1915 Pittsburgh Rebels season

The 1915 Pittsburgh Rebels' season was a season in American baseball. The Rebels finished in third place in the Federal League, just one-half game behind the Chicago Whales and St. Louis Terriers.

1915 Pittsburgh Rebels
3rd place, Federal League
Major League affiliations
Federal League (since 1914)
Location
Exposition Park (since 1914) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (since 1914)
Other information
Owner(s)	Edward Gwinner, C. B. Comstock
Manager(s)	Rebel Oakes
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Regular season

Season standings

Federal League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Whales	86	66	0.566	—	44–32	42–34
St. Louis Terriers	87	67	0.565	—	43–34	44–33
Pittsburgh Rebels	86	67	0.562	½	45–31	41–36
Kansas City Packers	81	72	0.529	5½	46–31	35–41
Newark Peppers	80	72	0.526	6	40–39	40–33
Buffalo Blues	74	78	0.487	12	37–40	37–38
Brooklyn Tip-Tops	70	82	0.461	16	34–40	36–42
Baltimore Terrapins	47	107	0.305	40	24–51	23–56

Record vs. opponents

1915 Federal League Records 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

1915 Pittsburgh Rebels
Roster
Pitchers Frank Allen Cy Barger Al Braithwood Sandy Burk Howie Camnitz Ralph Comstock Walt Dickson Bunny Hearn Elmer Knetzer George LeClair Johnny Miljus Clint Rogge		Catchers Claude Berry Orie Kerlin Paddy O'Connor Infielders Marty Berghammer Ed Holly Ed Konetchy Ed Lennox Jack Lewis Mike Mowrey Steve Yerkes		Outfielders Hugh Bradley Frank Delahanty Davy Jones Jim Kelly Mike Menosky Rebel Oakes Cy Rheam Jimmie Savage Al Wickland		Manager Rebel Oakes

Player stats

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	Claude Berry	100	292	56	.192	1	26
1B	Ed Konetchy	152	576	181	.314	10	93
2B	Steve Yerkes	121	434	125	.288	1	49
SS	Marty Berghammer	132	469	114	.243	0	33
OF	Al Wickland	110	389	117	.301	1	30
OF	Rebel Oakes	153	580	161	.278	0	82
OF	Jim Kelly	148	524	154	.294	4	50

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
Jack Lewis	82	231	61	.264	0	26
Paddy O'Connor	70	219	50	.228	0	16
Cy Rheam	34	69	12	.174	1	5
Hugh Bradley	26	66	18	.273	0	6
Ed Lennox	55	53	16	.302	1	9
Davy Jones	14	49	16	.327	0	4
Ed Holly	16	42	11	.262	0	5
Frank Delahanty	14	42	10	.238	0	3
Mike Menosky	17	21	2	.095	0	1
Jimmie Savage	14	21	3	.143	0	0
Orie Kerlin	3	1	0	.000	0	0

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
Frank Allen	41	283.1	23	13	2.51	127
Elmer Knetzer	41	279	18	14	2.58	120
Clint Rogge	37	254.1	17	11	2.55	93
Bunny Hearn	29	175.2	6	11	3.38	49
Sandy Burk	2	18	2	0	1.00	9

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
Cy Barger	34	153	9	8	2.29	47
Walt Dickson	27	96.2	7	5	4.19	36
Ralph Comstock	12	52.2	3	3	3.25	18
George LeClair	14	45.2	1	2	3.35	10
Howie Camnitz	4	20	0	0	4.50	6

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
Al Braithwood	2	0	0	0	0.00	2
Johnny Miljus	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

References

• 1915 Pittsburgh Rebels at Baseball Reference