1915 Brooklyn Tip-Tops season

1915 Brooklyn Tip-Tops
LeagueFederal League
BallparkWashington Park
CityBrooklyn, New York
Record70–82 (.461)
League place7th
OwnersRobert Ward
ManagersLee Magee, John Ganzel

The 1915 Brooklyn Tip-Tops season was a season in American baseball. The Tip-Tops finished in 7th place in the Federal League, 16 games behind the Chicago Whales. The season was notable in that it featured one of the only known major-league professional baseball games of the modern era in which admission was free (June 28, 1914, vs. the Chicago Whales).[1]

Regular season

Members of the 1915 Brooklyn Tip-Tops

Season standings

Federal League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Whales 86 66 .566 — 44‍–‍32 42‍–‍34
St. Louis Terriers 87 67 .565 — 43‍–‍34 44‍–‍33
Pittsburgh Rebels 86 67 .562 ½ 45‍–‍31 41‍–‍36
Kansas City Packers 81 72 .529 5½ 46‍–‍31 35‍–‍41
Newark Peppers 80 72 .526 6 40‍–‍39 40‍–‍33
Buffalo Blues 74 78 .487 12 37‍–‍40 37‍–‍38
Brooklyn Tip-Tops 70 82 .461 16 34‍–‍40 36‍–‍42
Baltimore Terrapins 47 107 .305 40 24‍–‍51 23‍–‍56

Record vs. opponents

1915 Federal League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BAL BKF BUF CWH KC NWK PRB SLT
Baltimore — 7–15 8–14 9–13 4–18 6–16 5–17 8–14
Brooklyn 15–7 — 9–11 7–15 11–11 12–10 9–13 7–15–1
Buffalo 14–8 11–9 — 8–14 11–11 11–11 9–13 10–12–1
Chicago 13–9 15–7 14–8 — 11–11 10–10–1 12–10–1 11–11–1
Kansas City 18–4 11–11 11–11 11–11 — 11–11 8–13 11–11
Newark 16–6 10–12 11–11 10–10–1 11–11 — 12–10–1 10–12–1
Pittsburgh 17–5 13–9 13–9 10–12–1 13–8 10–12–1 — 10–12–1
St. Louis 14–8 15–7–1 12–10–1 11–11–1 11–11 12–10–1 12–10–1 —

Roster

1915 Brooklyn Tip-Tops
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Grover Land 96 290 75 .259 0 22
1B Hap Myers 118 341 98 .287 1 36
2B Lee Magee 121 452 146 .323 4 49
SS Fred Smith 110 385 95 .247 5 58
3B Al Halt 151 524 131 .250 3 64
OF George Anderson 136 511 135 .264 2 39
OF Benny Kauff 136 483 165 .342 12 83
OF Claude Cooper 153 527 155 .294 2 63

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Steve Evans 63 216 64 .296 3 30
Mike Simon 47 142 25 .176 0 12
Hugh Bradley 37 126 31 .246 0 18
Tex Wisterzil 36 106 33 .311 0 21
Ty Helfrich 43 104 25 .240 0 5
Harry Smith 28 65 13 .200 1 4
Ed Gagnier 20 50 13 .260 0 4
Larry Pratt 20 49 9 .184 1 2
Art Griggs 27 38 11 .289 1 2
Dave Howard 25 36 8 .222 0 1
Milt Reed 10 31 9 .290 0 8
Jim Delahanty 17 25 6 .240 0 2
Art Watson 9 19 5 .263 0 1
Frank Kane 3 10 2 .200 0 2
Al Tesch 8 7 2 .286 0 2
Danny Murphy 5 6 1 .167 0 0
Dick Wright 4 5 0 .000 0 0
Felix Chouinard 4 4 2 .500 0 2

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Dan Marion 35 208.1 12 9 3.20 46
Tom Seaton 32 189.1 11 11 4.42 86
Jim Bluejacket 24 162.2 10 11 3.15 48
Ed Lafitte 17 117.2 6 9 3.98 34
Cy Falkenberg 7 48.0 3 3 1.50 20

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Happy Finneran 37 215.1 10 12 2.80 68
Bill Upham 33 121.0 7 8 3.35 46
Fin Wilson 18 102.1 1 8 3.78 47
Mysterious Walker 13 65.2 2 4 3.70 28
Frank Smith 15 63.0 5 2 3.14 24

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Hooks Wiltse 18 3 5 5 2.28 17
Bill Herring 3 0 0 0 15.00 3

Notes

  1. ^ "The Sporting News". The Sporting News. Retrieved June 25, 2012.

References

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