| 1915 MLB season | |
| Sport: | Baseball |
| Duration: | Regular season:World Series (AL vs. NL): |
| No Of Games: | 154 |
| No Of Teams: | 24 (8 per league) |
| Playoffs: | Pennant winners |
| Conf1: | AL |
| Conf1 Champ: | Boston Red Sox |
| Conf1 Runner-Up: | Detroit Tigers |
| Conf2: | NL |
| Conf2 Champ: | Philadelphia Phillies |
| Conf2 Runner-Up: | Boston Braves |
| Conf3: | FL |
| Conf3 Champ: | Chicago Whales |
| Conf3 Runner-Up: | St. Louis Terriers |
| Finals: | World Series |
| Finals Link: | 1915 World Series |
| Finals Champ: | Boston Red Sox (AL) |
| Finals Runner-Up: | Philadelphia Phillies (NL) |
| Seasonslist: | List of Major League Baseball seasons |
| Seasonslistnames: | MLB |
| Prevseason Link: | 1914 Major League Baseball season |
| Prevseason Year: | 1914 |
| Nextseason Link: | 1916 Major League Baseball season |
| Nextseason Year: | 1916 |
The 1915 major league baseball season began on April 10, 1915. The Federal League regular season ended on October 3, and saw the Chicago Whales winning the Federal League pennant. The regular season for the National League and American League 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.
The Indianapolis Hoosiers relocated to Newark, New Jersey as the Newark Peppers. The Buffalo Buffeds, Chicago Federals, and Cleveland Naps renamed as the Buffalo Blues, Chicago Whales, and Cleveland Indians, respectively.
The 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.
The major-league status of the Federal League was confirmed by the Special Baseball Records Committee (as convened by then-Commissioner of Baseball William Eckert) in 1969.[1]
See also: Major League Baseball schedule. The 1915 schedule consisted of 154 games for all teams in the American League, National League, and Federal 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 season, and which lasted until the 140-game schedule of . Most teams played more than 154 games, due to tie games (called on account of darkness or weather) that had to be replayed;[2] tie games are excluded from team standings, but the statistics of individual players are included in their season totals.
The Federal League had its Opening Day on April 10, featuring all eight teams.[3] Opening Day for the American and National Leagues was on April 14, featuring the 16 teams of those two leagues,[4] as had been scheduled the season prior. The Federal League had the final day of its regular season on October 3.[5] The final day of the regular season for the National and American Leagues was October 7.[6] The World Series took place between October 8 and October 13.[7]
An asterisk (*) denotes the departure from a ballpark mid-season.
| Team | Former Manager | New Manager | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn Tip-Tops | Lee Magee | John Ganzel | |
| Buffalo Blues | Larry Schlafly | Walter Blair | |
| Buffalo Blues | Walter Blair | Harry Lord | |
| Joe Birmingham | |||
| Newark Peppers | Bill Phillips | Bill McKechnie |
| Stat | Player | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ty Cobb (DET) | .369 | ||
| Braggo Roth (CLE/CWS) | 7 | ||
| Sam Crawford (DET) Bobby Veach (DET) | 112 | ||
| Ty Cobb (DET) | 144 | ||
| Ty Cobb (DET) | 208 | ||
| Ty Cobb (DET) | 96 |
| Stat | Player | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walter Johnson (WSH) | 27 | ||
| Weldon Wyckoff (PHA) | 22 | ||
| Smoky Joe Wood (BRS) | 1.49 | ||
| Walter Johnson (WSH) | 203 | ||
| Walter Johnson (WSH) | 336.2 | ||
| Carl Mays (BRS) | 7 |
| Stat | Player | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Doyle (NYG) | .320 | ||
| Gavvy Cravath (PHP) | 24 | ||
| Gavvy Cravath (PHP) | 115 | ||
| Gavvy Cravath (PHP) | 89 | ||
| Larry Doyle (NYG) | 189 | ||
| Max Carey (PIP) | 36 |
| Stat | Player | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grover Cleveland Alexander1 (PHP) | 31 | ||
| Dick Rudolph (BSB) Pete Schneider (CIN) | 19 | ||
| Grover Cleveland Alexander1 (PHP) | 1.22 | ||
| Grover Cleveland Alexander1 (PHP) | 241 | ||
| Grover Cleveland Alexander (PHP) | 376.1 | ||
| Tom Hughes (BSB) | 9 |
| Stat | Player | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benny Kauff (BTT) | .342 | ||
| Hal Chase (BUF) | 17 | ||
| Dutch Zwilling (CHW) | 94 | ||
| Babe Borton (SLT) | 97 | ||
| Jack Tobin (SLT) | 184 | ||
| Benny Kauff (BTT) | 55 |
| Stat | Player | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| George McConnell (CHW) | 25 | ||
| Jack Quinn (BAL) | 22 | ||
| Earl Moseley (NWK) | 1.91 | ||
| Dave Davenport (SLT) | 229 | ||
| Dave Davenport (SLT) | 392.2 | ||
| Hugh Bedient (BUF) | 10 |
| Team name | Wins | Home attendance | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Red Sox[8] | 101 | 11.0% | 539,885 | 12.2% | 7,104 | |
| Chicago White Sox[9] | 93 | 32.9% | 539,461 | 15.0% | 6,829 | |
| Detroit Tigers[10] | 100 | 25.0% | 476,105 | 14.4% | 6,183 | |
| Philadelphia Phillies[11] | 90 | 21.6% | 449,898 | 224.9% | 5,920 | |
| New York Giants[12] | 69 | -17.9% | 391,850 | 7.6% | 5,156 | |
| Boston Braves[13] | 83 | -11.7% | 376,283 | -1.7% | 4,824 | |
| Brooklyn Robins[14] | 80 | 6.7% | 297,766 | 142.7% | 3,818 | |
| New York Yankees[15] | 69 | -1.4% | 256,035 | -28.8% | 3,122 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals[16] | 72 | -11.1% | 252,666 | -1.3% | 3,119 | |
| Pittsburgh Pirates[17] | 73 | 5.8% | 225,743 | 61.7% | 2,858 | |
| Cincinnati Reds[18] | 71 | 18.3% | 218,878 | 117.2% | 2,771 | |
| Chicago Cubs[19] | 73 | -6.4% | 217,058 | 7.2% | 2,819 | |
| Washington Senators[20] | 85 | 4.9% | 167,332 | -31.4% | 2,092 | |
| Cleveland Indians[21] | 57 | 11.8% | 159,285 | -14.4% | 2,069 | |
| St. Louis Browns[22] | 63 | -11.3% | 150,358 | -38.6% | 1,978 | |
| Philadelphia Athletics[23] | 43 | -56.6% | 146,223 | -57.8% | 1,976 |