1915 Philadelphia Phillies season

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.

1915 Philadelphia Phillies
1915 National League Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)William F. Baker
Manager(s)Pat Moran
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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 9062 0.592 — 49–27 41–35
Boston Braves 8369 0.546 7 49–27 34–42
Brooklyn Robins 8072 0.526 10 51–26 29–46
Chicago Cubs 7380 0.477 17½ 42–34 31–46
Pittsburgh Pirates 7381 0.474 18 40–37 33–44
St. Louis Cardinals 7281 0.471 18½ 42–36 30–45
Cincinnati Reds 7183 0.461 20 39–37 32–46
New York Giants 6983 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 —14–8–110–12–115–713–9–17–1415–79–12–2
Brooklyn 8–14–1—14–811–11–112–813–911–1111–11
Chicago 12–10–18–14—13–9–28–147–1413–912–10
Cincinnati 7–1511–11–19–13–2—9–13–19–1312–10–114–8–1
New York 9–13–18–1214–813–9–1—7–15–18–1410–12
Philadelphia 14–79–1314–713–915–7–1—10–1215–7
Pittsburgh 7–1511–119–1310–12–114–812–10—10–12–1
St. Louis 12–9–211–1110–128–14–112–107–1512–10–1—

Roster
1915 Philadelphia Phillies
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Player stats

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
CBill Killefer10532076.238024
1BFred Luderus141499157.315762
2BBert Niehoff148529126.238249
3BBobby Byrne10538781.209021
SSDave Bancroft153563143.254730
OFGavvy Cravath150522149.28524115
OFBeals Becker11233883.2461135
OFPossum Whitted128448126.281143

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
Dode Paskert10932880.244339
Milt Stock6922759.260115
Ed Burns6717442.241016
Bud Weiser37649.14108
Oscar Dugey42396.15400
Bert Adams24273.11102

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
Pete Alexander49376.131101.22241
Erskine Mayer43274.221152.36114
Al Demaree32209.214113.0569
Eppa Rixey29176.211122.3988
George Chalmers26170.1892.4882
George McQuillan963.2432.1213

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
Joe Oeschger623.2103.428

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
Stan Baumgartner160202.4227
Ben Tincup100002.0310

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

Grover Cleveland Alexander

  • MLB leader in wins (31)
  • MLB leader in ERA (1.22)
  • MLB leader in strikeouts (241)
  • MLB leader in shutouts (12)

Dave Bancroft

  • #3 in NL in runs scored (85)

Gavvy Cravath

  • MLB leader in home runs (24)
  • MLB leader in RBI (115)
  • MLB leader in slugging percentage (.510)
  • NL leader in runs scored (89)
  • NL leader in on-base percentage (.393)

Fred Luderus

  • #2 in NL in batting average (.315)
  • #2 in NL in slugging percentage (.457)

Erskine Mayer

  • #3 in NL in wins (21)

Postseason

1915 World Series
Main article: 1915 World Series

Game 1

The Phillies won 3 to 1, although The 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). The New York Times. Retrieved July 10, 2009.
  3. "Title Unknown". Archived from the original on July 21, 2009. Retrieved July 10, 2009.

References
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