Central Inter-State League

The Central Inter-State League existed from 1888-1890 with teams from Indiana, Iowa and Illinois. It was considered an independent league in its first season.

Cities Represented

• Bloomington, IL: Bloomington Reds 1888
• Burlington, IA: Burlington Babies 1889; Burlington Hawkeyes 1890
• 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 1889-1890
• Galesburg, IL: Galesburg 1890
• Indianapolis, IN: Indianapolis 1890
• Lafayette, IN: Lafayette 1888
• Peoria, IL: Peoria Reds 1888; Peoria Canaries 1889-1890
• Quincy, IL: Quincy Ravens 1889-1890
• Rockford, IL: Rockford 1888
• Springfield, IL: Springfield Senators 1889
• Terre Haute, IN: Terre Haute Hoosiers 1888, 1890

Teams & Statistics

1888

President:William H. Allen

Team Standings	W	L	PCT	GB	Managers
Davenport	40	18	.690	-	William Lucas
Peoria Reds	38	22	.633	3	Charles Flynn
Crawfordsville/Terre Haute Hoosiers$	32	26	.552	8	Albert Miller/J.W. Carroll
Bloomington Reds	26	28	.481	12	Edward Wochner/Cheney/Joseph Farrell
Dubuque#	21	18	.538	NA	C.R. McQuade
Decatur/Lafayette#	7	30	.189	NA	Michael Hurley/Lawrence McKeon/William McMillen
Danville Browns&	15	25	.375	NA	W.C. Johnson
Rockford%	11	23	.324	NA	William Allen

# Decatur (6-23) transferred to Lafayette June 13.
% Rockford disbanded June 26.
$ Crawfordsville (21-21) transferred to Terre Haute July 2.
& Danville disbanded Jul 5.
# Lafayette and Dubuque disbanded July 9.
The league disbanded July 27.

Player Statistics

Player	Team	Stat	Tot		Player	Team	Stat	Tot
William Schwartz	Peoria	BA	.389		Matt Keogan	Peoria	W	17
Owen Williams	Davenport	Runs	65		Willard Mains	Davenport	PCT	.800 16-4
William Schwartz	Peoria	Hits	82
A.W. Snyder	Crawfordsville/Terre Haute	HR	6

1889

President:Henderson Ridgely

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

# Davenport disbanded September 10.

Player Statistics

Player	Team	Stat	Tot
Allen McCauley	Peoria	BA	.317
Philip Routcliffe	Davenport	Runs	122
Floyd Lauman	Quincy	Hits	132
Lew Whistler	Evansville	HR	22
Philip Routcliffe	Davenport	SB	105

1890

(aka Western Inter-State League)

President:E.T. McNeally/Fitzpatrick

Team Standings	W	L	PCT	GB	Managers
Evansville Hoosiers	52	32	.619	-	Bill Harrington
Burlington Hawkeyes	48	36	.571	4	Varney Anderson/William Fuller
Terre Haute Hoosiers	42	35	.545	6.5	Phil Reccius/Andrew Kolley/George Brackett
Quincy Ravens	41	42	.494	10.5	Billy Murray
Peoria Canaries	34	40	.459	13	Michael Hurley/John McCloskey
Galesburg/Indianapolis#	11	43	.204	NA	Charles Powers

# Galesburg (6-22) transferred to Indianapolis May 27; the franchise disbanded July 8.

Playoffs: None held.

Player Statistics

Player	Team	Stat	Tot		Player	Team	Stat	Tot
Albert Fisher	Quincy	BA	.309		John Dolan	Evansville	W	25
Frank Shugart	Burlington	Runs	80		Edward Eiteljorge	Evansville	PCT	.724 21-8
Frank Shugart	Burlington	Hits	108
George McVey	Terre Haute	HR	12