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{{Short description|Defunct American baseball league}}
{{Other uses|Central League (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox sports league
| title                   =Central League
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| formerly                =
| sport                   =[[Minor League Baseball]]
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| president               =William F.H. Schmidt (1900)<br />George W. Bement (1903-1904)<br />Frank R. Carson (1905-1911)<br />[[Louie Heilbroner]] (1912-1915)<br />Emerson Dickerson (1916-1917)<br />Harry W. Stahlhefer (1917)<br />Emerson Dickerson (1921-1926)<br />L.J. Wylie (1928-1929)<br />Donald C. Jacobs (1930)<br />Frederick Howell (1932)<br />Emerson Dickerson (1934)<br />Thomas J. Halligan (1948-1951)
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| inaugural               =1900
| teams                   =37
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| country                 =[[United States of America]]
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| folded                  =1951
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| most_champs             ='''5''' <br /> Dayton
| classification          =[[Independent baseball league|Independent]] (1900)<br />[[Class B (baseball)|Class B]] 1903&ndash;1917, 1920&ndash;1922, 1928&ndash;1930, 1932, 1934<br />[[Class C (baseball)|Class C]] 1926<br />[[Class A (baseball)|Class A]] 1948&ndash;1951
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| related_comps           =[[Central League (1888)]]; [[Central League (1897)]]
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}}
The '''Central League''' was a [[minor league baseball]] league that operated sporadically in 1900, from 1903&ndash;1917, 1920&ndash;1922, 1926, 1928&ndash;1930, 1934, and 1948&ndash;1951. In 1926, the league merged mid-season with the [[Michigan State League]] and played under that name for the remainder of the season.<ref>[http://www.ballparkdigest.com/leagues/central_league.htm Ball Park Digest ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071022210728/http://www.ballparkdigest.com/leagues/central_league.htm |date=October 22, 2007 }}</ref> The Central League later reformed in 1928.
The Central League hosted teams from 37 cities over its six decades of league play. Teams from the states of [[Indiana]], [[Illinois]], [[Michigan]], [[Ohio]], [[Pennsylvania]] and [[West Virginia]] were represented.
==Minor League class history==
Before the current minor league baseball classification system was introduced in 1963, minor leagues/teams were classified from Class D up to Class [[Triple-A (baseball)|Triple-A]]. The following is a list of the various classifications that the Central League had during its years of operation:
* Class B: 1903&ndash;1917, 1920&ndash;1922, 1928&ndash;1930, 1932, 1934
* Class C: 1926
* Class A: 1948&ndash;1951
==Cities represented==
The following are cities and former teams that made up the Central League.
*[[Akron, Ohio]]: [[Akron Rubbermen]] 1912; [[Akron Tyrites]] 1928&ndash;1929, 1932
*[[Anderson, IN]]: [[Anderson Orphans]] 1903
*[[Bloomington, IL]]: [[Bloomington Blues]] 1900
*[[Canton, Ohio]]: [[Canton Red Stockings]] 1905; [[Canton Chinamen]] 1906&ndash;1907; [[Canton Statesmen]] 1912; [[Canton Terriers]] 1928&ndash;1930, 1932
*[[Charleston, WV]]: [[Charleston Senators]] 1949&ndash;1951
* [[Danville, IL]]: [[Danville Champions]] 1900
*[[Dayton, Ohio]]: [[Dayton Veterans]] 1903&ndash;1917; [[Dayton Aviators]] 1928&ndash;1930; [[Dayton Ducks]] 1932; [[Dayton Indians]] 1948&ndash;1951
*[[Decatur, IL]]: [[Decatur Commodores]] 1900
*[[Erie, PA]]: [[Erie Sailors]] 1912, 1915, 1928&ndash;1930, 1932
*[[Evansville, IN]]: [[Evansville River Rats]] 1903&ndash;1910, 1913&ndash;1915; [[Evansville Strikers]] 1911; [[Evansville Evas]] 1916&ndash;1917
*[[Flint, MI]]: [[Flint Arrows]], 1948&ndash;1951
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*[[Fort Wayne, IN]]: [[Fort Wayne Railroaders]] 1903&ndash;1905; [[Fort Wayne Billikens]] 1908&ndash;1910; [[Fort Wayne Brakies]] 1911; Fort Wayne Railroaders 1912, [[Fort Wayne Champs]] 1913; Fort Wayne Railroaders 1914; [[Fort Wayne Cubs]] 1915; [[Fort Wayne Chiefs]] 1917, 1928&ndash;1930, 1932, 1934; [[Fort Wayne Generals]] 1948
*[[Grand Rapids, MI]]: [[Grand Rapids Orphans]] 1903&ndash;1905; [[Grand Rapids Wolverines]] 1906&ndash;1909; [[Grand Rapids Raiders]] 1910 [[Grand Rapids Furniture Makers]] 1911; [[Grand Rapids Grads]] 1911; [[Grand Rapids Bill-eds]] 1913; [[Grand Rapids Black Sox]] 1912, [[Grand Rapids Champs]] 1914 Grand Rapids Black Sox 1915&ndash;1917; [[Grand Rapids Joshers]] 1920&ndash;1921; [[Grand Rapids Billbobs]] 1922; Grand Rapids Black Sox 1926; [[Grand Rapids Tigers]] 1934; [[Grand Rapids Jets]] 1948&ndash;1951
*[[Ionia, MI]]: [[Ionia Mayors]] 1921&ndash;1922
*[[Jackson, MI]]: [[Jackson Mayors]] 1921
*[[Jacksonville, IL]]: [[Jacksonville Reds]] 1900
*[[Kalamazoo, MI]]: [[Kalamazoo Celery Pickers]] 1920&ndash;1922, 1926
