At least three different teams in minor league baseball

Minor league baseball

Minor league baseball is a hierarchy of professional baseball leagues in the Americas that compete at levels below Major League Baseball and provide opportunities for player development. All of the minor leagues are operated as independent businesses...

 have borne the name Indianapolis Hoosiers.

Western League Hoosiers I

The first Western League, which lasted only part of the season, included an Indianapolis Hoosiers team.

Western League Hoosiers II

Another Hoosiers minor-league team came into existence in . It was a charter member of the third Western League, which became the American League

American League

The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the American League , is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in the United States and Canada. It developed from the Western League, a minor league based in the Great Lakes states, which eventually aspired to major...

 in . This team was contracted when the AL became an official major league in .

Western Association Hoosiers

One of the two Western Association

Western Association

The Western Association was the name of five different leagues in American minor league baseball during the 19th and 20th centuries.The oldest league, originally established as the Northwestern League in 1883, was refounded as the Western Association on October 28, 1887...

s that existed in also had a team known as the Indianapolis Hoosiers. Both the team and league lasted only one season.