1915 Brooklyn Tip-Tops season

1915 Brooklyn Tip-Tops
Major League affiliations
Federal League (since 1914)
Location
Washington Park (since 1914)
Brooklyn, New York (since 1914)
Other information
Owner(s)	Robert Ward
Manager(s)	Lee Magee, John Ganzel
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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	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Whales	86	66	0.566	—	44–32	42–34
St. Louis Terriers	87	67	0.565	—	43–34	44–33
Pittsburgh Rebels	86	67	0.562	½	45–31	41–36
Kansas City Packers	81	72	0.529	5½	46–31	35–41
Newark Peppers	80	72	0.526	6	40–39	40–33
Buffalo Blues	74	78	0.487	12	37–40	37–38
Brooklyn Tip-Tops	70	82	0.461	16	34–40	36–42
Baltimore Terrapins	47	107	0.305	40	24–51	23–56

Record vs. opponents

1915 Federal League Records Sources:
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 Brooklyn Tip-Tops
Roster
Pitchers Jim Bluejacket Cy Falkenberg Happy Finneran Bill Herring Ed Lafitte Dan Marion Tom Seaton Frank Smith Bill Upham Mysterious Walker Fin Wilson Hooks Wiltse		Catchers Grover Land Larry Pratt Mike Simon Harry Smith Art Watson Dick Wright Infielders Hugh Bradley Jim Delahanty Ed Gagnier Art Griggs Al Halt Ty Helfrich Dave Howard Lee Magee Danny Murphy Hap Myers Milt Reed Fred Smith Al Tesch Tex Wisterzil		Outfielders George Anderson Felix Chouinard Claude Cooper Steve Evans Frank Kane Benny Kauff		Manager Lee Magee John Ganzel

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
2B	Magee, LeeLee Magee	121	452	146	.323	4	49
SS	Smith, FredFred Smith	110	385	95	.247	5	58
OF	Kauff, BennyBenny Kauff	136	483	165	.342	12	83

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
Bradley, HughHugh Bradley	37	126	31	.246	0	18
Smith, HarryHarry Smith	28	65	13	.200	1	4
Pratt, LarryLarry Pratt	20	49	9	.184	1	2
Howard, DaveDave Howard	25	36	8	.222	0	1
Murphy, DannyDanny Murphy	5	6	1	.167	0	0

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
Marion, DanDan Marion	35	208.1	12	9	3.20	46
Seaton, TomTom Seaton	32	189.1	11	11	4.42	86
Bluejacket, JimJim Bluejacket	24	162.2	10	11	3.15	48
Smith, FrankFrank Smith	15	63	5	2	3.14	24
Lafitte, EdEd Lafitte	17	117.2	6	9	3.98	34
Falkenberg, CyCy Falkenberg	7	48	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
Finneran, HappyHappy Finneran	37	215.1	10	12	2.80	68
Walker, MysteriousMysterious Walker	13	65.2	2	4	3.70	28

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
Herring, BillBill Herring	3	0	0	0	15.00	3

Notes

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

References

• 1915 Brooklyn Tip-Tops at Baseball Reference