Peoria Distillers
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The Peoria Distillers were a minor league baseball team that existed on-and-off from 1894 to 1917. They played in the 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...

 from 1894 to 1896; the Central League
Central League (baseball)
The Central League was a minor league baseball league that operated sporadically from 1903-1917, 1920-1922, 1926, 1928-1930, 1934, and 1948-1951. In 1926, the league merged mid-season with the Michigan State League and played under that name for the remainder of the season...

 in 1900, 1904 and 1917; the Western League
Western League (defunct minor league)
The Western League is a name given to several circuits in American minor league baseball. Its earliest progenitor, which existed from 1885 to 1899, was the predecessor of the American League...

 from 1902 to 1903; and the Three-I League from 1905 to 1917.

League championships

Under managers David Drohan and Charley Stis
Charley Stis
Charles C. Stis [Pepper] was a baseball infielder, manager, scout and umpire.Little is known about this man who spent more than six decades in professional baseball....

, they won their first League Championship in 1911. In 1916, they won their second and final League Championship under the guidance of William Jackson.
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