Illinois–Indiana League
ClassificationIndependent (1889, 1892)
SportMinor League Baseball
Inaugural season1889
Ceased1892
Replaced byIllinois-Iowa League
PresidentJ.W. Irwin (1889)
A.S. Miller (1889)
W.W. Kent (1892)
No. of teams13
CountryUnited States of America
Most titles1
Terre Haute (1889)
Joliet Convicts (1892)

The Illinois–Indiana League or Two–I League was based in Illinois and Indiana and refers the name of two different baseball circuits in Minor league baseball which operated in 1889 and 1892. The league was renamed to the Illinois-Iowa League in 1890 and 1891.

Cities represented/Teams

1889

* Bloomington, IndianaBloomington Blues
*Danville, IllinoisDanville Browns
* Decatur, IllinoisDecatur
* Lafayette, IndianaLafayette
* Logansport, Indiana/Champaign-Urbana, Illinois    Logansport/Champaign-Urbana Clippers
* Terre Haute, IndianaTerre Haute

1892

* Aurora, Illinois/Peoria, IllinoisAurora Indians/Peoria Distillers
* Evansville, IndianaEvansville
* Jacksonville, IllinoisJacksonville Lunatics
* Joliet, IllinoisJoliet Convicts
* Quincy, IllinoisQuincy Ravens
* Rock Island, Illinois/Moline, Illinois      Rock Island-Moline Twins
* Rockford, IllinoisRockford Hustlers
* Terre Haute, IndianaTerre Haute Hottentots

Standings & statistics

1889 Illinois–Indiana League

Team standingsWLPCTGBManagers
Terre Haute204.833William Schneider
Danville Browns1413.5197.5Harry Smith
Bloomington Blues55.500NAVon Elleau
Decatur010.000NANA
Logansport /
Champaign-Urbana Clippers
NANANANAF.L. Bills
LafayetteNANANANARafferty / Alex McFarlan

Bloomington disbanded June 15; Decatur was dropped June 16.; Logansport disbanded and was replaced by Champaign–Urbana.
Finals: Terre Haute 4 games, Danville 0, one tie.

1892 Illinois-Indiana League - schedule

Team standingsWLPCTGBManagers
Joliet Convicts5527.671Billy Murray
Rockford Hustlers4638.54910.0Hugh Nicol
Rock Island-Moline Twins3742.46816.5Harry Sage
Jacksonville Lunatics3057.34527.5Jack Pettiford / Guy Hecker
Evansville Hoosiers3020.600NAAlbert Schellhase / Jack Wentz
Peoria Distillers /
Aurora Indians
2627.491NAMike Trost
Terre Haute Hottentots2527.481NAGeorge Brackett / Charles Flynn
Quincy Ravens1223.343NABill Whitrock /
John Godar / Samuel Levesque

Peoria (17–8) moved to Aurora May 31; Aurora disbanded July 5; Quincy disbanded June 24; Evansville disbanded July 8; Terre Haute disbanded July 10.

Player Statistics
PlayerTeamStatTotPlayerTeamStatTot
Fred UnderwoodRockfordBA.282Bumpus JonesJolietW24
Ed WiswellRockfordRuns77George NicolRockfordSO230
Gene MoriartyEvansville/JacksonvilleHits91Ernest BeamTerre HauteERA0.91
Gene MoriartyEvansville/JacksonvilleHR13Bumpus JonesJolietPCT.857 24–4

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