1915 Newark Peppers season

November 2013 Newark Peppers 1915 Federal League Harrison Park Newark, New Jersey 80 72 y 5th Harry F. Sinclair Bill Phillips, Bill McKechnie 1914 Indianapolis Hoosiers 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. Regular season thumb|300px|right|Members of the 1915 Newark Peppers Season standings Newark Peppers Record vs. opponents NWK 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 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 Larry Pratt (baseball) 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 George Mullin (baseball) 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 1915 Newark Pepper at Baseball Reference Newark Peppers season Category:1915 in sports in New Jersey Category:History of baseball in New Jersey Category:20th century in Newark, New Jersey