1915 Brooklyn Tip-Tops season

1915 Brooklyn Tip-Tops
Major League affiliations
Location
  • 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
St. Louis Terriers 87 67 0.565 — 43–34 44–33
Chicago Whales 86 66 0.566 — 44–32 42–34
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

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