1915 Major League Baseball season

This article is about the 1915 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1915 in baseball.

The 1915 Major League Baseball season.

Statistical leaders

American League National League Type Name Stat Name Stat AVG Ty Cobb DET .369 Larry Doyle NYG .320 HR Braggo Roth CHW & CLE 7 Gavvy Cravath PHI 24 RBI Bobby Veach DET Sam Crawford DET 112 Gavvy Cravath PHI 115 Wins Walter Johnson WSH 27 Pete Alexander PHI 31 ERA Smoky Joe Wood BOS 1.49 Pete Alexander PHI 1.22 SO Walter Johnson WSH 203 Pete Alexander PHI 241 SV Carl Mays BOS 7 Tom Hughes BSN 9 SB Ty Cobb DET 96 Max Carey PIT 36

Major league baseball final standings

American League final standings

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 final standings

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

Federal League final standings

Federal League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Whales	86	66	0.566	—	44–32	42–34
St. Louis Terriers	87	67	0.565	—	43–34	44–33
Pittsburgh Rebels	86	67	0.562	½	45–31	41–36
Kansas City Packers	81	72	0.529	5½	46–31	35–41
Newark Peppers	80	72	0.526	6	40–39	40–33
Buffalo Blues	74	78	0.487	12	37–40	37–38
Brooklyn Tip-Tops	70	82	0.461	16	34–40	36–42
Baltimore Terrapins	47	107	0.305	40	24–51	23–56

1915 World Series

Main article: 1915 World Series

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Boston Red Sox – 1, Philadelphia Phillies – 3	October 8	Baker Bowl	19,343
2	Boston Red Sox – 2, Philadelphia Phillies – 1	October 9	Baker Bowl	20,306
3	Philadelphia Phillies – 1, Boston Red Sox – 2	October 11	Braves Field	42,300
4	Philadelphia Phillies – 1, Boston Red Sox – 2	October 12	Braves Field	41,096
5	Boston Red Sox – 5, Philadelphia Phillies – 4	October 13	Baker Bowl	20,306

Events

• May 6 – Babe Ruth of the Boston Red Sox hits the first of his career 714 home runs.

External links

• 1915 season at Baseball-reference.com Fetched July 3, 2012