1915 Chicago Whales Statistics
Federal League (FL)
Team Record: 86-66
Finished 2nd in the FL
Ballpark: Wrigley Field
Won League Championship Series
Manager: Joe Tinker (86-66)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1915 Chicago Whales RosterTeam Record: 86-66
Finished 2nd in the FL
Ballpark: Wrigley Field
Won League Championship Series
Manager: Joe Tinker (86-66)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1915 Chicago Whales Results
The Chicago Whales of the Federal League ended the 1915 season with a record of 86 wins and 66 losses, finishing second in the FL.
The Whales scored 640 runs and conceded 538 runs. Dutch Zwilling led Chicago with 13 home runs and accounted for 94 RBI. Max Flack topped all regular batters by hitting .314. George McConnell notched 25 wins on the mound for the team, while Claude Hendrix and Mordecai Brown added 15 or more wins, too Mordecai Brown registered a 2.09 earned run average, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Joe Tinker coached the team. The 1915 Chicago Whales won the League Championship Series.
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Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George McConnell | 25 | 10 | .714 | 2.20 | 44 | 35 | 9 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 303.0 | 262 | 103 | 74 | 8 | 89 | 0 | 151 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 1228 |
| Mordecai Brown | 17 | 8 | .680 | 2.09 | 35 | 25 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 236.3 | 189 | 75 | 55 | 2 | 64 | 0 | 95 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 952 |
| Claude Hendrix | 16 | 15 | .516 | 3.00 | 40 | 31 | 9 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 285.0 | 256 | 120 | 95 | 7 | 84 | 0 | 107 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1149 |
| Mike Prendergast | 14 | 12 | .538 | 2.48 | 42 | 30 | 10 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 253.7 | 220 | 93 | 70 | 6 | 67 | 0 | 95 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 986 |
| Dave Black | 6 | 7 | .462 | 2.45 | 25 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 121.3 | 104 | 46 | 33 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 43 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Bill Bailey | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2.16 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 33.3 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ad Brennan | 3 | 9 | .250 | 3.74 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 106.0 | 117 | 55 | 44 | 4 | 30 | 0 | 40 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 545 |
| Rankin Johnson | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.42 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 57.0 | 58 | 34 | 28 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Hans Rasmussen | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Totals | 86 | 66 | .566 | 2.64 | 223 | 155 | 57 | 97 | 20 | 10 | 1397.7 | 1232 | 538 | 410 | 33 | 402 | 0 | 576 | 36 | 0 | 35 | 4860 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max Flack | 141 | 583 | 523 | 88 | 164 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 45 | 37 | 0 | 40 | 21 | .314 | .365 | .423 | .787 | 221 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| Dutch Zwilling | 150 | 635 | 548 | 65 | 157 | 32 | 7 | 13 | 94 | 24 | 0 | 67 | 65 | .286 | .366 | .442 | .808 | 242 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| Les Mann | 135 | 516 | 470 | 74 | 144 | 12 | 19 | 4 | 58 | 18 | 0 | 36 | 40 | .306 | .357 | .438 | .795 | 206 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Rollie Zeider | 129 | 558 | 494 | 65 | 112 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 16 | 0 | 43 | 24 | .227 | .297 | .279 | .576 | 138 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| William Fischer | 105 | 329 | 292 | 30 | 96 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 50 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 19 | .329 | .384 | .449 | .832 | 131 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Beck | 121 | 409 | 373 | 35 | 83 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 38 | .223 | .277 | .303 | .580 | 113 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Art Wilson | 96 | 351 | 269 | 44 | 82 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 65 | 38 | .305 | .442 | .439 | .880 | 118 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Smith | 95 | 339 | 318 | 32 | 69 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 65 | .217 | .250 | .314 | .564 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Fritz | 79 | 265 | 236 | 27 | 59 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 27 | .250 | .298 | .356 | .654 | 84 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Farrell | 70 | 258 | 222 | 27 | 48 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 25 | 18 | .216 | .298 | .270 | .569 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Hanford | 77 | 197 | 179 | 27 | 43 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 28 | .240 | .295 | .318 | .614 | 57 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Tex Wisterzil | 42 | 163 | 144 | 12 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 | .250 | .280 | .285 | .565 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| George McConnell | 53 | 129 | 125 | 14 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .248 | .254 | .352 | .606 | 44 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Claude Hendrix | 50 | 121 | 113 | 22 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 14 | .265 | .297 | .469 | .766 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Mordecai Brown | 36 | 89 | 82 | 10 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | .293 | .318 | .341 | .659 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Mickey Doolin | 24 | 91 | 86 | 9 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .267 | .292 | .302 | .594 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Wickland | 30 | 100 | 86 | 11 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 11 | .244 | .343 | .349 | .692 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Weiss | 29 | 89 | 85 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | .224 | .250 | .282 | .532 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Tinker | 31 | 81 | 67 | 7 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 5 | .269 | .388 | .328 | .716 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Jackson | 50 | 115 | 98 | 15 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 15 | .163 | .268 | .204 | .472 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Arnold Hauser | 23 | 63 | 54 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | .204 | .283 | .222 | .506 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Pechous | 18 | 60 | 51 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15 | .176 | .236 | .235 | .472 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Prendergast | 42 | 87 | 80 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 35 | .075 | .108 | .075 | .183 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Ad Brennan | 20 | 35 | 27 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .185 | .313 | .185 | .498 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Tex Wisterzil | 7 | 25 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .200 | .304 | .250 | .554 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Black | 25 | 43 | 37 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .108 | .154 | .108 | .262 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Clem Clemens | 11 | 23 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .136 | .174 | .182 | .356 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Bailey | 5 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .222 | .300 | .222 | .522 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rankin Johnson | 11 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .045 | .087 | .045 | .132 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hans Rasmussen | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1707 | 5788 | 5133 | 641 | 1320 | 185 | 77 | 50 | 558 | 161 | 0 | 444 | 580 | .257 | .320 | .352 | .672 | 1809 | 0 | 30 | 181 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dutch Zwilling | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Weiss | 1B | 29 | 0 | 0.0 | 239 | 10 | 2 | 7 | .992 | 8.586 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Jackson | 1B | 36 | 0 | 0.0 | 276 | 17 | 5 | 10 | .983 | 8.139 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred Beck | 1B | 117 | 0 | 0.0 | 1073 | 42 | 9 | 57 | .992 | 9.530 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rollie Zeider | 2B | 83 | 0 | 0.0 | 208 | 240 | 28 | 39 | .941 | 5.398 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Tinker | 2B | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 2 | .917 | 4.400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Smith | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harry Fritz | 2B | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Farrell | 2B | 70 | 0 | 0.0 | 138 | 182 | 20 | 26 | .941 | 4.571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Clem Clemens | 2B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rollie Zeider | 3B | 30 | 0 | 0.0 | 40 | 57 | 4 | 0 | .960 | 3.233 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tex Wisterzil | 3B | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .955 | 3.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tex Wisterzil | 3B | 42 | 0 | 0.0 | 57 | 96 | 5 | 6 | .968 | 3.643 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Tinker | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 2.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Pechous | 3B | 18 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 32 | 3 | 0 | .938 | 2.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arnold Hauser | 3B | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harry Fritz | 3B | 70 | 0 | 0.0 | 79 | 106 | 7 | 8 | .964 | 2.643 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Art Wilson | C | 87 | 0 | 0.0 | 391 | 96 | 10 | 6 | .980 | 5.598 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Fischer | C | 80 | 0 | 0.0 | 324 | 100 | 12 | 9 | .972 | 5.300 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Clem Clemens | C | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.556 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dutch Zwilling | OF | 148 | 0 | 0.0 | 356 | 20 | 8 | 6 | .979 | 2.541 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Wickland | OF | 24 | 0 | 0.0 | 32 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .946 | 1.458 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Les Mann | OF | 130 | 0 | 0.0 | 269 | 17 | 9 | 3 | .969 | 2.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Jackson | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Charlie Hanford | OF | 43 | 0 | 0.0 | 66 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .971 | 1.581 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Max Flack | OF | 138 | 0 | 0.0 | 226 | 24 | 8 | 5 | .969 | 1.812 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mordecai Brown | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ad Brennan | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Hans Rasmussen | P | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Prendergast | P | 42 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 68 | 3 | 3 | .959 | 1.690 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George McConnell | P | 44 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 105 | 3 | 4 | .974 | 2.568 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rankin Johnson | P | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .727 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Claude Hendrix | P | 40 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 69 | 3 | 2 | .964 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mordecai Brown | P | 35 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 87 | 5 | 5 | .949 | 2.657 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ad Brennan | P | 19 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 0 | .962 | 1.316 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Black | P | 25 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 45 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.960 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Bailey | P | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rollie Zeider | SS | 21 | 0 | 0.0 | 33 | 53 | 5 | 8 | .945 | 4.095 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Tinker | SS | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | 16 | 37 | 5 | 2 | .914 | 3.313 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Smith | SS | 92 | 0 | 0.0 | 187 | 246 | 46 | 28 | .904 | 4.707 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Les Mann | SS | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Arnold Hauser | SS | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | 25 | 38 | 11 | 7 | .851 | 3.938 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harry Fritz | SS | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jack Farrell | SS | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mickey Doolin | SS | 24 | 0 | 0.0 | 46 | 81 | 12 | 5 | .914 | 5.292 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1585 | 0 | 0.0 | 4189 | 1965 | 233 | 253 | .964 | 3.883 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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