Northern Association

Not to be confused with Northern League.

Northern Association

Classification	Class D (1910)
Sport	Minor League Baseball
First season	1910
Ceased	July 19, 1910
President	C.A. Burton (1910)
No. of teams	8
Country	United States of America
Most titles	1 Elgin Kittens (1910)
Related competitions	Bi-State League

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.

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

• Clinton, Iowa: Clinton Teddies 1910
• Decatur, Illinois: Decatur Commodores 1910
• Elgin, Illinois: Elgin Kittens 1910
• Freeport, Illinois: Freeport Pretzels 1910
• Jacksonville, Illinois: Jacksonville Jacks 1910
• Joliet, Illinois: Joliet Jolly-ites 1910
• Kankakee, Illinois: Kankakee Kays 1910
• Muscatine, Iowa: Muscatine Pearl Finders 1910
• Sterling, Illinois: Sterling Infants 1910

Standings & statistics

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. Elgin and Kankakee disbanded July 11.
2. Joliet (21-18) moved to Sterling June 21.
3. 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

^[2]

Further reading

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

References

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.