Newark Peppers

Indianapolis Hoosiers
Newark Peppers
1914–1915
[[Indianapolis, Indiana
Newark, New Jersey]]
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  • Newark Peppers(1915)
    Indianapolis Hoosiers (1914)
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  • Blue, White
             
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  • League titles: 1 (1914)
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The Newark Peppers, originally known as the Indianapolis Hoosiers, were a Federal League baseball team from 1914-1915.[1][2]

When the Federal League opened for business in 1914 as a challenger to the two major leagues, one franchise was located in Indianapolis, Indiana. Primarily owned by oil magnate Harry F. Sinclair,[3] this team won the Federal League championship in 1914 with an 88-65 record. The team played at Federal League Park. Notable players on the Peppers' roster included Cy Falkenberg, and future Baseball Hall of Fame members Edd Roush and Bill McKechnie.

For the 1915 season, the team moved to Newark, New Jersey, in part because of financial problems and became known as the Newark Peppers.[4] In Newark, they played at Harrison Park, in the town of Harrison, New Jersey, across the Passaic River from downtown Newark.

Notable players on the Peppers included Ed Reulbach, Cy Falkenberg, along with Roush and McKechnie.

The Peppers folded when the Federal League went out of business after two seasons.

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References

  1. ^ The Federal League of Base Ball Clubs, by Robert Peyton Wiggins, published by McFarland, 2009
  2. ^ The Federal League of 1914-1915: Baseball's Third Major League, by Marc Okkonen, published by SABR, 1989
  3. ^ Hoosiers article at Everything2
  4. ^ Chicago Tribune May 11 1915, page 11 "The Whales fairly knocked the cover off the ball, easily defeating the Newark Peppers by the score of 10 to 5"]
Indianapolis Hoosiers 1914 Federal League Champions
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