MLB 2015
Major League Baseball | |
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season | 2015 |
Period | April 5 - October 4, 2015 |
Regular season | |
Season MVP AL | Josh Donaldson ( TOR ) |
Season MVP NL | Bryce Harper ( WHAT ) |
Postseason | |
AL Champion | Kansas City Royals |
Second AL | Toronto Blue Jays |
NL champion | New York Mets |
Second NL | Chicago Cubs |
World Series | |
champion | Kansas City Royals |
MVP | Salvador Pérez ( KC ) |
Playing times | |
◄ 2014 2016 ► |
The 2015 MLB season , the 114th season of Major League Baseball , opened on April 5, 2015 with the opening game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field in Chicago .
During the regular season , 30 teams fought in 162 games each for a place in the play-offs. Each team played 142 inner-league and 20 inter- league games. The 2015 World Series was held from October 21 to 29. The defending champions were the San Francisco Giants , who won the 2014 World Series .
The 2015 MLB All-Star Game was played on July 14, 2015 at the Great American Ball Park , the Cincinnati Reds' stadium in Cincinnati . The winning league, the American League , had home rights in the World Series .
The final series won the Kansas City Royals 4-1 games against the New York Mets and thus secured the second title for the franchise after 1985 .
Participating teams
For the 2015 season, the MLB did not make any changes to participating franchises or to league and division assignments.
* Sorted according to the previous year's placements in the respective divisions. The teams that qualified for the postseason in the previous year are colored green .
Spring training
On March 2, 2015, the MLB's preparation for the season began, the so-called Spring Training , in which the teams in the Grapefruit League and the Cactus League tested new players, but also brought in their desired core formations. The last game of Spring Training took place on April 4th, 2015.
Spring Training 2015 tables
The teams marked in blue in the tables of the Cactus and Grapefruit League are members of the National League, those marked in red play in the American League.
As of April 5, 2015
team | W. | L. | % | GB |
---|---|---|---|---|
Oakland Athletics | 22nd | 11 | .667 | - |
Kansas City Royals | 20th | 10 | .667 | 0.5 |
LA Dodgers | 16 | 11 | .593 | 3.0 |
San Diego Padres | 17th | 12 | .586 | 3.0 |
Arizona Diamondbacks | 19th | 14th | .576 | 3.0 |
Cincinnati Reds | 15th | 14th | .517 | 5.0 |
LA Angels | 15th | 14th | .517 | 5.0 |
Colorado Rockies | 16 | 16 | .500 | 5.5 |
Chicago Cubs | 15th | 17th | .469 | 6.5 |
Milwaukee Brewers | 13 | 16 | .448 | 7.0 |
Cleveland Indians | 14th | 18th | .438 | 7.5 |
Seattle Mariners | 13 | 17th | .433 | 7.5 |
Chicago White Sox | 11 | 17th | .393 | 8.5 |
San Francisco Giants | 13 | 21st | .382 | 9.5 |
Texas Rangers | 9 | 19th | .321 | 10.5 |
team | W. | L. | % | GB |
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New York Mets | 19th | 12 | .613 | - |
Toronto Blue Jays | 19th | 13 | .594 | 0.5 |
Boston Red Sox | 17th | 12 | .586 | 1.0 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 13 | 11 | .542 | 2.5 |
Miami Marlins | 14th | 12 | .538 | 2.5 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 15th | 13 | .536 | 2.5 |
Tampa Bay Rays | 15th | 13 | .536 | 2.5 |
New York Yankees | 17th | 16 | .515 | 3.0 |
Houston Astros | 12 | 12 | .500 | 3.5 |
Atlanta Braves | 15th | 17th | .469 | 4.5 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 14th | 17th | .452 | 5.0 |
Minnesota Twins | 13 | 16 | .448 | 5.0 |
Washington Nationals | 11 | 16 | .407 | 6.0 |
Baltimore Orioles | 12 | 19th | .387 | 7.0 |
Detroit Tigers | 12 | 20th | .375 | 7.5 |
W = Wins (victories), L = Loss (defeats),% = Winning Percentage , GB = Games Behind (behind leaders: number of necessary defeats for the leader while simultaneously winning)
Regular season
Brief explanation of game operations and table structure
The AL and NL are each divided into three divisions for game operations. The allocation is based on regional criteria: East, Central and West Division. The game will run from April 5 to October 4, 2015.
