Southern Illinois League

Southern Illinois LeagueClassification| Independent (1895–1896)
Class D (1910)

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Sport| Minor League Baseball
First season| 1895
Ceased| July 11, 1910
President| C.C. Wright (1910)
No. of teams| 5
Country| United States of America
Most titles| 1
McLeansboro Merchants (1910)
Related
competitions| Kentucky–Illinois–Tennessee League

The Southern Illinois League was a Class D level minor league baseball league that played in the 1910 season. The five–team Southern Illinois League consisted of franchises based exclusively in Illinois. The Southern Illinois League permanently folded during the 1910 season, with the McLeansboro Merchants in first place.

## History

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An Independent minor league named the "Southern Illinois League" played in the 1895 and 1896 seasons. The teams and statistics from the 1895 and 1896 seasons are unknown.[1][2]

The Southern Illinois League was formed for the 1910 season as a five–team Class D level minor league under the direction of league president C.C. Wright. The Southern Illinois League began play on May 30, 1910, with the Eldorado, Illinois team, Harrisburg Merchants, Herrin, Illinois team, McLeansboro Merchants and Mount Vernon Merchants as charter members.[3][4][5][6][7]

After beginning play, the Southern Illinois League lost a team when the Mount Vernon Merchants disbanded on June 30, 1910. After continuing play, the Southern Illinois League permanently folded on July 11, 1910. The McLeansboro Merchants were in first place when the league shut down.[3][4]

In the final 1910 standings, the McLeansboro Merchants had a record of 20–5 when the league folded to finish in first place. McLeansboro finished 6.5 games ahead of Eldorado (14–12), followed by Herrin (8–11), the Mount Vernon Merchants (8–11) and Harrisburg Merchants (6–17).[8][3]

After the Southern Illinois League folded, two of its members, McLeansboro and Harrisburg, joined the Kentucky–Illinois–Tennessee League (KITTY League) in the middle of the 1910 season.[9]

## 1910 Southern Illinois League teams

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Team name  | City represented  | Ballpark  | Year active

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Eldorado | Eldorado, Illinois | Mahoney Park[10] | 1910
Harrisburg Merchants | Harrisburg, Illinois | Unknown[11] | 1910
Herrin | Herrin, Illinois | Unknown[12] | 1910
McLeansboro Merchants | McLeansboro, Illinois | Fairgrounds Park[13] | 1910
Mount Vernon Merchants | Mount Vernon, Illinois | Unknown[14] | 1910

## League standings

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### 1910 Southern Illinois League

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Team standings | W | L | PCT | GB | Managers

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McLeansboro Merchants | 20 | 5 | .800 | – | Ollie Gfroerer
Eldorado | 14 | 12 | .538 | 6.5 | NA
Herrin | 8 | 11 | .421 | 9.0 | Pa Bradshaw
Mt. Vernon Merchants | 8 | 11 | .421 | 9.0 | Ira Hastings
Harrisburg Merchants | 6 | 17 | .261 | 13.0 | NA

Mt. Vernon disbanded June 30.
The league folded June 30. Harrisburg and McLeansboro joined the Kitty League July 24.[3]

## References

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1. ^ "1895 Southern Illinois League". Baseball-Reference.com.
2. ^ "1896 Southern Illinois League". Baseball-Reference.com.
3. ^ a b c d Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (Third ed.). Baseball America. ISBN 978-1932391176.
4. ^ a b "1910 Southern Illinois League (SIL) minor league baseball Standings on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.
5. ^ "Southern Illinois League (D) Encyclopedia and History". Baseball-Reference.com.
6. ^ Nov 29 2003, RICHARD GOLDSTEIN THE SOUTHERN [Sat. "GLORY DAYS: SOUTHERN ILLINOIS WAS ONCE HOME TO SEVERAL THRIVING MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL TEAMS". The Southern.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
7. ^ "Many smaller Illinois cities hosted minor league baseball - Breeze-Courier". Breeze Courier.
8. ^ "1910 Southern Illinois League (SIL) minor league baseball on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.
9. ^ "Chronology". www.kittyleague.com.
10. ^ "Mahoney Park in Eldorado, IL minor league baseball history and teams on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.
11. ^ "Unknown in Harrisburg, IL minor league baseball history and teams on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.
12. ^ "Unknown in Herrin, IL minor league baseball history and teams on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.
13. ^ "Fairgrounds Park in McLeansboro, IL minor league baseball history and teams on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.
14. ^ "Unknown in Mount Vernon, IL minor league baseball history and teams on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.

## External links

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* Southern Illinois League - Baseball Reference

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