1915 Chicago Whales season

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1915 Chicago Whales season - Wikipedia

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1915 Chicago Whales
Federal League Champions
League	Federal League
Ballpark	Weeghman Park
City	Chicago, Illinois
Owners	Charles Weeghman
Managers	Joe Tinker
← 1914

The 1915 Chicago Whales season was a season in American baseball. After not having an official nickname in 1914, the team officially became the Whales for the 1915 season. They finished the season with an 86–66 record, placing them in a statistical tie with the St. Louis Terriers for first place in the Federal League. However, since the Whales had a slightly better winning percentage, they were declared the league champions.

Regular season

Season standings

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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 v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BAL	BR	BUF	CHI	KC	NEW	PIT	STL
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 Chicago Whales

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Joe Tinker

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	Art Wilson	96	269	82	.305	7	31
1B	Fred Beck	121	373	83	.223	5	38
2B	Rollie Zeider	129	494	112	.227	0	34
SS	Jimmy Smith	95	318	69	.217	4	30
3B	Tex Wisterzil	49	164	40	.244	0	14
OF	Les Mann	135	470	144	.306	4	58
OF	Dutch Zwilling	150	548	157	.286	13	94
OF	Max Flack	141	523	164	.314	3	45

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
William Fischer	105	292	96	.329	4	50
Harry Fritz	79	236	59	.250	3	26
Jack Farrell	70	222	48	.216	0	14
Charlie Hanford	77	179	43	.240	0	22
Bill Jackson	50	98	16	.163	1	12
Al Wickland	30	86	21	.244	1	5
Mickey Doolin	24	86	23	.267	0	9
Joe Weiss	29	85	19	.224	0	11
Joe Tinker	31	67	18	.269	0	9
Arnold Hauser	23	54	11	.204	0	4
Charlie Pechous	18	51	9	.176	0	4
Clem Clemens	11	22	3	.136	0	3

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
George McConnell	44	303.0	25	10	2.20	151
Claude Hendrix	40	285.0	16	15	3.00	107
Mike Prendergast	42	253.2	14	12	2.48	95
Mordecai Brown	35	236.1	17	8	2.09	95
Ad Brennan	19	106.0	3	9	3.74	40
Bill Bailey	5	33.1	3	1	2.16	24

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
Dave Black	25	121.1	6	7	2.45	43
Rankin Johnson	11	57.0	2	4	4.42	19

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
Hans Rasmussen	2	0	0	0	13.50	2

References

1915 Chicago Whales at Baseball Reference

1915 MLB season by team

Major League Baseball

American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington
National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

Federal League

1915 World Series

v t e Chicago Whales 1915 Federal League champions
Fred Beck Dave Black Ad Brennan Mordecai Brown Jack Farrell William Fischer Max Flack Harry Fritz Charlie Hanford Claude Hendrix Bill Jackson Rankin Johnson Les Mann George McConnell Mike Prendergast Jimmy Smith Joe Tinker Art Wilson Tex Wisterzil Rollie Zeider Dutch Zwilling
Manager: Joe Tinker

Preceded by Indianapolis Hoosiers 1914	Federal League Championship Season 1915	Succeeded by League folded

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