1915 Major League Baseball season
# 1915 Major League Baseball season

The 1915 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 10 to October 13, 1915.

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 Philadelphia Phillies and Boston Red Sox were the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The Red Sox then defeated the Phillies in the World Series, four games to one. Meanwhile, the Chicago Whales won the 1915 Federal League pennant.

## Statistical leaders

| | American League | American League | National League |
| - | - | - | - |
| Type | Name | Stat | Name | Stat |
| AVG | Ty Cobb DET | .369 | Larry Doyle NYG | .320 |
| HR | Braggo Roth CHW & CLE | 7 | Gavvy Cravath PHP | 24 |
| RBIs | Bobby Veach DET Sam Crawford DET | 112 | Gavvy Cravath PHP | 115 |
| Wins | Walter Johnson WSH | 27 | Pete Alexander PHP | 31 |
| ERA | Smoky Joe Wood BSR | 1.49 | Pete Alexander PHP | 1.22 |
| SO | Walter Johnson WSH | 203 | Pete Alexander PHP | 241 |
| SV | Carl Mays BSR | 7 | Tom Hughes BSB | 9 |
| SB | Ty Cobb DET | 96 | Max Carey PIT | 36 |

## Standings

### Federal League

| vteFederal League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chicago Whales | 86 | 66 | 0.566 | — | 44–32 | 42–34 |
| St. Louis Terriers | 87 | 67 | 0.565 | — | 43–34 | 44–33 |
| Pittsburgh Rebels | 86 | 67 | 0.562 | ½ | 45–31 | 41–36 |
| Kansas City Packers | 81 | 72 | 0.529 | 5½ | 46–31 | 35–41 |
| Newark Peppers | 80 | 72 | 0.526 | 6 | 40–39 | 40–33 |
| Buffalo Blues | 74 | 78 | 0.487 | 12 | 37–40 | 37–38 |
| Brooklyn Tip-Tops | 70 | 82 | 0.461 | 16 | 34–40 | 36–42 |
| Baltimore Terrapins | 47 | 107 | 0.305 | 40 | 24–51 | 23–56 |

## Postseason

### Bracket

| World Series | World Series | World Series |
| - | - | - |
| AL | Boston Red Sox | 4 |
| NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 1 |

## Managers

### American League

| Team | Manager | Comments |
| - | - | - |
| Boston Red Sox | Bill Carrigan | Won World Series |
| Chicago White Sox | Pants Rowland | Finished 3rd |
| Cleveland Indians | Joe Birmingham and Lee Fohl | |
| Detroit Tigers | Hughie Jennings | Finished 2nd |
| New York Yankees | Bill Donovan | |
| Philadelphia Athletics | Connie Mack | |
| St. Louis Browns | Branch Rickey | |
| Washington Senators | Clark Griffith | |

### National League

| Team | Manager | Comments |
| - | - | - |
| Boston Braves | George Stallings | Finished 2nd |
| Brooklyn Robins | Wilbert Robinson | Finished 3rd |
| Chicago Cubs | Roger Bresnahan | |
| Cincinnati Reds | Buck Herzog | |
| New York Giants | John McGraw | |
| Philadelphia Phillies | Pat Moran | Won 1st NL pennant |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | Fred Clarke | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | Miller Huggins | |

### Federal League

| Team | Manager | Comments |
| - | - | - |
| Baltimore Terrapins | Otto Knabe | |
| Brooklyn Tip-Tops | Lee Magee and John Ganzel | |
| Buffalo Buffeds | Larry Schlafly, Walter Blair and Harry Lord | |
| Chicago Federals | Joe Tinker | Won league title by percentage point |
| Indianapolis Hoosiers | George Stovall | |
| Kansas City Packers | Bill Phillips and Bill McKechnie | |
| Pittsburgh Rebels | Rebel Oakes | Finished 3rd |
| St. Louis Terriers | Fielder Jones | Finished 2nd by percentage point |

## Events

* May 6 – Babe Ruth of the Boston Red Sox hits the first of his career 714 home runs.
