1915 Brooklyn Tip-Tops season

1915 Brooklyn Tip-Tops
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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 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 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
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

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