1915 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1915 Pittsburgh Pirates
1915 Pittsburgh Pirates
League	National League
Ballpark	Forbes Field
City	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Owners	Barney Dreyfuss
Managers	Fred Clarke

The 1915 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 34th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 29th in the National League. The Pirates finished fifth in the league standings with a record of 73–81.

Regular season

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

1915 National League record v t e 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	—

Game log

1915 Game Log: 73–81 (Home: 40–37; Away: 33–44)

April: 5–9 (Home: 1–2; Away: 4–7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
1	April 14	@ Reds	9–2	McQuillan (1–0)	Ames	—	24,000	1–0
2	April 15	@ Reds	1–2	Benton	Harmon (0–1)	—	3,000	1–1
3	April 16	@ Reds	2–4	Douglas	Vance (0–1)	Dale	—	1–2
4	April 17	@ Reds	3–2	Mamaux (1–0)	Brown	—	—	2–2
5	April 18	@ Cubs	1–2 (10)	Vaughn	Cooper (0–1)	—	—	2–3
6	April 19	@ Cubs	7–8	Pierce	Harmon (0–2)	—	—	2–4
7	April 20	@ Cubs	8–6	Mamaux (2–0)	Cheney	McQuillan (1)	2,000	3–4
8	April 22	Reds	8–2	Adams (1–0)	Douglas	—	—	4–4
9	April 23	Reds	1–2	Dale	Cooper (0–2)	Benton	2,500	4–5
10	April 24	Reds	1–1 (8)			—	10,000	4–5
11	April 25	@ Cardinals	1–8	Doak	Kantlehner (0–1)	—	12,000	4–6
12	April 26	@ Cardinals	0–3	Perdue	Adams (1–1)	—	—	4–7
13	April 27	@ Cardinals	0–3	Griner	Mamaux (2–1)	—	—	4–8
14	April 28	@ Cardinals	7–6 (8)	Harmon (1–2)	Sallee	Cooper (1)	—	5–8
15	April 30	Cubs	1–4	Zabel	Cooper (0–3)	—	—	5–9

May: 13–10 (Home: 7–2; Away: 6–8)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
16	May 1	Cubs	1–3	Standridge	Adams (1–2)	—	2,000	5–10
17	May 2	@ Cubs	1–7 (8)	Vaughn	McQuillan (1–1)	—	—	5–11
18	May 3	@ Cubs	1–5 (5)	Pierce	Cooper (0–4)	Humphries	—	5–12
19	May 4	Cardinals	4–3 (8)	Harmon (2–2)	Perdue	—	—	6–12
20	May 6	Cardinals	9–3	Adams (2–2)	Meadows	—	—	7–12
21	May 7	Cardinals	6–4	McQuillan (2–1)	Doak	—	—	8–12
22	May 8	Cardinals	3–2	Mamaux (3–1)	Robinson	—	—	9–12
23	May 9	@ Reds	8–3	Harmon (3–2)	Douglas	—	—	10–12
24	May 10	Cubs	10–7	Conzelman (1–0)	Zabel	Adams (1)	—	11–12
25	May 11	@ Phillies	2–4	Alexander	McQuillan (2–2)	—	—	11–13
26	May 13	@ Phillies	3–1	Harmon (4–2)	Demaree	—	—	12–13
27	May 14	@ Phillies	3–5	Rixey	Adams (2–3)	Mayer	—	12–14
28	May 15	@ Braves	10–6	Cooper (1–4)	Rudolph	McQuillan (2)	—	13–14
29	May 18	@ Braves	2–3	James	Harmon (4–3)	—	—	13–15
30	May 19	@ Braves	7–0	Mamaux (4–1)	Ragan	—	—	14–15
31	May 20	@ Giants	6–2	Adams (3–3)	Perritt	—	—	15–15
32	May 25	@ Robins	1–5	Pfeffer	McQuillan (2–3)	—	—	15–16
33	May 27	@ Robins	0–2	Dell	Cooper (1–5)	—	—	15–17
34	May 28	@ Robins	3–1	Mamaux (5–1)	Coombs	—	—	16–17
35	May 29	Cardinals	0–0 (5)			—	—	16–17
36	May 29	Cardinals	3–5	Meadows	McQuillan (2–4)	—	—	16–18
37	May 30	@ Reds	0–4	Schneider	Harmon (4–4)	—	—	16–19
38	May 31	Cubs	1–0	Cooper (2–5)	Lavender	—	—	17–19
39	May 31	Cubs	1–0	Mamaux (6–1)	Cheney	—	15,000	18–19

