Eastern Iowa League

The Eastern Iowa League was an Independent baseball minor league baseball league that played in the 1895 season. The eight–team Eastern Iowa League consisted of teams based in Iowa and Illinois. The Eastern Iowa League played just the 1895 season, before permanently folding.

Eastern Iowa League
SportMinor league baseball, Independent
Founded1895
Ceased1895
No. of teams8
CountryUnited States
Most titles1 Dubuque Colts

History

The Eastern Iowa League League was formed for the 1895 season as an Independent minor league. A league with the same name had operated as a non-classified league in 1890. The Eastern Iowa League League began play on May 10, 1895, as an eight–team league. The Eastern Iowa League League hosted Iowa franchises from Burlington, Iowa, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Clinton, Iowa, Dubuque, Iowa, Ottumwa, Iowa and Waterloo, Iowa. The Illinois franchises were based in Rock Island, Illinois and Galesburg, Illinois.[1][2][3][4]

Local businesses regularly closed when Eastern Iowa League teams hosted home games.[4]

After the season began in 1895, two franchises were expelled from the league. On June 14, 1895, both the Clinton Bridegrooms and the Rock Island Tri-Cities were expelled from the Eastern Iowa League.[5][4][6][7]

The Galesburg Trotters franchise disbanded on June 25, 1895, and did not return to league play.[5] [4][8]

After being expelled the Clinton Bridegrooms rejoined the Eastern Iowa League, returning to league play on July 4, 1895.[5][4][6]

On July 8, 1895, four days after being reinstated, the Clinton Bridegrooms were expelled from the league again. The Waterloo Indians were also expelled from the Eastern Iowa League on July 8, 1895.[5][4][6]

The Dubuque Colts (66–31) had the best overall record in the Eastern Iowa League. Dubuque won the Eastern Iowa League Championship by winning both halves, so no playoffs were held. The rest of the Eastern Iowa League 1895 regular season records were: Burlington Spiders (52–39), Ottumwa Brownies (49–52), Cedar Rapids Rabbits (43–51), Waterloo Indians (21–25), Rock Island Tri-Cities (14–18), Galesburg Trotters (13–27) and Clinton Bridegrooms (11–26).[5][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][7]

The Eastern Iowa League permanently disbanded after the 1895 season was completed.[17]

Teams
  • Burlington Spiders (1895)
  • Cedar Rapids Rabbits (1895)
  • Clinton Bridegrooms (1895)
  • Dubuque Colts (1895)
  • Galesburg Trotters (1895)
  • Ottumwa Brownies (1895)
  • Rock Island Tri-Cities (1895)
  • Waterloo Indians (1895)
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References
  1. "Eastern Iowa League (EIL) on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.
  2. "1895 Eastern Iowa League". Baseball-Reference.com.
  3. http://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=BASEBALL
  4. "Minor League history: Eastern Iowa League". March 28, 2016.
  5. "1895 Eastern Iowa League (EIL) Standings on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.
  6. "1895 Clinton Bridegrooms Statistics on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.
  7. "1895 Rock Island Tri-Cities Roster on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.
  8. "1895 Galesburg Trotters Roster on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.
  9. "1895 Rock Island Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com.
  10. "1895 Burlington Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com.
  11. "1895 Cedar Rapids Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com.
  12. "1895 Clinton Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com.
  13. "1895 Dubuque Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com.
  14. "1895 Galesburg Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com.
  15. "1895 Ottumwa Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com.
  16. "1895 Waterloo Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com.
  17. "1895 Eastern Iowa League (EIL) on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.
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