The most recent league to challenge the National League and the American League, the Federal League was the third major league in 1914 and 1915.Many would say the league's most lasting contribution to baseball is the ballpark now known as Wrigley Field (then called Weeghman Park), where the league's Chicago Whales played. Now known as Wrigley Field.

However, what many people don't know is that Wrigley Field, originally named Weeghman Park, was originally built as a Federal League stadium for the Chicago Whales in 1914. Playing statistics for 1933 and 1943, copyright 2013-2018 Scott Simkus. In 1922, the same club renamed the Stars used the old Federal League Park for some games, as its new park on Compton and Market did not open until July of that year. 1914 debuted the short-lived Federal League after John T. Powers of Chicago convinced a group of entrepreneurs that the growing popularity of baseball could support a third major league. The 1915 Federal League season featured a close five-team race for the pennant, with the Kansas City Packers and Newark Peppers dropping back only in the last two weeks. The Whales won the Federal League championship in 1915.

Eight teams entered the inaugural season with clubs based in Brooklyn, Chicago, St. Louis and Pittsburgh as well as Baltimore, Kansas City, Buffalo and Indianapolis which had been the home for AAA teams. Federal League Park is a former baseball ground located in Indianapolis, Indiana.The ground was home to the Indianapolis Hoosiers of the Federal League in 1914.. Wikimedia Foundation. Though the Whales ceased operations after 1915 when the League went out of business, Weeghman Park never stopped operations. 2010. The Chicago Whales were a Federal League baseball club in Chicago from 1914 to 1915 .

Two lawsuits launched in association with the FL were also … Playing statistics for 1924-1925, 1939-1942, and 1944-1946 Negro Leagues (not including Cuban League and Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Larry Lester, Wayne Stivers, Gary Ashwill. The St. Louis Negro National League Giants played some games there in 1920 and 21, although that club had its own park on North Broadway, far north of Robison Field. Season summary []. Going in to the final day of the season, the Chicago Whales led the Pittsburgh Rebels and St. Louis Terriers by a half-game each. Playing statistics for 1923 (except Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Patrick Rock. This is a VERY rare postcard of Federal Laegue Ball Park in Chicago.