*[[Lansing, MI]]: [[Lansing Senators]] 1921&ndash;1922
*[[Lima, OH]]: [[Lima Buckeyes]] 1934
*[[Lansing, MI]]: [[Ludington Mariners]] 1920&ndash;1922
*[[Ludington, MI]]: [[Ludington Tars]] 1926
*[[Marion, OH]]: [[Marion Oilworkers]] 1903&ndash;1904
*[[Muskegon, MI]]: [[Muskegon Reds]] 1916; [[Muskegon Muskies]] 1920&ndash;1922; [[Muskegon Reds]] 1926, 1934; [[Muskegon Clippers]] 1948&ndash;1950; Muskegon Reds 1951
*[[Newark, Ohio]]: [[Newark Skeeters (baseball)|Newark Skeeters]] 1911
*[[Peoria, IL]]: [[Peoria Distillers]] 1900, 1904, 1917; [[Peoria Tractors]] 1934
*[[Richmond, IN]]: [[Richmond Quakers]] 1917; [[Richmond Roses]] 1930
*[[Saginaw, MI]]: [[Saginaw Bears]] 1948-1950; [[Saginaw Jacks]] 1951
*[[South Bend, IN]]: [[South Bend Greens]] 1903&ndash;1909 [[South Bend Bronchos]] 1910; [[South Bend Bux]] 1911; [[South Bend Benders]] 1911, South Bend Benders 1912, 1916&ndash;1917; [[South Bend Twins]] 1932
*[[Springfield, IL]]: Springfield 1900; [[Springfield Red Birds (Illinois)|Springfield Red Birds]] 1934
*[[Springfield, Ohio]]: [[Springfield Babes (baseball)|Springfield Babes]] 1905-1907; [[Springfield Reapers]] 1912&ndash;1914, 1916&ndash;1917; [[Springfield Buckeyes]] 1928; [[Springfield Dunnmen]] 1929; [[Springfield Blue Sox]] 1930
*[[Terre Haute, IN]]: [[Terre Haute Hottentots]] 1900, 1903&ndash;1909; [[Terre Haute Stags]] 1910; [[Terre Haute Miners]] 1911; [[Terre Haute Terre-iers]] 1912&ndash;1914; [[Terre Haute Highlanders]] 1915&ndash;1916
*[[Wheeling, WV]]: [[Wheeling Stogies]] 1903&ndash;1912, 1915&ndash;1916
*[[Youngstown, Ohio]]: [[Youngstown Steelmen]] 1912; [[Youngstown Buckeyes]] 1932
*[[Zanesville, Ohio]]: [[Zanesville Infants]] 1908&ndash;1909; [[Zanesville Potters]] 1910&ndash;1912
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==Standings & statistics==
'''1900 Central League'''
{| class="wikitable"
!1900 Team standings!!W!!L!!PCT!!GB!! Managers
|-
|[[Bloomington Blues]]||64||34||.653||-||George Reed
|-
|[[Danville Champions]]||57||44||.564||8.5||Charles Leverenz
|-
|[[Decatur Commodores]]||46||51||.474||17.5||Frank Weikart
|-
|[[Terre Haute Hottentots]]||48||61||.440||21.5||Jap Poor / Roy Montgomery <br /> [[Bill Krieg]]
|-
|[[Peoria Distillers]] ||29||25||.537||NA||[[Alfred Lawson]] / [[Bill Krieg]]
|-
|Springfield /<br /> [[Jacksonville Reds]]||15||43||.259||NA||Harry Wilson / W.D. Highfield <br /> [[Jim Hackett]]
|}
Peoria disbanded July 8; Springfield (4-14) transferred to Jacksonville May 21; Jacksonville disbanded July 8.<br />
'''Playoffs''': Danville defeated Bloomington
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Player statistics'''
!Player!! Team!!Stat!! Tot
|-
|Red Wright||Danville||BA||.329
|-
|[[Fred Abbott]]||Danville||Runs||91
|-
|Charles Elsey<br />Red Wright||Bloomington<br />Danville||Hits||130
|-
|[[Frank Huelsman]]||Peoria/Danville||HR||5
|-
|Clarence Jessup||Terre Haute||SB||32
|}
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==1903 to 1917==
'''1903 Central League'''
{| class="wikitable"
!1903 Team standings!!W!!L!!PCT!!GB!! Managers
|-
|[[Fort Wayne Railroaders]]||89||49||.645||-||[[Bade Myers]]
|-
|[[South Bend Green Stockings]]||88||50||.638||1.0||Angus Grant
|-
|[[Marion Oilworkers]]||71||65||.522||17.0||[[John Grim (baseball)|John Grim]]
|-
|[[Wheeling Stogies]]||69||68||.504||19.5||Barley Kain / Ted Price
|-
|[[Evansville River Rats]]||64||68||.485||22.0||Tom News / Thomas McKinley <br /> Ed Ashenbach
|-
|[[Dayton Veterans]]||61||76||.445||27.5||[[Henry Youngman (baseball)|Henry Youngman]]
|-
|[[Terre Haute Hottentots]]||58||80||.420||31.0||Lou Walters / Peter Somers <br />William M. James <br /> [[Ed Biecher]]
|-
|Anderson /<br /> [[Grand Rapids Orphans]] ||58||92||.343||42.0||McVey Lindsey
|}
Anderson (15-12) moved to Grand Rapids May 30
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Player statistics'''
!Player!! Team!!Stat!! Tot
|-
|Jack Bonner||Evansville||BA||.329
|-
|Ed Coffee||South Bend||Runs||105
|-
|Jack Bonner||Evansville||Hits||172
|}
'''1904 Central League'''
{| class="wikitable"
!1904 Team standings!!W!!L!!PCT!!GB!! Managers
|-
|[[Fort Wayne Railroaders]]||87||51||.630||-||[[Bade Myers]]
|-
|[[Terre Haute Hottentots]]||77||62||.554||10.5||Frank Warrender
|-
|[[South Bend Greens]]||75||65||.536||13.0||Angus Grant
|-
|[[Wheeling Stogies]]||71||66||.518||15.5||Ted Price
|-
|[[Dayton Veterans]]||68||69||.496||18.5||John Spaatz / Charles Jewell <br /> Hub Knoll
|-
|[[Marion Oilworkers]] / <br /> [[Peoria Distillers]] ||61||75||.449||25.0||[[John Grim (baseball)|John Grim]] / Mike Lawrence
|-
|[[Grand Rapids Wolverines]]||58||82||.414||30.0||John Flannery / John Morrissey
|-
|[[Evansville River Rats]] ||56||83||.403||31.5||Frank Schoeller / Robert Berryhill <br /> [[Frank Cross (baseball)|Frank Cross]]
|}
Marion (12-15) moved to Peoria (27-33) May 30; Peoria returned to Marion July 31; Evansville disbanded September 6
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Player statistics'''
!Player!! Team!!Stat!! Tot!!!!Player!!Team!!Stat!!Tot
|-
|Charles Cogswell||South Bend||BA||.354||||[[Cy Alberts]]||Fort Wayne||W||22
|-
