1915 Baltimore Terrapins season

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.

1915 Baltimore Terrapins
Major League affiliations
Federal League (since 1914)
Location
Terrapin Park (since 1914) Baltimore, Maryland (since 1914)
Other information
Owner(s)	Ned Hanlon
Manager(s)	Otto Knabe
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Regular season

Season standings

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 Records 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 Bill Bailey Chief Bender Dave Black Snipe Conley Larry Douglas Rankin Johnson George LeClair Jack Quinn Frank Smith George Suggs Tommy Vereker Kaiser Wilhelm Charlie Young		Catchers Fred Jacklitsch Doc Kerr Charlie Maisel Yip Owens Harvey Russell Infielders Joe Agler Ken Crawford Mickey Doolan Charlie Eakle Ed Forsythe John Gallagher Enos Kirkpatrick Otto Knabe Karl Kolseth Wally Reinecker Hack Simmons Jimmy Smith Harry Swacina Jimmy Walsh		Outfielders Vern Duncan Steve Evans Jim Hickman Jack McCandless Benny Meyer Guy Zinn 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
3B	Jimmy Walsh	106	401	121	.302	9	60
OF	Vern Duncan	146	531	142	.267	2	43

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
Joe Agler	72	214	46	.215	0	14
John Gallagher	40	126	25	.198	0	4
Jim Hickman	20	81	17	.210	1	7
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
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	1	4	4.29	40
George LeClair	18	84	1	8	2.46	30
Dave Black	8	34	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	L	SV	ERA	SO
Larry Douglas	2	1	0	0	3.00	1
Kaiser Wilhelm	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

References

• 1915 Baltimore Terrapins at Baseball Reference