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Philadelphia Phillies @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1915-09-15 · Day game · Forbes Field · Att: 2000 · 1:28

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Philadelphia Phillies 1–0. Erv Kantlehner earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Erv Kantlehner L: Erskine Mayer SV: (none)

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

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Milt Stock	5	0	0	0
Dave Bancroft	4	2	0	0
Dode Paskert	4	1	0	0
Gavvy Cravath	2	1	2	1
Fred Luderus	4	0	0	0
Possum Whitted	4	1	0	0
Bert Niehoff	4	0	0	0
Ed Burns	4	2	0	1
Erskine Mayer	2	1	1	0
Bud Weiser	1	1	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Max Carey	4	0	1	0	0	0
Doc Johnston	2	0	1	0	0	0
Ed Barney	2	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Hinchman	2	0	0	0	1	0
Honus Wagner	2	0	0	0	0	1
Jim Viox	3	0	0	0	0	0
Doug Baird	3	0	0	0	0	1
George Gibson	3	1	1	0	0	1
Erv Kantlehner	3	0	1	1	0	2

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Erskine Mayer	8.0	4	1	5

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Erv Kantlehner	9.0	9	3	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Milt Stock: 8/L
Dave Bancroft: S7
Dode Paskert: 16(1)3/GDP

Bot 1

Max Carey: S8
Doc Johnston: 13/SH.1-2
Ed Barney: FC5.2X3(54);B-1
Bill Hinchman: CS2(24)

Top 2

Gavvy Cravath: K
Fred Luderus: 6/P
Possum Whitted: 53

Bot 2

Bill Hinchman: W
Honus Wagner: 34/SH.1-2
Jim Viox: 43.2-3
Doug Baird: 53

Top 3

Bert Niehoff: 8/L
Ed Burns: S9
Erskine Mayer: S9.1-3
Milt Stock: 16(1)/FO.3-3
Dave Bancroft: 5/P

Bot 3

George Gibson: 4/P
Erv Kantlehner: K/C
Max Carey: 9/F

Top 4

Dode Paskert: 43
Gavvy Cravath: S7
Fred Luderus: 2/FL
Possum Whitted: S9.1-2
Bert Niehoff: 6/P

Bot 4

Doc Johnston: 13
Ed Barney: 43
Bill Hinchman: 13

Top 5

Ed Burns: K/C
Erskine Mayer: W
Milt Stock: 9/L
Dave Bancroft: 13

Bot 5

Honus Wagner: 3/BP
Jim Viox: 53
Doug Baird: 63

Top 6

Dode Paskert: 6/P
Gavvy Cravath: W
Fred Luderus: 8/L
Possum Whitted: 8/L

Bot 6

George Gibson: K/C
Erv Kantlehner: K
Max Carey: 63

Top 7

Bert Niehoff: 8/F
Ed Burns: 3/G
Erskine Mayer: 3/FL

Bot 7

Doc Johnston: S5/G
Ed Barney: 13/SH.1-2
Bill Hinchman: 43.2-3
Honus Wagner: K

Top 8

Milt Stock: 13
Dave Bancroft: S9
Dode Paskert: D9.1-3
Gavvy Cravath: IW
Fred Luderus: 3(B)3(1)/LDP

Bot 8

Jim Viox: 53
Doug Baird: K/C
George Gibson: S9.B-2(E9)
Erv Kantlehner: S9/89.2-H(UR)
Max Carey: 8/F

Top 9

Possum Whitted: 9/L
Bert Niehoff: 8/L8D
Ed Burns: S9
Bud Weiser: S5/G.1-2
Milt Stock: 4/P