|Bert Dennis||Fort Wayne||Runs||92||||Elmer Moffit||South Bend||SO||233
|-
|[John Geyer||Grand Rapids||Hits||165||||William Pearson||Grand Rapids/Dayton||PCT||.714 20-8
|-
|[[George McConnell (baseball)|George McConnell]]<br />Dick Knox||Wheeling<br />Evansville||HR||9
|}
'''1905 Central League'''
{| class="wikitable"
!1905 Team standings!!W!!L!!PCT!!GB!! Managers
|-
|[[Wheeling Stogies]]||81||55||.596||-||[[Pop Schriver]]
|-
|[[Grand Rapids Orphans]]||75||59||.560||5.0||[[John Ganzel]]
|-
|[[South Bend Greens]]||77||62||.554||5.5||Angus Grant
|-
|[[Evansville River Rats]]||71||67||.522||11.5||[[Jimmy Ryan (baseball)|Jimmy Ryan]]
|-
|[[Dayton Veterans]]||70||64||.514||10.0||Hub Knoll
|-
|[[Springfield Babes (baseball)|Springfield Babes]]||66||68||.493||14.0||[[Jack Hendricks]]
|-
|[[Fort Wayne Railroaders]] <br /> [[Canton Red Stockings]] ||56||79||.415||24.5||[[Bade Myers]] / George Williams
|-
|[[Terre Haute Hottentots]]||47||89||.345||34.0||Frank Warrender / Bert Dennis
|}
Fort Wayne (31-41) moved to Canton July 10
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Player statistics'''
!Player!! Team!!Stat!! Tot!!!!Player!!Team!!Stat!!Tot
|-
|John Connors||South Bend||BA||.338||||[[Walt Miller (baseball)|Walt Miller]]||Grand Rapids||W||24
|-
|John Connors||South Bend||Runs||96||||Elmer Moffit<br />George Miller ||South Bend<br />Wheeling||PCT||.677 21-10
|-
|John Connors||South Bend||Hits||184
|-
|[[Jimmy Ryan (baseball)|Jimmy Ryan]]||Evansville||HR||10
|}
'''1906 Central League'''<br />
'''1906''' - [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/14349052/1906_central_league_schedule/ schedule]<br>
{| class="wikitable"
!1906 Team standings!!W!!L!!PCT!!GB!! Managers
|-
|[[Grand Rapids Wolverines]]||99||52||.656||-||[[John Ganzel]]
|-
|[[Springfield Babes (baseball)|Springfield Babes]]||91||60||.603||8.0||[[Jack Hendricks]]
|-
|[[Canton Chinamen]]||85||63||.574||12.5||[[Bade Myers]]
|-
|[[Dayton Veterans]]||78||71||.523||20.0||John Thornton / James Barrett <br /> Hub Knoll / McKinley / Ed McLean
|-
|[[Wheeling Stogies]]||75||77||.493||24.5||[[Pop Schriver]]
|-
|[[Evansville River Rats]]||65||82||.442||32.0||[[Jimmy Ryan (baseball)|Jimmy Ryan]] / John Walker <br /> Harry Stahlhefer
|-
|[[South Bend Greens]]||62||88||.413||36.5||Angus Grant
|-
|[[Terre Haute Hottentots]]||44||106||.293||54.5||[[Jack Boyle]] / Frank Warrender
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Player statistics'''
!Player!! Team!!Stat!! Tot!!!!Player!!Team!!Stat!!Tot
|-
|[[John Ganzel]]||Grand Rapids||BA||.323||||Ralph Willis||Canton||W||27
|-
|[[Goat Anderson]]||South Bend||Runs||100||||James Freeman||Evansville||SO||214
|-
|[[Goat Anderson]]||South Bend||Hits||169||||Roy Hale||Dayton||PCT||.856 12-2
|-
|[[John Ganzel]]||Grand Rapids||HR||13
|}
'''1907 Central League'''
{| class="wikitable"
!1907 Team standings!!W!!L!!PCT!!GB!! Managers
|-
|[[Springfield Babes (baseball)|Springfield Babes]]||86||49||.637||-||[[Jack Hendricks]]
|-
|[[Wheeling Stogies]]||77||57||.575||8.5||Ted Price
|-
|[[Canton Chinamen]]||69||64||.519||16.0||[[Bade Myers]]
|-
|[[Evansville River Rats]]||69||69||.500||18.5||[[Punch Knoll]]
|-
|[[Dayton Veterans]]||66||71||.482||21.0||[[Ed McKean]] / E. Richardson <br /> [[Mal Kittridge]]
|-
|[[Terre Haute Hottentots]]||65||72||.474||22.0||Jack McConnell / Don Cameron
|-
|[[Grand Rapids Wolverines]]||60||77||.438||27.0||Cuppy Groeschow / [[Elmer Bliss]]
|-
|[[South Bend Greens]]||53||86||.381||35.0||Angus Grant
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Player statistics'''
!Player!! Team!!Stat!! Tot!!!!Player!!Team!!Stat!!Tot
|-
|[[Champ Osteen]]||Springfield||BA||.338||||'''[[Rube Marquard]]'''||Canton||W||23
|-
|[[Joe Collins]]||Springfield||Runs||96||||Matt Muldowney||Springfield||PCT||.783 18-5
|-
|[[Champ Osteen]]||Springfield||Hits||170||||||||||
|-
|[[Larry Lejeune]]<br />Ike Francis<br />[[Bill Richardson (baseball)|Bill Richardson]]||Springfield<br />Grand Rapids<br />Dayton||HR||7
|}
'''1908 Central League'''
{| class="wikitable"
!1908 Team standings!!W!!L!!PCT!!GB!! Managers
|-
|[[Evansville River Rats]]||84||56||.600||-||[[Punch Knoll]]
|-
|[[South Bend Greens]]||80||60||.571||4.0||Angus Grant
|-
|[[Dayton Veterans]]||77||63||.550||7.0||[[Bade Myers]]
|-
|[[Fort Wayne Billikens]]||75||65||.536||9.0||[[Jack Hendricks]]
|-
|[[Grand Rapids Wolverines]]||68||71||.489||16.5||[[Bobby Lowe]]
|-
|[[Zanesville Infants]]||67||73||.479||17.0||[[Marty Hogan]]
|-
|[[Terre Haute Hottentots]]||63||75||.457||20.0||[[Lew Drill]]
|-
|[[Wheeling Stogies]]||44||95||.317||39.5||Ted Price / [[Tom Fleming (baseball)|Tom Fleming]]
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Player statistics'''
!Player!! Team!!Stat!! Tot!!!!Player!!Team!!Stat!!Tot
|-
|Charles French||Evansville||BA||.339||||Charles Wacke||Evansville||W||27
|-
|Bert Noblett||Grand Rapids||Runs||92||||John Rowan||Dayton||SO||232
|-
|Charles French||Evansville||Hits||170||||Charles Wacker||Evansville||PCT||.771 27-8
|-
|[[Punch Knoll]]||Evansville||HR||12
|-
|Midge Craven||South Bend||SB||87
|}
'''1909 Central League'''
{| class="wikitable"