The table positions are responsible for reaching the postseason : The three respective division winners and the two other best teams according to the winning percentage will play the championship in the American and National League in three rounds. The respective champions then meet in the World Series.
The ranking of the teams in the table results during the season from the current ratio of wins to games overall as the so-called winning percentage . The reason for this is the uneven distribution of the games over the calendar, so that some teams have played three or more games more than others. For example, the balance of team A with 15 wins and 15 defeats (.500 expressed as the corresponding percentage) is considered to be exactly equivalent to the balance of team B, which achieved 16 wins and 16 defeats at the same time. However, this is irrelevant for the final tables, since at the end of the season all teams had played the 162 season games that have been common since 1961. Therefore, it is sufficient to state wins and defeats (draws are not common).
With the indication GB ( Games Behind ) it is documented how big the gap between a chaser and the first in the table is. This expresses how many victories the pursuer would theoretically need with simultaneous defeat of the leader in order to achieve a tie. The specification GB is expressed to 0.5 games: For example, if team A has ten wins and five defeats, but team B nine wins and five defeats, a win of its own (without a defeat by A) would lead to a tie.
In order to at least indicate the development during the season, the table positions of the teams were recorded at the end of April and the end of May. Another milestone is the All-Star-Break , the break in game operations on the occasion of the All-Star Game ; Similar to the autumn championship in football , an intermediate result is determined in the middle of the season. The last interim information is rather arbitrarily related to the date August 31st, in order to be able to assess about four weeks before the end of the season to what extent the respective division was already pre-decided at this point in time or, if necessary, the leader at that point was still displaced.
Season course of the regular season
American League
April
As of April 30, the American League ranked as follows:
East Division | |||||
PS | franchise | W. | L. | % | GB |
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3 | New York Yankees | 13 | 9 | 0.591 | - |
WC | Tampa Bay Rays | 12 | 10 | 0.545 | 1 |
WC | Boston Red Sox | 12 | 10 | 0.545 | 1 |
Baltimore Orioles | 10 | 10 | 0.500 | 2 | |
Toronto Blue Jays | 11 | 12 | 0.478 | 2.5 |
Central Division | |||||
PS | franchise | W. | L. | % | GB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Kansas City Royals | 15th | 7th | 0.682 | - |
WC | Detroit Tigers | 15th | 8th | 0.652 | 0.5 |
Chicago White Sox | 9 | 10 | 0.474 | 4.5 | |
Minnesota Twins | 10 | 12 | 0.455 | 5 | |
Cleveland Indians | 7th | 14th | 0.333 | 7.5 |
West Division | |||||
PS | franchise | W. | L. | % | GB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Houston Astros | 15th | 7th | 0.682 | - |
Los Angeles Angels | 11 | 11 | 0.500 | 4th | |
Seattle Mariners | 10 | 12 | 0.455 | 5 | |
Oakland Athletics | 9 | 14th | 0.391 | 6.5 | |
Texas Rangers | 7th | 14th | 0.333 | 7.5 |
PS = postseason; Number = Rank on the seed list or WC = Wild Card (best two teams after the division winners)
W = Wins (victories), L = Losses (defeats),% = Winning Percentage , GB = Games Behind (behind leaders: number of necessary Defeats of the leader with simultaneous own victory)
