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The Indians' first home ballpark was East Washington Park. [2] The 1902 Indians, managed by Watkins, [8] won the first American Association championship with a 96–45 record, two games ahead of the second-place Louisville Colonels. [9] The team was ranked as the 27th greatest minor league baseball team of all-time by baseball historians in ...
The 2018 All-Star Game was played at Hoffer Field on Judson University’s campus in Elgin, Illinois. [2] The league included the following eight teams for 2019: Crystal Lake Cardinals, Force Elite Baseball, Kane County Phantoms, Wheaton White Sox, Chicago Mudcats, Illinois Indians, Illinois Cardinals, Windy City Prospects. [3]
The Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League was a low-level Minor League Baseball organization that operated for the better part of 60 seasons, with teams based in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska and Wisconsin. The league began play in 1901 and disbanded after the 1961 season.
The International League (IL) is a Minor League Baseball league that operates in the United States. Along with the Pacific Coast League, it is one of two leagues playing at the Triple-A level, which is one grade below Major League Baseball (MLB). The league traces its roots to 1884, while the modern IL began in 1912.
Boudreau Drive in Urbana, Illinois, is also named after Boudreau. In 1990, the Cleveland Indians established The Lou Boudreau Award, which is given every year to the organization's Minor League Player of the Year. [16] [17] In 1992, Boudreau's number 5 jersey was retired by the Illinois Fighting Illini baseball program.
Baseball Prospectus 2011 reported that Kipnis was "a compact athlete who works the count, and consistently barrels up balls with enough power for 15–20 home runs annually in the big leagues." [8] Indians Manager Manny Acta described him as: "a blue collar, dirt bag, run-through-a-wall, relentless type of guy."
The Indians announced pitcher Zach Plesac is heading to the 10-day injured list following a tough outing. He allowed three runs in just 3.2 innings of work – but there was a good reason for that.
After a hiatus, minor league baseball returned to Ottawa in 1914. The Ottawa Indians became members of the six–team Class D level Illinois–Missouri League. [10] The Indians finished the 1914 season with a record of 47–38, placing second in the Illinois–Missouri League, ending the season 13.0 games behind the first place Champaign ...