1915 Kansas City Packers season

The 1915 Kansas City Packers finished in 4th place the Federal League, 5½ games behind the Chicago Whales. After the season, both the team and the league folded.

1915 Kansas City Packers
4th place, Federal League
League	Federal League
Ballpark	Gordon and Koppel Field
City	Kansas City, Missouri
Owners	S. S. Gordon, Conrad H. Mann, Charles A. Baird
Managers	George Stovall

Regular season

Season standings

Federal 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 record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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	—

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	Ted Easterly	110	309	84	.272	3	32
1B	George Stovall	130	480	111	.231	0	44
2B	Bill Kenworthy	122	396	118	.298	3	52
SS	Johnny Rawlings	120	399	86	.216	2	24
3B	George Perring	153	553	143	.259	7	67
OF	Chet Chadbourne	152	587	133	.227	1	35
OF	Al Shaw	132	448	126	.281	6	67
OF	Grover Gilmore	119	411	117	.285	1	47

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
Art Kruger	80	240	57	.238	2	26
Pep Goodwin	81	229	54	.236	0	16
Drummond Brown	77	227	55	.242	1	26
Bill Bradley	66	203	38	.187	0	9
Jack Enzenroth	14	19	3	.158	0	3

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
Nick Cullop	44	302.1	22	11	2.44	111
Gene Packard	42	281.2	20	12	2.68	108
Chief Johnson	46	281.1	17	17	2.75	118
Alex Main	35	230.0	13	14	2.54	91

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
Pete Henning	40	207.0	9	15	3.17	73
Dan Adams	11	35.0	0	2	4.63	16
Charlie Blackburn	7	15.2	0	1	8.62	7

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
Joe Gingras	2	0	0	0	6.75	2
Ben Harris	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

References

• 1915 Kansas City Packers at Baseball Reference