1915 Federal League Retirements

The baseball torch is passed from season to season and in some cases, from game to game. In 1911, Cy Young pitched his final Major League game, lost 1-0, and ended the final season of his career with a losing record of 7-9 and an ERA of 3.77. Young's opponent that particular day was a first-year pitcher named Grover Alexander who received the win, added to his league leading shutout total, and went on to begin his career with a winning record of 28-13 and an ERA of 2.57.

Bob Gibson, who was easily one of the most intense competitors of all time, gave up a grand slam to the last Major League hitter he faced, Pete LaCock of the Chicago Cubs. Fifteen years passed and when the two faced off during an old-timer's game, Gibson hit LaCock on his back with a fastball.

Babe Ruth summed it up when he responded to a question about retirement by saying, "A ballplayer should quit when it starts to feel as if all the baselines run uphill." Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a comprehensive list of Federal League League players who hung up their spikes in 1915.

"You are George Brett and all the cheering has stopped. The music is muted, the hour is late, and they will be taking the banners down and emptying your locker any minute now. As the late Jimmy Cannon would say it, 'All your bats are broken.'" - Broadcaster Jim Murray
 

Federal League Retirements

1915
n/a Joe Agler Baltimore Terrapins 1B 28
n/a Ken Crawford Baltimore Terrapins 1B 21
n/a Larry Douglas Baltimore Terrapins P 25
n/a Vern Duncan Baltimore Terrapins OF 26
n/a Charlie Eakle Baltimore Terrapins 2B 28
n/a Steve Evans Baltimore Terrapins OF 31
n/a Ed Forsythe Baltimore Terrapins 3B 29
n/a John Gallagher Baltimore Terrapins 2B 24
n/a Doc Kerr Baltimore Terrapins C 34
n/a Enos Kirkpatrick Baltimore Terrapins 3B 31
n/a Karl Kolseth Baltimore Terrapins 1B 23
n/a George LeClair Baltimore Terrapins P 29
n/a Charlie Maisel Baltimore Terrapins C 22
n/a Jack McCandless Baltimore Terrapins OF 25
n/a Charlie Miller Baltimore Terrapins PH 38
n/a Frank Owens Baltimore Terrapins C 30
n/a Wally Reinecker Baltimore Terrapins 3B 26
n/a Harvey Russell Baltimore Terrapins C 29
n/a Hack Simmons Baltimore Terrapins 2B 31
n/a Frank Smith Baltimore Terrapins P 36
n/a George Suggs Baltimore Terrapins P 33
n/a Harry Swacina Baltimore Terrapins 1B 34
n/a Tommy Vereker Baltimore Terrapins P 22
n/a Jimmy Walsh Baltimore Terrapins 3B 30
n/a Charlie Young Baltimore Terrapins P 23
n/a Guy Zinn Baltimore Terrapins OF 29
n/a Hugh Bradley Brooklyn Tip-Tops 1B 31
n/a Felix Chouinard Brooklyn Tip-Tops OF 28
n/a Jim Delahanty Brooklyn Tip-Tops 2B 36
n/a Steve Evans Brooklyn Tip-Tops OF 31
n/a Ed Gagnier Brooklyn Tip-Tops SS 34
n/a Ty Helfrich Brooklyn Tip-Tops 2B 25
n/a Bill Herring Brooklyn Tip-Tops P 22
n/a Dave Howard Brooklyn Tip-Tops 2B 27
n/a Ed Lafitte Brooklyn Tip-Tops P 30
n/a Grover Land Brooklyn Tip-Tops C 31
n/a Dan Marion Brooklyn Tip-Tops P 26
n/a Danny Murphy Brooklyn Tip-Tops 2B 39
n/a Hap Myers Brooklyn Tip-Tops 1B 29
n/a Larry Pratt Brooklyn Tip-Tops C 28
n/a Milt Reed Brooklyn Tip-Tops SS 25
n/a Mike Simon Brooklyn Tip-Tops C 33
n/a Frank Smith Brooklyn Tip-Tops P 36
n/a Al Tesch Brooklyn Tip-Tops 2B 25
n/a Mysterious Walker Brooklyn Tip-Tops P 32
n/a Art Watson Brooklyn Tip-Tops C 32
n/a Fin Wilson Brooklyn Tip-Tops P 27
n/a Hooks Wiltse Brooklyn Tip-Tops P 36
n/a Tex Wisterzil Brooklyn Tip-Tops 3B 28
n/a Dick Wright Brooklyn Tip-Tops C 26
n/a Joe Agler Buffalo Buffeds OF 28
n/a Hugh Bedient Buffalo Buffeds P 26
n/a Walter Blair Buffalo Buffeds C 32
n/a Tom Downey Buffalo Buffeds 2B 32
n/a Russ Ford Buffalo Buffeds P 33
n/a Ed Gagnier Buffalo Buffeds 2B 34
n/a Gene Krapp Buffalo Buffeds P 29
n/a Ed Lafitte Buffalo Buffeds P 30
n/a George LeClair Buffalo Buffeds P 29
n/a Harry Lord Buffalo Buffeds 3B 34
n/a Rube Marshall Buffalo Buffeds P 25