!1909 Team standings!!W!!L!!PCT!!GB!! Managers
|-
|[[Wheeling Stogies]]||83||50||.624||-||[[Bill Phillips (pitcher)|Bill Phillips]]
|-
|[[Zanesville Infants]]||75||58||.564||8.0||Roy Montgomery
|-
|[[Fort Wayne Billikens]]||71||66||.518||14.0||[[Jack Hendricks]]
|-
|[[Grand Rapids Wolverines]]||67||65||.508||15.5||Joe Raidy
|-
|[[Terre Haute Hottentots]]||65||73||.471||20.5||Cuppy Groeschow
|-
|[[South Bend Greens]]||64||72||.471||20.5||Angus Grant
|-
|[[Evansville River Rats]]||58||78||.426||26.5||[[Punch Knoll]]
|-
|[[Dayton Veterans]]||56||77||.421||27.0||[[Bade Myers]]
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Player statistics'''
!Player!! Team!!Stat!! Tot!!!!Player!!Team!!Stat!!Tot
|-
|Arista DeHaven||Terre Haute||BA||.336||||John Fisher<br />[[Bill Kenworthy]]||Wheeling<br />Zanesville||W||24
|-
|Curley Blount||Fort Wayne||Runs||92||||Bucky O'Brien||Evansville||SO||180
|-
|Arista DeHaven||Terre Haute||Hits||173||||[[Bill Phillips (pitcher)|Bill Phillips]]||Wheeling||PCT||.800 12-3
|-
|[[Punch Knoll]]<br />[[Hank Butcher]]||Evansville||HR||11
|}
'''1910 Central League'''
{| class="wikitable"
!1910 Team standings!!W!!L!!PCT!!GB!! Managers
|-
|[[South Bend Bronchos]] ||88||50||.638||-||[[Ed Wheeler (1900s infielder)|Ed Wheeler]] / Midge Craven
|-
|[[Fort Wayne Billikens]] ||79||58||.577||8.5|| [[Jimmy Burke (baseball)|Jimmy Burke]]
|-
|[[Dayton Veterans]] ||74||63||.540||13.5||[[Punch Knoll]]
|-
|[[Evansville River Rats]] ||70||67||.511||17.5||Angus Grant
|-
|[[Terre Haute Stags]]||63||74||.460||24.5||Cuppy Groeschow
|-
|[[Zanesville Potters]]||61||76||.445||26.5||Roy Montgomery
|-
|[[Grand Rapids Raiders]]||60||77||.438||27.5||Joe Raidy
|-
|[[Wheeling Stogies]]||52||82||.388||34.0||[[Bill Phillips (pitcher)|Bill Phillips]]
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Player statistics'''
!Player!! Team!!Stat!! Tot!!!!Player!!Team!!Stat!!Tot
|-
|[[Larry LeJeune]]||Evansville||BA||.328||||Buck Sterzer||Evansville||W||28
|-
|[[Larry LeJeune]]||Evansville||Runs||81||||[[Walt Justis]]||Dayton||SO||177
|-
|[[Del Young (outfielder)|Del Young]]||Fort Wayne||Hits||166||||William Robertson||Fort Wayne||PCT||.800 20-5
|-
|[[Larry LeJeune]]||Evansville||HR||18
|}
'''1911 Central League'''
{| class="wikitable"
!1911 Team standings!!W!!L!!PCT!!GB!! Managers
|-
|[[Dayton Veterans]] ||86||51||.628||-||[[Punch Knoll]]
|-
|[[Fort Wayne Brakies]] ||83||54||.606||3.0||[[Doc Casey]]
|-
|[[Zanesville Potters]] ||74||58||.561||9.5||Joe Raidy
|-
|[[South Bend Benders]] /<br /> [[Grand Rapids Grads]] ||73||61||.545||11.5||Ed Smith
|-
|[[Evansville Strikers]] /<br /> [[South Bend Bux]] ||62||72||.463||22.5||Angus Grant / [[Harry Arndt]]
|-
|[[Wheeling Stogies]] ||56||73||.434||26.0||Roy Montgomery
|-
|[[Grand Rapids Furniture Makers]] /<br /> [[Newark Skeeters]] ||59||78||.431||27.0||[[Doc Parker]] / John Pendry
|-
|[[Terre Haute Miners]] ||45||91||.331||40.5||[[Ed Wheeler (1900s infielder)|Ed Wheeler]] / Angus Grant <br /> [[Jock Somerlott]]
|}
Grand Rapids (25-36) moved to Newark June 27; South Bend (42-36) moved to Grand Rapids July 13; Evansville (54-54) moved to South Bend August 11
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Player statistics'''
!Player!! Team!!Stat!! Tot!!!!Player!!Team!!Stat!!Tot
|-
|[[Joe Connolly (1910s outfielder)|Joe Connelly]]||Zanesville/Terre Haute||BA||.355||||[[Jack Compton (baseball)|Jack Compton]]<br />George Harden||Dayton<br />Fort Wayne||W||22
|-
|Ed Justice<br />Marion Kilpatrick||Fort Wayne<br />Dayton||Runs||96||||George Harden||Fort Wayne||SO||172
|-
|Ray Spencer||Dayton||Hits||176||||Charles Alberts||Fort Wayne||PCT||.800 16-4
|-
|Albert Durham<br />[[Punch Knoll]]<br />Hubert Hadley<br />Emil Grefe||Wheeling<br />Dayton<br />Evansville/South Bend<br />Evansville/South Bend||HR||11
|}
'''1912 Central League'''
{| class="wikitable"
!1912 Team standings!!W!!L!!PCT!!GB!! Managers
|-
|[[Fort Wayne Railroaders]]||77||52||.597||-||Frank Shaughnessey
|-
|[[Youngstown Steelmen]]||74||54||.577||2.5||[[Bill Phillips (pitcher)|Bill Phillips]]
|-
|[[Erie Sailors]]||75||55||.577||2.5||[[Billy Gilbert (baseball)|Billy Gilbert]]
|-
|[[Springfield Reapers]]||72||54||.571||3.5||Charley O'Day / Jack Pendry
|-
|[[Dayton Veterans]]||73||56||.565||4.0||[[Punch Knoll]]
|-
|[[Wheeling Stogies]]||66||61||.520||10.0||[[Goat Anderson]]
|-
|[[Canton Statesmen]]||64||66||.492||13.5||Ed Gremlinger
|-
|[[Akron Rubbermen]]||59||68||.465||17.0||[[Lee Fohl]]
|-
|[[Grand Rapids Black Sox]]||58||68||.460||17.5||Ed Smith / Bert Annis
|-
|[[Terre Haute Terre-iers]]||59||70||.457||18.0||Angus Grant / John Nee
|-
|[[Zanesville Potters]]||52||78||.400||25.5||Willus Kelley / John Pendry <br /> Martin Hogan
|-
|[[South Bend Benders]]||41||88||.318||36.0||[[Harry Arndt]]
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Player statistics'''
!Player!! Team!!Stat!! Tot!!!!Player!!Team!!Stat!!Tot
|-
|[[Larry LeJeune]]||Grand Rapids||BA||.361||||Buck Sterzer||Erie||W||24
|-
|[[Frank Gilhooley]]||Erie||Runs||104||||[[Earl Moseley]]||Youngstown||SO||235
|-
