1915 Philadelphia Athletics

43-109 • .283 Win% • 8th in AL

The 1915 Philadelphia Athletics went 43-109 (.283) finishing 8th in the AL. The club scored 545 runs, allowed 888, and played home games at Shibe Park. Team leaders included Rube Oldring (6 HR, 42 RBI) and Weldon Wyckoff (10-22, 3.52 ERA).

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
L (Losses):
Games charged to the pitcher of record when the opposing team took a lead it never surrendered.
RS (Runs Scored (team)):
Total runs a team scored across the season.
RA (Runs Allowed):
Total runs a team allowed across the season.

Data updated

📊 Season Record

43 Wins
109 Losses
.283 Win %
8th Rank
545 R 888 RA
Diff -343

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545 Runs Scored
888 Runs Allowed
-343 Run Diff
26K Attendance

📈 vs. 1915 AL Average

Batting Avg .236 5% below the 1915 league average (.248)
OBP .304 6% below the 1915 league average (.325)
SLG .310 5% below the 1915 league average (.325)
Team ERA 4.29 46% worse than the 1915 league average (2.94)
Runs Scored 545 11% below the 1915 league average (615 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumShibe Park
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Home Games 74
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Total Attendance 26,600
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Avg per Game 359

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1915

Batting Avg

1 Stuffy McInnis 0.314 2 Amos Strunk 0.297 3 Nap Lajoie 0.280 4 Jack Lapp 0.272 5 Wally Schang 0.248

Home Runs

1 Rube Oldring 6 2 Jack Lapp 2 3 Bill Bankston 1 4 Rube Bressler 1 5 Larry Kopf 1

RBI

1 Nap Lajoie 61 2 Stuffy McInnis 49 3 Amos Strunk 45 4 Wally Schang 44 5 Rube Oldring 42
1915 Philadelphia Athletics — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Nap Lajoie 129 490 40 137 24 5 1 61 11 16 10 0.280
Amos Strunk 132 485 76 144 28 16 1 45 56 45 17 0.297
Stuffy McInnis 119 456 44 143 14 4 0 49 14 17 8 0.314
Jimmy Walsh 117 417 48 86 15 6 1 20 57 64 22 0.206
Rube Oldring 107 408 49 101 23 3 6 42 22 21 11 0.248
Larry Kopf 118 386 39 87 10 2 1 33 41 45 5 0.225
Wally Schang 116 359 64 89 9 11 1 44 66 47 18 0.248
Jack Lapp 112 312 26 85 16 5 2 31 30 29 5 0.272
Eddie Murphy 68 260 37 60 3 4 0 17 29 15 13 0.231
Lew Malone 76 201 17 41 4 4 1 17 21 40 7 0.204
Jack Barry 54 194 16 43 6 2 0 15 15 9 6 0.222
Wickey McAvoy 68 184 12 35 7 2 0 6 11 32 0 0.190
Chick Davies 56 132 13 24 5 3 0 11 14 31 2 0.182
Weldon Wyckoff 45 96 3 12 3 2 0 5 5 25 0 0.125
Thomas Healy 23 77 11 17 1 0 0 5 6 4 0 0.221
Harry Damrau 16 56 4 11 1 0 0 3 5 17 1 0.196
Rube Bressler 33 55 9 8 0 1 1 4 9 13 0 0.145
Bullet Joe Bush 25 49 2 7 0 0 0 0 1 22 0 0.143
Bill Bankston 11 36 6 5 1 1 1 2 2 5 1 0.139
Tom Knowlson 18 36 2 3 0 0 0 1 1 23 0 0.083
Tom Sheehan 15 34 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 17 0 0.118
Shag Thompson 17 33 5 11 2 0 0 2 4 6 0 0.333
Bob Shawkey 17 31 0 4 2 0 0 2 3 11 0 0.129
Bud Davis 21 26 4 8 2 1 0 3 0 3 0 0.308
Socks Seibold 10 26 3 3 1 0 0 2 4 4 0 0.115
Sam Crane 8 23 3 2 2 0 0 1 0 4 0 0.087
Cap Crowell 10 22 2 5 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0.227
Cy Perkins 7 20 2 4 1 0 0 0 3 3 0 0.200
Bruno Haas 12 18 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 0.056
Herb Pennock 11 18 1 5 1 0 0 3 0 5 0 0.278
Jack Nabors 10 16 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0.125
Owen Conway 4 15 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.067
Buck Danner 3 12 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.250
Dana Fillingim 8 12 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 5 0 0.167
Sam McConnell 6 11 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.182
Jack Richardson 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.000
Henry Bostick 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0.000
Bill Morrisette 4 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.286
Walter Ancker 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.000
Harry Eccles 5 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.167
Joe Sherman 2 6 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0.333
Harry Weaver 2 6 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0.167
Ralph Edwards 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Art Corcoran 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Bill Haeffner 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.250
Harry Davis 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0.333
Elmer Myers 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jack Harper 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Fred Lear 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Bob Pepper 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Carl Ray 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.000
Bill Meehan 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Squiz Pillion 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bob Cone 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ira Thomas 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tink Turner 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1915

