1915 Boston Braves season

March 2026 November 2013 Boston Braves 1915 National League Fenway Park (since 1914)Braves Field Boston, Massachusetts 83–69 (.546) 2nd James Gaffney George Stallings 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. 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).Baseball Twins by Baseball Almanac Offseason February 14, 1915: Oscar Dugey, Possum Whitted, and cash were traded by the Braves to the Philadelphia Phillies for Sherry Magee.Oscar Dugey page at Baseball Reference Regular season Season standings Boston Braves Record vs. opponents BSN Roster 1915 Boston Braves Roster Pitchers Jesse Barnes Gene Cocreham Dick Crutcher George Davis Otto Hess Tom Hughes Bill James Dolf Luque Art Nehf Pat Ragan Dick Rudolph Paul Strand Lefty Tyler Catchers Earl Blackburn Hank Gowdy Walt Tragesser Bert Whaling Infielders Johnny Evers Ed Fitzpatrick Fletcher Low Rabbit Maranville Butch Schmidt Red Shannon Red Smith Outfielders Ted Cather Zip Collins Pete Compton Joe Connolly Dick Egan Larry Gilbert Sherry Magee Herbie Moran Joe Shannon Fred Snodgrass Manager George Stallings 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 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 Red Smith (third baseman) 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 Joe Connolly (1910s outfielder) 104 305 91 .298 0 23 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 Ed Fitzpatrick 105 303 67 .221 0 24 Dick Egan Dick Egan (infielder) 83 220 57 .259 0 21 Bert Whaling 72 190 42 .221 0 13 Pete Compton 35 116 28 .241 1 12 Larry Gilbert Larry Gilbert (baseball) 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 Joe Shannon (baseball) 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 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 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 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 Tom Hughes (pitcher, born 1884) 50 280.1 16 14 2.12 171 George Davis George Davis (pitcher) 15 73.1 3 3 3.80 26 Bill James Bill James (pitcher, born 1892) 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 Paul Strand (baseball) 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 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 2 External links 1915 Boston Braves season at Baseball Reference Category:Boston Braves seasons Boston Braves Boston Braves Category:1910s in Boston