The Northern Association was a Class D level minor league baseball league. The eight-team league had franchises based in Illinois and Iowa. The league began and ended play in 1910, disbanding on July 19, 1910. The Joliet Jolly-ites moved to Sterling on June 21. The Clinton and Freeport teams disbanded on June 28; The Elgin and Kankakee franchises disbanded on July 11.

Northern Association
ClassificationClass D (1910)
SportMinor League Baseball
First season1910
CeasedJuly 19, 1910
PresidentC.A. Burton (1910)
No. of teams8
CountryUnited States of America
Most titles1
Elgin Kittens (1910)
Related
competitions
Bi-State League

Baseball Hall of Fame member Casey Stengel and Fritz Maisel were two league players who reached Major League Baseball after playing in the Northern Association.[1]

Cities represented

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Standings & statistics

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1910 Northern Association

Team standings W L PCT GB Managers
Elgin Kittens[I] 37 20 .649 - Mal Kittridge
Muscatine Pearl Finders 37 21 .638 0.5 Lou Walters
Kankakee Kays[I] 34 24 .586 3.5 Dan Collins
Jacksonville Jacks 32 31 .508 8.0 Pants Rowland
Decatur Commodores 30 32 .484 9.5 Del Williams /
Charles O'Day / McGrew
Joliet Jolly-ites /
Sterling Infants[II]
24 34 .414 13.5 Hunkey Hines
Freeport Pretzels[III] 22 25 .468 NA Forrest Plass
Clinton Teddies[III] 10 39 .204 NA Ted Sullivan / John Marmen
  1. ^ a b Elgin and Kankakee disbanded July 11.
  2. ^ Joliet (21-18) moved to Sterling June 21.
  3. ^ a b Freeport and Clinton disbanded June 28.

The league disbanded July 19.

Player statistics
Player Team Stat Tot Player Team Stat Tot
Phil Nadeau Joliet/Sterling BA .333 Pop Eyler Muscatine W 11
Fritz Maisel Elgin Runs 49 Thomas McTigue Kankakee W 11
Harmony Van Dine Jacksonville Hits 80 Archie Hickman Joliet/Sterling W 11
Buck Hopkins Elgin HR 7 Thomas McTigue Kankakee Pct .786; 11-3

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Further reading

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  • The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball: Second and Third Editions.

References

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  1. ^ Maisel, Bob (12 December 1990). "Tale-gating Stengel was enjoyable way for writer to follow a storied career". Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Maryland.
  2. ^ Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (Third ed.). Baseball America. ISBN 978-1932391176.