The Central Interstate League was an independent
minor league baseball
Minor League Baseball (MiLB) is a professional baseball organization below Major League Baseball (MLB), constituted of teams affiliated with MLB clubs. It was founded on September 5, 1901, in response to the growing dominance of the National Le ...
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 and 1890
Evansville Hoosiers won league championships. The league permanently folded following the 1890 season.
Cities represented
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Bloomington, IL
Bloomington is a city in McLean County, Illinois, United States, and its county seat. The 2020 United States census, 2020 census showed the city had a population of 78,680, making it the List of municipalities in Illinois, 13th-most populous ci ...
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Bloomington Reds 1888
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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 United States census, 2020 census, a decline from the 26,839 population in 2000 United States Census, 2000. Burlington ...
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Burlington Babies 1889;
Burlington Hawkeyes 1890
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Crawfordsville, IN:
Crawfordsville Hoosiers 1888
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Danville, IL:
Danville Browns 1888
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Davenport, IA:
Davenport Hawkeyes 1888–1889
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Decatur, IL:
Decatur 1888
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Dubuque, IA:
Dubuque
Dubuque (, ) is a city in Dubuque County, Iowa, United States, and its county seat. The population was 59,667 at the 2020 United States census. The city lies along the Mississippi River at the junction of Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin, a region ...
1888
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Evansville, IN
Evansville is a city in Vanderburgh County, Indiana, United States, and its county seat. With a population of 118,414 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is Indiana's List of cities in Indiana, third-most populous city after India ...
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Evansville Hoosiers 1889–1890
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Galesburg, IL:
Galesburg Pavers 1890
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Indianapolis, IN
Indianapolis ( ), colloquially known as Indy, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Indiana and the county seat of Marion County. Indianapolis is situated in the state's central till plain region along the west fork o ...
: Indianapolis 1890
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Lafayette, IN
Lafayette ( ) is a city in and is the county seat of Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States, located northwest of Indianapolis and southeast of Chicago. According to the 2020 census, the population of Lafayette was 70,783. West Lafayett ...
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Lafayette 1888
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Peoria, IL:
Peoria Reds 1888;
Peoria Canaries 1889–1890
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Quincy, IL:
Quincy Ravens 1889–1890
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Rockford, IL:
Rockford Rox 1888
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Springfield, IL:
Springfield Senators 1889
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Terre Haute, IN
Terre Haute ( ) is a city in Vigo County, Indiana, United States, and its county seat. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the city had a population of 58,389 and Terre Haute metropolitan area, its metropolitan area had a populati ...
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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
{{Professional Baseball
Sports leagues established in 1888
Sports leagues disestablished in 1890
Defunct minor baseball leagues in the United States
Baseball leagues in Illinois
Baseball leagues in Iowa
Baseball leagues in Indiana