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Apparently this "Forgotten League" wasn't totally forgotten. Thanks for archiving this and presenting a nice photographic record of The Federal League. I really do appreciate these photos.
Federal League Trivia:
Q. Which pitcher led the Federal League in Wins 1914, but then led the Federal League in Losses in Losses in 1915?
A. Jack Quinn. He led the FL in Wins in 1914 with 26 Wins (26-14), but then led the FL in Losses the following year with 22 Losses (9-22). That made his combined Federal League record
35-36. Quinn's total lifetime record was 247-212 for his 25-year major league career. (1909-1933). He holds a bunch of "oldness records". He is the oldest player of all-time for a continuous career (not counting one or two game comebacks years after a player's career had ended). He made his major league debut a short time before his 26th birthday with the New York Yankees, who were then known as the New York Highlanders. Jack Quinn's final major league game (for the Cincinnati Reds) came 5 days after he passed his 50th birthday, Her turned 50 on July 1, 1933 and his final game came on July 6, 1933, one day after the first-ever major league all-star game was played. Quinn also set a record for being the oldest player ever to appear in a World Series game. He was 47 years, 3 months old when he pitched in the 1930 World Series for the Philadelphia Athletics, who would win the title by defeating the St. Louis Cardinals 4 games to 2. Quinn pitched two innings in Game 3.
Federal League Trivia:
Q. Which pitcher led the Federal League in Wins 1914, but then led the Federal League in Losses in Losses in 1915?
A. Jack Quinn. He led the FL in Wins in 1914 with 26 Wins (26-14), but then led the FL in Losses the following year with 22 Losses (9-22). That made his combined Federal League record
35-36. Quinn's total lifetime record was 247-212 for his 25-year major league career. (1909-1933). He holds a bunch of "oldness records". He is the oldest player of all-time for a continuous career (not counting one or two game comebacks years after a player's career had ended). He made his major league debut a short time before his 26th birthday with the New York Yankees, who were then known as the New York Highlanders. Jack Quinn's final major league game (for the Cincinnati Reds) came 5 days after he passed his 50th birthday, Her turned 50 on July 1, 1933 and his final game came on July 6, 1933, one day after the first-ever major league all-star game was played. Quinn also set a record for being the oldest player ever to appear in a World Series game. He was 47 years, 3 months old when he pitched in the 1930 World Series for the Philadelphia Athletics, who would win the title by defeating the St. Louis Cardinals 4 games to 2. Quinn pitched two innings in Game 3.
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