1915 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1915 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1887)
Location
Forbes Field (since 1909)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania^[1] (since 1907)
Other information
Owner(s)	Barney Dreyfuss
Manager(s)	Fred 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	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Philadelphia Phillies	90	62	0.592	—	49–27	41–35
Boston Braves	83	69	0.546	7	49–27	34–42
Brooklyn Robins	80	72	0.526	10	51–26	29–46
Chicago Cubs	73	80	0.477	17½	42–34	31–46
Pittsburgh Pirates	73	81	0.474	18	40–37	33–44
St. Louis Cardinals	72	81	0.471	18½	42–36	30–45
Cincinnati Reds	71	83	0.461	20	39–37	32–46
New York Giants	69	83	0.454	21	37–38	32–45

Record vs. opponents

1915 National League Records 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)

May: 13–10 (Home: 7–2; Away: 6–8)

June: 13–9 (Home: 9–7; Away: 4–2)

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)

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

Roster

1915 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

Babe Adams

Joe Conzelman

Wilbur Cooper

Bob Harmon

Carmen Hill

Erv Kantlehner

Herb Kelly

Al Mamaux

George McQuillan

Phil Slattery

Dazzy Vance

Catchers

George Gibson

Leo Murphy

Bobby Schang

Bill Wagner

Infielders

Doug Baird

Wally Gerber

Doc Johnston

Ike McAuley

Alex McCarthy

Paddy Siglin

Jim Viox

Honus Wagner

Outfielders

Ed Barney

Max Carey

Fred Clarke

Zip Collins

Dan Costello

Pat Duncan

Bill Hinchman

Larry LeJeune

Fritz Scheeren

Other batters

Harry Daubert

Syd Smith

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	Gibson, GeorgeGeorge Gibson	120	351	88	.251	1	30

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

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
Adams, BabeBabe Adams	40	245	14	14	2.87	62

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

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

References

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

1915 MLB season by team

American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington

National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

Federal League	Baltimore Brooklyn Buffalo Chicago Kansas City Newark Pittsburgh St. Louis

1915 World Series

Pittsburgh Pirates

Formerly the Pittsburgh Alleghenys
Founded in 1882
Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Whittington Park; Riverside Park; Fogel Field; Barrs Field; Rickwood Field; Whittington Park; Perris Hill Park; Tech Field; Perris Hill Park; McCulloch Park; Perris Hill Park; Flamingo Field; Gilmore Field; Gran Stadium; Jaycee Park; Terry Park; Pirate City/McKechnie Field

Culture

Lore

Pittsburgh Allegheny
Pirates' lore
Wagner donates uniforms
Lou Bierbauer
Temple Cup
Chronicle-Telegraph Cup
Pittsburgh Stars
Homer in the Gloamin'
1960 Game 7
1985 drug trials
Francisco Cabrera game
National League Wild Card Games
- 2013
- 2014
- 2015

Rivalries

Philadelphia Phillies

Minors

AAA: Indianapolis Indians
AA: Altoona Curve
A Adv.: Bradenton Marauders
A: West Virginia Power
Short A: West Virginia Black Bears
Rookie Adv.: Bristol Pirates
Rookie: GCL Pirates; DSL Pirates
All-time: Minor league affiliate history

World Series
Championships (5)

1909
1925
1960
1971
1979

League pennants (9)

American Association: none
National League: 1901; 1902; 1903; 1909; 1925; 1927; 1960; 1971; 1979

Division titles (9)

East: 1970; 1971; 1972; 1974; 1975; 1979; 1990; 1991; 1992
Central: none

Wild Card berths (3)

Media

Seasons (136)

1880s	1880 · 1881 · 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889

1890s	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899

1900s	1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909

1910s	1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919

1920s	1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929

1930s	1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939

1940s	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949

1950s	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959

1960s	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

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