n/a Tex McDonald Buffalo Buffeds OF 25
n/a Roxey Roach Buffalo Buffeds SS 33
n/a Bob Smith Buffalo Buffeds P 25
n/a Art Watson Buffalo Buffeds C 32
n/a Dan Woodman Buffalo Buffeds P 22
n/a Del Young Buffalo Buffeds OF 30
n/a Fred Beck Chicago Whales 1B 29
n/a Jack Farrell Chicago Whales 2B 23
n/a Harry Fritz Chicago Whales 3B 25
n/a Charlie Hanford Chicago Whales OF 33
n/a Arnold Hauser Chicago Whales SS 27
n/a Bill Jackson Chicago Whales 1B 35
n/a Hans Rasmussen Chicago Whales P 21
n/a Joe Weiss Chicago Whales 1B 22
n/a Tex Wisterzil Chicago Whales 3B 28
n/a Dan Adams Kansas City Packers P 28
n/a Bill Bradley Kansas City Packers 3B 38
n/a Drummond Brown Kansas City Packers C 31
n/a Ted Easterly Kansas City Packers C 31
n/a Jack Enzenroth Kansas City Packers C 30
n/a Grover Gilmore Kansas City Packers OF 27
n/a Joe Gingras Kansas City Packers P 22
n/a Pep Goodwin Kansas City Packers SS 24
n/a Ben Harris Kansas City Packers P 26
n/a Pete Henning Kansas City Packers P 28
n/a Chief Johnson Kansas City Packers P 30
n/a Art Kruger Kansas City Packers OF 35
n/a George Perring Kansas City Packers 3B 31
n/a Al Shaw Kansas City Packers OF 35
n/a George Stovall Kansas City Packers 1B 38
n/a Harry Billiard Newark Peppers P 32
n/a Hugh Bradley Newark Peppers 1B 31
n/a Chick Brandom Newark Peppers P 29
n/a Vin Campbell Newark Peppers OF 28
n/a Jimmy Esmond Newark Peppers SS 26
n/a George Kaiserling Newark Peppers P 23
n/a Frank LaPorte Newark Peppers 2B 36
n/a Rupert Mills Newark Peppers 1B 23
n/a Harry Moran Newark Peppers P 27
n/a George Mullin Newark Peppers P 35
n/a Larry Pratt Newark Peppers C 28
n/a Ted Reed Newark Peppers 3B 25
n/a Al Scheer Newark Peppers OF 27
n/a Larry Strands Newark Peppers 3B 30
n/a George Textor Newark Peppers C 29
n/a Fred Trautman Newark Peppers P 24
n/a Bill Warren Newark Peppers C 32
n/a Gil Whitehouse Newark Peppers OF 22
n/a Cy Barger Pittsburgh Rebels P 31
n/a Marty Berghammer Pittsburgh Rebels SS 27
n/a Claude Berry Pittsburgh Rebels C 36
n/a Hugh Bradley Pittsburgh Rebels OF 31
n/a Al Braithwood Pittsburgh Rebels P 24
n/a Sandy Burk Pittsburgh Rebels P 29
n/a Howie Camnitz Pittsburgh Rebels P 34
n/a Frank Delahanty Pittsburgh Rebels OF 33
n/a Walt Dickson Pittsburgh Rebels P 37
n/a Ed Holly Pittsburgh Rebels SS 36
n/a Davy Jones Pittsburgh Rebels OF 35
n/a Orie Kerlin Pittsburgh Rebels C 25
n/a George LeClair Pittsburgh Rebels P 29
n/a Ed Lennox Pittsburgh Rebels 3B 32
n/a Jack Lewis Pittsburgh Rebels 2B 32
n/a Rebel Oakes Pittsburgh Rebels OF 32
n/a Cy Rheam Pittsburgh Rebels OF 22
n/a Jimmie Savage Pittsburgh Rebels OF 32
n/a Al Bridwell St. Louis Terriers 2B 32
n/a Delos Drake St. Louis Terriers OF 29
n/a Ernie Herbert St. Louis Terriers P 29
n/a Fielder Jones St. Louis Terriers OF 44
n/a La Rue Kirby St. Louis Terriers OF 26
n/a Art Kores St. Louis Terriers 3B 29
n/a Hughie Miller St. Louis Terriers 1B 29
n/a Bobby Vaughn St. Louis Terriers 2B 30
n/a Jimmy Walsh St. Louis Terriers 3B 30
n/a Doc Watson St. Louis Terriers P 30
n/a Ed Willett St. Louis Terriers P 32
n/a Tex Wisterzil St. Louis Terriers 3B 28
1915 Federal League Retirements



Find out which players made their Major League debut in the Federal League during the 1915 season as this group of players bid farewell to their field's of dreams.

Goose Goslin played for eighteen seasons and averaged one-hundred twenty-seven games played per season. In 1938, during his final at-bat, he twisted his back and was replaced at the plate by a pinch-hitter for the first time in his Major League career.

Did you know that future hall of fame pitcher Walter Johnson ended his Major League career in 1927 with a pinch-hit appearance? During the final game of the season pitcher Tom Zachary, who had just given up Babe Ruth's sixtieth home run of the season, was lifted and Johnson replaced him at the plate.
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