1915 St. Louis Cardinals season

1915 St. Louis Cardinals
LeagueNational League
BallparkRobison Field
CitySt. Louis, Missouri
Record72–81 (.471)
League place6th
OwnersHelene Hathaway Britton
ManagersMiller Huggins
← 1914 Seasons 1916 →

The 1915 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 34th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 24th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 72–81 during the season and finished sixth in the National League. The legendary Rogers Hornsby made his National League debut on September 10.[1]

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


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


Notable transactions

Roster

1915 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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 Frank Snyder 144 473 141 .298 2 55
1B Dots Miller 150 553 146 .264 2 72
2B Miller Huggins 107 353 85 .241 2 24
SS Art Butler 130 469 119 .254 1 31
3B Bruno Betzel 117 367 92 .251 0 27
OF Bob Bescher 130 486 128 .263 4 34
OF Tom Long 140 507 149 .294 2 61
OF Chief Wilson 107 348 96 .276 3 39

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
Cozy Dolan 111 322 90 .280 2 38
Ham Hyatt 106 295 79 .268 2 46
Zinn Beck 70 223 52 .233 0 15
Mike González 51 97 22 .227 0 10
Rogers Hornsby 18 57 14 .246 0 4
Jack Roche 46 39 8 .205 0 6
Rolla Daringer 10 23 2 .087 0 0
Harry Glenn 6 16 5 .313 0 1
Jack Smith 4 16 3 .188 0 0
Jim Brown 1 2 1 .500 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
Bill Doak 38 276.0 16 18 2.64 124
Slim Sallee 46 275.1 13 17 2.84 91
Lee Meadows 39 244.0 13 11 2.99 104
Red Ames 15 113.1 9 3 2.46 48

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
Dan Griner 37 150.1 5 11 2.81 46
Hank Robinson 32 143.0 7 8 2.45 57
Hub Perdue 31 115.1 6 12 4.21 29
Dick Niehaus 15 45.1 2 1 3.97 21
Charlie Boardman 3 19.0 1 0 2.84 7

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Fred Lamlein 4 0 0 0 1.42 11

References