|[[Larry LeJeune]]||Grand Rapids||Hits||168||||[[Fred Sherry (baseball)|Fred Sherry]]<br />[[Lou Schettler]]<br />[[Ted Goulait]]||Youngstown<br />Erie<br />Springfield||PCT||.769 10-3
|-
|[[Larry LeJeune]]||Grand Rapids||HR||25
|}
'''1913 Central League'''<br />
'''1913''' - [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/14392855/1913_central_league_schedule/ schedule]<br />
{| class="wikitable"
!1913 Team standings!!W!!L!!PCT!!GB!! Managers
|-
|[[Grand Rapids Bill-eds]]||92||48||.657||-||Ed Smith
|-
|[[Fort Wayne Champs]]||77||63||.550||15.0||[[Jimmy Burke (baseball)|Jimmy Burke]]
|-
|[[Springfield Reapers]]||67||71||.486||24.0||[[Joe Stanley (1900s outfielder)|Joe Stanley]]
|-
|[[Dayton Veterans]]||62||77||.446||29.5||John Nee
|-
|[[Terre Haute Terre-iers]]||60||79||.432||31.5||[[Goat Anderson]]
|-
|[[Evansville River Rats]]||60||80||.429||32||[[Punch Knoll]]
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Player statistics'''
!Player!! Team!!Stat!! Tot!!!!Player!!Team!!Stat!!Tot
|-
|[[Larry LeJeune]]||Grand Rapids||BA||.346||||[[Jeff Pfeffer]]||Grand Rapids||W||25
|-
|George Brautigan||Springfield||Runs||99||||[[Jeff Pfeffer]]||Grand Rapids||SO||232
|-
|Pop Shaw||Dayton||Hits||175||||[[Sherry Smith]]<br />William Riley||Grand Rapids||PCT||.818 9-2
|-
|Bill Keene||Springfield||HR||15
|}
'''1914 Central League'''
{| class="wikitable"
!1914 Team standings!!W!!L!!PCT!!GB!! Managers
|-
|[[Dayton Veterans]]||85||49||.634||-||John Nee
|-
|[[Evansville River Rats]]||73||54||.575||8.5||[[Punch Knoll]]
|-
|[[Fort Wayne Railroaders]]||64||70||.478||21.0||Harry Martin
|-
|[[Terre Haute Terre-iers]]||61||71||.462||23.0||Larry Quinlan
|-
|[[Grand Rapids Champs]]||58||72||.446||25.0||George Hughes / James Jones
|-
|[[Springfield Reapers]] ||42||67||.385||35.5||[[Joe Stanley (1900s outfielder)|Joe Stanley]]
|}
Springfield disbanded August 8
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Player statistics'''
!Player!! Team!!Stat!! Tot!!!!Player!!Team!!Stat!!Tot
|-
|[[Jack Sheehan (baseball)|Jack Sheehan]]||Terre Haute||BA||.340||||Jake Fromholtz||Evansville||W||23
|-
|Arista DeHaven||Dayton||Runs||96||||[[Paul Fittery]]||Evansville||SO||249
|-
|[[Jack Sheehan (baseball)|Jack Sheehan]]||Terre Haute||Hits||179||||[[Paul Fittery]]||Evansville||PCT||.759 22-7
|-
|Howard Baker||Evansville||HR||15
|}
'''1915 Central League'''
{| class="wikitable"
!1915 Team standings!!W!!L!!PCT!!GB!! Managers
|-
|[[Evansville River Rats]]||72||50||.590||-||[[Punch Knoll]]
|-
|[[Grand Rapids Black Sox]]||68||54||.557||4.0||[[Bill Essick]]
|-
|[[Youngstown Steelmen]]||66||56||.541||6.0||Curley Blount
|-
|[[Terre Haute Highlanders]]||66||58||.532||7.0||[[Rufus Gilbert]]
|-
|[[Erie Sailors]]||64||58||.525||8.0||Larry Quinlan
|-
|[[Fort Wayne Cubs]]||62||60||.508||10.0||[[Bade Myers]]
|-
|[[Wheeling Stogies]]||50||76||.397||24.0||[[Pop Schriver]] / Arch Riley
|-
|[[Dayton Veterans]]||43||79||.352||29.0||Jack Compton
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Player statistics'''
!Player!! Team!!Stat!! Tot!!!!Player!!Team!!Stat!!Tot
|-
|[[Tom Miller (pinch hitter)|Tom Miller]]||Erie||BA||.336||||Earl Ainsworth<br />[[Lou Schettler]]||Fort Wayne<br />Youngstown||W||24
|-
|[[Red Smyth]]||Fort Wayne||Runs||84||||[[Art Nehf]]||Terre Haute||SO||218
|-
|[[Stump Edington]]||Grand Rapids||Hits||142||||[[Art Nehf]]||Terre Haute||ERA||1.38
|-
|Fred Bratchie||Fort Wayne||HR||10
|}
'''1916 Central League'''
{| class="wikitable"
!1916 Team standings!!W!!L!!PCT!!GB!! Managers
|-
|[[Grand Rapids Black Sox]] ||77||55||.583||-||[[Bill Essick]]
|-
|[[Dayton Veterans]]||73||57||.562||3.0||John Nee
|-
|[[Springfield Reapers]]||74||58||.561||3.0|| [[Joe Dunn (baseball)|Joe Dunn]]
|-
|[[Wheeling Stogies]]||65||64||.504||20.5|| [[Harry Smith (pitcher)|Harry Smith]]
|-
|[[Evansville Evas]]||63||66||.488||22.5|| [[Punch Knoll]]
|-
|[[Terre Haute Highlanders]]||62||71||.466||25.5||[[Rufus Gilbert]]
|-
|[[South Bend Benders]]||56||77||.421||31.5||[[Ben Koehler]] / [[Lee Tannehill]]
|-
|[[Muskegon Reds]]||55||77||.417||32.0||[[Bade Myers]]
|}
Grand Rapids played some games at Battle Creek, MI<br />
'''Playoffs''': Dayton 4 games, Springfield 2
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Player statistics'''
!Player!! Team!!Stat!! Tot!!!!Player!!Team!!Stat!!Tot
|-
|[[Ray Spencer]]||Dayton||BA||.343||||Nick Lakaff||Dayton||W||25
|-
|[[Ray Spencer]]||Dayton||Runs||84||||[[Ted Turner (baseball)|Ted Turner]]||Evansville||SO||203
|-
|[[Ray Spencer]]||Dayton||Hits||170||||[[Dixie McArthur]]||Grand Rapids||ERA||1.56
|-
|Earl Sykes||Dayton||HR||18||||[[Socks Seibold]]||Wheeling||PCT||.739 17-6
|}
'''1917 Central League'''
{| class="wikitable"
!1917 Team standings!!W!!L!!PCT!!GB!! Managers
|-
|[[Grand Rapids Black Sox]]||80||44||.645||-|| [[Bill Essick]]
|-
|[[Springfield Reapers]]||74||50||.597||6.0|| [[Joe Dunn (baseball)|Joe Dunn]]
|-
|[[South Bend Benders]] /<br /> [[Peoria Distillers]] ||66||55||.545||12.5||Harry Smith / William Jackson
|-
|[[Muskegon Reds]]||65||57||.533||14.0||Jimmy Hamilton
|-
|[[Evansville Evas]]||56||61||.479||20.5|| [[Punch Knoll]]
|-
