1915 National League

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The 1915 season of the National League was the fortieth season of the league.

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Standings

Bold indicates league champion, Italics indicates World Series champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
1	Philadelphia Phillies	153	90	62	1	.588	-.-	589 (3.85)	463 (3.03)	0.247	0.312	0.340	2.17	0.966
2	Boston Braves	157	83	69	5	.529	7.0	582 (3.71)	545 (3.47)	0.240	0.315	0.319	2.57	0.966
3	Brooklyn Robins	154	80	72	2	.519	10.0	536 (3.48)	560 (3.64)	0.248	0.291	0.317	2.66	0.963
4	Chicago Cubs	156	73	80	3	.468	17.5	570 (3.65)	620 (3.97)	0.244	0.298	0.342	3.11	0.958
5	Pittsburgh Pirates	156	73	81	2	.468	18.0	557 (3.57)	520 (3.33)	0.246	0.303	0.334	2.60	0.966
6	St. Louis Cardinals	157	72	81	4	.459	18.5	590 (3.76)	601 (3.83)	0.254	0.315	0.333	2.89	0.964
7	Cincinnati Reds	160	71	83	6	.444	20.0	516 (3.23)	585 (3.66)	0.253	0.301	0.331	2.84	0.966
8	New York Giants	155	69	83	3	.445	21.0	582 (3.75)	628 (4.05)	0.251	0.294	0.329	3.11	0.960

League leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Tommy Griffith Heinie Groh	Cincinnati Reds Cincinnati Reds	160
At Bats	George Burns	New York Giants	622
Runs Scored	Gavvy Cravath	Philadelphia Phillies	89
Hits	Larry Doyle	New York Giants	189
Doubles	Larry Doyle	New York Giants	40
Triples	Tom Long	St. Louis Cardinals	25
Home Runs	Gavvy Cravath	Philadelphia Phillies	24
Total Bases	Gavvy Cravath	Philadelphia Phillies	266
Runs Batted In	Gavvy Cravath	Philadelphia Phillies	115
Stolen Bases	Max Carey	Pittsburgh Pirates	36
Caught Stealing	Dave Bancroft	Philadelphia Phillies	27
Walks	Gavvy Cravath	Philadelphia Phillies	86
Hit by Pitch	Red Killefer	Cincinnati Reds	19
Strikeouts	Doug Baird	Pittsburgh Pirates	88
Sacrifice Hits	Bob Fisher	Chicago Cubs	42
Batting Average	Larry Doyle	New York Giants	0.320
On-Base Percentage	Gavvy Cravath	Philadelphia Phillies	0.393
Slugging Percentage	Gavvy Cravath	Philadelphia Phillies	0.510
On-Base plus Slugging	Gavvy Cravath	Philadelphia Phillies	0.903
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Gavvy Cravath	Philadelphia Phillies	171

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Pete Alexander	Philadelphia Phillies	31
Losses	Dick Rudolph Pete Schneider	Boston Braves Cincinnati Reds	19
Win-Loss Percentage	Pete Alexander	Philadelphia Phillies	0.756
Appearances	Tom Hughes	Boston Braves	50
Games Started	Dick Rudolph	Boston Braves	43
Complete Games	Pete Alexander	Philadelphia Phillies	36
Shutouts	Pete Alexander	Philadelphia Phillies	12
Games Finished	Tom Hughes	Boston Braves	22
Saves	Tom Hughes	Boston Braves	9
Innings Pitched	Pete Alexander	Philadelphia Phillies	376.1
Batters Faced	Pete Alexander	Philadelphia Phillies	1435
Hits Allowed	Dick Rudolph	Boston Braves	304
Home Runs Allowed	Christy Mathewson Erskine Mayer	New York Giants Philadelphia Phillies	9
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Gene Dale	Cincinnati Reds	107
Hit Batsmen	Rube Benton	Cincinnati Reds/New York Giants	19
Strikeouts	Pete Alexander	Philadelphia Phillies	241
Wild Pitches	George Pearce Rube Schauer	Chicago Cubs New York Giants	10
Balks	Dan Griner	St. Louis Cardinals	2
Runs Allowed	Dick Rudolph	Boston Braves	125
Earned Runs Allowed	Dick Rudolph	Boston Braves	90
Earned Run Average	Pete Alexander	Philadelphia Phillies	1.22
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Pete Alexander	Philadelphia Phillies	0.842

Postseason

In the World Series, the National League champion Philadelphia Phillies were defeated by the American League's Boston Red Sox, 4 games to 1.

Umpires

• Bill Byron
• George Cockill
• Mal Eason
• Bob Emslie
• Bill Hart
• Bill Klem
• Hank O'Day
• Al Orth
• Ernie Quigley
• Cy Rigler
• Otis Stocksdale

Further Reading

• Tom Ruane: "A Retro-Review of the 1910s (the 1915 edition)", Retrosheet.org [1]