1915 Chicago Whales season

The 1915 Chicago Whales season was a season in American baseball. After not having an official nickname in 1914, the team officially became the Whales for the 1915 season. They finished the season with an 86–66 record, placing them in a statistical tie with the St. Louis Terriers for first place in the Federal League. However, since the Whales had a slightly better winning percentage, they were declared the league champions.

1915 Chicago Whales
Federal League Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Charles Weeghman
Manager(s)Joe Tinker
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Regular season
The 1915 Chicago Whales

Season standings
Federal League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Whales 8666 0.566 — 44–32 42–34
St. Louis Terriers 8767 0.565 — 43–34 44–33
Pittsburgh Rebels 8667 0.562 ½ 45–31 41–36
Kansas City Packers 8172 0.529 5½ 46–31 35–41
Newark Peppers 8072 0.526 6 40–39 40–33
Buffalo Blues 7478 0.487 12 37–40 37–38
Brooklyn Tip-Tops 7082 0.461 16 34–40 36–42
Baltimore Terrapins 47107 0.305 40 24–51 23–56

Record vs. opponents
1915 Federal League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BR BUF CHI KC NEW PIT STL
Baltimore —7–158–149–134–186–165–178–14
Brooklyn 15–7—9–117–1511–1112–109–137–15–1
Buffalo 14–811–9—8–1411–1111–119–1310–12–1
Chicago 13–915–714–8—11–1110–10–112–10–111–11–1
Kansas City 18–411–1111–1111–11—11–118–1311–11
Newark 16–610–1211–1110–10–111–11—12–10–110–12–1
Pittsburgh 17–513–913–910–12–113–810–12–1—10–12–1
St. Louis 14–815–7–112–10–111–11–111–1112–10–112–10–1—

Roster
1915 Chicago Whales
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
SSJimmy Smith9531869.217430

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
William Fischer10529296.329450
Jack Farrell7022248.216014
Bill Jackson509816.163112
Joe Tinker316718.26909

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
George McConnell4430325102.20151
Claude Hendrix4028516153.00107
Mordecai Brown35236.11782.0995
Ad Brennan19106393.7440
Bill Bailey533.1312.1624

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
Dave Black25121.1672.4543
Rankin Johnson1157244.4219

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

References
Preceded by
Indianapolis Hoosiers
1914		 Federal League Championship Season
1915		 Succeeded by
League folded
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