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HISTORICAL TEAM HISTORY: - The Chicago Federals were one of the eight original teams of the Federal League. The Federals played in both years of the Federal League, 1914 and 1915. The Chicago Federals were owned by Charles Weeghman a diner magnate. He had Weeghman park designed by Zachary Davis, the same architecht of Comiskey Park. The park is still in existence and is now know as Wrigley Field. The 1914 and 1915 Chicago Federals were managed by ex-Cub shortstop, Joe Tinker. Tinker, one of the first big names to jump to the Federal League, was also the Whales starting shortstop. Claude Hendrix was their ace pitcher and the team's slugging leaders were Dutch Zwilling, Art Wilson, and Fred Beck.
The 1914 Chicago Federals opened the season in the park that would eventually be known as Wrigley Field and finished just a game and a half behind Federal League champion Indianapolis Hoosiers.
In 1915, the Chicago Federals (who changed their name to the Chicago Whales) won the Federal League Championship with a record of 86-66. The Whales finished with a .001 percent victory over second-place St. Louis and a .004 percent lead over third place Pittsburgh. The Whales had played two fewer games during the season because of rainouts. The Whales were lead by Dutch Zwilling and Max Flack on offense. Zwilling led all hitters with 94 runs batted in and Les Mann led the league with 19 triples. Manager Joe Tinker found some pitching surprises in George McConnell, 37, and Three-Finger Brown, 38. McConnell led the league with 25 wins.
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BATTING AB - 10919 |
Pitching Games Started - 308 |
FANTASY TEAM HISTORY: - The Chicago Whales came into existance in the 2002 season. The Whales replaces the Blue Jays, which was one of the original teams of the VSL. The original name was the Guthrie End Runs. Searching back in the time tunnel discovered that Bo Jackson was one of the original Guthrie players. Since Bo was a duel sport player the thought was that the naming a baseball team with a football "slant" might be good luck. Didn't happen. The next year the team renamed to the Guthrie Blue Jays.
