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Mid-America League
SportBaseball
Founded1995
Ceased1998
PresidentJim Gonzales
No. of teams4 to 8
Country United States

The Heartland League was an independent baseball league that operated from 1996 to 1998 in the central United States.

The Heartland League was founded with teams in Lafayette, Indiana; Anderson, Indiana; Will County, Illinois; and Dubois County, Indiana. Lafayette won the championship in 1996. In 1997, the Clarksville Coyotes, Tennessee Tomahawks, and Columbia Mules joined the league from the Big South League. The Altoona Rail Kings also joined the league from the North Atlantic League. The four teams from the previous year remained, giving the league eight teams. In 1997. the league drew over 210,000 fans, more than three times as many fans as in 1996. The league fielded six teams in 1998, but teams in Huntington, West Virginia, and Booneville, Mississippi, suspended operations midway through the season and the league suspended operations after the Cook County Cheetahs jumped to the Frontier League.

The Mid-America League was based in Lafayette, Indiana, and was an independent baseball league located entirely within Indiana. The Mid-America League was the same league as the Heartland League with a different name and the same franchise. The Mid-America League operated in only four cities that were not served by Major or Minor League Baseball teams, and is not affiliated with either.

MAL Teams

Team City Stadium
Anderson Lawmen Anderson, Indiana Memorial Field
East Chicago Conquistadors East Chicago, Indiana E.J. Block Athletic Field
Lafayette Leopards Lafayette, Indiana Loeb Stadium
Merrillville Mud Dogs Merrillville, Indiana Merrillville H.S. baseball stadium

Notes

  1. O'Neill, Paul. (May 19, 1996) Worcester Telegram & Gazette D'Auteuil wants to exit swinging / makes his last stand in Indiana. Section: Sports; Page D5.

References

  • Baseball America's 1996 Almanac (Ninth ed.). Durham, NC: Baseball America. 1996. ISBN 0-671-56111-1.
  • Lloyd Johnson; Miles Wolff (1997). Lloyd Johnson; Miles Wolff; Steve McDonald (eds.). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (Second ed.). Durham, NC: Baseball America. ISBN 0-9637189-8-3.

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