1915 Major League Baseball season

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, capturing their third championship in franchise history, since their previous in. Going into the season, the defending World Series champions were the Boston Braves from the season. The World Series had again featured the cities of Boston and Philadelphia, though this time with their opposite-league counterparts.
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 in 1969.

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 that had to be replayed; 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. Opening Day for the American and National Leagues was on April 14, featuring the 16 teams of those two leagues, as had been scheduled the season prior. The Federal League had the final day of its regular season on October 3. The final day of the regular season for the National and American Leagues was October 7. The World Series took place between October 8 and October 13.

Rule change

The National League established that player-managers would count against the player limit, so the bench manager would be unable to insert himself in any game during the season without forfeiting the right to carry one of the players on his roster. The penalty for violating the rule was forfeiture of the game.

Teams

An asterisk denotes the ballpark a team played the minority of their home games at

League	Team	City	Stadium	Capacity	Manager
	Boston Red Sox	Boston, Massachusetts	Fenway Park	27,000
	Boston Red Sox	Boston, Massachusetts	Braves Field*	40,000*
	Chicago White Sox	Chicago, Illinois	Comiskey Park	28,000
	Cleveland Indians	Cleveland, Ohio	League Park	21,414
	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.	National Park	27,000
	Boston Braves	Boston, Massachusetts	Fenway Park	27,000
	Boston Braves	Boston, Massachusetts	Braves Field*	40,000*
	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
	Baltimore Terrapins	Baltimore, Maryland	Terrapin Park	16,000
	Brooklyn Tip-Tops	New York, New York	Washington Park	18,800
	Brooklyn Tip-Tops	New York, New York	Washington Park	18,800
	Buffalo Blues	Buffalo, New York	Federal League Park	20,000
	Buffalo Blues	Buffalo, New York	Federal League Park	20,000
	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
	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
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Standings

Tie games

31 tie games, which are not factored into winning percentage or games behind occurred throughout the season.

American League

Boston Red Sox, 4
Chicago White Sox, 1
Cleveland Indians, 2
Detroit Tigers, 2
New York Yankees, 2
Philadelphia Athletics, 2
St. Louis Browns, 5
Washington Senators, 2

National League

Boston Braves, 5
Brooklyn Robins, 2
Chicago Cubs, 3
Cincinnati Reds, 6
New York Giants, 3
Philadelphia Phillies, 1
Pittsburgh Pirates, 2
St. Louis Cardinals, 4

Federal League

Brooklyn Tip-Tops, 1
Buffalo Blues, 1
Chicago Whales, 3
Newark Peppers, 3
Pittsburgh Rebels, 3
St. Louis Terriers, 5

Postseason

The postseason began on October 8 and ended on October 13 with the Boston Red Sox defeating the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1915 World Series in five games. The National and American Leagues refused a postseason against the Federal League.

Bracket

League leaders

Any team shown in indicates a previous team a player was on during the season.

American League

Stat	Player	Total
AVG	Ty Cobb	.369
OPS	Ty Cobb	.973
HR	Braggo Roth	7
RBI	Sam Crawford Bobby Veach	112
R	Ty Cobb	144
H	Ty Cobb	208
SB	Ty Cobb	96

Stat	Player	Total
W	Walter Johnson	27
L	Weldon Wyckoff	22
ERA	Smoky Joe Wood	1.49
K	Walter Johnson	203
IP	Walter Johnson	336.2
SV	Carl Mays	7
WHIP	Walter Johnson	0.933

National League

Stat	Player	Total
AVG	Larry Doyle	.320
OPS	Gavvy Cravath	.902
HR	Gavvy Cravath	24
RBI	Gavvy Cravath	115
R	Gavvy Cravath	89
H	Larry Doyle	189
SB	Max Carey	36

Stat	Player	Total
W	Grover Alexander¹	31
L	Dick Rudolph Pete Schneider	19
ERA	Grover Alexander¹	1.22
K	Grover Alexander¹	241
IP	Grover Alexander	376.1
SV	Tom Hughes	9
WHIP	Grover Alexander	0.842

¹ National League Triple Crown pitching winner

Federal League

Stat	Player	Total
AVG	Benny Kauff	.342
OPS	Benny Kauff	.955
HR	Hal Chase	17
RBI	Dutch Zwilling	94
R	Babe Borton	97
H	Jack Tobin	184
SB	Benny Kauff	55

Stat	Player	Total
W	George McConnell	25
L	Jack Quinn	22
ERA	Earl Moseley	1.91
K	Dave Davenport	229
IP	Dave Davenport	392.2
SV	Hugh Bedient	10
WHIP	Dave Davenport	0.991

Home field attendance

Note: Attendance data for Federal League teams is unavailable.

Venues

With the relocation of the Indianapolis Hoosiers from Indianapolis, Indiana to Newark, New Jersey as the Newark Peppers, they leave Federal League Park and move into Harrison Park.
The Boston Braves would play their last game at Fenway Park on July 26, having shared the park with the Boston Red Sox since the middle of, and opened Braves Field on August 18, playing their final 26 of 78 home games and where they would go on to play for 38 seasons through.
The Chicago Cubs would play their final game at West Side Park on October 3 against the St. Louis Cardinals, moving into the home of the Chicago Whales, Weeghman Park for the start of the 1916 season.
For games 3 and 4 of the World Series, the Boston Red Sox use the Boston Braves home of Braves Field due to its larger capacity over their home at Fenway Park. This was the first year in a row where a World Series winning Red Sox used Braves Field.