The Illinois–Missouri League was an American minor league baseball league. The Class D league began operations in 1908, and continued through 1914 with teams located in Illinois and Missouri . The Lincoln Abes won consecutive league titles in 1912–1913. Baseball Hall of Fame members Grover Cleveland Alexander (1909 Galesburg Boosters) and Ray Schalk (1911 Taylorville Christians) are league alumni.
5-552: The Pekin Celestials were an Illinois–Missouri League baseball team based in Pekin, Illinois , USA that played from 1909 to 1913. In their very first season, the Celestials had four different managers. Two future major league baseball players played for them that year as well: Cecil Coombs and Mike Prendergast . Coombs played for them in 1910 as well. In 1911 and 1912, future big leaguers Jim Bluejacket and Patsy McGaffigan played for
10-578: The Celestials. 1913 is the only year in which no known future big league players played for the Celestials. This article about a baseball team in Illinois is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Illinois%E2%80%93Missouri League 1908 Illinois–Missouri League The league was formed. Newly formed teams in Canton, Illinois , Galesburg, Illinois , Hannibal, Missouri , Havana, Illinois , Macomb, Illinois , and Monmouth, Illinois were
15-913: The charter cities in the league. 1909 Illinois–Missouri League Hannibal left the to join the American Association . The Havana Perfectos folded. The Beardstown Infants and Pekin Celestials joined the league. 1910 Illinois–Missouri League The teams from Galesburg and Monmouth joined the Central Association . The Clinton Champs and Lincoln Abes joined the league. Beardstown moved to Jacksonville, Illinois on July 21, and folded with Macomb on August 17. schedule Beardstown (38–26) moved to Jacksonville July 21; Jacksonville disbanded August 17; Macomb disbanded August 17. 1911 Illinois–Missouri League New teams in Champaign-Urbana Velvets and Taylorville Christians joined
20-512: The end of the season. The league instituted a split–season schedule. The playoff system developed in which the best record of the first–half of the season would play the best record of the second–half of the season. schedule Playoff : Lincoln won the first half, Lincoln & Champaign tied for the second half. Lincoln was awarded the championship when Champaign refused to play off the second half tie. 1914 Illinois–Missouri League The LaSalle Blue Sox and Ottawa Indians formed and joined
25-531: The league. schedule 1912 Illinois–Missouri League Taylorville folded. The Streator Speedboys joined the league. The Champaign–Urbana Velvets changed their name to the Champaign Velvets. Clinton moved to Kankakee, Illinois on May 16 with a 2–5 record; thereafter, they went 54–51 as the Kankakee Kanks . schedule 1913 Illinois–Missouri League Canton and Pekin folded on July 10, before
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