1915 Major League Baseball season

Sports season

1915 MLB season
League	Major League Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Duration	April 14 – October 13, 1915
Number of games	154
Number of teams	16
Pennant Winners
AL champions	Boston Red Sox
AL runners-up	Detroit Tigers
NL champions	Philadelphia Phillies
NL runners-up	Boston Braves
World Series
Champions	Boston Red Sox
Runners-up	Philadelphia Phillies
MLB seasons
← 1914 1916 →

Red Sox

White Sox

Indians

Tigers

Athletics

Browns

Yankees

Senators

Locations of AL teams for the 1915 MLB season

American League

Braves

Robins

Cubs

Reds

Giants

Phillies

Pirates

Cardinals

Locations of NL teams for the 1915 MLB season

National League

The 1915 Major League Baseball season began on April 14, 1915. The regular season ended on October 7, with the Philadelphia Phillies and Boston Red Sox as the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The postseason began with Game 1 of the 12th World Series on October 8 and ended with Game 5 on October 13. The Red Sox defeated the Phillies, four games to one.

The competitor Federal League brought an antitrust lawsuit against the National and American Leagues prior to the 1915 season. The parties eventually reached a settlement and the Federal League disbanded after the season.

Teams

An asterisk (*) denotes the departure from a ballpark mid-season.

League	Team	City	Stadium	Capacity
American League	Boston Red Sox	Boston, Massachusetts	Fenway Park	35,000
	Chicago White Sox	Chicago, Illinois	Comiskey Park	28,000
	Cleveland Indians	Cleveland, Ohio	League Park	21,414
	Detroit Tigers	Detroit, Michigan	Navin Field	23,000
	New York Yankees	New York, New York	Brush Stadium	34,000
	Philadelphia Athletics	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Shibe Park	23,000
	St. Louis Browns	St. Louis, Missouri	Sportsman's Park	18,000
	Washington Senators	Washington, D.C.	Griffith Stadium	27,000
National League	Boston Braves	Boston, Massachusetts	Braves Field Fenway Park*	40,000 35,000*
	Brooklyn Robins	New York, New York	Ebbets Field	30,000
	Chicago Cubs	Chicago, Illinois	West Side Park	16,000
	Cincinnati Reds	Cincinnati, Ohio	Redland Field	20,696
	New York Giants	New York, New York	Brush Stadium	34,000
	Philadelphia Phillies	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	National League Park	18,000
	Pittsburgh Pirates	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Forbes Field	25,000
	St. Louis Cardinals	St. Louis, Missouri	Robison Field	21,000

Schedule

The 1915 schedule consisted of 154 games for all teams in the American League and National League, each of which had eight teams. Each team was scheduled to play 22 games against the other seven teams of their respective league. This continued the format put in place for the 1904 season. This format would last until 1919.

Opening Day, April 14, featured all sixteen teams, continuing the trend which started with the 1912 season. The final day of the regular season was on October 7. The World Series took place between October 8 and October 13.

Standings

American League

v t e American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Red Sox	101	50	0.669	—	55–20	46–30
Detroit Tigers	100	54	0.649	2½	51–26	49–28
Chicago White Sox	93	61	0.604	9½	54–24	39–37
Washington Senators	85	68	0.556	17	50–29	35–39
New York Yankees	69	83	0.454	32½	37–43	32–40
St. Louis Browns	63	91	0.409	39½	35–38	28–53
Cleveland Indians	57	95	0.375	44½	27–50	30–45
Philadelphia Athletics	43	109	0.283	58½	19–53	24–56

National League

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Philadelphia Phillies	90	62	0.592	—	49–27	41–35
Boston Braves	83	69	0.546	7	49–27	34–42
Brooklyn Robins	80	72	0.526	10	51–26	29–46
Chicago Cubs	73	80	0.477	17½	42–34	31–46
Pittsburgh Pirates	73	81	0.474	18	40–37	33–44
St. Louis Cardinals	72	81	0.471	18½	42–36	30–45
Cincinnati Reds	71	83	0.461	20	39–37	32–46
New York Giants	69	83	0.454	21	37–38	32–45

Postseason

Bracket

World Series

AL	Boston Red Sox	4

NL	Philadelphia Phillies	1

Managers

American League

Team	Manager	Comments
Boston Red Sox	Bill Carrigan	Won World Series
Chicago White Sox	Pants Rowland	Finished 3rd
Cleveland Indians	Joe Birmingham and Lee Fohl
Detroit Tigers	Hughie Jennings	Finished 2nd
New York Yankees	Bill Donovan
Philadelphia Athletics	Connie Mack
St. Louis Browns	Branch Rickey
Washington Senators	Clark Griffith

