1915 Baltimore Terrapins season

1915 Baltimore Terrapins
1915 Baltimore Terrapins
League	Federal League
Ballpark	Terrapin Park
City	Baltimore, Maryland
Owners	Ned Hanlon
Managers	Otto Knabe
	← 1914

Last updated November 12, 2023

The 1915 Baltimore Terrapins season was a season in American baseball. The Terrapins finished in 8th place in the Federal League, 40 games behind the Chicago Whales. After the season, both the team and the league folded.

Regular season

Season standings

v t e 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 record v t e 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 Baltimore Terrapins

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Charlie Miller

Manager

Otto Knabe

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
C	Yip Owens	99	334	84	.251	3	28
1B	Harry Swacina	85	301	74	.246	1	38
2B	Otto Knabe	103	320	81	.253	1	25
SS	Mickey Doolin	119	404	75	.186	2	21
3B	Jimmy Walsh	106	401	121	.302	9	60
OF	Steve Evans	88	340	107	.315	1	37
OF	Vern Duncan	146	531	142	.267	2	43
OF	Jack McCandless	117	406	87	.214	5	34

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
Guy Zinn	102	312	84	.269	5	43
Joe Agler	72	214	46	.215	0	14
Enos Kirkpatrick	68	171	41	.240	0	19
Fred Jacklitsch	49	135	32	.237	2	13
John Gallagher	40	126	25	.198	0	4
Benny Meyer	35	120	29	.242	0	5
Jimmy Smith	33	108	19	.176	1	11
Hack Simmons	39	88	18	.205	1	14
Ken Crawford	23	82	20	.244	0	7
Jim Hickman	20	81	17	.210	1	7
Harvey Russell	53	73	19	.260	0	11
Karl Kolseth	6	23	6	.261	0	1
Wally Reinecker	3	8	1	.125	0	0
Charlie Eakle	2	7	2	.286	0	0
Doc Kerr	3	6	2	.333	0	0
Charlie Maisel	1	4	0	.000	0	0
Ed Forsyth	1	3	0	.000	0	0
Charlie Miller	1	1	0	.000	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
Jack Quinn	44	273.2	9	22	3.45	118
George Suggs	35	232.2	11	17	4.14	71
Chief Bender	26	178.1	4	16	3.89	99
Rankin Johnson	23	150.2	7	11	3.35	62

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
Bill Bailey	36	190.1	6	19	4.63	98
Frank Smith	17	88.2	4	4	4.67	37
Snipe Conley	25	86.0	1	4	4.29	40
George LeClair	18	84.0	1	8	2.46	30
Charlie Young	9	35.0	2	3	5.91	13
Dave Black	8	34.0	1	3	3.71	10

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	ERA	SO
Tommy Vereker	2	0	15.00	1
Larry Douglas	2	1	3.00	1
Kaiser Wilhelm	1	0	0.00	0

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References

1915 Baltimore Terrapins at Baseball Reference

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