1915 Philadelphia Phillies season

1915 Philadelphia Phillies
1915 National League Champions
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Owner(s) William F. Baker
Manager(s) Pat Moran
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The 1915 Philadelphia Phillies season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Phillies winning the National League, then going on to lose the 1915 World Series to the Boston Red Sox. This was the team's first pennant since joining the league in 1883. They would have to wait another 35 years for their second.

Offseason

Regular season

The 1915 Phillies, the first time that the franchise made the postseason

The pitching staff allowed the fewest runs in the NL. It was led by Hall of Famer Grover Cleveland Alexander, who had one of the greatest seasons in history and won the pitching triple crown. Outfielder Gavvy Cravath, aided by the small Baker Bowl park, led the majors in home runs, runs batted in, and slugging percentage.

Season 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

Record vs. opponents

1915 National League Records

Sources:

Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston — 14–8–1 10–12–1 15–7 13–9–1 7–14 15–7 9–12–2
Brooklyn 8–14–1 — 14–8 11–11–1 12–8 13–9 11–11 11–11
Chicago 12–10–1 8–14 — 13–9–2 8–14 7–14 13–9 12–10
Cincinnati 7–15 11–11–1 9–13–2 — 9–13–1 9–13 12–10–1 14–8–1
New York 9–13–1 8–12 14–8 13–9–1 — 7–15–1 8–14 10–12
Philadelphia 14–7 9–13 14–7 13–9 15–7–1 — 10–12 15–7
Pittsburgh 7–15 11–11 9–13 10–12–1 14–8 12–10 — 10–12–1
St. Louis 12–9–2 11–11 10–12 8–14–1 12–10 7–15 12–10–1 —

Roster

1915 Philadelphia Phillies
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Killefer, BillBill Killefer 105 320 76 .238 0 24
1B Luderus, FredFred Luderus 141 499 157 .315 7 62
2B Niehoff, BertBert Niehoff 148 529 126 .238 2 49
3B Byrne, BobbyBobby Byrne 105 387 81 .209 0 21
SS Bancroft, DaveDave Bancroft 153 563 143 .254 7 30
OF Cravath, GavvyGavvy Cravath 150 522 149 .285 24 115
OF Becker, BealsBeals Becker 112 338 83 .246 11 35
OF Whitted, PossumPossum Whitted 128 448 126 .281 1 43

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Paskert, DodeDode Paskert 109 328 80 .244 3 39
Stock, MiltMilt Stock 69 227 59 .260 1 15
Burns, EdEd Burns 67 174 42 .241 0 16
Weiser, BudBud Weiser 37 64 9 .141 0 8
Dugey, OscarOscar Dugey 42 39 6 .154 0 0
Adams, BertBert Adams 24 27 3 .111 0 2

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Alexander, PetePete Alexander 49 376.1 31 10 1.22 241
Mayer, ErskineErskine Mayer 43 274.2 21 15 2.36 114
Demaree, AlAl Demaree 32 209.2 14 11 3.05 69
Rixey, EppaEppa Rixey 29 176.2 11 12 2.39 88
Chalmers, GeorgeGeorge Chalmers 26 170.1 8 9 2.48 82
McQuillan, GeorgeGeorge McQuillan 9 63.2 4 3 2.12 13

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Oeschger, JoeJoe Oeschger 6 23.2 1 0 3.42 8

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Baumgartner, StanStan Baumgartner 16 0 2 0 2.42 27
Tincup, BenBen Tincup 10 0 0 0 2.03 10

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

Grover Cleveland Alexander

Dave Bancroft

Gavvy Cravath

Fred Luderus

Erskine Mayer

Postseason

1915 World Series

Main article: 1915 World Series

Game 1

The Phillies won 3 to 1, although New York Times reporter Hugh Fullerton wrote, "Alexander pitched a bad game of ball. He had little or nothing." He titled his article, "Nothing but luck saved the Phillies." The Times also reported that 10,000 people gathered in New York City's Times Square to watch a real-time mechanical recreation of the game on a giant scoreboard sponsored by the newspaper.[2]

October 8, 1915, at Baker Bowl in Philadelphia

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Boston 000 000 010 181
Philadelphia 000 100 02x 351
W: Grover Cleveland Alexander (1–0)  L: Ernie Shore (0–1)

Game 2

October 9, 1915, at Baker Bowl in Philadelphia

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Boston 100 000 001 2100
Philadelphia 000 010 00x 131
W: Rube Foster (1–0)  L: Erskine Mayer (0–1)

Game 3

October 11, 1915, at Braves Field in Boston, Massachusetts

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Philadelphia 001 000 000 130
Boston 000 100 001 261
W: Dutch Leonard (1–0)  L: Grover Cleveland Alexander (1–1)

Game 4

October 12, 1915, at Braves Field in Boston, Massachusetts

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Philadelphia 000 000 010 170
Boston 001 001 00x 281
W: Ernie Shore (1–1)  L: George Chalmers (0–1)

Game 5

October 13, 1915, at Baker Bowl in Philadelphia

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Boston 011 000 021 5101
Philadelphia 200 200 000 491
W: Rube Foster (2–0)  L: Eppa Rixey (0–1)

Testimonial dinner

On October 16, 1915, a testimonial dinner was given to honor the 1915 Phillies for the franchise's first pennant. The dinner took place at The Bellevue-Stratford Hotel. Speakers included Philadelphia mayor Rudolph Blankenburg, Phillies owner William Baker, National League president John Tener, and Phillies manager Pat Moran.[3]

Notes

  1. ↑ Oscar Dugey page at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Fullerton, Hugh S. (October 9, 1915). "Nothing but luck saved the Phillies" (PDF). New York Times. Retrieved July 10, 2009.
  3. ↑ "Title Unknown". Archived from the original on July 20, 2009. Retrieved July 10, 2009.

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