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| title                   =Kentucky-Indiana League
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| president               =Ad Stallman (1896)
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| inaugural               =1896
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| folded                  =August 5, 1896
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| most_champs             ='''1'''<br> [[Madisonville (baseball)|Madisonville]] (1896)
| classification          =[[Independent baseball league|Independent]] (1896)
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| related_comps           = [[Kentucky-Indiana-Tennessee League]]
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The '''Kentucky–Indiana League''' was a [[minor league baseball]] league which operated in [[Kentucky]] and [[Indiana]] in {{baseball year|1896}}. The league had six teams in their lone season. Former [[Major League Baseball]] players who participated in the league were [[Frank Freund]], [[Sammy Strang]], [[Bob Langsford]] and [[Charlie Knepper]].
==1896 teams==
*'''[[Evansville, Indiana]]''': [[Evansville Hoosiers]]
*'''[[Henderson, Kentucky]]''': [[Henderson (baseball)|Henderson]]
*'''[[Hopkinsville, Kentucky]]''': [[Hopkinsville (baseball)|Hopkinsville]]
*'''[[Madisonville, Kentucky]]''': [[Madisonville (baseball)|Madisonville]]
*'''[[Owensboro, Kentucky]]''': [[Owensboro Corncrackers]]
*'''[[Vincennes, Indiana]]''': [[Vincennes (baseball)|Vincennes]]
*'''[[Washington, Indiana]]''': [[Washington Giants]]
<ref name="encyc">{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball |editor1-first=Lloyd |editor1-last=Johnson |editor2-first=Miles |editor2-last=Wolff |edition=Third |publisher=[[Baseball America]] |date=2007 |isbn=978-1932391176}}</ref>
==1896 Kentucky-Indiana League standings==
{| class="wikitable"
!Team standings!!W!!L!!PCT!!GB!! Managers
|-
|Madisonville||15||9||.625||-||Jacob Aydelotte
|-
|Owensboro Corncrackers||14||9||.609||0.5||Sheridan
|-
|Hopkinsville||12||12||.500||3.0||Hugh Galbraith
|-
|Washington Giants||11||11||.500||3.0|| NA
|-
|Evansville Hoosiers||9||14||.391||5.5||Ad Stallman
|-
|Henderson ||9||15||.375||6.0||Phil Reccius / Coleman
|}
The league started June 22 with Evansville, Henderson, Owensboro and Vincennes. When the Vincennes franchise folded, the Hopkinsville, Madisonville and Washington teams were added and the league restarted July 1.<br />Madisonville disbanded July 29; Henderson disbanded August 3; Evansville disbanded August 4{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}<ref name="encyc"/>
==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/league.cgi?id=aabed736 Baseball-Reference (Minors)]
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[[Category:Defunct minor baseball leagues in the United States]]
[[Category:Baseball leagues in Indiana]]
[[Category:Baseball leagues in Kentucky]]
[[Category:Sports leagues established in 1896]]
[[Category:Sports leagues disestablished in 1896]]
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