1915 Newark Peppers season

1915 Newark Pepper
5th place, Federal League
LeagueFederal League
BallparkHarrison Park
CityNewark, New Jersey
OwnersHarry F. Sinclair
ManagersBill Phillips, Bill McKechnie
← 1914

The 1915 Newark Peppers season was a season in American baseball. After the 1914 season, the Indianapolis Hoosiers' remaining interest was purchased by Harry F. Sinclair and moved from Indianapolis, Indiana to Newark, New Jersey. The club also sold one of its top players, Benny Kauff, to the Brooklyn Tip-Tops to offset financial losses. After winning the Federal League championship the previous year, the Peppers dropped to fifth place. They finished 80–72, six games behind the Chicago Whales.

Regular season

Members of the 1915 Newark Peppers

Season standings

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

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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 Newark Pepper
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
C Bill Rariden 142 444 120 .270 0 40
1B Emil Huhn 124 415 94 .227 1 41
2B Frank LaPorte 148 550 139 .253 3 56
SS Jimmy Esmond 155 569 147 .258 4 62
3B Bill McKechnie 127 451 113 .251 1 43
OF Al Scheer 155 546 146 .267 2 60
OF Edd Roush 145 551 164 .298 3 60
OF Vin Campbell 127 525 163 .310 1 44

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
Germany Schaefer 59 154 33 .214 0 8
Rupert Mills 41 134 27 .201 0 16
Gil Whitehouse 35 120 27 .225 0 9
Ted Reed 20 77 20 .260 0 4
Larry Strands 35 75 14 .187 1 11
Hugh Bradley 12 33 5 .152 0 2
George Textor 3 6 2 .333 0 0
Larry Pratt 5 4 2 .500 0 0
Bill Warren 5 3 1 .333 0 1

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
Ed Reulbach 33 270.0 21 10 2.23 117
Earl Moseley 38 268.0 15 15 1.91 142
George Kaiserling 41 261.1 15 15 2.24 75
Harry Moran 34 205.2 13 9 2.54 87
Cy Falkenberg 25 172.0 9 11 3.24 76
Tom Seaton 12 75.0 2 6 2.28 28
George Mullin 5 32.1 2 2 5.85 14

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
Charlie Whitehouse 11 39.2 2 2 4.31 18

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
Chick Brandom 16 1 1 0 3.40 15
Harry Billiard 14 0 1 1 5.72 7
Fred Trautman 1 0 0 0 6.00 2
Gil Whitehouse 1 0 0 0 0.00 0

References