| Brooklyn Tip-Tops | |
|---|---|
| Information | |
| Location | Brooklyn, New York |
| Founded | 1914 |
| Disbanded | 1915 |
| Nickname(s) | Feds BrookFeds |
| League championships | 0 |
| Former league(s) | |
| Former ballparks | |
| Ownership | Robert Ward |
| Manager | Lee Magee John Ganzel |
TheBrooklyn Tip-Tops were a team in the short-livedFederal League of professional baseball from 1914 to 1915. The team's name came from Tip Top Bread, a product ofWard Baking Company, which was also owned by team owner Robert Ward.[1][2] They were sometimes informally called theBrooklyn Feds orBrookFeds due to being theBrooklyn team of the Federal League. They played inWashington Park, which theBrooklyn Dodgers had abandoned after the1912 season to move toEbbets Field.
The team finished a disappointing 4th in 1914. Federal League officials believed it was important to have a successful franchise in theNew York City area and when theIndianapolis Hoosiers were transitioned toNewark, New Jersey, the "Federal LeagueTy Cobb", as 1914 FL batting champBenny Kauff was known, was placed on the Brooklyn roster. In 1915, Kauff led the league with a .342batting average and 55stolen bases, but the Tip-Tops still finished in seventh place. The Newark and Brooklyn FL teams played three holidaydoubleheaders during the 1915 season where one game was in Newark and the second was in Brooklyn.
On September 19, 1914, Tip-TopEd Lafitte threw the onlyno-hitter in Federal League history, beating theKansas City Packers 6–2.
Had the Federal League (FL) lasted just one more season, night baseball might have been introduced two decades earlier. The Tip Tops had announced plans for the 1916 season to play some games at night.
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