# 1915 St. Louis Cardinals season

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.

## 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 | — |

### Notable transactions

* September 12, 1915: Jim Brown was acquired by the Cardinals from the Topeka Jayhawks.

### 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 | 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 |