What is Western League (1885–1899)?
{{Infobox sports league | title = Western League of Professional Baseball Clubs | last_season = 1900 | logo = | pixels = <!-- use a format of ##px, such as 120px --> | caption = | formerly = | replaced = | sport = Baseball | founded = February 11, 1885 | owner = | ceo = [[Ban Johnson]] (1894–1900) | director = | president = | motto = | inaugural = 1885 | teams = | singles = | country = United States | venue = | continent = North America | folded = 1900 | champion = [[Chicago White Sox|White Stockings]] | most_champs = Indianapolis (4) | qualification = | tv = | sponsor = | related_comps = | founder = | levels = | promotion = | relegation = | domestic_cup = | website = | footnotes = }} The '''Western League of Professional Baseball Clubs''', also called the '''Western League''', was a [[minor league baseball]] league. It created on February 11, 1885. It focused on the [[Midwestern United States]]. ==History== Before its most famous version in November 1893, the Western League existed in various forms. The League was created as a minor league on February 11, 1885.<ref name=SABR>{{Citation |title=Western League versus Western Association |journal=SABR Minor League Newsletter |date=June 2002 |url=http://www.sabr.org/cmsFiles/Files/Minors2002-06.pdf |access-date=October 12, 2009 |archive-date=August 5, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100805075428/http://www.sabr.org/cmsFiles/Files/Minors2002-06.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=Madden>{{cite book |last1=Madden |first1=W.C. |last2=Stewart |first2=Patrick |title=The Western League: A Baseball History, 1885 through 1999 |year=2002 |isbn=0-7864-1003-5}} </ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.baseballlibrary.com/chronology/byyear.php? |title=Baseball Chronology – 1885 |publisher=The