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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 The Chicago Whales were a professional baseball team based in Chicago. They played in the Federal League, a short-lived "third Major League", in 1914 and 1915. They originally lacked a formal nickname, and were known simply as the "Chicago Feder .... Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents Roster Player stats Batting Starters by position ''Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harrison Park (Newark)
Harrison Park is a former baseball ground located in Harrison, New Jersey, a town adjacent to Newark, New Jersey. The ground was home to the Newark Peppers of the Federal League in 1915. The field was also known as "Peppers Park" or "Peps Park". Location The ballpark was located within the city limits of Harrison, a block and a half east of the Passaic River and a block and a half west of the former Harrison Hudson and Manhattan Railroad (now PATH) station. Home plate was in the northwest corner. The ballpark was bounded by Middlesex Street ow Angelo Cifelli Drive">Angelo_Cifelli.html" ;"title="ow Angelo Cifelli">ow Angelo Cifelli Drive(north, third base); South 3rd Street (east, left field); Burlington Avenue (south, right field); and South 2nd Street (west, first base). There were (and are) railroad yards skirting the southeast corner of the property; oil tanks were visible behind the right-center field seating, adjacent to the rail yards. An Otis Elevator Company factory stood a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Kaiserling
George Kaiserling (May 12, 1893 – March 2, 1918) was a Major League Baseball pitcher. Born and raised in Steubenville, Ohio, he played in the Federal League in for the Indianapolis Hoosiers, moving with them to New Jersey in 1915 where they became the Newark Peppers. Kaiserling won 17 games for pennant-winning Indianapolis in 1914 and finished seventh in the Federal League with a 2.24 earned run average (ERA) in 1914. After pitching for a minor league team in 1916, he contracted tuberculosis the following year, dying of the disease at age 24 in 1918. Early life George Kaiserling was born on May 12, 1893, in Steubenville, Ohio, to Fred and Johanna Kaiserling, who had immigrated from Germany. Fred supported the family's eight children by working for a steelmaking company as a millhand, while Johanna focused on raising the children. Little is known of Kaiserling's early life, but the 1910 United States census reports that he still lived with his family in Steubenville and had no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Esmond
James Joseph Esmond (October 8, 1889 in Albany, New York – June 26, 1948 in Troy, New York) was a professional baseball player who played shortstop in the Major Leagues from 1911 to 1915. He would play for the Cincinnati Reds, Indianapolis Hoosiers, and Newark Peppers The Newark Peppers, originally known as the Indianapolis Hoosiers, were a Federal League baseball team from 1913–1915. The Federal League (FL), founded in 1913, was a third major league in 1914 and 1915. History The Federal League began as an in .... See also * List of Major League Baseball annual triples leaders External links * 1889 births 1948 deaths Major League Baseball shortstops Baseball players from Troy, New York Cincinnati Reds players Newark Peppers players Indianapolis Hoosiers players Gloversville-Johnstown Jags players Elmira Colonels players Jersey City Skeeters players Montreal Royals players Syracuse Stars (minor league baseball) players Waterbury Brasscos players Albany Sena ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Bradley (baseball)
Hugh Bradley (May 23, 1885 – January 26, 1949), born in Grafton, Massachusetts, played first base in Major League Baseball from 1910 to 1915. On April 26, 1912 he hit the first ever home run at Fenway Park. As a backup first baseman for the 1912 World Series champion Boston Red Sox, Bradley got off to a hot start to the season and had a chance to supplant manager Jake Stahl Garland "Jake" Stahl (April 13, 1879 – September 18, 1922) was an American first baseman and manager in Major League Baseball with the Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators, and New York Highlanders. Biography A graduate of the University of ... as the regular at the position, but his hitting fell off dramatically as the season went on. Bradley died on January 26, 1949 in Worcester, Massachusetts. References Sources * Major League Baseball first basemen 1885 births 1949 deaths Baseball players from Massachusetts Boston Red Sox players Pittsburgh Rebels players Brooklyn Tip-Tops players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Warren (baseball)
William Hackney Warren (February 11, 1884 – January 28, 1960), nicknamed "Hack", was a Major League Baseball player. Warren played for the Indianapolis Hoosiers/Newark Pepper of the Federal League in and . He batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Missouri and died at his home in Whiteville, Tennessee Whiteville is a town in Hardeman County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 2,606 at the 2020 census and 4,638 at the 2010 census, Whiteville is the location of two privately owned prisons, Whiteville Correctional Facility and Hardeman .... External links * 1884 births 1960 deaths Major League Baseball catchers Newark Peppers players Indianapolis Hoosiers players Baseball players from Missouri Minor league baseball managers Oshkosh Indians players Dallas Giants players Dayton Veterans players People from Whiteville, Tennessee {{US-baseball-catcher-1880s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Textor
