1915 Philadelphia Athletics season

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1915 Philadelphia Athletics
Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1901)
Location
Shibe Park (Since 1909) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Since 1901)
1915 Information
Owner(s)	Connie Mack, Benjamin Shibe, Tom Shibe and John Shibe
Manager(s)	Connie Mack
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The 1915 Philadelphia Athletics season was a season in American baseball. After the team won the American League pennant in 1914, the team dropped all the way to last place with a record of 43 wins and 109 losses.

Contents

1 Offseason
2 Regular season
3 Player stats
- 3.1 Batting
  - 3.1.1 Starters by position
  - 3.1.2 Other batters
- 3.2 Pitching
4 Awards and honors
- 4.1 League top five finishers
5 References
6 External links

Offseason

December 8, 1914: Eddie Collins was purchased from the Athletics by the Chicago White Sox.^[1]
January, 1915, Nap Lajoie was purchased by the Athletics from the Cleveland Indians.^[2]

Regular season

The Federal League had been formed to begin play in 1914. As the A.L. had done 13 years before, the new league raided existing A.L. and N.L. teams for players. Athletics owner Connie Mack refused to match the offers of the F.L. teams, preferring to let the "prima donnas" go and rebuild with younger (and less expensive) players. The result was a swift and near-total collapse, a "first-to-worst" situation. The Athletics went from a 99–53 (.651) record and a pennant in 1914 to a record of 43–109 (.283) and 8th (last) place in 1915. At the time, it was the third-worst winning percentage in American League history.

Season highlights

June 23, 1915: Athletics pitcher Bruno Haas set an American League record by walking 16 Yankees in one game.^[3]

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
Boston Red Sox	101	50	.669	--
Detroit Tigers	100	54	.649	2½
Chicago White Sox	93	61	.604	9½
Washington Senators	85	68	.556	17
New York Yankees	69	83	.454	32½
St. Louis Browns	63	91	.409	39½
Cleveland Indians	57	95	.375	44½
Philadelphia Athletics	43	109	.283	58½

Roster

1915 Philadelphia Athletics

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Connie Mack

Player stats

Batting

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
C	Lapp, JackJack Lapp	112	312	85	.272	2	31
1B	McInnis, StuffyStuffy McInnis	119	456	143	.314	0	49
2B	Lajoie, NapNap Lajoie	129	490	137	.280	1	61
OF	Oldring, RubeRube Oldring	107	408	101	.248	6	42

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.	RBI
Murphy, EddieEddie Murphy	68	260	60	.231	17
Thompson, ShagShag Thompson	17	33	11	.333	2
Seibold, SocksSocks Seibold	10	26	3	.115	2
Crane, SamSam Crane	8	23	2	.087	1
Haas, BrunoBruno Haas	12	18	1	.056	0
McConnell, SamSam McConnell	6	11	2	.182	0
Davis, HarryHarry Davis	5	3	1	.333	4
Lear, FredFred Lear	2	2	0	.000	0

Pitching

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
Wyckoff, WeldonWeldon Wyckoff	43	276	10	22	3.52	157
Bush, JoeJoe Bush	25	145.2	5	15	4.14	89
Crowell, CapCap Crowell	10	54.1	2	6	5.47	15
Turner, TinkTink Turner	1	2	0	1	22.50	0
Cone, BobBob Cone	1	0.2	0	0	40.50	0

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
Bressler, RubeRube Bressler	32	178.1	4	17	5.20	69
Knowlson, TomTom Knowlson	18	100.2	4	6	3.49	24
Fillingim, DanaDana Fillingim	8	39.1	0	5	3.43	17
Eccles, HarryHarry Eccles	5	21	0	1	4.71	13
Morrisette, BillBill Morrisette	4	20	2	0	1.35	11
Ancker, WalterWalter Ancker	4	17.2	0	0	3.57	4
Haas, BrunoBruno Haas	6	14.1	0	1	11.93	7
Ray, CarlCarl Ray	2	7.1	0	1	4.91	6

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	L	ERA	SO
Davis, BudBud Davis	18	2	4.05	18
Harper, JackJack Harper	3	0	3.12	3
Pillion, SquizSquiz Pillion	2	0	6.75	0

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

Rube Bressler

#2 in AL in earned runs allowed (103)

Bullet Joe Bush

#3 in AL in wild pitches (10)

Rube Oldring

#2 in AL in home runs (6)

Weldon Wyckoff

AL leader in losses (22)
AL leader in earned runs allowed (108)
AL leader in walks allowed (165)
AL leader in wild pitches (14)
#3 in AL in strikeouts (157)

References

^ Eddie Collins page at Baseball Reference
^ Nap Lajoie page at Baseball Reference
^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 25, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0

External links

v d e 1915 MLB season by team

American League	Boston • Chicago • Cleveland • Detroit • New York • Philadelphia • St. Louis • Washington

National League	Boston • Brooklyn • Chicago • Cincinnati • New York • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • St. Louis

Federal League	Baltimore • Brooklyn • Buffalo • Chicago • Kansas City • Newark • Pittsburgh • St. Louis

1915 World Series

Oakland Athletics

Formerly the Philadelphia Athletics and the Kansas City Athletics
Based in Oakland, California (Bay Area)

The Franchise

Ballparks

Spring Training: Barrs Field; Terry Park Ballfield; Wilmington Park; McCurdy Field; Connie Mack Field; McKechnie Field; Scottsdale Stadium I; Phoenix Municipal Stadium

Culture

Lore

Rivalries

Important figures

Hall of Fame members	Home Run Baker Chief Bender Mickey Cochrane Eddie Collins Dennis Eckersley Rollie Fingers Jimmie Foxx Lefty Grove Rickey Henderson Catfish Hunter Reggie Jackson Nap Lajoie Connie Mack Eddie Plank Al Simmons Rube Waddell Dick Williams

Wall of Fame members	Sam Chapman Jack Coombs Jimmy Dykes George Earnshaw Ferris Fain Bob Johnson Eddie Joost Bing Miller Wally Moses Rube Oldring Bobby Shantz Eddie Rommel Elmer Valo Rube Walberg Gus Zernial

Franchise record holders	Don Baylor Bert Campaneris José Canseco Jason Giambi Ben Grieve Dave Kingman Bill Lamar Mark McGwire Cy Morgan Danny Murphy Elmer Myers Roy Grover Blue Moon Odom Scott Perry Vic Power Pete Suder

Retired numbers

World Series
Champions (9)

American League
Championships (15)

Minors

AAA: Sacramento River Cats
AA: Midland RockHounds
A: Stockton Ports; Burlington Bees; Vermont Lake Monsters
Rookie: Arizona League Athletics, DSL Athletics

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