Two-I League

The Two-I League, was also known as the Illinois-Indiana League and the Illinois-Iowa League. The Illinois-Indiana League existed only in 1889, while the Illinois-Iowa League was a league formed in 1890 and lasted into 1892. Twenty-four cities from Illinois, Iowa and Indiana were represented during the course of the two leagues.

Cities Represented

• Aurora, IL: Aurora Hoodoos 1890; Aurora Maroons 1891; Aurora Indians 1892
• Bloomington, IL: Bloomington Blues 1889
• Burlington, IA: Burlington 1890
• Cedar Rapids, IA: Cedar Rapids Canaries 1890-1891
• Champaign, IL and Urbana, IL: Champaign-Urbana Clippers 1889
• Danville, IL: Danville Browns 1889
• Davenport, IA: Davenport Pilgrims 1891
• Decatur, IL: Decatur 1889
• Dubuque, IA: Dubuque Giants 1890
• Evansville, IN: Evansville Hoosiers 1892
• Galesburg, IL: Galesburg 1890
• Jacksonville, IL: Jacksonville Lunatics 1892
• Joliet, IL: Joliet Convicts 1890-1891 / Joliet Stone Citys 1892
• Lafayette, IN: Lafayette 1889
• Logansport, IN: Logansport 1889
• Monmouth, IL: Monmouth Maple Cities 1890
• Ottawa, IL: Ottawa Pirates 1890; Ottawa Modocs 1891
• Ottumwa, IA: Ottumwa Coal Palaces 1890-1891
• Peoria, IL: Peoria Distillers 1892
• Quincy, IL: Quincy Ravens 1891-1892
• Rock Island/Moline, IL: Rock Island-Moline Twins 1892
• Rockford, IL: Rockford Hustlers 1891-1892
• Sterling, IL: Sterling Blue Coats 1890
• Terre Haute, IN: Terre Haute 1889; Terre Haute Hottentots 1892

Teams and Statistics

1889

1889 Illinois-Indiana League President: J.W. Irwin/A.S. Miller

Team Standings	W	L	PCT	GB	Managers
Terre Haute	20	4	.833	-	William Schneider
Danville Browns	14	13	.519	7.5	Harry Smith
Bloomington Blues #	5	5	.500	NA	Von Elleau
Decatur $	0	10	.000	NA
Logansport/Champaign-Urbana Clippers &					F.L. Bills
Lafayette					Rafferty/Alex McFarlan

# Bloomington disbanded June 15.
$ Decatur was dropped June 16.
& Logansport disbanded and was replaced by Champaign-Urbana.

Playoff: Terre Haute 4 games, Danville 0, one tie.

1890

1890 Illinois-Iowa League
President: Sanger Steel

Team Standings	W	L	PCT	GB	Managers
Ottumwa Coal Palace Kings	68	43	.613	-	Stancliff
Monmouth Maple Cities	64	48	.571	4.5	John Halpin
Cedar Rapids Canaries	62	49	.559	6	James Plumb
Ottawa Pirates	58	50	.537	8.5	Joe Hillery/William Sinon (8/5) Bert Merrifield
Aurora Hoodoos	52	54	.491	13.5	Timothy Manning
Joliet Convicts	56	59	.487	14	Ed Culbertson (5/__) John E. Buckley
Dubuque Giants	53	59	.473	15.5	William McCaull (7/23) William Lapham
Sterling Blue Coats/Galesburg/Burlington #	30	72	.294	33.5	James Donnelly/Charles Wirsche/Al Weddige/Clarence Hoyt

# Sterling (21-51) transferred to Galesburg July 31; then Galesburg (8-17) transferred to Burlington September 4; the franchise disbanded September 10.

Player Statistics

Player	Team	Stat	Tot
Timothy Manning	Aurora	BA	.328

1891

1891 Illinois-Iowa League - schedule
President: Sanger Steel

Team Standings	W	L	PCT	GB	Managers
Quincy Ravens	65	35	.650	-	Billy Murray
Joliet Giants	62	48	.564	8	William Moran/Timothy Manning
Rockford Hustlers	54	46	.540	11	Hugh Nicol
Ottawa Modocs	53	49	.520	13	Jack Remsen
Ottumwa Coal Palaces #	43	52	.453	NA	Fred Orelup
Cedar Rapids Canaries #	39	55	.415	NA	James Plumb/John Godar
Davenport Pilgrims $	23	38	.377	NA	Kerken/John Crogan
Aurora Maroons @	11	27	.289	NA	Harry Smith/Ed Wiswell/Timothy Manning

@ Aurora disbanded June 17.
$ Davenport disbanded July 22.
# Ottumwa and Cedar Rapids disbanded September 2.

Player Statistics

Player	Team	Stat	Tot		Player	Team	Stat	Tot
William Dale	Rockford	BA	.345		Peter Daniels	Quincy	W	29
Connie Murphy	Quincy	Runs	97		Harry Burrell	Joliet	SO	195
George Decker	Joliet	Hits	118		Peter Daniels	Quincy	PCT	.744 29-10
Connie Murphy	Quincy	SB	73

1892

1892 Two-I League - schedule
President: W.W. Kent

Team Standings	W	L	PCT	GB	Managers
Joliet Convicts	55	27	.671	-	Billy Murray
Rockford Hustlers	46	38	.549	10	Hugh Nicol
Rock Island-Moline Twins	37	42	.468	16.5	Harry Sage
Jacksonville Lunatics	30	57	.345	27.5	Jack Pettiford / Guy Hecker
Evansville Hoosiers ###	30	20	.600	NA	Albert Schellhase/Jack Wentz
Peoria / Aurora Indians #	26	27	.491	NA	Mike Trost
Terre Haute Hottentots ####	25	27	.481	NA	George Brackett/Charles Flynn
Quincy Ravens ##	12	23	.343	NA	Bill 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

Player	Team	Stat	Tot		Player	Team	Stat	Tot
Fred Underwood	Rockford	BA	.282		Bumpus Jones	Joliet	W	24
Ed Wiswell	Rockford	Runs	77		George Nicol	Rockford	SO	230
Gene Moriarty	Evansville/Jacksonville	Hits	91		Ernest Beam	Terre Haute	ERA	0.91
Gene Moriarty	Evansville/Jacksonville	HR	13		Bumpus Jones	Joliet	PCT	.857 24-4

Source

The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball: Second and Third Editions.