May
As of May 31, the American League ranked as follows:
East Division | |||||
PS | franchise | W. | L. | % | GB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 | New York Yankees | 26th | 24 | 0.520 | - |
Tampa Bay Rays | 25th | 25th | 0.500 | 1 | |
▲ | Baltimore Orioles | 23 | 25th | 0.479 | 2 |
▲ | Toronto Blue Jays | 23 | 28 | 0.451 | 3.5 |
▼ | Boston Red Sox | 22nd | 28 | 0.440 | 4th |
Central Division | |||||
PS | franchise | W. | L. | % | GB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 | Kansas City Royals | 29 | 18th | 0.617 | - |
WC ▲ | Minnesota Twins | 29 | 19th | 0.604 | 0.5 |
WC ▼ | Detroit Tigers | 28 | 23 | 0.549 | 3 |
▲ | Cleveland Indians | 23 | 26th | 0.469 | 7th |
▼ | Chicago White Sox | 22nd | 26th | 0.458 | 7.5 |
West Division | |||||
PS | franchise | W. | L. | % | GB |
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1 | Houston Astros | 31 | 19th | 0.620 | - |
Los Angeles Angels | 26th | 24 | 0.520 | 5 | |
▲ | Texas Rangers | 25th | 25th | 0.500 | 6th |
▼ | Seattle Mariners | 24 | 25th | 0.490 | 6.5 |
▼ | Oakland Athletics | 19th | 33 | 0.365 | 9.5 |
Arrows: ▲ Improvement vs. April, ▼ worsening vs. April, otherwise see AL April
June to All-Star Break
Up until the All-Star-Break (July 14, 2015) the AL had the following placements:
East Division | |||||
PS | franchise | W. | L. | % | GB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 | New York Yankees | 48 | 40 | 0.545 | - |
Tampa Bay Rays | 46 | 45 | 0.505 | 3.5 | |
Baltimore Orioles | 44 | 44 | 0.500 | 4th | |
Toronto Blue Jays | 45 | 46 | 0.495 | 4.5 | |
Boston Red Sox | 42 | 47 | 0.472 | 6.5 |
Central Division | |||||
PS | franchise | W. | L. | % | GB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Kansas City Royals | 52 | 34 | 0.605 | - |
WC | Minnesota Twins | 49 | 40 | 0.551 | 4.5 |
Detroit Tigers | 44 | 44 | 0.500 | 9 | |
▲ | Chicago White Sox | 41 | 45 | 0.477 | 11 |
▼ | Cleveland Indians | 42 | 46 | 0.477 | 11 |
West Division | |||||
PS | franchise | W. | L. | % | GB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 ▲ | Los Angeles Angels | 48 | 40 | 0.545 | - |
WC ▼ | Houston Astros | 49 | 42 | 0.538 | 0.5 |
Texas Rangers | 42 | 46 | 0.477 | 6th | |
Seattle Mariners | 41 | 48 | 0.461 | 7.5 | |
Oakland Athletics | 41 | 50 | 0.451 | 8.5 |
Arrows: ▲ Improvement vs. May, ▼ worsening vs. May, explanations: see AL April
Second half of July and August
As of August 31, the following placements were made in the AL:
East Division | |||||
PS | franchise | W. | L. | % | GB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 ▲ | Toronto Blue Jays | 74 | 57 | 0.565 | - |
WC ▲ | New York Yankees | 72 | 58 | 0.554 | 1.5 |
▼ | Tampa Bay Rays | 65 | 66 | 0.496 | 9 |
▼ | Baltimore Orioles | 63 | 68 | 0.481 | 11 |
Boston Red Sox | 61 | 70 | 0.466 | 13 |
Central Division | |||||
PS | franchise | W. | L. | % | GB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Kansas City Royals | 80 | 50 | 0.615 | - |
Minnesota Twins | 67 | 63 | 0.515 | 13 | |
▲ | Cleveland Indians | 64 | 66 | 0.492 | 16 |
Chicago White Sox | 61 | 68 | 0.473 | 18.5 | |
▼ | Detroit Tigers | 60 | 70 | 0.462 | 20th |
West Division | |||||
PS | franchise | W. | L. | % | GB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 ▲ | Houston Astros | 73 | 59 | 0.553 | - |
WC ▲ | Texas Rangers | 68 | 62 | 0.523 | 4th |
▼ | Los Angeles Angels | 65 | 66 | 0.496 | 7.5 |
Seattle Mariners | 61 | 71 | 0.462 | 12 | |
Oakland Athletics | 58 | 74 | 0.439 | 15th |
Arrows: ▲ Improvement vs. July, ▼ deterioration compared to July, explanations: see AL April
October
