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Chicago Whales (1914-1915) (Federal League)

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  • Mordecai "Three Finger" Brown (1876 - 1948)
    Peter Centennial Brown (October 19, 1876 – February 14, 1948), nicknamed "Three Finger" or "Miner", was an American Major League Baseball pitcher at the turn of the 20th century. Due to a farm-machiner...
  • James John "Bruno" Block (1885 - 1937)
    Professional baseball player 1907-1914. Catcher for the Washington Senators, Chicago White Sox and the Chicago Whales.

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.