ERA

1 Dana Fillingim 3.43 2 Tom Knowlson 3.49 3 Weldon Wyckoff 3.52 4 Bud Davis 4.05 5 Bob Shawkey 4.05

Wins

1 Weldon Wyckoff 10 2 Bob Shawkey 6 3 Bullet Joe Bush 5 4 Rube Bressler 4 5 Tom Knowlson 4

Strikeouts

1 Weldon Wyckoff 157 2 Bullet Joe Bush 89 3 Rube Bressler 69 4 Bob Shawkey 56 5 Tom Knowlson 24
1915 Philadelphia Athletics — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Weldon Wyckoff 10 22 3.52 43 34 0 276.0 238 108 165 157
Rube Bressler 4 17 5.20 32 20 0 178.1 183 103 118 69
Bullet Joe Bush 5 15 4.14 25 18 0 145.2 137 67 89 89
Tom Sheehan 4 9 4.15 15 13 0 102.0 131 47 38 22
Tom Knowlson 4 6 3.49 18 9 0 100.2 99 39 60 24
Bob Shawkey 6 6 4.05 17 13 0 100.0 103 45 38 56
Bud Davis 0 2 4.05 18 2 0 66.2 65 30 59 18
Cap Crowell 2 6 5.47 10 8 0 54.1 56 33 47 15
Jack Nabors 0 5 5.50 10 7 0 54.0 58 33 35 18
Herb Pennock 3 6 5.32 11 8 1 44.0 46 26 29 24
Dana Fillingim 0 5 3.43 8 4 0 39.1 42 15 32 17
Jack Richardson 0 1 2.63 3 3 0 24.0 21 7 14 11
Harry Eccles 0 1 4.71 5 1 1 21.0 18 11 6 13
Bill Morrisette 2 0 1.35 4 1 0 20.0 15 3 5 11
Harry Weaver 0 2 3.00 2 2 0 18.0 18 6 10 1
Walter Ancker 0 0 3.57 4 1 0 17.2 19 7 17 4
Chick Davies 1 2 8.80 4 2 0 15.1 20 15 12 2
Joe Sherman 1 0 2.40 2 1 0 15.0 15 4 1 5
Bruno Haas 0 1 11.93 6 2 0 14.1 23 19 28 7
Elmer Myers 1 0 0.00 1 1 0 9.0 2 0 5 12
Jack Harper 0 0 3.12 3 0 0 8.2 5 3 1 3
Carl Ray 0 1 4.91 2 1 0 7.1 11 4 6 6
Squiz Pillion 0 0 6.75 2 0 0 5.1 10 4 2 0
Bob Pepper 0 0 1.80 1 0 0 5.0 6 1 4 0
Bill Meehan 0 1 11.25 1 1 0 4.0 7 5 3 4
Tink Turner 0 1 22.50 1 1 0 2.0 5 5 3 0
Bob Cone 0 0 40.50 1 1 0 0.2 5 3 0 0

👥 Roster (56)

Walter Ancker Bill Bankston Jack Barry Henry Bostick Rube Bressler Bullet Joe Bush Bob Cone Owen Conway Art Corcoran Sam Crane Cap Crowell Harry Damrau +44 more

56 players

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The 1915 Philadelphia Athletics in brief

A 43-109 record (.283) put the 1915 Philadelphia Athletics 8th in the AL. The run column shows 545 for and 888 against. Against a league average of .248, the 1915 Philadelphia Athletics batted .236. The Philadelphia Athletics staff finished with a 4.29 ERA; the league as a whole was at 2.94. League clubs averaged 615 runs that year, so the Philadelphia Athletics scored 11% fewer.

The home park, Shibe Park, recorded 26,600 in attendance, about 359 a game. Rube Oldring topped the Philadelphia Athletics with 6 home runs. Nap Lajoie led in RBI with 61. The hits leader was Amos Strunk with 144. On the mound, Weldon Wyckoff won 10 games to lead the staff. In all, the roster shows 56 players.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 1915 Philadelphia Athletics

What was the 1915 Philadelphia Athletics record?
The 1915 Philadelphia Athletics finished 43-109 (.283 win pct).
Who led the 1915 Philadelphia Athletics in home runs?
Rube Oldring led the 1915 Philadelphia Athletics with 6 home runs.
What was the 1915 Philadelphia Athletics team ERA?
The 1915 Philadelphia Athletics posted a team ERA of 4.29.
Did the 1915 Philadelphia Athletics win the World Series?
No. The 1915 Philadelphia Athletics did not win the World Series.
Where did the 1915 Philadelphia Athletics play?
The 1915 Philadelphia Athletics played home games at Shibe Park.
Who led the 1915 Philadelphia Athletics in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Rube Oldring (6 HR, 42 RBI) and Weldon Wyckoff (10-22, 3.52 ERA).
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