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.
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Owner(s) | William F. Baker |
Manager(s) | Pat Moran |
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Offseason
- February 14, 1915: Sherry Magee was traded by the Phillies to the Boston Braves for Oscar Dugey, Possum Whitted, and cash.[1]
Regular season
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 |
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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
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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
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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 |
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C | Bill Killefer | 105 | 320 | 76 | .238 | 0 | 24 |
1B | Fred Luderus | 141 | 499 | 157 | .315 | 7 | 62 |
2B | Bert Niehoff | 148 | 529 | 126 | .238 | 2 | 49 |
3B | Bobby Byrne | 105 | 387 | 81 | .209 | 0 | 21 |
SS | Dave Bancroft | 153 | 563 | 143 | .254 | 7 | 30 |
OF | Gavvy Cravath | 150 | 522 | 149 | .285 | 24 | 115 |
OF | Beals Becker | 112 | 338 | 83 | .246 | 11 | 35 |
OF | Possum 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 |
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Dode Paskert | 109 | 328 | 80 | .244 | 3 | 39 |
Milt Stock | 69 | 227 | 59 | .260 | 1 | 15 |
Ed Burns | 67 | 174 | 42 | .241 | 0 | 16 |
Bud Weiser | 37 | 64 | 9 | .141 | 0 | 8 |
Oscar Dugey | 42 | 39 | 6 | .154 | 0 | 0 |
Bert Adams | 24 | 27 | 3 | .111 | 0 | 2 |
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 |
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Pete Alexander | 49 | 376.1 | 31 | 10 | 1.22 | 241 |
Erskine Mayer | 43 | 274.2 | 21 | 15 | 2.36 | 114 |
Al Demaree | 32 | 209.2 | 14 | 11 | 3.05 | 69 |
Eppa Rixey | 29 | 176.2 | 11 | 12 | 2.39 | 88 |
George Chalmers | 26 | 170.1 | 8 | 9 | 2.48 | 82 |
George 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 |
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Joe 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 |
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Stan Baumgartner | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.42 | 27 |
Ben Tincup | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.03 | 10 |
Awards and honors
League top five finishers
- MLB leader in wins (31)
- MLB leader in ERA (1.22)
- MLB leader in strikeouts (241)
- MLB leader in shutouts (12)
- #3 in NL in runs scored (85)
- 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)
- #2 in NL in batting average (.315)
- #2 in NL in slugging percentage (.457)
- #3 in NL in wins (21)
Postseason
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 |
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Boston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
Philadelphia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | x | 3 | 5 | 1 |
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 |
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Boston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
Philadelphia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | x | 1 | 3 | 1 |
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 |
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Philadelphia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
Boston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
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 |
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Philadelphia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
Boston | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | x | 2 | 8 | 1 |
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 |
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Boston | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 1 |
Philadelphia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 1 |
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
- Oscar Dugey page at Baseball Reference
- Fullerton, Hugh S. (October 9, 1915). "Nothing but luck saved the Phillies" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved July 10, 2009.
- "Title Unknown". Archived from the original on July 21, 2009. Retrieved July 10, 2009.
External links
- Goldman, Steven (October 24, 2008). "You Could Look It Up; 1915, the Year of Nothing". Baseball Prospectus. Retrieved July 10, 2009.
- Philadelphia Athletics Historical Society: 1915 Phillies