In 1910, the Missouri–Iowa–Nebraska–Kansas League began play as a six–team
Class D level league. The league would play four seasons. The
Auburn Athletics,
Falls City Colts, and
Nebraska City Forresters franchises all played for the duration of the league. Although the league was named the Missouri-Iowa-Nebraska-Kansas League, the four states were never represented in the league at the same time. Missouri and Iowa were represented in 1910–1911 and Kansas was represented in 1912. The Missouri–Iowa–Nebraska–Kansas League presidents were T.A. Wilson (1910–1911), Frederick Carey (1911) and Warren Cummings (1912–1913). In the first season for the league, the Falls City Colts won the 1910 MINK League Championship. The Missouri–Iowa–Nebraska–Kansas League began play with six teams, based in
Auburn, Nebraska (Auburn Athletics),
Clarinda, Iowa (
Clarinda Antelopes),
Falls City, Nebraska (
Falls City Colts),
Maryville, Missouri (
Maryville Comets),
Nebraska City, Nebraska (
Nebraska City Forresters) and
Shenandoah, Iowa (
Shenandoah Pin Rollers). Falls City had a 57–40 (.588) record under manager
Bill Annis to finish 1.5 games ahead of the 2nd place Clarinda Antelopes. Falls City led the league in season attendance, drawing 14,205. The Falls City Colts also moved some Sunday home games into the state of Kansas to avoid Nebraska Sunday laws. In the last full season of league play, the 1912 Nebraska City Forresters were the Missouri–Iowa–Nebraska–Kansas League champions. Nebraska City finished with a 61–38 (.616) record to lead the 1912 standings, playing under manager
Ducky Holmes in the six–team league. Nebraska City finished 1.5 games ahead of the 2nd place Falls City Colts (61–41) and 2.5 games ahead of the 3rd place Auburn A's (59–41) in the final standings. The 1912
Beatrice-Fairbury Milkskimmers (42–59) replaced the
Clarinda Antelopes, who folded after the 1911 season. Beatrice–Fairbury then folded after the 1912 season, as did the
Hiawatha, Kansas based
Hiawatha Athletics. On July 4, 1912, Falls City pitcher Ed Finch threw the leagues' only no–hitter in a 7–0 Falls City victory over the Hiawatha Indians. 1913 was the final season for the MINK League, as the league played only a partial season, permanently folding in June, 1913. The Missouri–Iowa–Nebraska–Kansas League began the 1913 season with four teams after the Beatrice-Fairbury Milkskimmers and Hiawatha Indians franchises did not return to play and were not replaced. The 1913 Auburn Athletics, under manager Jake Kraninger, were in 1st place with 24–8 record, 9.0 games ahead of the 2nd place Nebraska City Forresters (15–17) when the Missouri–Iowa–Nebraska–Kansas League permanently folded. On June 17, 1913, the 3rd place Falls City Colts (13–19) and 4th place Humboldt Infants (12–20) both folded, causing the entire league to disband.
Sunday laws in Nebraska were noted as a factor that impacted the success of the league. Falls City had moved Sunday home games to Kansas in order to avoid the restrictions in Nebraska. Nebraska City played their week day games at their home park and their Sunday games at the Driving Park in
Beatrice, Nebraska. This was a compromise with the ministerial alliance which had protested a game on Sunday during the 1910 season. Many fans traveled by train to catch a game, as the
Missouri Pacific serviced league towns. ==Cities represented 1910–1913==