National League

Team	Manager	Comments
Boston Braves	George Stallings	Finished 2nd
Brooklyn Robins	Wilbert Robinson	Finished 3rd
Chicago Cubs	Roger Bresnahan
Cincinnati Reds	Buck Herzog
New York Giants	John McGraw
Philadelphia Phillies	Pat Moran	Won 1st NL pennant
Pittsburgh Pirates	Fred Clarke
St. Louis Cardinals	Miller Huggins

League leaders

American League

Hitting leaders
Stat	Player	Total
AVG	Ty Cobb (DET)	.369
HR	Braggo Roth (CWS/CLE)	7
RBI	Sam Crawford (DET) Bobby Veach (DET)	112
R	Ty Cobb (DET)	144
H	Ty Cobb (DET)	208
SB	Ty Cobb (DET)	96

Pitching leaders
Stat	Player	Total
W	Walter Johnson (WSH)	27
L	Weldon Wyckoff (PHA)	22
ERA	Smoky Joe Wood (BRS)	1.49
K	Walter Johnson (WSH)	203
IP	Walter Johnson (WSH)	336.2
SV	Carl Mays (BRS)	7

National League

Hitting leaders
Stat	Player	Total
AVG	Larry Doyle (NYG)	.320
HR	Gavvy Cravath (PHP)	24
RBI	Gavvy Cravath (PHP)	115
R	Gavvy Cravath (PHP)	89
H	Larry Doyle (NYG)	189
SB	Max Carey (PIP)	36

¹ National League Triple Crown pitching winner

Pitching leaders
Stat	Player	Total
W	Grover Cleveland Alexander¹ (PHP)	31
L	Dick Rudolph (BSB) Pete Schneider (CIN)	19
ERA	Grover Cleveland Alexander¹ (PHP)	1.22
K	Grover Cleveland Alexander¹ (PHP)	241
IP	Grover Cleveland Alexander (PHP)	376.1
SV	Tom Hughes (BSB)	9

Home field attendance

Team name	Wins	%±	Home attendance	%±	Per game
Boston Red Sox^[1]	101	11.0%	539,885	12.2%	7,104
Chicago White Sox^[2]	93	32.9%	539,461	15.0%	6,829
Detroit Tigers^[3]	100	25.0%	476,105	14.4%	6,183
Philadelphia Phillies^[4]	90	21.6%	449,898	224.9%	5,920
New York Giants^[5]	69	-17.9%	391,850	7.6%	5,156
Boston Braves^[6]	83	-11.7%	376,283	-1.7%	4,824
Brooklyn Robins^[7]	80	6.7%	297,766	142.7%	3,818
New York Yankees^[8]	69	-1.4%	256,035	-28.8%	3,122
St. Louis Cardinals^[9]	72	-11.1%	252,666	-1.3%	3,119
Pittsburgh Pirates^[10]	73	5.8%	225,743	61.7%	2,858
Cincinnati Reds^[11]	71	18.3%	218,878	117.2%	2,771
Chicago Cubs^[12]	73	-6.4%	217,058	7.2%	2,819
Washington Senators^[13]	85	4.9%	167,332	-31.4%	2,092
Cleveland Indians^[14]	57	11.8%	159,285	-14.4%	2,069
St. Louis Browns^[15]	63	-11.3%	150,358	-38.6%	1,978
Philadelphia Athletics^[16]	43	-56.6%	146,223	-57.8%	1,976

Events

May 6 – Babe Ruth of the Boston Red Sox hits the first of his career 714 home runs.^[17]

References

^ "Boston Red Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Chicago White Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Detroit Tigers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Philadelphia Phillies Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "San Francisco Giants Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Atlanta Braves Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Los Angeles Dodgers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "New York Yankees Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "St. Louis Cardinals Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Pittsburgh Pirates Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Cincinnati Reds Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Chicago Cubs Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Minnesota Twins Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Cleveland Guardians Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Baltimore Orioles Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Oakland Athletics Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ Pellowski, Michael J (2007). The Little Giant Book of Baseball Facts. United States: Sterling Publishing Co. pp. 352. ISBN 9781402742736.

External links

1915 Major League Baseball season schedule at Baseball Reference Retrieved January 14, 2018

1915 MLB season by team

Major League Baseball

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Federal League

1915 World Series

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