“DIARY OF A WINNER”


 

WORLD CHAMPS AGAIN
The Red Sox sweep the Browns
with Foster and Leonard

August 22, 1915 ... The Boston Red Sox won both ends of a doubleheader to gain valuable ground against the Tigers.  The first game pitted Rube Foster against young Ernie Koob in a total mismatch.  The Sox walked all over Koob and the Browns, with Foster the master of the stage, allowing only one run, which came in the ninth inning, the result of a fumbled ground ball.   The Red Sox scored a run in the first inning on a wild pitch.  In the third inning, three runs were put up.  Harry Hooper doubled and went to third on Ev Scott's grounder.  Duffy Lewis shot on to left scoring both the runners.  In the eight, Sam Agnew threw the ball into center field while trying to get Tris Speaker at second on Del Gainor's sacrifice bunt.

In the second game Dutch Leonard tamed St. Louis with fourteen strikeouts.  Except for Burt Shotton, he struck out every man at least once.  The Sox were not clutch and if not for Leonard could have been beaten.  Three times they had a runner on third base and couldn't score him.  Harry Hooper was the offensive star of the day, playing well and was a factor in the Sox winning both games.

 

at Sportsman's Park (St. Louis) ...

    

 R

 H

E

BOSTON RED SOX

1

0

3

0

0

0

 0

2

0

 

6

10

0

ST. LOUIS BROWNS

0

0

0

0

0

0

 0

0

1

 

1

6

2

W-Rube Foster (16-5)
L-Ernie Koob (2-1)
Attendance - 15,000

2B-Hooper (Bost), Barry (Bost), Pratt (StL)

 

Game #2

    

 R

 H

E

BOSTON RED SOX

0

1

0

0

0

0

 0

4

0

 

5

6

1

ST. LOUIS BROWNS

0

0

1

0

0

0

 1

0

1

 

3

7

5

W-Dutch Leonard (8-4)
L-George Lowdermilk

2B-Severeid (StL)
3B-Pratt (StL)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Game #1

 

AB

R

H

AVG

 

 

Harry Hooper

rf

 5 2 3 .227  

 

Everett Scott

ss

 5 1 1 .224  

 

Tris Speaker

cf

 5 2 2 .334  

 

Del Gainor

1b

 2 1 0 .299  

 

Duffy Lewis

lf

 4 0 1 .319  

 

Larry Gardner

3b

 3 0 0 .254  

 

Jack Barry

2b

 4 0 1 .216  

 

Hick Cady

c

 4 0 0 .297  

 

Rube Foster

p

 4 0 2 .297  
               
    IP H ER BB SO  

 

Rube Foster

9

 6 1 2 2  

 

 

 

        

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Game #2

 

AB

R

H

AVG

 

 

Harry Hooper

rf

 5 0 1 .227  

 

Everett Scott

ss

 3 0 0 .221  

 

Tris Speaker

cf

 4 0 2 .336  

 

Dick Hoblitzell

1b

 4 1 2 .294  

 

Hick Cady

c

 1 0 0 .295  

 

Duffy Lewis

lf

 4 2 1 .318  

 

Larry Gardner

3b

 2 1 0 .252  

 

Jack Barry

2b

 2 1 0 .215  

 

Bill Carrigan

c

 1 0 0 .269  

 

Pinch Thomas

c

 1 0 0 .224  

 

Del Gainor

ph/1b

 1 0 0 .297  

 

Dutch Leonard

p

 4 0 0 .321  
               
    IP H ER BB SO  

 

Dutch Leonard

9

 7 2 2 14  

 

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

1915 AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS

 

 

BOSTON RED SOX

73

37

-

 

 

Detroit Tigers

74

40

1

 

 

Chicago White Sox

69

44

5 1/2

 

 

Washington Nationals

57

54

16 1/2

 

 

New York Yankees

52

54

19

 

 

Cleveland Indians

43

69

31

 

 

St. Louis Browns

41

71

33

 

 

Philadelphia Athletics

35

75

38