Evansville, IN

Evansville is located in south-western Indiana, on the Ohio River, 100 miles west of Louisville, KY.

Teams that have played here

• Evansville, Northwestern League (1884)
• Evansville Hoosiers, Central Inter-State League (1889-1890)
• Evansville, Inter-State League (1891)
• Evansville, Northwestern League (1891)
• Evansville, Illinois-Indiana League (1892)
• Evansville Blackbirds, Southern Association (1895)
• Evansville, Central League (1897)
• Evansville River Rats, Three-I League (1901-1902)
• Evansville River Rats, Central League (1903-1910, 1913-1915)
• Evansville Strikers, Central League (1911)
• Evansville Yankees, Kentucky-Illinois-Tennessee League (1912)
• Evansville Evas, Central League (1916-1917)
• Evansville Evas, Three-I League (1919-1923)
• Evansville Little Evas, Three-I League (1924)
• Evansville Pocketeers, Three-I League (1925)
• Evansville Hubs, Three-I League (1926-1931)
• Evansville Bees, Three-I League (1938-1942)
• Evansville Braves, Three-I League (1946-1957)
• Evansville White Sox, Southern League (1966-1968)
• Evansville Triplets, American Association (1970-1984)
• Evansville Otters, Frontier League (1995-present)

Persons who were born here

• Aaron Barrett, pitcher
• Adam Benes, minor league pitcher
• Alan Benes, pitcher
• Andy Benes, pitcher
• McKinley Brewer, outfielder
• Jay Buente, pitcher
• Earl Bumpus, pitcher/outfielder
• Drew Butera, catcher
• Jamey Carroll, infielder
• Wes Carroll, minor league infielder
• Jerry Dale, minor league pitcher; umpire
• Charlie Dexter, outfielder
• Jerad Eickhoff, pitcher
• Donald Engbers, minor league infielder
• Pete Fox, outfielder
• Josh Girdley, minor league pitcher
• Harley Grossman, pitcher
• Eddie Holtz, infielder
• Hub Knoll, minor league player
• Punch Knoll, outfielder
• Clarence Kraft, infielder
• Ivan Kuester, scout
• Don Mattingly, infielder; manager
• Taylor Mattingly, minor league infielder
• Matt Mauck, catcher
• Rob Maurer, outfielder
• Otto Mitchell, infielder
• Scott Morgan, minor league pitcher
• Ray Newman, pitcher
• Brad Niethammer, college coach
• Hunter Owen, outfielder
• Heath Phillips, pitcher
• Al Reitz, minor league pitcher
• Scott Rolen, infielder
• Al Schellhase, catcher
• Dan Schneider, pitcher
• Jeff Schulz, outfielder
• Syl Simon, infielder
• Brian Smiley, college coach
• Paul Splittorff, pitcher
• Steel Arm Tyler, pitcher
• Lefty Wallace, pitcher
• Jack Warner, infielder
• Casey Whitten, minor league pitcher

Persons who died here

• Ray Blemker, pitcher
• Buster Bray, outfielder
• Dusty Decker, infielder
• Hugh Dunlevy, umpire
• Harley Grossman, pitcher
• Punch Knoll, outfielder
• Ivan Kuester, scout
• Joe Lis, infielder
• Frank McElyea, outfielder
• Otto Mitchell, infielder
• Al Schellhase, catcher
• Bill Shanner, pitcher
• Bud Tinning, pitcher
• Jimmy Wacker, pitcher
• Lefty Wallace, pitcher

Educational institutions located here

• Central High School
• Francis Joseph Reitz High School
• Mater Dei High School
• North High School
• University of Evansville
• University of Southern Indiana
• William Henry Harrison High School