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Boston Red Sox @ Philadelphia Phillies

1915-10-09 · 1915 World Series · Game 2 of 5 ◀ Game 1 Game 3 ▶ · Day game · Baker Bowl · Att: 20306 · 56°F · 2:05

Boston Red Sox defeated Philadelphia Phillies 2–1. Rube Foster earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	10
PHI	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	3

W: Rube Foster L: Erskine Mayer SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Cy Rigler · 1B: Billy Evans · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: Silk O'Loughlin · RF: Bill Klem

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Harry Hooper	3	1	1	0	2	2
Everett Scott	3	0	0	0	0	1
Tris Speaker	4	0	1	0	0	0
Dick Hoblitzell	4	0	1	0	0	0
Duffy Lewis	4	0	1	0	0	2
Larry Gardner	4	1	2	0	0	0
Jack Barry	4	0	1	0	0	1
Pinch Thomas	3	0	0	0	0	0
Rube Foster	4	0	3	1	0	1
Olaf Henriksen	1	0	0	0	0	0
Hal Janvrin	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Milt Stock	4	0	0	0	0
Dave Bancroft	4	0	1	0	2
Dode Paskert	4	0	0	0	0
Gavvy Cravath	3	1	1	0	2
Fred Luderus	3	0	1	1	1
Possum Whitted	3	0	0	0	0
Bert Niehoff	3	0	0	0	1
Ed Burns	3	0	0	0	1
Erskine Mayer	3	0	0	0	1

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rube Foster	9.0	3	0	8

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Erskine Mayer	9.0	10	2	7

Play-by-play

Top 1

Harry Hooper: W
Everett Scott: 3/BP
Tris Speaker: S9.1-3
Dick Hoblitzell: CS2(24).3XH(4E2)(UR)
Dick Hoblitzell: S8
Duffy Lewis: CS2(24)

Bot 1

Milt Stock: 63
Dave Bancroft: K
Dode Paskert: 341

Top 2

Duffy Lewis: K
Larry Gardner: S7
Jack Barry: K
Pinch Thomas: 13

Bot 2

Gavvy Cravath: K
Fred Luderus: K
Possum Whitted: 63

Top 3

Rube Foster: K23
Harry Hooper: K
Everett Scott: K

Bot 3

Bert Niehoff: K/C
Ed Burns: 31
Erskine Mayer: K/C

Top 4

Tris Speaker: 6/P
Dick Hoblitzell: 3/G
Duffy Lewis: S8/8S
Larry Gardner: 7

Bot 4

Milt Stock: 8
Dave Bancroft: 31
Dode Paskert: 9/F9D

Top 5

Jack Barry: 53
Pinch Thomas: 53
Rube Foster: D9/9DW
Harry Hooper: IW
Everett Scott: 7

Bot 5

Gavvy Cravath: D7/L7L
Fred Luderus: D8/89.2-H
Possum Whitted: 63.2-3
Bert Niehoff: 3/L
Ed Burns: K

Top 6

Tris Speaker: 6/P
Dick Hoblitzell: 4/P
Duffy Lewis: K

Bot 6

Erskine Mayer: 43
Milt Stock: 43
Dave Bancroft: S8
Dode Paskert: 53

Top 7

Larry Gardner: 7
Jack Barry: S7
Pinch Thomas: 164(1)/FO
Rube Foster: S7.1-2
Harry Hooper: S1/G.2-3;1-2
Olaf Henriksen: 3/P

Bot 7

Gavvy Cravath: K
Fred Luderus: 9
Possum Whitted: 2/FL

Top 8

Tris Speaker: 31
Dick Hoblitzell: 9/F9D
Duffy Lewis: 63

Bot 8

Bert Niehoff: 53
Ed Burns: 6/P
Erskine Mayer: 8

Top 9

Larry Gardner: S7
Jack Barry: 8
Hal Janvrin: 13/G1.1-2
Rube Foster: S8.2-H;B-2(THH)
Harry Hooper: K

Bot 9

Milt Stock: 7
Dave Bancroft: K/C
Dode Paskert: 8

Notes & reviews

Woodrow Wilson attended; the first WS for a President
Debut game for Erskine Mayer
Debut game for Rube Foster
Debut game for Pinch Thomas
Debut game for Hal Janvrin

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