1915 Philadelphia Athletics season

March 2026 November 2013 Philadelphia Athletics 1915 Philadelphia Athletics Primary Logo (1902 to 1921).svg American League Shibe Park Philadelphia 43 109 y 8th Connie Mack, Benjamin Shibe, Tom Shibe and John Shibe Connie Mack The 1915 Philadelphia Athletics season was a season in American baseball. After the team won the American League pennant in 1914, the team dropped all the way to last place with a record of 43 wins and 109 losses. Offseason December 8, 1914: Eddie Collins was purchased from the Athletics by the Chicago White Sox.Eddie Collins page at Baseball Reference January 1915, Nap Lajoie was purchased by the Athletics from the Cleveland Indians.Nap Lajoie page at Baseball Reference Regular season The Federal League had been formed to begin play in 1914. As the A.L. had done 13 years before, the new league raided existing A.L. and N.L. teams for players. Athletics owner Connie Mack refused to match the offers of the F.L. teams, preferring to let the "prima donnas" go and rebuild with younger (and less expensive) players. The result was a swift and near-total collapse, a "first-to-worst" situation. The Athletics went from a 99–53 (.651) record and a pennant in 1914 to a record of 43–109 (.283) and 8th (last) place in 1915. At the time, it was the third-worst winning percentage in American League history. The infield of Whitey Witt, Charlie Pick and Nap Lajoie was derisively known as the "$10 Infield".Hollingsworth Harry The Best & Worst Baseball Teams of All Time: From the '16 A's to the '27 Yanks to the Present! 1994 SPI Books United States 1561713082 187 Season highlights June 23, 1915: Athletics pitcher Bruno Haas set an American League record by walking 16 Yankees in one game.Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 25, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, 978-0-451-22363-0 Season standings Philadelphia Athletics Record vs. opponents PHA Roster 1915 Philadelphia Athletics Roster Pitchers Walter Ancker Rube Bressler Joe Bush Bob Cone Cap Crowell Bud Davis Harry Eccles Dana Fillingim Bruno Haas Jack Harper Tom Knowlson Bill Meehan Bill Morrisette Elmer Myers Jack Nabors Herb Pennock Bob Pepper Squiz Pillion Carl Ray Jack Richardson Bob Shawkey Tom Sheehan Joe Sherman Tink Turner Harry Weaver Weldon Wyckoff Catchers Bill Haeffner Jack Lapp Wickey McAvoy Cy Perkins Ira Thomas Infielders Jack Barry Henry Bostick Owen Conway Art Corcoran Sam Crane Harry Damrau Buck Danner Harry Davis Edwards Thomas Healy Larry Kopf Nap Lajoie Fred Lear Lew Malone Sam McConnell Stuffy McInnis Wally Schang Socks Seibold Outfielders Everett Bankston Chick Davies Eddie Murphy Rube Oldring Amos Strunk Shag Thompson Jimmy Walsh Manager Connie Mack 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 Jack Lapp 112 312 85 .272 2 31 1B Stuffy McInnis 119 456 143 .314 0 49 2B Nap Lajoie 129 490 137 .280 1 61 SS Larry Kopf 118 386 87 .225 1 33 3B Wally Schang 116 359 89 .248 1 44 OF Rube Oldring 107 408 101 .248 6 42 OF Amos Strunk 132 485 144 .297 1 45 OF Jimmy Walsh 117 417 86 .206 1 20 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 Eddie Murphy Eddie Murphy (baseball) 68 260 60 .231 0 17 Lew Malone 76 201 41 .204 1 17 Jack Barry 54 194 43 .222 0 15 Wickey McAvoy 68 184 35 .190 0 6 Chick Davies 57 135 24 .178 0 11 Thomas Healy 23 77 17 .221 0 5 Harry Damrau 16 56 11 .196 0 3 Bill Bankston 11 36 5 .139 1 2 Shag Thompson 17 33 11 .333 0 2 Socks Seibold 10 26 3 .115 0 2 Sam Crane Sam Crane (shortstop) 8 23 2 .087 0 1 Cy Perkins 7 20 4 .200 0 0 Bruno Haas 12 18 1 .056 0 0 Owen Conway 4 15 1 .067 0 0 Buck Danner 3 12 3 .250 0 0 Sam McConnell Sam McConnell (third baseman) 6 11 2 .182 0 0 Henry Bostick 2 7 0 .000 0 2 Edwards 2 5 0 .000 0 0 Bill Haeffner 3 4 1 .250 0 0 Art Corcoran 1 4 0 .000 0 0 Harry Davis Harry Davis (1900s first baseman) 5 3 1 .333 0 4 Fred Lear 2 2 0 .000 0 0 Ira Thomas 1 0 0 ---- 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 Weldon Wyckoff 43 276.0 10 22 3.52 157 Joe Bush Bullet Joe Bush 25 145.2 5 15 4.14 89 Tom Sheehan 15 102.0 4 9 4.15 22 Bob Shawkey 17 100.0 6 6 4.05 56 Cap Crowell 10 54.1 2 6 5.47 15 Jack Nabors 10 54.0 0 5 5.50 18 Jack Richardson 3 24.0 0 1 2.63 11 Harry Weaver 2 18.0 0 2 3.00 1 Elmer Myers 1 9.0 0 0 0.00 12 Bill Meehan 1 4.0 0 1 22.50 0 Tink Turner 1 2.0 0 1 22.50 0 Bob Cone 1 0.2 0 0 40.50 0 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 Rube Bressler 32 178.1 4 17 5.20 69 Tom Knowlson 18 100.2 4 6 3.49 24 Herb Pennock 11 44.0 3 6 5.32 24 Dana Fillingim 8 39.1 0 5 3.43 17 Chick Davies 5 23.1 1 3 8.87 8 Harry Eccles 5 21.0 0 1 4.71 13 Bill Morrisette Bill Morrisette (baseball) 4 20.0 2 0 1.35 11 Walter Ancker 4 17.2 0 0 3.57 4 Joe Sherman 2 15.0 1 0 2.40 5 Bruno Haas 6 14.1 0 1 11.93 7 Carl Ray Carl Ray (baseball) 2 7.1 0 1 4.91 6 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 Bud Davis Bud Davis (baseball) 17 0 1 0 3.38 12 Jack Harper Jack Harper (1915 pitcher) 3 0 0 0 3.12 3 Squiz Pillion 2 0 0 0 6.75 0 Bob Pepper 1 0 0 0 1.80 0 Awards and honors League top five finishers Rube Bressler #2 in AL in earned runs allowed (103) Bullet Joe Bush #3 in AL in wild pitches (10) Rube Oldring #2 in AL in home runs (6) Weldon Wyckoff AL leader in losses (22) AL leader in earned runs allowed (108) AL leader in walks allowed (165) AL leader in wild pitches (14) #3 in AL in strikeouts (157) References 2 External links 1915 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference 1915 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:Philadelphia Athletics seasons Philadelphia Athletics season Category:1915 in sports in Pennsylvania