The Newark Pepper was a Federal League baseball club in Newark, New Jersey in 1915. The Federal League was the last major attempt to establish an independent major Professional baseball league in the United States Baseball is a Bat-and-ball Sport played between two teams of nine players each Newark is the largest city in New Jersey, United States and the County seat of Essex County. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The previous year, they played in Indiana as the Indianapolis Hoosiers. The State of Indiana ( was the 19th US state admitted into the union Indianapolis Hoosiers can refer to three major league and one minor league Baseball clubs based in Indianapolis Indiana. They had won the Federal League championship in Indianapolis in 1914 but slumped to fifth a year later. The Peppers folded when the Federal League went out of business after two seasons.
In Newark, they played at Harrison Park, in the town of Harrison, New Jersey, across the Passaic River from downtown Newark. Harrison Park is a former Baseball ground located in Newark New Jersey. Harrison is a town in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. The Passaic River is a Tributary of Newark Bay, approximately 80 mi (129 km long in northern New Jersey in the United States.
Notable players on the Peppers included Ed Reulbach, Cy Falkenberg, and future Baseball Hall of Fame members Edd Roush and Bill McKechnie. Edward Marvin "Big Ed" Reulbach ( December 1, 1882 &ndash July 17, 1961) was a Major league baseball pitcher for the Cy Falkenberg (born Frederick Peter Falkenberg on December 17 1880 in Chicago Illinois died April 14 1961 in San Francisco California was a Pitcher in Major League Edd J Roush ( May 8, 1893 - March 21, 1988) was a Left-handed Major League Baseball player William Boyd McKechnie ( August 7 1886 - October 29 1965) was an American Third baseman, manager and coach
External links
- 1915 Newark Pepper at Baseball Reference
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