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Boston Braves @ Philadelphia Phillies

1915-07-01 · Day game · Baker Bowl · Att: 5000 · sunny, dry · 1:40

Philadelphia Phillies defeated Boston Braves 2–1. Erskine Mayer earned the win. Gavvy Cravath went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Erskine Mayer L: Pat Ragan SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Lord Byron · 1B: Mal Eason · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Larry Gilbert	4	0	1	0	0	1
Johnny Evers	3	0	1	0	1	0
Herbie Moran	3	0	0	0	0	1
Red Smith	3	1	1	1	1	1
Butch Schmidt	4	0	2	0	0	1
Sherry Magee	3	0	0	0	0	0
Rabbit Maranville	4	0	1	0	0	2
Hank Gowdy	3	0	0	0	1	1
Pat Ragan	3	0	1	0	0	2

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Bobby Byrne	4	1	1	0	0
Dave Bancroft	4	0	1	0	0
Possum Whitted	3	0	1	0	0
Gavvy Cravath	3	1	2	2	0
Beals Becker	2	0	0	0	1
Bert Niehoff	3	0	0	0	0
Fred Luderus	3	0	1	0	0
Bill Killefer	3	0	0	0	0
Erskine Mayer	3	0	2	0	0

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Pat Ragan	8.0	8	1	0

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Erskine Mayer	9.0	7	3	9

Play-by-play

Top 1

Larry Gilbert: K
Johnny Evers: S1
Herbie Moran: CS2(26)
Herbie Moran: K

Bot 1

Bobby Byrne: S7
Dave Bancroft: S7.1-2
Possum Whitted: 3/SH.2-3;1-2
Gavvy Cravath: 7/SF.3-H
Beals Becker: 7/F

Top 2

Red Smith: HR/7
Butch Schmidt: K
Sherry Magee: 63
Rabbit Maranville: K

Bot 2

Bert Niehoff: 53
Fred Luderus: 3/G
Bill Killefer: 63

Top 3

Hank Gowdy: 63
Pat Ragan: K
Larry Gilbert: 53

Bot 3

Erskine Mayer: S8
Bobby Byrne: 8/F
Dave Bancroft: 46(1)/FO
Possum Whitted: SB2
Possum Whitted: CS3(25)

Top 4

Johnny Evers: 5/FL
Herbie Moran: HP
Red Smith: BK.1-2
Red Smith: W
Butch Schmidt: S9.2-3;1-2
Sherry Magee: 4(1)3/GDP#

Bot 4

Possum Whitted: 7/F
Gavvy Cravath: 5/FL
Beals Becker: W
Bert Niehoff: 7/F

Top 5

Rabbit Maranville: 9/F
Hank Gowdy: 13
Pat Ragan: S7
Larry Gilbert: S7.1-2
Johnny Evers: W.2-3;1-2
Herbie Moran: 7/F

Bot 5

Fred Luderus: 3/G
Bill Killefer: 43
Erskine Mayer: S4
Bobby Byrne: 63

Top 6

Red Smith: 2/P
Butch Schmidt: 7/F
Sherry Magee: HP
Rabbit Maranville: CS2(26)

Bot 6

Dave Bancroft: 13
Possum Whitted: 8/F
Gavvy Cravath: D9
Beals Becker: 9/F

Top 7

Rabbit Maranville: K
Hank Gowdy: K
Pat Ragan: K

Bot 7

Bert Niehoff: 63
Fred Luderus: S8
Bill Killefer: 5/FL
Erskine Mayer: 6/F

Top 8

Larry Gilbert: 9/F
Johnny Evers: 63
Herbie Moran: 53

Bot 8

Bobby Byrne: 53
Dave Bancroft: 3/G
Possum Whitted: S8
Gavvy Cravath: CS2(26)

Top 9

Red Smith: K
Butch Schmidt: S9
Sherry Magee: 8/F
Rabbit Maranville: S7.1-3
Hank Gowdy: W.1-2
Pat Ragan: CSH(2)#

Bot 9

Gavvy Cravath: HR/8