1915_Major_League_Baseball_season
1915 Major League Baseball season
Sports season
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.
1915 MLB season | |
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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 | |
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.
An asterisk (*) denotes the departure from a ballpark mid-season.
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.
American League
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National League
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Bracket
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AL | Boston Red Sox | 4 | ||
NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 1 |
American League
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National League
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American League
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National League
1 National League Triple Crown pitching winner |
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Team name | Wins | %± | Home attendance | %± | Per game |
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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 |
- May 6 – Babe Ruth of the Boston Red Sox hits the first of his career 714 home runs.[17]
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- "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.
- 1915 Major League Baseball season schedule at Baseball Reference Retrieved January 14, 2018
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