- St. Louis Terriers
The St. Louis Terriers were a
baseball club that played in the short-livedFederal League in 1914 and 1915. They played their home games atHandlan's Park . The St. Louis Chapter of SABR placed a marker at the site of Handland's Park, now on the campus of St. Louis University, on October 17, 2007.In their inaugural season, the Terriers posted a 62-89 record (.411) and finished in last place, 25 games behind the league champion
Indianapolis Hoosiers . The team improved significantly the next year as they were pennant contenders up until the last game of the season. The Terriers had a 87-67 mark (.565), ending up in second place 1/10th of a percentage point behind the championChicago Whales , who finished 86-66 (.566).Among the St. Louis Terriers players who had experience in the American and/or
National League s wereAl Bridwell ,Mordecai Brown ,Bob Groom ,Fielder Jones ,Eddie Plank ,Jack Tobin andEd Willett .External links
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1914&t=SLF Baseball Almanac]
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Federal_League BR Bullpen]
* [http://www.toyou.com/fl/teams/index.html Federal League Teams]
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