1915 Philadelphia Phillies season

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1915 Philadelphia Phillies 1915 National League Champions
Major league affiliations
National League (Since 1883)
Location
Baker Bowl (Since 1887) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Since 1883)
1915 Information
Owner(s)	William F. Baker
Manager(s)	Pat Moran
Local television	none
Local radio	none
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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.

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 1915 Phillies, the first time that the franchise made the postseason

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	GB	Pct.
Philadelphia Phillies	90	62	--	.592
Boston Braves	83	69	7	.546
Brooklyn Robins	80	72	10	.526
Chicago Cubs	73	80	17.5	.477
Pittsburgh Pirates	73	81	18	.474
St. Louis Cardinals	72	81	18.5	.471
Cincinnati Reds	71	83	20	.461
New York Giants	69	83	21	.454

Roster

1915 Philadelphia Phillies

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Pat Moran

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	Killefer, BillBill Killefer	105	320	76	.238	0	24
1B	Luderus, FredFred Luderus	141	499	157	.315	7	62
2B	Niehoff, BertBert Niehoff	148	529	126	.238	2	49
3B	Byrne, BobbyBobby Byrne	105	387	81	.209	0	21
SS	Bancroft, DaveDave Bancroft	153	563	143	.254	7	30
OF	Cravath, GavvyGavvy Cravath	150	522	149	.285	24	115
OF	Becker, BealsBeals Becker	112	338	83	.246	11	35
OF	Whitted, PossumPossum 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
Paskert, DodeDode Paskert	109	328	80	.244	3	39
Stock, MiltMilt Stock	69	227	59	.260	1	15
Burns, EdEd Burns	67	174	42	.241	0	16
Weiser, BudBud Weiser	37	64	9	.141	0	8
Dugey, OscarOscar Dugey	42	39	6	.154	0	0
Adams, BertBert Adams	24	27	3	.111	0	2

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
Alexander, PetePete Alexander	49	376.1	31	10	1.22	241
Mayer, ErskineErskine Mayer	43	274.2	21	15	2.36	114
Demaree, AlAl Demaree	32	209.2	14	11	3.05	69
Rixey, EppaEppa Rixey	29	176.2	11	12	2.39	88
Chalmers, GeorgeGeorge Chalmers	26	170.1	8	9	2.48	82
McQuillan, GeorgeGeorge 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
Oeschger, JoeJoe 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
Baumgartner, StanStan Baumgartner	16	0	2	0	2.42	27
Tincup, BenBen Tincup	10	0	0	0	2.03	10

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

Grover Cleveland Alexander

MLB leader in wins (31)
MLB leader in ERA (1.22)
MLB leader in strikeouts (241)
MLB leader in shutouts (12)

Dave Bancroft

#3 in NL in runs scored (85)

Gavvy Cravath

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)

Fred Luderus

#2 in NL in batting average (.315)
#2 in NL in slugging percentage (.457)

Erskine Mayer

#3 in NL in wins (21)

Postseason

1915 World Series

Main article: 1915 World Series

Game 1

The Phillies won 3 to 1, although 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, Pennsylvania

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
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, Pennsylvania

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
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
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
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, Pennsylvania

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
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. (1915-10-09). "Nothing but luck saved the Phillies" (PDF). New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9803E2D61138E633A2575AC0A9669D946496D6CF. Retrieved 2009-07-10.
^ "Title Unknown". Archived from the original on 2009-07-20. http://www.eddolan.com/phillies.1915.dinner.jpg. Retrieved 2009-07-10.

References

Baseball Reference: 1915 Philadelphia Phillies season

External links

Goldman, Steven (2008-10-24). "You Could Look It Up; 1915, the Year of Nothing". Baseball Prospectus. https://baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=8247. Retrieved 2009-07-10.
Philadelphia Athletics Historical Society: 1915 Phillies

v · d · e1915 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

Preceded by Boston Braves 1914	National League Championship Season 1915	Succeeded by Brooklyn Robins 1916

Philadelphia Phillies

Formerly the Philadelphia Quakers • Based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The franchise

History • Seasons • Records • Players • Owners and executives • Managers • Opening Day starters • First-round picks • No-hitters • Award winners and league leaders

Ballparks

Recreation Park • Baker Bowl • Shibe Park • Veterans Stadium • Citizens Bank Park
Spring Training: Coffee Pot Park • Rickwood Field • McKechnie Field • Wilmington Park • Flamingo Field • Clearwater Athletic Field • Jack Russell Memorial Stadium • Carpenter Complex / Bright House Field

Culture

Phillie Phanatic • Curse of Billy Penn • Hot Pants Patrol • Whiz Kids • Baseball Wall of Fame • Sports Hall of Fame • Philadelphia Phillies (NFL) • "High Hopes" • Franchise awards • "Team to Beat" • Roy Halladay's perfect game

Rivalries

New York Mets • Pittsburgh Pirates • Philadelphia Athletics (City Series)

Important figures

Wall of Fame members	Grover Cleveland Alexander • Dick Allen • Richie Ashburn • Bob Boone • Larry Bowa • Jim Bunning • Johnny Callison • Steve Carlton • Gavvy Cravath • Darren Daulton • Ed Delahanty • Del Ennis • Dallas Green • Billy Hamilton • Granny Hamner • Willie Jones • Harry Kalas • Chuck Klein • John Kruk • Greg Luzinski • Garry Maddox • Sherry Magee • Gene Mauch • Tug McGraw • Pat Moran • Paul Owens • Robin Roberts • Pete Rose • Juan Samuel • Eddie Sawyer • Mike Schmidt • Chris Short • Curt Simmons • Tony Taylor • Sam Thompson • John Vukovich • Cy Williams

Franchise record holders	John Coleman • Bill Duggleby • Lenny Dykstra • Kid Gleason • Ryan Howard • George McQuillan • José Mesa • Lefty O'Doul • Jimmy Rollins • Curt Schilling • Kent Tekulve • Chase Utley

Retired numbers

1 • 14 • 20 • 32 • 36 • 42 • P • P

Key personnel

Owner: Bill Giles • President: David Montgomery • General Manager: Rubén Amaro, Jr. • Manager: Charlie Manuel

World Series
championships (2)

1980 • 2008

NL pennants (7)

1915 • 1950 • 1980 • 1983 • 1993 • 2008 • 2009

Division
championships (10)

1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1980 • 1983 • 1993 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011

Minor league
affiliates

AAA: Lehigh Valley IronPigs • AA: Reading Phillies • A: Clearwater Threshers, Lakewood BlueClaws, Williamsport Crosscutters • Rookie: Gulf Coast League Phillies, VSL Phillies, DSL Phillies • Rosters: Minor league rosters

Broadcasting

Television	Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia • WPHL-TV • Comcast Network

Radio	WPHT-AM • WUBA-AM • Phillies radio network affiliates

Broadcasters:	TV: Tom McCarthy • Chris Wheeler • Gary Matthews Radio: Scott Franzke • Larry Andersen

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