Defunct Teams
30 teams have folded or moved away from the Indiana area
WHA: 1975-1979
(5 seasons)
24-40 average record
24-40 average record
NBA: 1942-1957
(16 seasons)
30-24 average record
30-24 average record
detroit local team that was founded in 1900s to join the other teams from the midwest.
NBA: 1950-1953
(4 seasons)
33-34 average record
33-34 average record
NPBL: 1947-1951
(5 seasons)
35-20 average record
35-20 average record
NBL: 1949-1949
(1 season)
21-41 record
21-41 record
When the NBL and BAA agreed to merge, two NBL franchises disappeared - Oshkosh and Hammond. Hammond tried unsuccessfully to raise the financial backing to join the NBA. The Oshkosh franchise was awarded to Milwaukee, but the team only lasted a month before being revoked by the league.
Hammond folded after the 1948-49 NBL season and had their players assigned to the Waterloo franchise as part of the NBL/BAA merger on 3Aug49
BAA: 1933-1949
(17 seasons)
12-16 average record
12-16 average record
NAL: 1948-1948
(1 season)
37-65 record
37-65 record
NBL: 1937-1941
(5 seasons)
7-14 average record
7-14 average record
NAL: 1940-1940
(1 season)
3-5 record
3-5 record
NAL: 1938-1939
(2 seasons)
3-15 average record
3-15 average record
NBL: 1937-1938
(2 seasons)
10-7 average record
10-7 average record
NAL: 1937-1937
(1 season)
17-21 record
17-21 record
MBC: 1936-1937
(2 seasons)
4-9 average record
4-9 average record
NNL: 1933-1933
(1 season)
36-17 record
36-17 record
NPBL2: 1933-1933
(1 season)
4-9 record
4-9 record
NPBL2: 1933-1933
(1 season)
1-4 record
1-4 record
NPBL2: 1933-1933
(1 season)
1-5 record
1-5 record
NPBL2: 1933-1933
(1 season)
2-3 record
2-3 record
NPBL2: 1933-1933
(1 season)
0-1 record
0-1 record
NSL: 1920-1932
(13 seasons)
33-35 average record
33-35 average record
ABL1: 1926-1931
(6 seasons)
13-11 average record
13-11 average record
NFL: 1920-1926
(7 seasons)
1-4 average record
1-4 average record
NFL: 1921-1922
(2 seasons)
2-3 average record
2-3 average record
NFL: 1920-1921
(2 seasons)
0-2 average record
0-2 average record
FL: 1913-1914
(2 seasons)
82-55 average record 1
82-55 average record 1
Relocated from Indiana to New Jersey for marketing purposes by Federal League executives after the team won the 1914 championship.
Team disbanded after the Federal League folded following the 1915 season.
WL: 1894-1900
(7 seasons)
78-51 average record
78-51 average record
NL: 1887-1889
(3 seasons)
49-83 average record
49-83 average record
Only team to continue after the Union Associaton folded in 1884, joining the National League to begin the 1885 season.
Team was sold and left St. Louis to be relocated to Indianapolis to begin the 1887 season.
Franchise folded following the 1889 season.
AA: 1884-1884
(1 season)
29-78 record
29-78 record
After just one year in the American Association, the franchise folded following the 1884 season.
NL: 1878-1878
(1 season)
24-36 record
24-36 record
After its only year in the National League, the franchise folded following the 1878 season.
NA: 1871-1871
(1 season)
7-12 record
7-12 record
Franchise folded after playing 24 games in the National Assocation during 1871.