1915 Brooklyn Tip-Tops season

1915  Brooklyn Tip-Tops
League	Federal League
Ballpark	Washington Park
City	Brooklyn, New York
Record	70–82 (.461)
League place	7th
Owners	Robert Ward
Managers	Lee Magee, John Ganzel
←  1914

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

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Federal League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Whales	86	66	.566	—	44‍–‍32	42‍–‍34
St. Louis Terriers	87	67	.565	—	43‍–‍34	44‍–‍33
Pittsburgh Rebels	86	67	.562	½	45‍–‍31	41‍–‍36
Kansas City Packers	81	72	.529	5½	46‍–‍31	35‍–‍41
Newark Peppers	80	72	.526	6	40‍–‍39	40‍–‍33
Buffalo Blues	74	78	.487	12	37‍–‍40	37‍–‍38
Brooklyn Tip-Tops	70	82	.461	16	34‍–‍40	36‍–‍42
Baltimore Terrapins	47	107	.305	40	24‍–‍51	23‍–‍56

Record vs. opponents

1915 Federal League record v t e Sources:
Team	BAL	BKF	BUF	CWH	KC	NWK	PRB	SLT
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 Jim Bluejacket Cy Falkenberg Happy Finneran Bill Herring Ed Lafitte Dan Marion Tom Seaton Frank Smith Bill Upham Mysterious Walker Fin Wilson Hooks Wiltse		Catchers Grover Land Larry Pratt Mike Simon Harry Smith Art Watson Dick Wright Infielders Hugh Bradley Jim Delahanty Ed Gagnier Art Griggs Al Halt Ty Helfrich Dave Howard Lee Magee Danny Murphy Hap Myers Milt Reed Fred Smith Al Tesch Tex Wisterzil		Outfielders George Anderson Felix Chouinard Claude Cooper Steve Evans Frank Kane Benny Kauff		Manager Lee Magee John Ganzel

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	Grover Land	96	290	75	.259	0	22
1B	Hap Myers	118	341	98	.287	1	36
2B	Lee Magee	121	452	146	.323	4	49
SS	Fred Smith	110	385	95	.247	5	58
3B	Al Halt	151	524	131	.250	3	64
OF	George Anderson	136	511	135	.264	2	39
OF	Benny Kauff	136	483	165	.342	12	83
OF	Claude Cooper	153	527	155	.294	2	63

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
Steve Evans	63	216	64	.296	3	30
Mike Simon	47	142	25	.176	0	12
Hugh Bradley	37	126	31	.246	0	18
Tex Wisterzil	36	106	33	.311	0	21
Ty Helfrich	43	104	25	.240	0	5
Harry Smith	28	65	13	.200	1	4
Ed Gagnier	20	50	13	.260	0	4
Larry Pratt	20	49	9	.184	1	2
Art Griggs	27	38	11	.289	1	2
Dave Howard	25	36	8	.222	0	1
Milt Reed	10	31	9	.290	0	8
Jim Delahanty	17	25	6	.240	0	2
Art Watson	9	19	5	.263	0	1
Frank Kane	3	10	2	.200	0	2
Al Tesch	8	7	2	.286	0	2
Danny Murphy	5	6	1	.167	0	0
Dick Wright	4	5	0	.000	0	0
Felix Chouinard	4	4	2	.500	0	2

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
Dan Marion	35	208.1	12	9	3.20	46
Tom Seaton	32	189.1	11	11	4.42	86
Jim Bluejacket	24	162.2	10	11	3.15	48
Ed Lafitte	17	117.2	6	9	3.98	34
Cy Falkenberg	7	48.0	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
Happy Finneran	37	215.1	10	12	2.80	68
Bill Upham	33	121.0	7	8	3.35	46
Fin Wilson	18	102.1	1	8	3.78	47
Mysterious Walker	13	65.2	2	4	3.70	28
Frank Smith	15	63.0	5	2	3.14	24

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
Hooks Wiltse	18	3	5	5	2.28	17
Bill Herring	3	0	0	0	15.00	3

Notes

1. "The Sporting News". The Sporting News. Retrieved June 25, 2012.

References

• 1915 Brooklyn Tip-Tops at Baseball Reference