Placement at the end of the regular season:
East Division | |||||
PS | franchise | W. | L. | % | GB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 | Toronto Blue Jays | 93 | 69 | 0.574 | - |
WC | New York Yankees | 87 | 75 | 0.537 | 6.0 |
▲ | Baltimore Orioles | 81 | 81 | 0.500 | 12.0 |
▼ | Tampa Bay Rays | 80 | 82 | 0.494 | 13.0 |
Boston Red Sox | 78 | 84 | 0.471 | 15.0 |
Central Division | |||||
PS | franchise | W. | L. | % | GB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Kansas City Royals | 95 | 67 | 0.586 | - |
Minnesota Twins | 83 | 79 | 0.512 | 12.0 | |
Cleveland Indians | 81 | 80 | 0.503 | 13.5 | |
Chicago White Sox | 76 | 86 | 0.469 | 19.0 | |
Detroit Tigers | 74 | 87 | 0.460 | 20.5 |
West Division | |||||
PS | franchise | W. | L. | % | GB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 ▲ | Texas Rangers | 88 | 74 | 0.543 | - |
WC ▼ | Houston Astros | 86 | 76 | 0.531 | 2.0 |
Los Angeles Angels | 85 | 77 | 0.525 | 3.0 | |
Seattle Mariners | 76 | 86 | 0.469 | 12.0 | |
Oakland Athletics | 68 | 94 | 0.420 | 20.0 |
Arrows: ▲ Improvement vs. August, ▼ worsening vs. August, explanations: see AL April
National League
April
As of April 30, the National League ranked as follows:
East Division | |||||
PS | franchise | W. | L. | % | GB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 | New York Mets | 15th | 8th | 0.652 | - |
Atlanta Braves | 10 | 12 | 0.455 | 4.5 | |
Miami Marlins | 10 | 12 | 0.455 | 4.5 | |
Washington Nationals | 10 | 13 | 0.435 | 5 | |
Philadelphia Phillies | 8th | 15th | 0.348 | 7th |
Central Division | |||||
PS | franchise | W. | L. | % | GB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | St. Louis Cardinals | 15th | 6th | 0.714 | - |
WC | Chicago Cubs | 12 | 8th | 0.600 | 2.5 |
WC | Pittsburgh Pirates | 12 | 10 | 0.545 | 3.5 |
Cincinnati Reds | 11 | 11 | 0.500 | 4.5 | |
Milwaukee Brewers | 5 | 17th | 0.227 | 10.5 |
West Division | |||||
PS | franchise | W. | L. | % | GB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 13 | 8th | 0.619 | - |
Colorado Rockies | 11 | 10 | 0.524 | 2 | |
San Diego Padres | 11 | 12 | 0.478 | 3 | |
Arizona Diamondbacks | 10 | 11 | 0.476 | 3 | |
San Francisco Giants | 9 | 13 | 0.409 | 4.5 |
Explanations: see AL
May
As of May 31, the National League ranked as follows:
East Division | |||||
PS | franchise | W. | L. | % | GB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 ▲ | Washington Nationals | 28 | 21st | 0.571 | - |
WC ▼ | New York Mets | 27 | 23 | 0.540 | 1.5 |
▼ | Atlanta Braves | 24 | 25th | 0.490 | 4th |
▼ | Miami Marlins | 20th | 30th | 0.400 | 8.5 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 19th | 32 | 0.373 | 10 |
Central Division | |||||
PS | franchise | W. | L. | % | GB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | St. Louis Cardinals | 32 | 17th | 0.653 | - |
Chicago Cubs | 25th | 22nd | 0.532 | 6th | |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 26th | 23 | 0.531 | 6th | |
Cincinnati Reds | 21st | 27 | 0.438 | 10.5 | |
Milwaukee Brewers | 16 | 34 | 0.320 | 16.5 |
West Division | |||||
PS | franchise | W. | L. | % | GB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 29 | 19th | 0.604 | - |
WC ▲ | San Francisco Giants | 30th | 21st | 0.588 | 0.5 |
▲ | Arizona Diamondbacks | 23 | 25th | 0.479 | 6th |
▼ | San Diego Padres | 24 | 27 | 0.471 | 6.5 |
▼ | Colorado Rockies | 21st | 26th | 0.447 | 7.5 |
Arrows: ▲ Improvement vs. April, ▼ worsening vs. April, otherwise see AL April
June to All-Star Break
Up until the All-Star-Break (July 14th 2015) the NL had the following placements:
East Division | |||||