|[[Richmond Quakers]]||46||70||.397||30.0|| [[Bade Myers]] / [[Joe Evers]] <br /> [[Larry Gilbert (baseball)|Larry Gilbert]]
|-
|[[Dayton Veterans]]||44||68||.393||30.0||John Nee
|-
|[[Fort Wayne Chiefs]]||47||73||.392||31.0|| [[Carl Vandagrift]]
|}
South Bend (26-35) moved to Peoria July 8<br />
'''Playoffs''': Grand Rapids 4 games, Peoria 3
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Player statistics'''
!Player!! Team!!Stat!! Tot!!!!Player!!Team!!Stat!!Tot
|-
|[[Frank Walker (baseball)|Frank Walker]]||Springfield||BA||.370||||[[Paul Carpenter (baseball)|Paul Carpenter]]||Grand Rapids||W||23
|-
|[[Frank Walker (baseball)|Frank Walker]]||Springfield||Runs||94||||[[Paul Wachtel]]||Muskegon||SO||176
|-
|[[Frank Walker (baseball)|Frank Walker]]||Springfield||Hits||161||||Guy Hoffman||Peoria||PCT||.786 11-3
|-
|[[Frank Walker (baseball)|Frank Walker]]||Springfield||HR||10
|}
<ref name="encyc"/>
==1920 to 1926==
'''1920 Central League'''<br />
'''1920''' - [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/14408643/1922_central_league_schedule/ schedule]<br />
{| class="wikitable"
!1920 Team standings!!W!!L!!PCT!!GB!! Managers
|-
|[[Grand Rapids Joshers]]||76||50||.603||-||[[Josh Devore]]
|-
|[[Kalamazoo Celery Pickers]]||64||60||.516||11.0||[[Rube Vickers]] / [[George Tomer]]
|-
|[[Ludington Mariners]]||62||62||.500||13.0||[[Punch Knoll]]
|-
|[[Muskegon Muskies]]||47||77||.379||28.0||[[Doc White]]
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Player statistics'''
!Player!! Team!!Stat!! Tot!!!!Player!!Team!!Stat!!Tot
|-
|[[Lance Richbourg]]||Grand Rapids||BA||.415||||William Shoup||Ludington||W||20
|-
|Harry Carey||Grand Rapids||Runs||91||||[[John Bogart (baseball)|John Bogart]]||Ludington||SO||199
|-
|[[Davey Claire]]||Ludington||Hits||137||||Frank Rose||Grand Rapids||PCT||.704 19-8
|-
|Vincent Tydeman||Ludington||HR||11
|}
'''1921 Central League'''
{| class="wikitable"
!1921 Team standings!!W!!L!!PCT!!GB!! Managers
|-
|[[Ludington Mariners]]||87||42||.674||-||James Sharp
|-
|[[Kalamazoo Celery Pickers]]||69||58||.543||16.0||[[George Tomer]] / Grover Prough
|-
|[[Lansing Senators]]||65||63||.508||21.5||[[Newt Hunter]]
|-
|[[Muskegon Muskies]]||63||67||.485||24.5||[[Davey Claire]]
|-
|[[Grand Rapids Joshers]]||59||71||.454||28.5||[[Josh Devore]] / Louis Wolfe
|-
|[[Jackson Mayors]] /<br /> [[Ionia Mayors]] ||44||86||.338||43.5||Dan Jenkins / Bill Hartwell
|}
Jackson (27-45) moved to Ionia July 20
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Player statistics'''
!Player!! Team!!Stat!! Tot!!!!Player!!Team!!Stat!!Tot
|-
|Harry Purcell||Jackson/Ionia||BA||.380||||William Shoup||Ludington ||W||25
|-
|Joe Napier||Ludington||Runs||112||||Lawrence Reno||Lansing||SO||133
|-
|Harry Purcell||Jackson/Ionia||Hits||176||||William Shoup||Ludington||ERA||2.71
|-
|Grover Prough||Kalamazoo||RBI||97||||Clarence Brown||Ludington||PCT||.758 22-7
|-
|Joseph Hamel||Ludington||HR||21
|}
'''1922 Central League'''
{| class="wikitable"
!1922 Team standings!!W!!L!!PCT!!GB!! Managers
|-
|[[Ludington Mariners]]||77||53||.592||-||[[Amby McConnell]] / Andy Woehrs
|-
|[[Grand Rapids Billbobs]]||73||55||.570||3.5||Bobby Wells
|-
|[[Muskegon Muskies]]||67||62||.519||9.5||[[Danny Claire]] / Carrington Sweeney
|-
|[[Kalamazoo Celery Pickers]]||61||67||.477||15.0||Grover Prough
|-
|[[Lansing Senators]]||60||67||.472||15.5||[[Newt Hunter]]
|-
|[[Ionia Mayors]]||47||81||.367||29.0||Carrington Sweeney / Ray Dunn <br /> William Wilcox
|}
'''Playoffs''': Grand Rapids 5 games, Ludington 3
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Player statistics'''
!Player!! Team!!Stat!! Tot!!!!Player!!Team!!Stat!!Tot
|-
|Leo Payne||Grand Rapids||BA||.370||||Oscar Johnson||Ludington||W||25
|-
|Howard Pennington||Grand Rapids||Runs||109||||[[Wilcy Moore]]||Grand Rapids||SO||158
|-
|Harry Schwab||Ludington||Hits||190||||[[Wilcy Moore]]||Grand Rapids||ERA||1.92
|-
|Charles Miller||Lansing||HR||12||||Oscar Johnson||Ludington||PCT||.758 25-8
|}
'''1926 Central League'''
{| class="wikitable"
!1926 Team Standings!!W!!L!!PCT!!GB!! Managers
|-
|[[Kalamazoo Celery Pickers]]||16||8||.667||-||[[Boss Schmidt]]
|-
|[[Ludington Tars]]||12||12||.500||4.0||[[Ovid Nicholson]]
|-
|[[Muskegon Reds]]||12||13||.480||4.5||Buck Wheat
|-
|[[Grand Rapids Black Sox]]||10||17||.370||9.0||Jess Runser / John Devereaux
|}
League merged with the Michigan-Ontario League to form the Michigan State League, which began play June 15
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Player statistics'''
!Player!! Team!!Stat!! Tot!!!!Player!!Team!!Stat!!Tot
|-
|Stanley Sykes||Muskegon||BA||.391||||Frank Negake<br />John Oravetz||Ludington<br />Muskegon||W||5
|-
|Harry Harding||Kalamazoo||Runs||25||||Victor Ferretti||Ludington||SO||30
|-
|Harry Harding||Kalamazoo||Hits||34||||[[Harvey Freeman (baseball)|Harvey Freeman]]<br />Fred Hutton||Kalamazoo||PCT||1.000 4-0
|-
|Eddie Radtke||Ludington||HR||4
|}
<ref name="encyc"/>
==1928 to 1930, 1932, 1934==
'''1928 Central League'''<br />
'''1928''' - [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/60016854/1928-central-league-schedule/ schedule]<br />
{| class="wikitable"
