The Danville Speakers were a minor league baseball team based in Danville, Illinois

Danville, Illinois

Danville is a city in Vermilion County, Illinois, United States. It is the principal city of the'Danville, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area' which encompasses all of Danville and Vermilion County. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 32,467. It is the county seat of...

 that played in the Eastern Illinois League in 1908 and in the Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League from 1910 to 1914.

1910

In 1910, Medric Boucher

Medric Boucher

Medric Charles Francis Boucher was a major league baseball player in 1914. He played for the Baltimore Terrapins and Pittsburgh Rebels of the Federal League.-External links:...

, Cecil Coombs

Cecil Coombs

Cecil Lysander Coombs was a right-handed Major League Baseball outfielder who played for the Chicago White Sox in 1914...

, Bob Fisher

Bob Fisher (baseball)

Robert Taylor Fisher , is a former professional baseball player who played shortstop from 1912-1919.-External links:...

 and Butch Hopkins, Pete Hildebrand played for the Speakers.

1911

Coombs, Fisher and Hildebrand all returned to the Speakers for the 1911 season. Hosea Siner

Hosea Siner

Hosea John Siner was a Major League Baseball player. He played one season with the Boston Doves in 1909.-External links:...

 and Connie Walsh

Connie Walsh

Cornelius Robert Walsh was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for one season. He pitched in one game for the Pittsburgh Pirates on September 16 during the 1907 Pittsburgh Pirates season, pitching one inning and allowing one earned run.-External links:...

 played for them as well.

1912

Returning players include Coombs, Hildebrand, Siner and Walsh. Bert Graham

Bert Graham

Bert "B. G." Graham was a Major League Baseball first baseman and second baseman who played in with the St. Louis Browns.-External links:...

 and Rube Sellers

Rube Sellers

Oliver "Rube" Sellers was an outfielder in Major League Baseball. He played for the Boston Doves in 1910.-External links:...

also played for them.