George Bernhardt Textor (December 27, 1886 - March 10, 1954) was a Major League Baseball catcher. He played parts of two seasons in the majors, and , for the Indianapolis Hoosiers and, following their move to New Jersey, the Newark Peppers The Newark Peppers, originally known as the Indianapolis Hoosiers, were a Federal League baseball team from 1913–1915. The Federal League (FL), founded in 1913, was a third major league in 1914 and 1915. History The Federal League began as an in .... External links * Major League Baseball catchers Indianapolis Hoosiers players Newark Peppers players Vicksburg Hill Billies players Canton Chinamen players Akron Champs players Lima Cigarmakers players Mansfield Brownies players Canton Statesmen players Indianapolis Hoosiers (minor league) players Hartford Senators players Muskegon Reds players Baseball players from Kentucky 1886 births 1954 deaths {{US-baseball-catcher-1880s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Rariden
William Angel Rariden (February 4, 1888 – August 28, 1942), was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher from 1909 to 1920 for the Boston Doves/Rustlers/Braves, Indianapolis Hoosiers/Newark Pepper, New York Giants, and Cincinnati Reds. Major League career A light- hitting defensive specialist, Rariden set the major league record for most assists by a catcher in a single season with 215 while playing for the Newark Pepper of the Federal League in . He broke his own record the following season when he had 238 in . Major League status was retroactively applied to the Federal League in . Before Rariden's career, most catchers were large, slow-footed players. Rariden's small size and agility helped him become one of the best catchers in major league baseball. In the Deadball Era during which Rariden played, catchers played a huge defensive role, given the large number of bunts and stolen base attempts, therefore catchers of his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Pratt (baseball)
Lester John Pratt (October 8, 1887 – January 8, 1969) was a catcher in Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), ... in 1914 and 1915. Sources 1887 births 1969 deaths Boston Red Sox players Newark Peppers players Brooklyn Tip-Tops players Major League Baseball catchers Baseball players from Illinois New Bedford Whalers (baseball) players Birmingham Barons players People from Gibson City, Illinois People from Ford County, Illinois Terrell Terrors players Charleston Broom Corn Cutters players Shelbyville Queen Citys players {{US-baseball-catcher-1880s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Whitehouse
Charles Evis Whitehouse (January 25, 1894 – July 19, 1960) was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He played three seasons in the majors, two for the Indianapolis Hoosiers/Newark Peppers franchise of the Federal League The Federal League of Base Ball Clubs, known simply as the Federal League, was an American professional baseball league that played its first season as a minor league in 1913 and operated as a "third major league", in competition with the e ... in and and one for the Washington Senators in Sources * Major League Baseball pitchers Indianapolis Hoosiers players Newark Peppers players Washington Senators (1901–1960) players Champaign Velvets players Dayton Veterans players Minneapolis Millers (baseball) players Indianapolis Indians players Newark Bears (IL) players Baseball players from Illinois 1894 births 1960 deaths People from Charleston, Illinois {{US-baseball-pitcher-1890s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Trautman
Fredrick Orlando "Fred" Trautman (March 24, 1892 – February 15, 1964) was a Major League Baseball pitcher, who appeared in one game for the 1915 Newark Peppers of the defunct Federal League. Trautman was born in Bucyrus, Ohio Bucyrus ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Crawford County, located in northern Ohio approximately 28 miles (45 km) west of Mansfield and southeast of Toledo. The population was 11,684 at the 2020 census. The c ... and died there in 1964. References External linksBaseball-Reference.com 1964 deaths 1892 births Baseball players from Ohio Newark Peppers players Marion Orphans players Ironton Diggers players Ironton Nailers players Springfield Reapers players Hartford Senators players People from Bucyrus, Ohio {{US-baseball-pitcher-1890s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Seaton
Thomas Gordon Seaton (August 30, 1887 – April 10, 1940) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1912-1917. He was signed in 1909 as a pitcher by the Portland, Oregon baseball team in the Pacific Coast League. In he was part of a pitching staff that included Gene Krapp, Jack Graney, Bill Steen and Vean Gregg. The Philadelphia Phillies drafted Seaton in . After struggling through a mediocre season in 1912, Seaton became a dominating pitcher in 1913 appearing in 52 games and compiling a 27–12 record in 322.1 innings. After a dispute involving his wife and the Phillies, Seaton signed with the Brooklyn Tip-Tops of the Federal League. Seaton went 25–14 that year. Seaton struggled in 1915. After the Federal League folded after the 1915 season, Seaton pitched for the Chicago Cubs. He eventually was released and returned to the Pacific Coast League. As a hitter, Seaton posted a .186 batting average (84-for-451) with 44 runs, 4 home runs, 32 RBI and 24 bases on b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ed Reulbach
Edward Marvin "Big Ed" Reulbach (December 1, 1882 – July 17, 1961) was a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Chicago Cubs during their glory years of the early 1900s. Career Reulbach played college baseball at the University of Notre Dame in 1903 and 1904. He played for the University of Vermont in 1905, accumulating a 4-0 record before signing a contract with the Chicago Cubs in May. In the 1906 World Series (ultimately won in six games by the Chicago White Sox), Reulbach shone in Game 2 at South Side Park, giving up only one hit, a seventh-inning single to Jiggs Donahue. This rare World Series low-hit game (there have only been five in the 100-plus years of the Series) was matched by fellow Cubs star Claude Passeau in 1945 when he threw just the second one-hitter in Series history, surpassed by Don Larsen's perfect game in Game 5 of the 1956 World Series. Reulbach's best year was 1908, when he won 24 games for the National League and World Series champion Cubs, their l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