!1928 Team Standings!!W!!L!!PCT!!GB!! Managers
|-
|[[Erie Sailors]]||79||59||.563||-||[[Buzz Wetzel]]
|-
|[[Dayton Aviators]]||76||59||.563||-||[[Everett Booe]]
|-
|[[Fort Wayne Chiefs]]||72||62||.537||3.5||[[Punch Knoll]]
|-
|[[Akron Tyrites]]||67||65||.508||9.5||[[John McCloskey (baseball manager)|John McCloskey]]
|-
|[[Springfield Buckeyes]]||67||66||.504||10.0|| [[Joe Dunn (baseball)|Joseph Dunn]]
|-
|[[Canton Terriers]]||43||90||.323||33.0||[[Joe Agler]] / [[Dan O'Leary]]
|}
'''Playoffs''': Fort Wayne 4 games, Erie 2
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Player statistics'''
!Player!! Team!!Stat!! Tot!!!!Player!!Team!!Stat!!Tot
|-
|[[Jimmy Jordan (baseball)|James Jordan]]||Dayton||BA||.362||||[[Alex McColl]]<br />Bert Grimm||Akron||W||19
|-
|[[Jimmy Jordan (baseball)|James Jordan]]||Dayton||Runs||130||||Edgar Clough||Dayton||SO||130
|-
|[[Jimmy Jordan (baseball)|James Jordan]]||Dayton||Hits||212||||[[Alex McColl]]||Akron||ERA||2.73
|-
|[[Jimmy Jordan (baseball)|James Jordan]]||Dayton||HR||27||||Marvin Gudat||Dayton||PCT||.727 16-6
|}
'''1929 Central League'''<br />
'''1929''' - [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/60017060/1929-central-league-schedule/ schedule]<br>
{| class="wikitable"
!1929 Team standings!!W!!L!!PCT!!GB!! Managers
|-
|[[Canton Terriers]]||80||58||.580||-||James Hamilton
|-
|[[Erie Sailors]]||78||61||.561||2.5||Jocko Munch
|-
|[[Dayton Aviators]]||68||69||.496||11.5||[[Merito Acosta]]
|-
|[[Fort Wayne Chiefs]]||68||70||.493||12.0||[[Everett Booe]]
|-
|[[Springfield Dunnmen]]||59||77||.434||20.0||[[Joe Dunn (baseball)|Joseph Dunn]]
|-
|[[Akron Tyrites]]||58||76||.433||21.0||[[John McCloskey (baseball manager)|John McCloskey]]
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Player statistics'''
!Player!! Team!!Stat!! Tot!!!!Player!!Team!!Stat!!Tot
|-
|Charles Hostetler||Akron||BA||.360|||| [[Axel Lindstrom]] ||Canton||W||24
|-
|Ken Hogan||Erie||Runs||125||||Carl Schoof||Erie||SO||120
|-
|John Reider||Fort Wayne||Hits||185||||Fred Pipgras||Canton||ERA||2.51
|-
|John Reider||Fort Wayne||RBI||134||||Earle Browne||Dayton||PCT||.773 17-5
|-
| [[Tripp Sigman]] ||Canton||HR||41
|}
'''1930 Central League'''<br />
'''1930''' - [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/60017485/1930-central-league-schedule/ schedule]<br />
{| class="wikitable"
!1930 Team standings!!W!!L!!PCT!!GB!! Managers
|-
|[[Springfield Blue Sox]]||82||55||.599||-||[[Joe Dunn (baseball)|Joseph Dunn]]
|-
|[[Erie Sailors]]||76||63||.547||7.0||Jocko Munch
|-
|[[Fort Wayne Chiefs]]||72||67||.518||11.0||[[Punch Knoll]]
|-
|[[Canton Terriers]]||65||73||.471||17.5||Heine Groh
|-
|[[Richmond Roses]]||63||75||.457||19.5||[[John McCloskey (baseball manager)|John McCloskey]]
|-
|[[Dayton Aviators]]||56||81||.409||26.0||Norman Cullop
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Player statistics'''
!Player!! Team!!Stat!! Tot!!!!Player!!Team!!Stat!!Tot
|-
|Pat Wright||Fort Wayne||BA||.419||||Robert Kline||Erie||W||23
|-
|Leroy Jones||Fort Wayne||Runs||162|||| [[Clyde Hatter]] ||Dayton||SO||217
|-
|Pat Wright||Fort Wayne||Hits||228||||Gus Goeckel||Springfield||ERA||3.14
|-
|Pat Wright||Fort Wayne||RBI||169||||Gus Goeckel||Springfield||PCT||.792 19-5
|-
|Pat Wrigh||Fort Wayne||HR||52
|}
'''1932 Central League'''<br />
'''1932''' - [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/60020456/1932-central-league-schedule/ schedule]<br>
{| class="wikitable"
!1932 Team standings!!W!!L!!PCT!!GB!! Managers
|-
|[[Erie Sailors]]||85||56||.603||-||'''[[Chief Bender]]''' / [[Bill McCorry]]
|-
|[[Fort Wayne Chiefs]]||77||60||.562||6.0||[[Bill Wambsganss]]
|-
|[[Dayton Ducks]]||77||64||.546||8.0||[[Ducky Holmes (catcher)|Ducky Holmes]]
|-
|[[Youngstown Buckeyes]]||70||69||.504||14.0||Tony Citrano
|-
|South Bend ||29||57||.337||NA||Jess Altenburg / Clarence Roper <br /> Whitey Belber
|-
|[[Akron Tyrites]] / <br />[[Canton Terriers]] ||28||60||.318||NA||[[John McCloskey (baseball manager)|John McCloskey]] / [[Roy Grimes]]
|}
Akron (19-34) moved to Canton June 21; Canton disbanded July 21; South Bend disbanded July 21
'''Playoffs''': Dayton 4 games, Fort Wayne 0
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Player statistics'''
!Player!! Team!!Stat!! Tot!!!!Player!!Team!!Stat!!Tot
|-
|[[Babe Phelps]]||Youngstown||BA||.372||||Marvin Duke||Erie||W||23
|-
|[[Pep Young]]||Erie||Runs||128||||Marvin Duke||Erie||SO||176
|-
|[[Babe Phelps]]||Youngstown||Hits||199||||Marvin Duke||Erie||ERA||2.36
|-
|[[Babe Phelps]]||Youngstown||HR||26||||Marvin Duke||Erie||PCT||.852 23-4
|}
'''1934 Central League'''
{| class="wikitable"
! 1934 Team standings!!W!!L!!PCT!!GB!! Managers
|-
|[[Fort Wayne Chiefs]]||19||4||.826||-||[[Bill Burwell]]
|-
|[[Springfield Red Birds]]||14||12||.538||6.5||[[Joe Mathes]]
|-
|[[Grand Rapids Tigers]]||11||13||.458||8.5||[[Earl Wolgamot]]
|-
|[[Peoria Tractors]]||11||13||.458||8.5||Frank Murphy
|-
|[[Muskegon Reds]] ||4||9||.308||NA||Cy Boothby
|-
|[[Lima Buckeyes]] ||0||8||.000||NA||Jess Orndorf
|}
Lima disbanded May 26; Muskegon disbanded May 30; League disbanded June 10
