LaSalle Blue Sox

[2] The Champaign-Urbana Velvets, Kankakee Kanks, Lincoln Abes, Ottawa Indians and Streator Boosters teams joined with LaSalle in beginning league play on May 13, 1914.

[4] The LaSalle Blue Sox finished in fourth place in 1914, as the Illinois–Missouri league lost two teams during the season.

The Champaign Velvets eventually captured the 1914 championship, with LaSalle finishing last among the remaining four teams, when the season ended on August 9, 1914.

[8] The final standings were led by the Champaign–Urbana Velvets, who finished with a 62–27 record, followed by the Ottawa Indians (47–38), Streator Boosters (40–48) and the La Salle Blue Sox (26–60), who ended the season 25.5 games behind Champaign–Urbana.

[10] The name of the home minor league ballpark for the LaSalle Blue Sox is not directly referenced.

(2013) Hegeler Carus Mansion . LaSalle, Illinois. In the early 1900's, the Hegeler family donated the land for a namesake public park in LaSalle that is still in use today with ballfields.