# 1915 Brooklyn Tip-Tops season

The 1915 Brooklyn Tip-Tops season was a season in American baseball. The Tip-Tops finished in 7th place in the Federal League, 16 games behind the Chicago Whales. The season was notable in that it featured one of the only known major-league professional baseball games of the modern era in which admission was free (June 28, 1914, vs. the Chicago Whales).

## 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 | Grover Land | 96 | 290 | 75 | .259 | 0 | 22 |
| 1B | Hap Myers | 118 | 341 | 98 | .287 | 1 | 36 |
| 2B | Lee Magee | 121 | 452 | 146 | .323 | 4 | 49 |
| SS | Fred Smith | 110 | 385 | 95 | .247 | 5 | 58 |
| 3B | Al Halt | 151 | 524 | 131 | .250 | 3 | 64 |
| OF | George Anderson | 136 | 511 | 135 | .264 | 2 | 39 |
| OF | Benny Kauff | 136 | 483 | 165 | .342 | 12 | 83 |
| OF | Claude Cooper | 153 | 527 | 155 | .294 | 2 | 63 |

#### 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 |
| Steve Evans | 63 | 216 | 64 | .296 | 3 | 30 |
| Mike Simon | 47 | 142 | 25 | .176 | 0 | 12 |
| Hugh Bradley | 37 | 126 | 31 | .246 | 0 | 18 |
| Tex Wisterzil | 36 | 106 | 33 | .311 | 0 | 21 |
| Ty Helfrich | 43 | 104 | 25 | .240 | 0 | 5 |
| Harry Smith | 28 | 65 | 13 | .200 | 1 | 4 |
| Ed Gagnier | 20 | 50 | 13 | .260 | 0 | 4 |
| Larry Pratt | 20 | 49 | 9 | .184 | 1 | 2 |
| Art Griggs | 27 | 38 | 11 | .289 | 1 | 2 |
| Dave Howard | 25 | 36 | 8 | .222 | 0 | 1 |
| Milt Reed | 10 | 31 | 9 | .290 | 0 | 8 |
| Jim Delahanty | 17 | 25 | 6 | .240 | 0 | 2 |
| Art Watson | 9 | 19 | 5 | .263 | 0 | 1 |
| Frank Kane | 3 | 10 | 2 | .200 | 0 | 2 |
| Al Tesch | 8 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 0 | 2 |
| Danny Murphy | 5 | 6 | 1 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Wright | 4 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Felix Chouinard | 4 | 4 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 2 |

### 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 |
| Dan Marion | 35 | 208.1 | 12 | 9 | 3.20 | 46 |
| Tom Seaton | 32 | 189.1 | 11 | 11 | 4.42 | 86 |
| Jim Bluejacket | 24 | 162.2 | 10 | 11 | 3.15 | 48 |
| Ed Lafitte | 17 | 117.2 | 6 | 9 | 3.98 | 34 |
| Cy Falkenberg | 7 | 48.0 | 3 | 3 | 1.50 | 20 |

#### 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 |
| Happy Finneran | 37 | 215.1 | 10 | 12 | 2.80 | 68 |
| Bill Upham | 33 | 121.0 | 7 | 8 | 3.35 | 46 |
| Fin Wilson | 18 | 102.1 | 1 | 8 | 3.78 | 47 |
| Mysterious Walker | 13 | 65.2 | 2 | 4 | 3.70 | 28 |
| Frank Smith | 15 | 63.0 | 5 | 2 | 3.14 | 24 |

#### 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 |
| Hooks Wiltse | 18 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2.28 | 17 |
| Bill Herring | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.00 | 3 |