Chicago Whales

Chicago Whales
Information
LocationChicago, Illinois
Founded1913
Disbanded1915
Nickname(s)
  • Chicago Keeleys (1913)
  • Chicago Federals (1914)
  • Chicago Whales (1915)
League championships1 (1915)
Former name(s)
  • Chicago Federals (1914)
Former league(s)
Former ballparks
Colorsblue, white    
OwnershipCharles Weeghman
ManagerBurt Keeley (1913)
Joe Tinker (1914–1915)

The Chicago Whales were a professional baseball team based in Chicago. They played in the Federal League, a short-lived "third Major League", in 1914 and 1915. They originally lacked a formal nickname, and were known simply as the "Chicago Federals" (or "Chi-Feds") to distinguish them from the Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox.

The team came in second in the Federal League rankings in 1914 and won the league championship in 1915. They came to an end when the Federal League came to a deal with the National and American Leagues that disbanded all its teams. The Whales are notable as the original occupants of the stadium now known as Wrigley Field, the current home of the Chicago Cubs[1] and the only Federal League stadium still in use.

  1. ^ Shapiro, Michael. "The devil and Charlie Weeghman". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 16 March 2019.