1915 St. Louis Browns season

The 1915 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 6th in the American League with a record of 63 wins and 91 losses.

1915 St. Louis Browns
League	American League
Ballpark	Sportsman's Park
City	St. Louis, Missouri
Record	63–91 (.409)
League place	6th
Owners	Robert Hedges
Managers	Branch Rickey
Seasons

Regular season

The 1915 St. Louis Browns.

Season standings

American League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Red Sox	101	50	.669	—	55‍–‍20	46‍–‍30
Detroit Tigers	100	54	.649	2½	51‍–‍26	49‍–‍28
Chicago White Sox	93	61	.604	9½	54‍–‍24	39‍–‍37
Washington Senators	85	68	.556	17	50‍–‍29	35‍–‍39
New York Yankees	69	83	.454	32½	37‍–‍43	32‍–‍40
St. Louis Browns	63	91	.409	39½	35‍–‍38	28‍–‍53
Cleveland Indians	57	95	.375	44½	27‍–‍50	30‍–‍45
Philadelphia Athletics	43	109	.283	58½	19‍–‍53	24‍–‍56

Record vs. opponents

1915 American League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	12–10	16–4	14–8	10–12	17–5–1	17–5–2	15–6–1
Chicago	10–12	—	16–6	7–15	15–7	19–3	18–4	8–14–1
Cleveland	4–16	6–16	—	5–17	9–13–1	15–7–1	12–10	6–16
Detroit	8–14	15–7	17–5	—	17–5	17–5	13–9–2	13–9
New York	12–10	7–15	13–9–1	5–17	—	11–9	12–10–1	9–13
Philadelphia	5–17–1	3–19	7–15–1	5–17	9–11	—	6–16	8–14
St. Louis	5–17–2	4–18	10–12	9–13–2	10–12–1	16–6	—	9–13
Washington	6–15–1	14–8–1	16–6	9–13	13–9	14–8	13–9	—

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	Sam Agnew	104	295	60	.203	0	19
1B	John Leary	75	227	55	.242	0	15
2B	Del Pratt	159	602	175	.291	3	78
SS	Doc Lavan	157	514	112	.218	1	48
3B	Jimmy Austin	141	477	127	.266	1	30
OF	Tillie Walker	144	510	137	.269	5	49
OF	Dee Walsh	59	150	33	.220	0	6
OF	Burt Shotton	156	559	158	.283	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
Ivan Howard	113	324	90	.278	2	43
George Sisler	81	274	78	.285	3	29
Hank Severeid	80	203	45	.222	1	22
Dick Kauffman	37	124	32	.258	0	14
Gus Williams	45	119	24	.202	1	11
Baby Doll Jacobson	34	115	24	.209	1	9
Ernie Walker	50	109	23	.211	0	9
Billy Lee	18	59	11	.186	0	4
Muddy Ruel	10	14	0	.000	0	1
Bobby Wallace	9	13	3	.231	0	4
George O'Brien	3	9	2	.222	0	0
Pat Parker	3	6	1	.167	0	1
Ray Schmandt	3	4	0	.000	0	0
Shorty Dee	1	3	0	.000	0	0
Bill Dalrymple	3	2	0	.000	0	0
Chauncey Burkam	1	1	0	.000	0	0
Walt Alexander	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
Carl Weilman	47	295.2	18	19	2.34	125
Grover Lowdermilk	38	222.1	9	17	3.12	130
Earl Hamilton	35	204.0	9	17	2.87	63
Tom Phillips	5	27.1	1	3	2.96	5
Jim Park	3	22.2	2	0	1.19	5
Carl East	1	3.1	0	0	16.20	1
Scott Perry	1	2.0	0	0	13.50	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
Bill James	34	170.1	6	10	3.59	58
Ernie Koob	28	133.2	4	5	2.36	37
George Sisler	15	70.0	4	4	2.83	41
Red Hoff	11	43.2	2	2	1.24	23
Tim McCabe	7	41.2	3	1	1.30	17
Harry Hoch	12	40.0	0	4	7.20	9
George Baumgardner	7	22.1	0	2	4.43	6
Johnny Tillman	2	10.0	1	0	0.90	6
Walt Leverenz	5	9.0	1	2	8.00	3
Pete Sims	3	8.1	1	0	4.32	4
Allan Sothoron	3	3.2	0	1	7.36	2

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
Parson Perryman	24	2	4	0	3.93	19
Rollin Cook	5	0	0	0	7.24	7
Alex Remneas	2	0	0	0	1.50	5
Dee Walsh	1	0	0	0	13.50	0
Reeve McKay	1	0	0	0	9.00	0

References

• 1915 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference
• 1915 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com