The Central Interstate League was an independent minor league baseball league that operated from 1888 to 1890. William H. Allen (1888), Henderson Ridgely (1889), E.T. McNeally (1890) and Fitzpatrick (1890) served as the league presidents. The 1888 Davenport Hawkeyes, 1889

Quincy Ravens The Quincy Gems was the primary name of the minor league baseball team in Quincy, Illinois, that played in various seasons from 1883 to 1973. Quincy teams played as members of the Midwest League (1960–1973), Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League (19 ...

and 1890

Evansville Hoosiers Evansville is a city in, and the county seat of, Vanderburgh County, Indiana, Vanderburgh County, Indiana, United States. The population was 118,414 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the state's List of cities in Indiana, ...

won league championships. The league permanently folded following the 1890 season.

Cities represented

* Bloomington, IL:

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1888 *

Burlington, IA Burlington is a city in, and the county seat of, Des Moines County, Iowa, United States. The population was 23,982 in the 2020 census, a decline from the 26,839 population in 2000. Burlington is the center of a micropolitan area, which include ...

: Burlington Babies 1889; Burlington Hawkeyes 1890 *

Crawfordsville, IN Crawfordsville is a city in Montgomery County, Indiana, Montgomery County in west central Indiana, United States, west by northwest of Indianapolis. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the city had a population of 16,306. The city i ...

: Crawfordsville Hoosiers 1888 * Danville, IL: Danville Browns 1888 *

Davenport, IA Davenport is a city in and the county seat of Scott County, Iowa, United States. Located along the Mississippi River on the eastern border of the state, it is the largest of the Quad Cities, a metropolitan area with a population of 384,324 and ...

: Davenport Hawkeyes 1888–1889 *

Decatur, IL Decatur ( ) is the largest city and the county seat of Macon County, Illinois, Macon County in the U.S. state of Illinois, with a population of 70,522 as of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 Census. The city was founded in 1829 and is situate ...

: Decatur 1888 *

Dubuque, IA Dubuque (, ) is the county seat of Dubuque County, Iowa, United States, located along the Mississippi River. At the time of the 2020 census, the population of Dubuque was 59,667. The city lies at the junction of Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin, a r ...

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1888 *

Evansville, IN Evansville is a city in, and the county seat of, Vanderburgh County, Indiana, United States. The population was 118,414 at the 2020 census, making it the state's third-most populous city after Indianapolis and Fort Wayne, the largest city i ...

1889–1890 *

Galesburg, IL Galesburg is a city in Knox County, Illinois, United States. The city is northwest of Peoria. At the 2010 census, its population was 32,195. It is the county seat of Knox County and the principal city of the Galesburg Micropolitan Statistic ...

: Galesburg Pavers 1890 *

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: Indianapolis 1890 *

Lafayette, IN Lafayette ( , ) is a city in and the county seat of Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States, located northwest of Indianapolis and southeast of Chicago. West Lafayette, on the other side of the Wabash River, is home to Purdue University, whic ...

: Lafayette 1888 *

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1888;

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1889–1890 * Quincy, IL:

1889–1890 *

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: Rockford Rox 1888 *

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Springfield Senators The Springfield Senators were a minor league baseball team based in Springfield, Illinois that played on-and-off from 1889 to 1935. The team played in the Central Interstate League (1889), the Three-I League (1904-1912, 1925–1932, 1935) and th ...

1889 *

Terre Haute, IN Terre Haute ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Vigo County, Indiana, United States, about 5 miles east of the state's western border with Illinois. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 60,785 and its metropolitan area had ...

: Terre Haute Hoosiers 1888, 1890

Standings & statistics

1888 Central Interstate League

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.

1889 Central Interstate League

Davenport disbanded September 10.

1890 Central Interstate League

(aka Western Inter-State League) Galesburg (6–22) transferred to Indianapolis May 27; the franchise disbanded July 8. No playoffs were held.

References

Defunct minor baseball leagues in the United States Baseball leagues in Illinois Baseball leagues in Iowa Baseball leagues in Indiana Sports leagues established in 1888 Sports leagues disestablished in 1890 {{baseball-competition-stub