Minor League Baseball in the Midwest: The Three-I League, 1901-1961

Event Details

When
11/02/2006 - 7:00pm
Where
3130 41st St
Moline, IL, 61265-7827
United States
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County: 
Rock Island
Fee: 
Free. Open to the Public
Sponsor Organization: 
Moline Public Library
Where
3130 41st St
Moline, IL, 61265-7827
See map: Google Maps
County: 
Rock Island
Fee: 
Free. Open to the Public
Sponsor Organization: 
Moline Public Library
A Road Scholar Program by William Steinbacher-Kemp

This illustrated lecture presentation explores the Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League, known also as the Three-I League. The Three-I League was a national force in minor league baseball for the first sixty years of the twentieth century and was the nationÆs oldest Class-B minor league, at the time the highest level of minor leagues. The Illinois communities of Bloomington, Danville, Moline, Peoria, and Springfield were all represented. The Three-I league is even documented at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. Lou Boudreau, Red Faber, Hank Greenberg, and Burleigh Grimes among others, played in the league before achieving their own levels of baseball fame.

For more information call Jennifer Christeiansen, 309.736.5737.