# 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.

## Regular season
### Season standings

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| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Chicago Whales | 86 | 66 | .566 | — | 44‍–‍32 | 42‍–‍34 |
| St. Louis Terriers | 87 | 67 | .565 | — | 43‍–‍34 | 44‍–‍33 |
| Pittsburgh Rebels | 86 | 67 | .562 | ½ | 45‍–‍31 | 41‍–‍36 |
| Kansas City Packers | 81 | 72 | .529 | 5½ | 46‍–‍31 | 35‍–‍41 |
| Newark Peppers | 80 | 72 | .526 | 6 | 40‍–‍39 | 40‍–‍33 |
| Buffalo Blues | 74 | 78 | .487 | 12 | 37‍–‍40 | 37‍–‍38 |
| Brooklyn Tip-Tops | 70 | 82 | .461 | 16 | 34‍–‍40 | 36‍–‍42 |
| Baltimore Terrapins | 47 | 107 | .305 | 40 | 24‍–‍51 | 23‍–‍56 |

### Record vs. opponents

1915 Federal League recordvte 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
## 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 | 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 | 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 |