1915 Newark Peppers season

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.

1915 Newark Pepper
5th place, Federal League
Major League affiliations
Federal League (since 1914)
Location
Harrison Park (since 1915) Newark, New Jersey (since 1915)
Other information
Owner(s)	Harry F. Sinclair
Manager(s)	Bill Phillips, Bill McKechnie
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Regular season

Members of the 1915 Newark Peppers

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 Newark Pepper
Roster
Pitchers Harry Billiard Chick Brandom Cy Falkenberg George Kaiserling Harry Moran Earl Moseley George Mullin Ed Reulbach Tom Seaton Fred Trautman Charlie Whitehouse		Catchers Larry Pratt Bill Rariden George Textor Bill Warren Infielders Hugh Bradley Jimmy Esmond Emil Huhn Frank LaPorte Bill McKechnie Rupert Mills Ted Reed Larry Strands		Outfielders Vin Campbell Edd Roush Germany Schaefer Al Scheer Gil Whitehouse		Manager Bill McKechnie Bill Phillips

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
3B	Bill McKechnie	127	451	113	.251	1	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
Gil Whitehouse	35	120	27	.225	0	9
George Textor	3	6	2	.333	0	0
Larry Pratt	5	4	2	.500	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
George Kaiserling	41	261.1	15	15	2.24	75
Harry Moran	34	205.2	13	9	2.54	87
Cy Falkenberg	25	172	9	11	3.24	76
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
Gil Whitehouse	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

References

• 1915 Newark Pepper at Baseball Reference