June: 13–9 (Home: 9–7; Away: 4–2)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
40	June 1	Cubs	0–2	Zabel	Adams (3–4)	—	—	18–20
41	June 4	Robins	2–8	Pfeffer	Cooper (2–6)	—	—	18–21
42	June 5	Robins	11–0	Mamaux (7–1)	Dell	—	5,000	19–21
43	June 7	Robins	6–1	Adams (4–4)	Coombs	—	—	20–21
44	June 8	Robins	3–4	Smith	McQuillan (2–5)	Pfeffer	1,800	20–22
45	June 9	Braves	7–3	Mamaux (8–1)	Tyler	—	—	21–22
46	June 10	Braves	2–1	Harmon (5–4)	Hughes	—	—	22–22
47	June 12	Braves	2–8	Ragan	Adams (4–5)	—	—	22–23
48	June 14	Phillies	1–4 (11)	Alexander	Mamaux (8–2)	—	3,500	22–24
49	June 16	Phillies	2–1	Harmon (6–4)	Chalmers	—	—	23–24
50	June 17	Giants	1–3	Marquard	McQuillan (2–6)	—	—	23–25
51	June 18	Giants	7–5	Mamaux (9–2)	Perritt	Adams (2)	—	24–25
52	June 19	Giants	4–0	Harmon (7–4)	Tesreau	—	—	25–25
53	June 21	Phillies	4–3 (13)	Mamaux (10–2)	Rixey	—	—	26–25
54	June 22	@ Reds	3–1	McQuillan (3–6)	Schneider	—	—	27–25
55	June 23	@ Reds	6–2	Harmon (8–4)	Benton	—	—	28–25
56	June 24	Reds	3–5	Toney	Mamaux (10–3)	—	—	28–26
57	June 26	Reds	6–3	McQuillan (4–6)	Dale	—	6,000	29–26
58	June 29	@ Cardinals	8–5	Adams (5–5)	Meadows	—	—	30–26
59	June 29	@ Cardinals	4–6	Robinson	Cooper (2–7)	Griner	10,000	30–27
60	June 30	@ Cardinals	0–2	Doak	Adams (5–6)	—	—	30–28
61	June 30	@ Cardinals	4–2 (10)	McQuillan (5–6)	Sallee	—	8,000	31–28

July: 16–17 (Home: 5–4; Away: 11–13)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
62	July 1	@ Cubs	4–0	Mamaux (11–3)	Vaughn	—	1,500	32–28
63	July 2	@ Cubs	1–2	Pierce	Harmon (8–5)	—	2,000	32–29
64	July 3	@ Cubs	5–6	Humphries	Cooper (2–8)	Lavender	—	32–30
65	July 3	@ Cubs	4–2	Adams (6–6)	Zabel	—	12,000	33–30
66	July 4	@ Cubs	5–8	Cheney	McQuillan (5–7)	Lavender	—	33–31
67	July 5	Cardinals	1–3	Doak	Mamaux (11–4)	—	—	33–32
68	July 5	Cardinals	5–0	Harmon (9–5)	Meadows	—	—	34–32
69	July 6	Cardinals	1–2	Griner	Kantlehner (0–2)	—	1,200	34–33
70	July 7	Cubs	4–7	Lavender	Adams (6–7)	—	—	34–34
71	July 8	@ Phillies	2–0	Mamaux (12–4)	Rixey	—	—	35–34
72	July 9	@ Phillies	1–2	Alexander	Harmon (9–6)	—	—	35–35
73	July 10	@ Phillies	3–6	Demaree	Adams (6–8)	—	12,000	35–36
74	July 12	@ Phillies	2–1	McQuillan (6–7)	Mayer	Cooper (2)	—	36–36
75	July 12	@ Phillies	4–2	Mamaux (13–4)	Chalmers	—	13,000	37–36
76	July 13	@ Braves	3–1	Kantlehner (1–2)	Ragan	—	—	38–36
77	July 13	@ Braves	6–7	Davis	Harmon (9–7)	Hughes	—	38–37
78	July 15	@ Braves	2–3	Rudolph	Cooper (2–9)	—	—	38–38
79	July 16	@ Braves	5–6 (15)	Hughes	Adams (6–9)	—	—	38–39
80	July 17	@ Robins	5–3	McQuillan (7–7)	Smith	Kantlehner (1)	—	39–39
81	July 17	@ Robins	3–7 (7)	Coombs	Conzelman (1–1)	—	22,000	39–40
82	July 19	@ Robins	0–3	Rucker	Kantlehner (1–3)	—	—	39–41
83	July 20	@ Robins	6–2	Harmon (10–7)	Douglas	—	—	40–41
84	July 23	@ Giants	6–1	Adams (7–9)	Mathewson	—	—	41–41
85	July 23	@ Giants	4–3	Mamaux (14–4)	Tesreau	Cooper (3)	15,000	42–41
86	July 24	@ Giants	4–8	Marquard	Harmon (10–8)	—	—	42–42
87	July 24	@ Giants	2–4	Perritt	Cooper (2–10)	—	—	42–43
88	July 26	@ Giants	2–1	Adams (8–9)	Mathewson	—	—	43–43
89	July 26	@ Giants	0–3	Tesreau	McQuillan (7–8)	—	10,000	43–44
90	July 27	Giants	8–1	Mamaux (15–4)	Marquard	—	4,000	44–44
91	July 29	Robins	8–2	Kantlehner (2–3)	Pfeffer	—	2,500	45–44
92	July 30	Robins	2–3	Rucker	Harmon (10–9)	—	—	45–45
93	July 31	Robins	5–0	Mamaux (16–4)	Appleton	—	—	46–45
94	July 31	Robins	5–4 (10)	McQuillan (8–8)	Pfeffer	—	12,000	47–45

