Illinois–Missouri League

The Illinois–Missouri League was an American minor league baseball league. It began operations in 1908, and continued through 1914.

1908

The league was formed. Newly formed teams in Canton, Illinois, Galesburg, Illinois, Hannibal, Missouri, Havana, Illinois, Macomb, Illinois, and Monmouth, Illinois joined the league.

Team NameRecord
Hannibal Cannibals68-49
Macomb Potters66-53
Havana Perfectors58-61
Canton Chinks56-61
Monmouth Browns55-62
Galesburg Hornets50-67

1909

Hannibal left the league to join the American Association. The team in Havana folded. Newly formed teams in Beardstown, Illinois and Pekin, Illinois joined the league.

Monmouth Browns77-50
Beardstown Infants77-52
Pekin Celestials73-57
Macomb Potters63-67
Canton Chinks51-79
Galesburg Boosters47-83

1910

The teams from Galesburg and Monmouth joined the Central Association. New teams in Clinton, Illinois and Lincoln, Illinois joined the league. Beardstown moved to Jacksonville, Illinois on July 21, and folded with Macomb on August 17.

Pekin Celestials66-47
Clinton Champs58-57
Canton Chinks55-62
Lincoln Abes43-71
Beardstown Infants/ Jacksonville Jacks44-36
Macomb Potters50-43

1911

New teams in Champaign-Urbana and Taylorville, Illinois joined the league.

Clinton Champs74-55
Pekin Celestials72-55
Champaign-Urbana Velvets66-60
Canton Chinks60-62
Lincoln Abes59-64
Taylorville Christians47-82

1912

Taylorville folded. A new team in Streator, Illinois formed and joined the league. The Champaign-Urbana Velvets changed their name to the Champaign Velvets. The team from Clinton moved to Kankakee, Illinois on May 16. Its record prior to the move was 2-5; thereafter, they went 54-51.

Lincoln Abes70-47
Pekin Celestials61-55
Canton Highlanders57-56
Clinton Champs/ Kankakee Kanks56-56
Champaign Velvets53-64
Streator Speedboys46-65

1913

Canton and Pekin folded on July 10, before the end of the season. The league also instituted a playoff system in which the best record of the first half of the season would play the best record of the second half of the season.

Lincoln Abes57-26 (1st half winner) (tied for 2nd half winner)
Champaign Velvets53-32 (tied for 2nd half winner)
Kankakee Kanks35-51
Streator Boosters30-57
Pekin Celestials23-26
Canton Chinks20-26

As Lincoln won the first half outright and tied for the second, it seems to have been judged to be the winner.

1914

New teams in LaSalle, Illinois and Ottawa, Illinois formed and joined the league. Kankakee and Lincoln both folded on July 3, before the season ended.

Champaign Velvets62-27 (1st half winner) (2nd half winner)
Ottawa Indians47-38
Streator Boosters40-48
LaSalle Blue Sox26-60
Lincoln Abes32-15
Kankakee Kanks14-33

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

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