Central Association

Central Association

The Central Association was an American minor league baseball league. It began operations in 1908, and ran continuously through 1917.

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1908

The teams from Burlington, Iowa, Jacksonville, Illinois, Keokuk, Iowa, Oskaloosa, Iowa, Ottumwa, Iowa, Quincy, Illinois, and Waterloo, Iowa joined after having left the Iowa State League. A new team in Kewanee, Illinois joined as well.

1911

Quincy moved to the Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League. A new team in Muscatine, Iowa formed and joined the league.

1914

Kewanee and Monmouth folded. New teams in Clinton, Iowa and Marshalltown, Iowa formed and joined the league. Ottumwa moved to Rock Island, Illinois, then again to Galesburg, Illinois. Its record was 23-47 at Ottuma, 6-1 at Rock Island, and 20-31 at Galesburg.

1917

Muscatine and Ottumwa folded. New teams in Dubuque, Iowa and LaCrosse, Wisconsin formed and joined the league. The Dubuque team, with a record of 23-40, moved to Charles City, Iowa on July 4, where their record was 17-14. Cedar Rapids, with a record of 38-48, moved to Clear Lake, Iowa on July 27, where they were 1-4. Clinton and LaCrosse both folded before the end of the season on July 17.

Clinton beat Burlingto 4 games to 2, and Keokuk beat Hannibal 4 games to 1 in the first round of the playoffs. Clinton beat Keokuk for the title 4 games to none.

1949

The team from Hannibal folded. A new team formed in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and joined the league.

Cedar Rapids beat Burlington 3 games to none, and Kewanee beat Keokuk 3 games to none, in the first round of the playoffs. Kewanee defeated Cedar Rapids 4 games to 2 for the title.

Cedar Rapids joined the Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League, and the rest of the teams, and the league itself, folded.

References

*Sumner, Benjamin Barrett. "Minor League Baseball Standings:All North American Leagues, Through 1999." Jefferson, N.C.:McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-0781-6


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