1915 Major League Baseball season

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1915 MLB season
League American League, National League, Federal League
Sport Baseball
DurationApril 14 – October 13, 1915 (AL, NL)
April 10 – October 3, 1915 (FL)
Number of games154
Number of teams8 (AL), 8 (NL), 8 (FL)
Pennant Winners
AL champions Boston Red Sox
  AL runners-up Detroit Tigers
NL champions Philadelphia Phillies
  NL runners-up Boston Braves
FL champions Chicago Whales
  FL runners-up St. Louis Terriers
World Series
Champions Boston Red Sox
  Runners-up Philadelphia Phillies
MLB seasons
Locations of teams for the 1915–1922 American League seasons
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Locations of teams for the 1915 National League season
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Locations of teams for the 1915 Federal League season
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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.

Contents

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]

Teams

An asterisk (*) denotes the departure from a ballpark mid-season.

LeagueTeamCityStadiumCapacity
American League Boston Red Sox Boston, Massachusetts Fenway Park 35,000
Chicago White Sox Chicago, Illinois Comiskey Park 28,000
Cleveland Indians Cleveland, Ohio League Park 21,414
Detroit Tigers Detroit, Michigan Navin Field 23,000
New York Yankees New York, New York Brush Stadium 34,000
Philadelphia Athletics Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Shibe Park 23,000
St. Louis Browns St. Louis, Missouri Sportsman's Park 18,000
Washington Senators Washington, D.C. Griffith Stadium 27,000
National League Boston Braves Boston, Massachusetts Braves Field
Fenway Park*		40,000
35,000*
Brooklyn Robins New York, New York Ebbets Field 30,000
Chicago Cubs Chicago, Illinois West Side Park 16,000
Cincinnati Reds Cincinnati, Ohio Redland Field 20,696
New York Giants New York, New York Brush Stadium 34,000
Philadelphia Phillies Philadelphia, Pennsylvania National League Park 18,000
Pittsburgh Pirates Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Forbes Field 25,000
St. Louis Cardinals St. Louis, Missouri Robison Field 21,000
Federal League Baltimore Terrapins Baltimore, Maryland Terrapin Park 16,000
Brooklyn Tip-Tops New York, New York Washington Park 18,800
Buffalo Blues Buffalo, New York Federal League Park 20,000
Chicago Whales Chicago, Illinois Weeghman Park 15,000
Kansas City Packers Kansas City, Missouri Gordon and Koppel Field 12,000
Newark Peppers Newark, New Jersey Harrison Park 21,000
Pittsburgh Rebels Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Exposition Park 16,000
St. Louis Terriers St. Louis, Missouri Handlan's Park 15,000

Schedule

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.

The Federal League would see its Opening Day on April 10, featuring all eight teams, while Opening Day for the American and National Leagues was on April 14, featured all sixteen teams, continuing the trend which started with the 1912 season. The Federal League would see its final day of the regular season on October 10. The final day of the regular season for the National and American Leagues was on October 7. The World Series took place between October 8 and October 13.

Standings

Federal League

Federal League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Whales 86660.566—44–3242–34
St. Louis Terriers 87670.565—43–3444–33
Pittsburgh Rebels 86670.562½45–3141–36
Kansas City Packers 81720.5295½46–3135–41
Newark Peppers 80720.526640–3940–33
Buffalo Blues 74780.4871237–4037–38
Brooklyn Tip-Tops 70820.4611634–4036–42
Baltimore Terrapins 471070.3054024–5123–56

Postseason

Bracket

World Series
   
AL Boston Red Sox 4
NL Philadelphia Phillies 1

Managers

Federal League

TeamManagerComments
Baltimore Terrapins Otto Knabe
Brooklyn Tip-Tops Lee Magee
John Ganzel
Buffalo Blues Larry Schlafly
Walter Blair
Harry Lord
Chicago Whales Joe Tinker Won league title by percentage point
Kansas City Packers Bill Phillips
Bill McKechnie
Newark Peppers George Stovall
Pittsburgh Rebels Rebel Oakes Finished 3rd
St. Louis Terriers Fielder Jones Finished 2nd by percentage point

League leaders

American League

National League

Federal League

Home field attendance

Team nameWins%±Home attendance%±Per game
Boston Red Sox [2] 10111.0%539,88512.2%7,104
Chicago White Sox [3] 9332.9%539,46115.0%6,829
Detroit Tigers [4] 10025.0%476,10514.4%6,183
Philadelphia Phillies [5] 9021.6%449,898224.9%5,920
New York Giants [6] 69-17.9%391,8507.6%5,156
Boston Braves [7] 83-11.7%376,283-1.7%4,824
Brooklyn Robins [8] 806.7%297,766142.7%3,818
New York Yankees [9] 69-1.4%256,035-28.8%3,122
St. Louis Cardinals [10] 72-11.1%252,666-1.3%3,119
Pittsburgh Pirates [11] 735.8%225,74361.7%2,858
Cincinnati Reds [12] 7118.3%218,878117.2%2,771
Chicago Cubs [13] 73-6.4%217,0587.2%2,819
Washington Senators [14] 854.9%167,332-31.4%2,092
Cleveland Indians [15] 5711.8%159,285-14.4%2,069
St. Louis Browns [16] 63-11.3%150,358-38.6%1,978
Philadelphia Athletics [17] 43-56.6%146,223-57.8%1,976

Note: Attendance data for Federal League teams is unavailable.

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