Ed Lafitte's No-Hitter
Ed Lafitte threw a no-hitter for the Brooklyn Tip-Tops against the Kansas City Packers on September 19, 1914, winning 6–2.
Brooklyn, NY · 1914–1915
Washington Park IV was a ballpark in Brooklyn, NY. The first major-league game the register places here was on April 1, 1914 and the last on November 1, 1915. The register files it under the Federal League.
154 major-league games in this archive were played here, between 1914 and 1915. The game logs list the Brooklyn Tip-Tops as the home club here. 1 game played here has a page of its own in this archive: Ed Lafitte's No-Hitter in 1914.
The earliest game in the Retrosheet logs was on May 11, 1914, when the Pittsburgh Rebels beat the Brooklyn Tip-Tops 2–0. Howie Camnitz started for the Pittsburgh Rebels and Tom Seaton for the Brooklyn Tip-Tops. Bill Brennan was the plate umpire. The latest game in the Retrosheet logs was on September 30, 1915, when the Buffalo Blues beat the Brooklyn Tip-Tops 3–2. Gene Krapp started for the Buffalo Blues and Dan Marion for the Brooklyn Tip-Tops. John Mullin was the plate umpire. The largest announced attendance in the available logs was 15,441, for a game between the Buffalo Blues and the Brooklyn Tip-Tops on April 10, 1915.
Other parks stood on this ground: Washington Park I (1884–1889), Washington Park II (1889–1890), and Washington Park III (1898–1912). The major leagues also played in Brooklyn, NY at Union Grounds (1871–1877), Capitoline Grounds (1872–1872), Washington Park I (1884–1889), Washington Park II (1889–1890), and Eastern Park (1890–1897), and 2 other grounds.
Ed Lafitte threw a no-hitter for the Brooklyn Tip-Tops against the Kansas City Packers on September 19, 1914, winning 6–2.