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Major League Baseball team season
1915 Pittsburgh Pirates
LeagueNational League
BallparkForbes Field
CityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
OwnersBarney Dreyfuss
ManagersFred Clarke
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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

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
Sources:
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

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. HR RBI
Wally Gerber 56 144 28 .194 0 7
Bobby Schang 56 125 23 .184 0 4
Dan Costello 71 125 27 .216 0 11
Ed Barney 32 99 27 .273 0 5
Sheldon Lejeune 18 65 11 .169 0 2
Alex McCarthy 21 49 10 .204 0 3
Leo Murphy 31 41 4 .098 0 4
Ike McAuley 5 15 2 .133 0 0
Paddy Siglin 6 7 2 .286 0 0
Bill Wagner 5 5 0 .000 0 0
Pat Duncan 3 5 1 .200 0 0
Fritz Scheeren 4 3 0 .000 0 0
Fred Clarke 1 2 1 .500 0 0
Harry Daubert 1 1 0 .000 0 0
Syd Smith 1 1 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
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

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