1915 Philadelphia Athletics season


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

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 players. The result was a swift and near-total collapse, a "first-to-worst" situation. The Athletics went from a 99–53 record and a pennant in 1914 to a record of 43–109 and 8th 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".

Season highlights

Record vs. opponents

Roster

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
PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C11231285.272231
1B119456143.314049
2B129490137.280161
OF107408101.248642

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
6826060.231017
173311.33302
10263.11502
8232.08701
12181.05600
6112.18200
531.33304
220.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
PlayerGIPWLERASO
4327610223.52157
25145.25154.1489
1054.1265.4715
120122.500
10.20040.500

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
PlayerGIPWLERASO
32178.14175.2069
18100.2463.4924
839.1053.4317
521014.7113
420201.3511
417.2003.574
614.10111.937
27.1014.916

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
PlayerGWLSVERASO
180204.0518
30003.123
20006.750

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

Rube Bressler
Bullet Joe Bush
Rube Oldring
Weldon Wyckoff