
August 16, 1914: Pittsburgh Rebels hurler George LeClair takes one for the team, gets blasted for 21 runs
Federal League Park in Indianapolis struck fear into the hearts…

April 16, 1915: Federal League comes to New Jersey as Terrapins beat Newark Peppers in home opener
Local baseball teams parade through Harrison Park in Harrison,…

October 6, 1914: Terrapins win blowout in Baltimore in doubleheader opener
In the final week of the initial Federal League campaign, the…

May 6, 1915: Terriers turn triple play, but Brooklyn snags victory
Jack Tobin’s ears told him to move.
Fast!
As sound waves…

May 29, 1915: Darkness wins in tie game between Terriers and Tip-Tops
Federal League Park, also known as Handlan’s Park, was first…

May 29, 1915: Terriers ace Eddie Plank dominates Brooklyn Tip-Tops in opener
Eddie Plank had 287 major-league victories to his credit when…

October 7, 1914: Indianapolis Hoosiers clinch second straight Federal League pennant
Only the tail-end St. Louis club stood in the way of Bill Phillips’s…

May 15, 1915: Chicago’s Claude Hendrix no-hits the Pittsburgh Rebels
Years before he would become infamous for inadvertently starting…

October 6, 1914: Another day, another doubleheader, another tie for Pittsburgh Rebels, Baltimore Terrapins
Their home-field victory over the Pittsburgh Rebels in the opener…

August 16, 1914: Terrapins defeat Chi-Feds when Dutch Zwilling homers and strikes out in same at-bat
On a mid-August Sunday afternoon, the Baltimore Terrapins arrived…

August 24, 1914: Indianapolis Hoosiers are Tip-Top in doubleheader sweep
As the Indianapolis Hoosiers (63-49) prepared to host the Brooklyn…

September 12, 1914: Bob Groom umpires and pitches in same game for St. Louis
The Brooklyn Tip-Tops were very much still in the hunt for the…

April 24, 1915: No offense in Gateway no-no: Frank Allen pitches a no-hitter for Pittsburgh
Late in the 1914 season, Brooklyn’s Ed Lafitte pitched his…

August 16, 1915: The Main Event: Kansas City’s Alex Main tosses no-hitter in Federal League
When the Kansas City Packers began a 26-game road trip in the…

September 9, 1914: Chicago battles Buffalo to 12-inning tie
The Chicago Chi-Feds went into Buffalo looking to get back into…

July 5, 1915: Holiday fireworks as Terriers manager Fielder Jones ejected, ‘resigns’, suspended
St. Louis Terriers manager Fielder Jones was known for his…

June 28, 1915: Visiting Whales rally to best Tip-Tops as 18,000 attend Fans’ Day in Brooklyn
Fledging leagues need paying customers to survive, but sometimes…

August 7, 1915: Newark Peppers ride mud ball to third consecutive extra-inning win
The Federal League’s Newark (New Jersey) Peppers, in the midst…

May 31, 1915: Newark, Brooklyn split a home-and-away doubleheader
The Federal League magnates experimented with a number of innovations…

September 7, 1914: Tip-Tops reliever Jim Bluejacket records novel pitching victory — without throwing a pitch
After the Brooklyn Tip-Tops rallied for a one-run victory over…

May 20, 1915: Buffalo Blues bats come alive in St. Louis
The start of the 1915 season was going so poorly for the Buffalo…

September 28, 1914: Buffalo, Kansas City tie 10-10 in ‘a freak contest’
“It was a freak contest.”1 That’s how the Buffalo Evening…

October 9, 1914: Buffalo’s Russ Ford throws 16-inning shutout to beat Pittsburgh
Russ Ford took the mound on the next to last day of the 1914…

September 19, 1914: Doc Lafitte tosses the Federal League’s first no-hitter
The Brooklyn Tip-Tops had just lost five games at Washington…