	Hits	93	Bumpus Jones	Joliet	Pct	.889; 24-3
Charles Thorpe	Rockford	HR	9