The Chicago Whales were a Federal League baseball club in Chicago from 1914 to 1915. The Whales won the Federal League championship in 1915. The Federal League was an attempt to establish a third major league in baseball in the United States. ... Baseball is a team sport, in which a fist-sized ball is thrown by a defensive player called a pitcher and hit by an offensive player called a batter with a round, smooth stick called a bat. ... Chicago (officially named the City of Chicago) is the third largest city in the United States (after New York City and Los Angeles), with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 census. ... 1914 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1915 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

Founded by Charles Weeghman, the Whales finished 1 1/2 games behind the Indianapolis Hoosiers in the inaugural season for the league, during which the team was known as the Chicago Federals. Prior to the start of the season, Weeghman built a stadium for the team, called Weeghman Park. Now used by the Chicago Cubs, it is the only Federal League stadium still in use. The Indianapolis Hoosiers were a Federal League baseball club in Indianapolis in 1914, when they won the Federal League championship. ... Weeghman Park was the name of what is now Wrigley Field in Chicago. ... The Chicago Cubs are a Major League Baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois. ...

In the League's second and final season, the Whales won the championship, finishing .001 percent ahead of the St. Louis Terriers. When Kenesaw Mountain Landis brokered a deal between the Federal League, American League and National League that ended the Federal League's existence, Weeghman was allowed to purchase the Cubs. Kenesaw Mountain Landis Kenesaw Mountain Landis (20 November 1866 – 25 November 1944) was an American jurist who served as a federal judge from 1905 to 1922, and subsequently as the first commissioner of Major League Baseball. ... The American League (or formally the American League of Professional Baseball Clubs) is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in the United States of America and Canada. ... This article refers to the American baseball league. ...

Many Whales players had American and National League experience, including the manager, Joe Tinker, Dutch Zwilling, Mordecai Brown, and Rollie Zeider. Joe Tinker baseball card, 1912 Joseph Bert Tinker (July 27, 1880-July 27, 1948) was a Major League Baseball player and manager. ... Mordecai Brown of the Chicago Cubs at the West Side Grounds in 1903. ... Rollie Zeider giving a practice swing to photographers Rollie Hubert Zeider (born November 16, 1883 in Auburn, Indiana - died September 12, 1967 in Orland, Indiana) was a Major League Baseball infielder (playing over 100 games at all four infield positions in his career) for the Chicago White Sox (1910-1913...