August: 11–20 (Home: 6–8; Away: 5–12)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
95	August 3	Braves	4–5	Ragan	Kantlehner (2–4)	Hughes	—	47–46
96	August 3	Braves	2–7	Tyler	Harmon (10–10)	—	—	47–47
97	August 4	Braves	1–5	Hughes	Mamaux (16–5)	—	—	47–48
98	August 5	Phillies	1–0	Adams (9–9)	Alexander	—	—	48–48
99	August 6	Phillies	4–5	Demaree	McQuillan (8–9)	Mayer	—	48–49
100	August 7	Phillies	9–0	Mamaux (17–5)	Mayer	—	—	49–49
101	August 7	Phillies	6–0	Harmon (11–10)	Rixey	—	—	50–49
102	August 10	Giants	8–2	Adams (10–9)	Marquard	—	—	51–49
103	August 12	Giants	4–0	Mamaux (18–5)	Tesreau	—	—	52–49
104	August 13	Reds	3–4	McKenry	Harmon (11–11)	—	—	52–50
105	August 14	Reds	4–5 (11)	Lear	Kantlehner (2–5)	—	—	52–51
106	August 14	Reds	0–6	Toney	McQuillan (8–10)	—	—	52–52
107	August 15	@ Reds	2–6	Dale	Cooper (2–11)	—	—	52–53
108	August 15	@ Reds	2–6	McKenry	Harmon (11–12)	—	—	52–54
109	August 16	Reds	5–4	Kantlehner (3–5)	Lear	—	—	53–54
110	August 17	Cubs	4–6	Zabel	Cooper (2–12)	—	—	53–55
111	August 18	@ Phillies	8–4	Adams (11–9)	Mayer	—	—	54–55
112	August 19	@ Phillies	8–3	Harmon (12–12)	Demaree	—	—	55–55
113	August 20	@ Phillies	3–4 (11)	Alexander	Cooper (2–13)	—	—	55–56
114	August 21	@ Braves	1–3	Rudolph	Kantlehner (3–6)	—	—	55–57
115	August 21	@ Braves	0–2	Nehf	Mamaux (18–6)	—	20,000	55–58
116	August 23	@ Braves	2–3	Hughes	Adams (11–10)	—	—	55–59
117	August 24	@ Braves	0–10	Ragan	Cooper (2–14)	—	—	55–60
118	August 25	@ Giants	3–5	Perritt	Harmon (12–13)	—	—	55–61
119	August 25	@ Giants	9–7	Mamaux (19–6)	Benton	Kantlehner (2)	—	56–61
120	August 26	@ Giants	2–1	Kantlehner (4–6)	Stroud	—	—	57–61
121	August 27	@ Giants	1–2	Mathewson	Adams (11–11)	—	—	57–62
122	August 28	@ Robins	1–2	Rucker	Harmon (12–14)	—	—	57–63
123	August 28	@ Robins	0–3	Pfeffer	Kantlehner (4–7)	—	13,000	57–64
124	August 31	@ Robins	5–3	Kelly (1–0)	Coombs	Cooper (4)	—	58–64
125	August 31	@ Robins	2–3	Marquard	Kantlehner (4–8)	—	—	58–65

