1915 Boston Red Sox season

The 1915 Boston Red Sox season was the fifteenth season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished first in the American League (AL) with a record of 101 wins and 50 losses. The team then faced the National League (NL) champion Philadelphia Phillies in the 1915 World Series, which the Red Sox won in five games to capture the franchise's third World Series.

1915 Boston Red Sox
1915 World Series Champions
1915 American League Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Joseph Lannin
Manager(s)Bill Carrigan
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1915 Boston Red Sox team photo

While the Red Sox' home field was Fenway Park, their two home games of the World Series were played at Braves Field,[1] due to its larger seating capacity.[2]

Regular season

Opening Day lineup
Harry HooperRF
Heinie Wagner2B
Tris SpeakerCF
Duffy LewisLF
Dick Hoblitzel1B
Everett ScottSS
Larry Gardner3B
Hick CadyC
Ernie ShoreP

Season standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 10150 0.669 — 55–20 46–30
Detroit Tigers 10054 0.649 2½ 51–26 49–28
Chicago White Sox 9361 0.604 9½ 54–24 39–37
Washington Senators 8568 0.556 17 50–29 35–39
New York Yankees 6983 0.454 32½ 37–43 32–40
St. Louis Browns 6391 0.409 39½ 35–38 28–53
Cleveland Indians 5795 0.375 44½ 27–50 30–45
Philadelphia Athletics 43109 0.283 58½ 19–53 24–56

Record vs. opponents
1915 American League Records

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHI STL WSH
Boston —12–1016–414–810–1217–5–117–5–215–6–1
Chicago 10–12—16–67–1515–719–318–48–14–1
Cleveland 4–166–16—5–179–13–115–7–112–106–16
Detroit 8–1415–717–5—17–517–513–9–213–9
New York 12–107–1513–9–15–17—11–912–10–19–13
Philadelphia 5–17–13–197–15–15–179–11—6–168–14
St. Louis 5–17–24–1810–129–13–210–12–116–6—9–13
Washington 6–15–114–8–116–69–1313–914–813–9—

Roster
1915 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

  • Dick Hoblitzel
 Outfielders Manager

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
CHick Cady7820557.278017
1BDick Hoblitzell124399113.283261
2BJack Barry7824865.262026
SSEverett Scott10035972.201028
3BLarry Gardner127430111.258155
OFDuffy Lewis152557162.291276
OFHarry Hooper149566133.235251
OFTris Speaker150547176.322069

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
Hal Janvrin9931685.269037
Heinie Wagner8426764.240029
Del Gainer8220059.295129
Pinch Thomas8620348.236021
Bill Carrigan469519.20007
Olaf Henriksen739218.196013
Mike McNally23538.15100
Chick Shorten6143.21400
Richard Haley571.14300
Bill Rodgers1160.00000
Wally Rehg551.20000

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
Rube Foster372551982.1182
Ernie Shore382471981.64102
Babe Ruth32217.21882.44112
Dutch Leonard32183.11572.36116
Smoky Joe Wood25157.11551.4963

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
Carl Mays38131.2652.6065
Ray Collins25104.2474.3043
Vean Gregg1875423.3643
Herb Pennock514009.647

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
Ralph Comstock31002.001
Guy Cooper10000.000

1915 World Series
Main article: 1915 World Series

AL Boston Red Sox (4) vs. NL Philadelphia Phillies (1)

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1Red Sox – 1, Phillies – 3October 8Baker Bowl19,343
2Red Sox – 2, Phillies – 1October 9Baker Bowl20,306
3Phillies – 1, Red Sox – 2October 11Braves Field42,300
4Phillies – 1, Red Sox – 2October 12Braves Field41,096
5Red Sox – 5, Phillies – 4October 13Baker Bowl20,306

References
  1. "The 1915 Post-Season Games". Retrosheet. Retrieved September 18, 2019.
  2. "The Ballparks: Braves Field". This Great Game. Retrieved September 18, 2019.


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