# 1915 Chicago Whales season

The 1915 Chicago Whales season was a season in American baseball. After not having an official nickname in 1914, the team officially became the Whales for the 1915 season. They finished the season with an 86–66 record, placing them in a statistical tie with the St. Louis Terriers for first place in the Federal League. However, since the Whales had a slightly better winning percentage, they were declared the league champions.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteFederal League :
| 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 | Art Wilson | 96 | 269 | 82 | .305 | 7 | 31 |
| 1B | Fred Beck | 121 | 373 | 83 | .223 | 5 | 38 |
| 2B | Rollie Zeider | 129 | 494 | 112 | .227 | 0 | 34 |
| SS | Jimmy Smith | 95 | 318 | 69 | .217 | 4 | 30 |
| 3B | Tex Wisterzil | 49 | 164 | 40 | .244 | 0 | 14 |
| OF | Les Mann | 135 | 470 | 144 | .306 | 4 | 58 |
| OF | Dutch Zwilling | 150 | 548 | 157 | .286 | 13 | 94 |
| OF | Max Flack | 141 | 523 | 164 | .314 | 3 | 45 |

#### 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 |
| William Fischer | 105 | 292 | 96 | .329 | 4 | 50 |
| Harry Fritz | 79 | 236 | 59 | .250 | 3 | 26 |
| Jack Farrell | 70 | 222 | 48 | .216 | 0 | 14 |
| Charlie Hanford | 77 | 179 | 43 | .240 | 0 | 22 |
| Bill Jackson | 50 | 98 | 16 | .163 | 1 | 12 |
| Al Wickland | 30 | 86 | 21 | .244 | 1 | 5 |
| Mickey Doolin | 24 | 86 | 23 | .267 | 0 | 9 |
| Joe Weiss | 29 | 85 | 19 | .224 | 0 | 11 |
| Joe Tinker | 31 | 67 | 18 | .269 | 0 | 9 |
| Arnold Hauser | 23 | 54 | 11 | .204 | 0 | 4 |
| Charlie Pechous | 18 | 51 | 9 | .176 | 0 | 4 |
| Clem Clemens | 11 | 22 | 3 | .136 | 0 | 3 |

### 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 McConnell | 44 | 303.0 | 25 | 10 | 2.20 | 151 |
| Claude Hendrix | 40 | 285.0 | 16 | 15 | 3.00 | 107 |
| Mike Prendergast | 42 | 253.2 | 14 | 12 | 2.48 | 95 |
| Mordecai Brown | 35 | 236.1 | 17 | 8 | 2.09 | 95 |
| Ad Brennan | 19 | 106.0 | 3 | 9 | 3.74 | 40 |
| Bill Bailey | 5 | 33.1 | 3 | 1 | 2.16 | 24 |

#### 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 |
| Dave Black | 25 | 121.1 | 6 | 7 | 2.45 | 43 |
| Rankin Johnson | 11 | 57.0 | 2 | 4 | 4.42 | 19 |

#### 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 |
| Hans Rasmussen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 2 |