The FEDERAL LEAGUE

The Federal League was the third major baseball league, competing against the American and National leagues. It operated as a major league from 1914 to 1915. Though the league was short-lived, its effects on the game then were great and still effect major league baseball to this very day.

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On this day, July 4 in Federal League history
1914
(Saturday)
•Indianapolis and Chicago split their holiday doubleheader 12-3 and 3-6 respectively.
•Pittsburgh won both ends of their doubleheader with Baltimore, 5-1 and 8-7 in 10 innings.
•Buffalo split their doubleheader with host Brooklyn, 1-6 and 6-2.
•Visting St. Louis swept Kansas City with a pair of shutouts, 4-0 and 1-0. Bob Groom pitched the first game and Bob Brown the nightcap. The second game was called in the eighth inning to allow St. Louis to catch a train out of town.

Standings as of July 4, 1914
TeamWinsLossesPct.
CHI38260.594
IND36270.571
BAL35280.556
BUF31280.525
KC32360.471
BKN28320.467
PIT26350.426
STL27410.397
Standings as of July 4, 1915
TeamWinsLossesPct.
KC41280.594
STL39260.600
CHI38300.559
PIT37290.561
NWK35340.507
BKN30400.429
BUF27440.380
BAL25410.379


  Did you know?

One of the labor disputes during the early days of baseball was the 10-day clause. The clause meant that a baseball club could release a player from his contract by giving him a 10 day notice. Firstbaseman Hal Chase turned the tables around on the owners in 1914. He gave the Chicago White Sox his 10 day notice and then jumped to the Federal League's Buffalo Blues.

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