# 1915 Chicago Cubs season

The 1915 Chicago Cubs season was the 44th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 40th in the National League and the 23rd and final at West Side Park. The Cubs finished fourth in the National League with a record of 73–80.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational 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

1915 National League recordvte 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 | — |

### 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
| Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| C | Jimmy Archer | 97 | 309 | 75 | .243 | 1 | 27 |
| 1B | Vic Saier | 144 | 497 | 131 | .264 | 11 | 64 |
| 2B | Heinie Zimmerman | 139 | 520 | 138 | .265 | 3 | 62 |
| SS | Bob Fisher | 147 | 568 | 163 | .287 | 5 | 53 |
| 3B | Art Phelan | 133 | 448 | 98 | .219 | 3 | 35 |
| OF | Wilbur Good | 128 | 498 | 126 | .253 | 2 | 27 |
| OF | Frank Schulte | 151 | 550 | 137 | .249 | 12 | 62 |
| OF | Cy Williams | 151 | 518 | 133 | .257 | 13 | 64 |

#### 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 |
| Roger Bresnahan | 77 | 221 | 45 | .204 | 1 | 19 |
| Red Murray | 51 | 144 | 43 | .299 | 0 | 11 |
| Pete Knisely | 64 | 134 | 33 | .246 | 0 | 17 |
| Polly McLarry | 68 | 127 | 25 | .197 | 1 | 12 |
| Alex McCarthy | 23 | 72 | 19 | .264 | 1 | 6 |
| Eddie Mulligan | 11 | 22 | 8 | .364 | 0 | 2 |
| Bubbles Hargrave | 15 | 19 | 3 | .158 | 0 | 2 |
| Chick Keating | 4 | 8 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Schultz | 7 | 8 | 2 | .250 | 0 | 3 |
| Jack Wallace | 2 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 0 | 1 |
| John Fluhrer | 6 | 6 | 2 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
| Red Corriden | 6 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob O'Farrell | 2 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 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 |
| Hippo Vaughn | 41 | 269.2 | 20 | 12 | 2.87 | 148 |
| Bert Humphries | 31 | 171.2 | 8 | 13 | 2.31 | 45 |
| Larry Cheney | 25 | 131.1 | 8 | 9 | 3.56 | 68 |
| Phil Douglas | 4 | 25.0 | 1 | 1 | 2.16 | 18 |
| Brad Hogg | 2 | 13.0 | 1 | 0 | 2.08 | 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 |
| Jimmy Lavender | 41 | 220.0 | 10 | 16 | 2.58 | 117 |
| George Pierce | 36 | 176.0 | 13 | 9 | 3.32 | 96 |
| Zip Zabel | 36 | 163.0 | 7 | 10 | 3.20 | 60 |
| Karl Adams | 26 | 107.0 | 1 | 9 | 4.71 | 57 |

#### 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 |
| Pete Standridge | 29 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3.61 | 42 |
| Ed Schorr | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7.50 | 3 |
| Bob Wright | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 3 |