PS | franchise | W. | L. | % | GB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 | Washington Nationals | 48 | 39 | 0.552 | - |
New York Mets | 47 | 42 | 0.528 | 2 | |
Atlanta Braves | 42 | 47 | 0.472 | 7th | |
Miami Marlins | 38 | 51 | 0.427 | 11 | |
Philadelphia Phillies | 29 | 62 | 0.319 | 21st |
Central Division | |||||
PS | franchise | W. | L. | % | GB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | St. Louis Cardinals | 56 | 33 | 0.629 | - |
WC ▲ | Pittsburgh Pirates | 53 | 35 | 0.602 | 2.5 |
WC ▼ | Chicago Cubs | 47 | 40 | 0.540 | 8th |
Cincinnati Reds | 39 | 47 | 0.453 | 15.5 | |
Milwaukee Brewers | 38 | 52 | 0.422 | 18.5 |
West Division | |||||
PS | franchise | W. | L. | % | GB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 51 | 39 | 0.567 | - |
San Francisco Giants | 46 | 43 | 0.517 | 4.5 | |
Arizona Diamondbacks | 42 | 45 | 0.483 | 7.5 | |
San Diego Padres | 41 | 49 | 0.456 | 10 | |
Colorado Rockies | 39 | 49 | 0.443 | 11 |
Arrows: ▲ Improvement vs. May, ▼ worsening vs. May, otherwise see AL April
Second half of July and August
As of August 31, the NL had the following placements:
East Division | |||||
PS | franchise | W. | L. | % | GB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 ▲ | New York Mets | 73 | 58 | 0.557 | - |
▼ | Washington Nationals | 66 | 64 | 0.508 | 6.5 |
Atlanta Braves | 54 | 77 | 0.412 | 19th | |
Miami Marlins | 53 | 79 | 0.402 | 20.5 | |
Philadelphia Phillies | 52 | 80 | 0.394 | 21.5 |
Central Division | |||||
PS | franchise | W. | L. | % | GB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | St. Louis Cardinals | 85 | 46 | 0.649 | - |
WC | Pittsburgh Pirates | 79 | 50 | 0.612 | 5 |
WC | Chicago Cubs | 74 | 56 | 0.569 | 10.5 |
▲ | Milwaukee Brewers | 55 | 75 | 0.423 | 29.5 |
▼ | Cincinnati Reds | 54 | 76 | 0.415 | 30.5 |
West Division | |||||
PS | franchise | W. | L. | % | GB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 73 | 57 | 0.562 | - |
San Francisco Giants | 69 | 62 | 0.527 | 4.5 | |
▲ | San Diego Padres | 64 | 67 | 0.489 | 9.5 |
▼ | Arizona Diamondbacks | 63 | 68 | 0.481 | 10.5 |
Colorado Rockies | 53 | 76 | 0.411 | 19.5 |
Arrows: ▲ Improvement vs. July, ▼ deterioration compared to July, otherwise see AL April
October
Placement at the end of the regular season:
East Division | |||||
PS | franchise | W. | L. | % | GB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 | New York Mets | 90 | 72 | 0.556 | - |
Washington Nationals | 83 | 79 | 0.512 | 7.0 | |
▲ | Miami Marlins | 71 | 91 | 0.438 | 19.0 |
▼ | Atlanta Braves | 67 | 95 | 0.414 | 23.0 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 63 | 99 | 0.389 | 27.0 |
Central Division | |||||
PS | franchise | W. | L. | % | GB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | St. Louis Cardinals | 100 | 62 | 0.617 | - |
WC | Pittsburgh Pirates | 98 | 64 | 0.605 | 2.0 |
WC | Chicago Cubs | 97 | 65 | 0.599 | 3.0 |
Milwaukee Brewers | 68 | 94 | 0.420 | 32.0 | |
Cincinnati Reds | 64 | 98 | 0.395 | 36.0 |
West Division | |||||
PS | franchise | W. | L. | % | GB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 92 | 70 | 0.568 | - |
San Francisco Giants | 84 | 78 | 0.519 | 8.0 | |
▲ | Arizona Diamondbacks | 79 | 83 | 0.488 | 13.0 |
▼ | San Diego Padres | 74 | 88 | 0.457 | 18.0 |
Colorado Rockies | 68 | 94 | 0.420 | 24.0 |
Arrows: ▲ Improvement vs. August, ▼ worsening vs. August, otherwise see AL April
Postseason
Main articles: NLWC 2015 , ALWC 2015 , NLDS 2015 , ALDS 2015 , NLCS 2015 , ALCS 2015 , World Series 2015
Mode and participants
