The Central League was a professional baseball league that played for one season, 1888. The teams that played in the league were the Allentown Peanuts, Binghamton Crickets, Hazleton Pugilists, Jersey City Skeeters, Newark Trunkmakers, Scranton Miners and Wilkes-Barre Barons. The league champion was the Newark Trunkmakers, who went 83âÂÂ23. The league's president was John W. Collins.
Binghamton disbanded August 3; Hazleton entered the league August 9