Great Central League
Encyclopedia
The Great Central League was a short-lived baseball
league of four teams that played baseball in the upper Midwest
of the United States
in . Its only season ended before completion and no championship was ever held.
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
league of four teams that played baseball in the upper Midwest
Upper Midwest
The Upper Midwest is a region in the northern portion of the U.S. Census Bureau's Midwestern United States. It is largely a sub-region of the midwest. Although there are no uniformly agreed-upon boundaries, the region is most commonly used to refer to the states of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and...
of the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
in . Its only season ended before completion and no championship was ever held.
Teams
- Champaign-Urbana BanditsChampaign-Urbana BanditsThe Champaign-Urbana Bandits were a baseball team that played in the Great Central League in 1994. The team played at Illinois Field, which is home of the University of Illinois baseball team....
- Lafayette LeopardsLafayette LeopardsThe Lafayette Leopards represent the 23 Division I varsity athletic teams of Lafayette College and compete in the Patriot League. There are 11 men's teams, 11 women's teams, and one co-ed team. The club teams also compete as the Leopards...
- Mason City BatsMason City BatsThe Mason City Bats was a baseball team in Mason City, Iowa, that played in the Great Central League in 1994. Other teams in the league were from Lafayette, Indiana; Champaign, Illinois; and Minneapolis, Minnesota....
- Minneapolis MillersMinneapolis MillersThe Minneapolis Millers were an American professional minor league baseball team that played in Minneapolis, Minnesota, until 1960. In the 19th century a different Minneapolis Millers were part of the Western League.The team played first in Athletic Park and later Nicollet Park.The name Minneapolis...