September: 14–14 (Home: 12–14; Away: 2–0)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
126	September 1	Cardinals	0–4	Sallee	Adams (11–12)	—	—	58–66
127	September 1	Cardinals	7–0	Harmon (13–14)	Perdue	—	—	59–66
128	September 2	Cardinals	2–7	Doak	Kelly (1–1)	—	—	59–67
129	September 3	Cubs	4–1	Mamaux (20–6)	Humphries	—	—	60–67
130	September 4	Cubs	2–5	Vaughn	Kantlehner (4–9)	—	—	60–68
131	September 4	Cubs	2–1 (12)	Adams (12–12)	Lavender	—	7,000	61–68
132	September 5	@ Cubs	13–2	Cooper (3–14)	Adams	—	—	62–68
133	September 6	Reds	0–3	Schneider	Mamaux (20–7)	—	—	62–69
134	September 6	Reds	5–2	Harmon (14–14)	McKenry	—	8,000	63–69
135	September 7	Reds	3–6	Toney	Adams (12–13)	—	—	63–70
136	September 10	Braves	8–1	Adams (13–13)	Nehf	—	—	64–70
137	September 10	Braves	2–3 (10)	Rudolph	Kantlehner (4–10)	—	4,500	64–71
138	September 11	Phillies	2–3	Mayer	Harmon (14–15)	—	—	64–72
139	September 13	Phillies	2–4 (13)	Alexander	Cooper (3–15)	—	—	64–73
140	September 14	Phillies	3–4	Chalmers	Adams (13–14)	—	—	64–74
141	September 15	Phillies	1–0	Kantlehner (5–10)	Mayer	—	—	65–74
142	September 16	Giants	4–8	Tesreau	Harmon (14–16)	—	—	65–75
143	September 17	Giants	9–6	Cooper (4–15)	Benton	—	—	66–75
144	September 17	Giants	5–0	Hill (1–0)	Perritt	—	—	67–75
145	September 18	Giants	8–2	Mamaux (21–7)	Mathewson	—	—	68–75
146	September 18	Giants	2–7	Tesreau	Kantlehner (5–11)	—	—	68–76
147	September 20	Robins	1–0	Harmon (15–16)	Pfeffer	—	—	69–76
148	September 22	Robins	2–4	Rucker	Cooper (4–16)	—	—	69–77
149	September 22	Robins	2–1	Hill (2–0)	Cheney	—	—	70–77
150	September 23	Braves	8–4	Cooper (5–16)	Rudolph	—	—	71–77
151	September 24	Braves	0–2	Nehf	Kantlehner (5–12)	—	—	71–78
152	September 25	Braves	2–5	Hughes	Harmon (15–17)	—	—	71–79
153	September 30	@ Cardinals	6–5 (10)	Harmon (16–17)	Perdue	—	—	72–79

October: 1–2 (Home: 0–0; Away: 1–2)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
154	October 1	@ Cardinals	3–6	Doak	Hill (2–1)	Sallee	—	72–80
155	October 2	@ Cardinals	1–3	Ames	Mamaux (21–8)	—	—	72–81
156	October 3	@ Reds	5–3	Adams (14–14)	Schneider	—	—	73–81

Legend: = Win = Loss = Tie
Bold = Pirates team member

Roster

1915 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Fred Clarke

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	George Gibson	120	351	88	.251	1	30
1B	Doc Johnston	147	543	144	.265	5	64
2B	Jim Viox	150	503	129	.256	2	45
SS	Honus Wagner	156	566	155	.274	6	78
3B	Doug Baird	145	512	112	.219	1	53
OF	Bill Hinchman	156	577	177	.307	5	77
OF	Zip Collins	101	354	104	.294	1	23
OF	Max Carey	140	564	143	.254	3	27

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.	RBI
Wally Gerber	56	144	28	.194	7
Bobby Schang	56	125	23	.184	4
Dan Costello	71	125	27	.216	11
Ed Barney	32	99	27	.273	5
Sheldon Lejeune	18	65	11	.169	2
Alex McCarthy	21	49	10	.204	3
Leo Murphy	31	41	4	.098	4
Ike McAuley	5	15	2	.133	0
Paddy Siglin	6	7	2	.286	0
Bill Wagner	5	5	0	.000	0
Pat Duncan	3	5	1	.200	0
Fritz Scheeren	4	3	0	.000	0
Fred Clarke	1	2	1	.500	0
Harry Daubert	1	1	0	.000	0
Syd Smith	1	1	0	.000	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
Bob Harmon	37	269.2	16	17	2.50	86
Al Mamaux	38	251.2	21	8	2.04	152
Babe Adams	40	245.0	14	14	2.87	62
Dazzy Vance	1	2.2	0	1	10.13	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
Wilbur Cooper	38	185.2	5	16	3.30	71
Erv Kantlehner	29	163.0	5	12	2.26	64
George McQuillan	30	149.0	8	10	2.84	56
Carmen Hill	8	47.0	2	1	1.15	24
Herb Kelly	5	11.0	1	1	4.09	6

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Joe Conzelman	18	1	1	0	3.42	22
Phil Slattery	3	0	0	0	0.00	1

References

^ From 1882-1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.

[1] From 1882-1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.

[1]