1915 Boston Braves season

The 1915 Boston Braves season was the 45th season of the franchise. The Braves finished second in the National League with a record of 83 wins and 69 losses, seven games behind the National League champion Philadelphia Phillies. The 1915 season was notable for the opening of Braves Field on August 13, the last of the National League's "jewel box" stadiums to be built. (Weeghman Park in Chicago, while opened in 1914, would not be occupied by the Cubs until the next season.) Prior to the opening of Braves Field, the Braves had played in Fenway Park for the first half of the 1915 season and the last 27 games of the 1914 season, having left their only previous home, South End Grounds, on August 11, 1914.

1915 Boston Braves
LeagueNational League
BallparkFenway Park (since 1914)
Braves Field
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record83–69 (.546)
League place2nd
OwnersJames Gaffney
ManagersGeorge Stallings
← 1914
1916 →

In the final game of the season, a 15–8 loss to the New York Giants, Joe Shannon made his final Major League appearance, and Red Shannon made his first Major League appearance. The two were twins, marking the first of three times that twins played on the same team (along with Eddie and Johnny O'Brien and Jose and Ozzie Canseco).[1]

Offseason

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Regular season

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Season standings

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National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Phillies 90 62 .592 49‍–‍27 41‍–‍35
Boston Braves 83 69 .546 7 49‍–‍27 34‍–‍42
Brooklyn Robins 80 72 .526 10 51‍–‍26 29‍–‍46
Chicago Cubs 73 80 .477 17½ 42‍–‍34 31‍–‍46
Pittsburgh Pirates 73 81 .474 18 40‍–‍37 33‍–‍44
St. Louis Cardinals 72 81 .471 18½ 42‍–‍36 30‍–‍45
Cincinnati Reds 71 83 .461 20 39‍–‍37 32‍–‍46
New York Giants 69 83 .454 21 37‍–‍38 32‍–‍45

Record vs. opponents

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston 14–8–1 10–12–1 15–7 13–9–1 7–14 15–7 9–12–2
Brooklyn 8–14–1 14–8 11–11–1 12–8 13–9 11–11 11–11
Chicago 12–10–1 8–14 13–9–2 8–14 7–14 13–9 12–10
Cincinnati 7–15 11–11–1 9–13–2 9–13–1 9–13 12–10–1 14–8–1
New York 9–13–1 8–12 14–8 13–9–1 7–15–1 8–14 10–12
Philadelphia 14–7 9–13 14–7 13–9 15–7–1 10–12 15–7
Pittsburgh 7–15 11–11 9–13 10–12–1 14–8 12–10 10–12–1
St. Louis 12–9–2 11–11 10–12 8–14–1 12–10 7–15 12–10–1


Roster

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1915 Boston Braves
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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 Hank Gowdy 118 316 78 .247 2 30
1B Butch Schmidt 127 458 115 .251 2 60
2B Johnny Evers 83 278 73 .263 1 22
SS Rabbit Maranville 149 509 124 .244 2 43
3B Red Smith 157 549 145 .264 2 65
OF Herbie Moran 130 419 84 .200 0 21
OF Sherry Magee 156 571 160 .280 2 87
OF Joe Connolly 104 305 91 .298 0 23

Other batters

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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
Ed Fitzpatrick 105 303 67 .221 0 24
Dick Egan 83 220 57 .259 0 21
Bert Whaling 72 190 42 .221 0 13
Pete Compton 35 116 28 .241 1 12
Larry Gilbert 45 106 16 .151 0 4
Ted Cather 40 102 21 .206 2 18
Fred Snodgrass 23 79 22 .278 0 9
Zip Collins 5 14 4 .286 0 0
Joe Shannon 5 10 2 .200 0 1
Walt Tragesser 7 7 0 .000 0 0
Earl Blackburn 3 6 1 .167 0 0
Fletcher Low 1 4 1 .250 0 1
Red Shannon 3 3 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Dick Rudolph 44 341.1 22 19 2.37 147
Pat Ragan 33 227.0 16 12 2.46 81
Lefty Tyler 32 204.2 10 9 2.86 89
Art Nehf 12 78.1 5 4 2.53 39

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Tom Hughes 50 280.1 16 14 2.12 171
George Davis 15 73.1 3 3 3.80 26
Bill James 13 68.1 5 4 3.03 23
Jesse Barnes 9 45.1 3 0 1.39 16
Dick Crutcher 14 43.2 2 2 4.33 17
Paul Strand 6 22.2 1 1 2.38 13
Otto Hess 4 14.0 0 1 3.86 5
Dolf Luque 2 5.0 0 0 3.60 3

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Gene Cocreham 1 0 0 0 5.40 0

References

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