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Player statistics'''
!Player!! Team!!Stat!! Tot!!!!Player!!Team!!Stat!!Tot
|-
|Paul O'Malley||Grand Rapids||BA||.389||||Allan Baringer||Fort Wayne||W||5
|-
|Ralph Rhein||Fort Wayne||Runs||26||||Claude Passeau||Grand Rapids||SO||50
|-
|Ralph Rhein||Fort Wayne||Hits||37||||Norm Jung||Fort Wayne||PCT||1.000 4-0
|-
|Ralph Rhein||Fort Wayne||HR||6
|}<ref name="encyc"/>
==1948 to 1951==
'''1948 Central League'''
{| class="wikitable"
!1948 Team standings!!W!!L!!PCT!!GB!! Managers
|-
|[[Flint Arrows]]||89||49||.645||-||[[Jack Tighe]]
|-
|[[Dayton Indians]]||84||55||.604||5.5||[[Joe Vosmik]]
|-
|[[Muskegon Clippers]]||73||66||.525||16.5|| Bennie Huffman
|-
|[[Fort Wayne Generals]]||64||76||.457||26.0||[[Boom-Boom Beck]]
|-
|[[Saginaw Bears]]||55||85||.393||35.0||[[Bob Finley|Robert Finley]]
|-
|[[Grand Rapids Jets]]||52||86||.377||37.0|| Milton Galatzer / [[Jack Knight (baseball)|Jack Knight]]
|}Playoffs: Fort Wayne 3 games, Flint 2; Dayton 3 games, Muskegon 1<br /> Finals: Dayton 4 games, Fort Wayne 2
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Player statistics'''
!Player!! Team!!Stat!! Tot!!!!Player!!Team!!Stat!!Tot
|-
|[[Herb Conyers]]||Dayton||BA||.354||||Charles Sipple ||Dayton||W||18
|-
|[[Dick Lane (baseball)|Richard Lane]]||Muskegon||Runs||121||||Bill Evans ||Muskegon||SO||187
|-
| Louis Farotto ||Saginaw||Hits||185||||Alex Nedelco ||Flint||ERA||2.08
|-
| Homer Johnson ||Muskegon||RBI||109||||William Morgan||Dayton||PCT||.765 13-4
|-
| Joe Morjoseph ||Dayton||HR||31
|}
'''1949 Central League'''
{| class="wikitable"
!1949 Team Standings!!W!!L!!PCT!!GB!! Managers
|-
|[[Dayton Indians]]||80||57||.584||-|| Oscar Melilo
|-
|[[Flint Arrows]]||77||62||.554||4.0|| [[Jack Tighe]]
|-
|[[Grand Rapids Jets]]||70||66||.515||9.5|| [[Jack Knight (baseball)|Jack Knight]]
|-
|[[Charleston Senators]]||67||68||.496||12.0||[[Joe Beggs]]
|-
|[[Muskegon Reds]]||60||79||.432||21.0||'''[[Red Ruffing]]'''
|-
|[[Saginaw Bears]]||58||80||.420||22.5||[[Bob Finley]]
|}Playoffs: Charleston 3 games, Dayton 1; Grand Rapids 3 games, Flint 2<br /> Finals: Grand Rapids 4 games, Charleston 2
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Player statistics'''
!Player!! Team!!Stat!! Tot!!!!Player!!Team!!Stat!!Tot
|-
|[[Bill Higdon]]||Muskegon||BA||.330|||| Charles Sipple ||Dayton||W||19
|-
|[[Everett Robinson]]||Grand Rapids||Runs||91||||[[José Santiago (1950s pitcher)|Jose Santiago]]||Dayton||SO||233
|-
| Stuart Locklin ||Dayton||Hits||169|||| Ernie Funk||Flint||ERA||2.13
|-
|Ron Bowen||Saginaw||RBI||123|||| Sanford Lambert ||Grand Rapids||PCT||.800 12-3
|-
|Ron Bowen||Saginaw||HR||25
|}
'''1950 Central League'''
{| class="wikitable"
!1950 Team standings!!W!!L!!PCT!!GB!! Managers
|-
|[[Flint Arrows]] ||80||53||.602||-|| [[Gene Desautels]]
|-
|[[Muskegon Clippers]] ||75||64||.540||8.0|| [[Bob Finley|Robert Finley]]
|-
|[[Dayton Indians]] ||69||63||.523||10.5|| [[Dolph Camilli]]
|-
|[[Grand Rapids Jets]] ||64||68||.485||15.5|| [[Jack Knight (baseball)|Jack Knight]]
|-
| [[Charleston Senators]] ||58||73||.443||21.0|| [[Joe Beggs]]
|-
| [[Saginaw Bears]] ||56||81||.409||26.0|| [[Hank Camelli]]
|}Playoffs: Flint 3 games, Grand Rapids 1; Muskegon 3 games, Dayton 2<br /> Finals: Flint 4 games, Muskegon 1
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Player statistics'''
!Player!! Team!!Stat!! Tot!!!!Player!!Team!!Stat!!Tot
|-
| Joe Rowell ||Dayton||BA||.344|||| Ernie Funk ||Flint||W||22
|-
| Louis Urcho ||Muskegon||Runs||112|||| William Abernathie ||Dayton||SO||171
|-
|Ron Bowen||Muskegon||Hits||169||||Jimmy Wallace||Saginaw||ERA||2.05
|-
|Ron Bowen||Muskegon||RBI||128||||James Vitter ||Dayton||PCT||.800 12-3
|-
|Ron Bowen||Muskegon||HR||28
|}
'''1951 Central League'''
{| class="wikitable"
!1951 Team standings!!W!!L!!PCT!!GB!! Managers
|-
|[[Dayton Indians]]||87||50||.635||-|| Jimmy Crandall
|-
|[[Muskegon Clippers]]||86||54||.614||2.5|| Jimmy Gleeson
|-
|[[Saginaw Jacks]]||79||58||.577||8.0||[[Bert Niehoff]]
|-
|[[Charleston Senators]]||69||70||.496||19.0||[[Ernie White]]
|-
|[[Grand Rapids Jets]]||53||82||.393||33.0|| [[Jack Knight (baseball)|Jack Knight]] / [[Everett Robinson]]
|-
|[[Flint Arrows]]||38||98||.279||48.5|| Steve Bysco
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Player statistics'''
!Player!! Team!!Stat!! Tot!!!!Player!!Team!!Stat!!Tot
|-
|[[Jim Greengrass]]||Muskegon||BA||.379||||Emil Patrick||Muskegon||W||20
|-
|Ed Krage ||Muskegon||Runs||128||||[[Ryne Duren]]||Dayton||SO||238
|-
|Oscar Khederian ||Saginaw||Hits||185||||Calvin Howe||Grand Rapids||ERA||2.33
|-
|Ed Krage<br />Ron Bowen||Muskegon||RBI||114||||Bob Freels||Dayton||PCT||.773 17-5
|-
|Ed Krage||Muskegon||HR||31
|}<ref name="encyc">{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball |editor1=Lloyd Johnson |editor2=Miles Wolff |edition=Third |publisher=[[Baseball America]] |date=2007 |isbn=978-1932391176}}</ref>
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*https://web.archive.org/web/20071022210728/http://www.ballparkdigest.com/leagues/central_league.htm
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