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Chicago Whales </br> Established 1914 </br> Known as the Chicago Chi-Feds during the 1914 season
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Major league affiliations
Federal League (1914–present) Federal League ([[{{{y2}}} in baseball|{{{y2}}}]]–present)
Current uniform
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Name
Chicago Whales ([[{{{y3}}} in baseball|{{{y3}}}]]–present)
Ballpark
Weeghman Park (1914–present)
Major league titles
World Series titles (0)	None
FL Pennants (1)	1915
{{{DIV}}} Division titles (1)	1915
Wild card berths (0)	None

The Chicago Whales were a Federal League baseball club in Chicago from 1914 to 1915. The Whales won the Federal League championship in 1915.

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 (or Chicago Chi-Feds). Prior to the start of the season, Weeghman built a stadium for the team, called Weeghman Park. Now known as Wrigley Field and used by the Chicago Cubs, it is the only Federal League stadium still in use.

In the League's second and final season, the Whales won the championship, finishing with 86 wins and 66 losses (just barely ahead of the St. Louis Terriers' 87-67 record). 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.

Many Whales players had American and National League experience, including manager Joe Tinker, Dutch Zwilling, Mordecai Brown, and Rollie Zeider.