Illinois–Missouri League

The Illinois–Missouri League was an American minor league baseball league. It began operations in 1908, and continued through 1914.

The league was formed. Newly formed teams in Canton, Illinois, Galesburg, Illinois, Hannibal, Missouri, Havana, Illinois, Macomb, Illinois, and Monmouth, Illinois joined the league.

Hannibal left the league to join the American Association. The team in Havana folded. Newly formed teams in Beardstown, Illinois and Pekin, Illinois joined the league.

The teams from Galesburg and Monmouth joined the Central Association. New teams in Clinton, Illinois and Lincoln, Illinois joined the league. Beardstown moved to Jacksonville, Illinois on July 21, and folded with Macomb on August 17.

New teams in Champaign-Urbana and Taylorville, Illinois joined the league.

Taylorville folded. A new team in Streator, Illinois formed and joined the league. The Champaign-Urbana Velvets changed their name to the Champaign Velvets. The team from Clinton moved to Kankakee, Illinois on May 16. Its record prior to the move was 2-5; thereafter, they went 54-51.

Canton and Pekin folded on July 10, before the end of the season. The league also instituted a playoff system in which the best record of the first half of the season would play the best record of the second half of the season.

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