St. Louis Terriers
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The St. Louis Terriers were a baseball club that played in the short-lived Federal League in 1914 and 1915. They played their home games at Handlan's Park.
In their inaugural season, the Terriers posted a 62-89 record (.411) and finished in last place, 25 games behind the league champion Indianapolis Hoosiers. The team improved significantly the next year as they were pennant contenders up until the last game of the season. The Terriers had a 87-67 mark (.565), ending up in second place 1/10th of a percentage point behind the champion Chicago Whales, who finished 86-66 (.566).
Between the St. Louis Terriers players who had experience in the American and/or National Leagues were Al Bridwell, Mordecai Brown, Fielder Jones, Eddie Plank, Jack Tobin and Ed Willett.
