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. Newark played in the Eastern League between 1908 and 1911, and they played in the International League from 1912 to 1916. The team featured strong pitching. In 1908, Tom Hughes led the Eastern League in strikeouts. In 1909,

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led in wins (29), games (55) and strikeouts (195) while allowing just 297 hits in 422 innings. In 1910, McGinnity won 30 games and

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finished with a 5–3 record. McGinnity continued as player-manager for two more years. The team won the International League pennant in 1913, but the following year they slipped to fifth. In 1915, the Indians suddenly had competition: the Indianapolis Hoosiers of the

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moved to town, renamed the

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. The Indians could not compete with the major-league Peppers, and moved to

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on July 2, 1915. The following season, the Federal League was dead and the Indians returned to Newark, even playing in the Peppers' old (but still brand-new) ballpark,

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. But the Indians finished dead last in 1916, and were replaced by the

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in 1917. (The Bears would continue playing in the old FL stadium until it burned down in 1924.)

Year-by-year record

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