1915 Major League Baseball season

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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.^[1]

References

↑ Pellowski, Michael J (2007). The Little Giant Book of Baseball Facts. United States: Sterling Publishing Co. p. 352. ISBN 9781402742736.

External links

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

1915 MLB season by team

American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington

National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

Federal League	Baltimore Brooklyn Buffalo Chicago Kansas City Newark Pittsburgh St. Louis

1915 World Series

Major League Baseball seasons

Pre-modern era

Beginnings	1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881

Competition	1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891

NL monopoly	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900

Modern era

Deadball era	1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920

Liveball era	1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941

World War II	1942 1943 1944 1945

Postwar	1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960

First expansion	1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968

Birth of division play	1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993

Wildcard begins	1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Wildcard expansion	2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

See also

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