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 and 1890 Evansville Hoosiers won league championships. The league permanently folded following the 1890 season.
Cities represented Bloomington, IL: Bloomington Reds 1888 Burlington, IA: Burlington Babies 1889; Burlington Hawkeyes 1890 Crawfordsville, IN: Crawfordsville Hoosiers 1888 Danville, IL: Danville Browns 1888 Davenport, IA: Davenport Hawkeyes 1888–1889 Decatur, IL: Decatur 1888 Dubuque, IA: Dubuque 1888 Evansville, IN: Evansville Hoosiers 1889–1890 Galesburg, IL: Galesburg Pavers 1890 Indianapolis, IN: Indianapolis 1890 Lafayette, IN: Lafayette 1888 Peoria, IL: Peoria Reds 1888; Peoria Canaries 1889–1890 Quincy, IL: Quincy Ravens 1889–1890 Rockford, IL: Rockford Rox 1888 Springfield, IL: Springfield Senators 1889 Terre Haute, IN: Terre Haute Hoosiers 1888, 1890
Standings & statistics 1888 Central Interstate League Team standingsWLPCTGB Managers Davenport Hawkeyes4018.690– William Henry Lucas Peoria Reds3822.6333 Charles Flynn Crawfordsville Hoosiers /Terre Haute Hoosiers3226.5528 Albert Miller / J.W. Carroll Bloomington Reds2628.48112 Edward Wochner / Cheney Joseph Farrell Dubuque2118.538NA C.R. McQuade Decatur / Lafayette730.189NA Michael Hurley /Lawrence McKeon / William McMillen Danville Browns1525.375NA W.C. Johnson Rockford Rox1123.324NA William Allen 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. +Player statisticsPlayer TeamStat TotPlayerTeamStatTot William Schwartz PeoriaBA.389 Matt Keogan PeoriaW17 Owen Williams DavenportRuns65Willard MainsDavenportPCT.800 16–4 William Schwartz PeoriaHits82 A.W. Snyder Crawfordsville/Terre HauteHR6 1889 Central Interstate League Team standingsWLPCTGB Managers Quincy Ravens6650.569–George Brackett Springfield Senators6553.5512 Harry Smith / Henderson Ridgely Burlington Babies5562.47011½ William Henry Lucas Peoria Canaries5564.46212½Charles Flynn / Charlie Bartson Charlie Levis Evansville Hoosiers5169.42517Walt Goldsby / Jacob Aydelotte Doug Crothers Davenport Hawkeyes5745.559NA Charles Holacher / Bob Allen Davenport disbanded September 10. +Player statistics Player TeamStat Tot Allen McCauley PeoriaBA.317 Philip Routcliffe DavenportRuns122 Floyd Lauman QuincyHits132 Lew WhistlerEvansvilleHR22 Philip Routcliffe DavenportSB105
1890 Central Interstate League (aka Western Inter-State League) Team standingsWLPCTGB ManagersEvansville Hoosiers5232.619– Bill Harrington Burlington Hawkeyes4836.5714Varney Anderson / William Fuller Terre Haute Hoosiers4235.5456½Phil Reccius / Andrew Kolley George Brackett Quincy Ravens4142.49410½Billy Murray Peoria Canaries3440.45913 Michael Hurley / John McCloskey Galesburg Pavers / Indianapolis1143.204NA Charles Powers Galesburg (6–22) transferred to Indianapolis May 27; the franchise disbanded July 8. No playoffs were held. +Player statistics Player TeamStat TotPlayerTeamStatTot Albert Fisher QuincyBA.309John DolanEvansvilleW25 Frank ShugartBurlingtonRuns80 Edward Eiteljorge EvansvillePCT.724 21–8 Frank ShugartBurlingtonHits108 George McVeyTerre HauteHR12
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