From the beginning of October, the Division Series and then the respective Championship Series were played. To this end, the two wild card winners first met in one game. The three division winners and the winner of the wild card game met in two division series matches in the best-of-five mode ( ALDS or NLDS = American or National League Division Series). The wild card winners played against the best division winner, i.e. the team with the most wins from the regular season games. In contrast to previous years, he was also able to play against the winner of his own division. This was the case in the National League, where the Cubs faced the Cardinals.
Then the winners of the Division Series matches played the best-of-seven from the respective league champion ( ALCS or NLCS = American or National League Championship Series).
The Toronto Blue Jays qualified for the post-season for the first time in 20 years. The Blue Jays ended the currently longest waiting period in the MLB. This role is now held by the Seattle Mariners, who were in the playoffs for the last time in the 2001 season.
Scheme
The following results were found in the postseason:
Wild Card Games | League Division Series | League Championship Series | World Series | |||||||||||||||
2 | Toronto Blue Jays | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Texas Rangers | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Kansas City Royals | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
American League | ||||||||||||||||||
2 | Toronto Blue Jays | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Kansas City Royals | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
WC2 | Houston Astros | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
WC1 | New York Yankees | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
WC2 | Houston Astros | 1 | AL | Kansas City Royals | 4th | |||||||||||||
NL | New York Mets | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | New York Mets | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | New York Mets | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
National League | ||||||||||||||||||
WC2 | Chicago Cubs | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | St. Louis Cardinals | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
WC2 | Chicago Cubs | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
WC1 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
WC2 | Chicago Cubs | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Submit Results
Wild Card Games: one game; ALDS, NLDS (Division Series): Best-of Five; ALCS, NLCS (Championship Series), World Series: Best-of-Seven
Player statistics
Hitting
American League | National League | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stat | Player | team | Total | Stat | Player | team | Total |
AVG | Miguel Cabrera | .338 | AVG | Dee Gordon | .333 | ||
MR | Chris Davis | 47 | MR | Nolan Arenado Bryce Harper |
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42 | |
RBI | Josh Donaldson | 123 | RBI | Nolan Arenado | 130 | ||
R. | Josh Donaldson | 122 | R. | Bryce Harper | 118 | ||
H | José Altuve | 200 | H | Dee Gordon | 205 | ||
SB | José Altuve | 38 | SB | Dee Gordon | 58 |
Pitching
American League | National League | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stat | Player | team | Total | Stat | Player | team | Total |
W. | Dallas gasp | 20th | W. | Jake Arrieta | 22nd | ||
L. | Corey Kluber | 16 | L. | Shelby Miller | 17th | ||
ERA | David Price | 2.45 | ERA | Zack Greinke | 1.66 | ||
K | Chris Sale | 274 | K | Clayton Kershaw | 301 | ||
IP | Dallas gasp | 232.0 | IP | Clayton Kershaw | 232.2 | ||
SV | Brad Boxberger | 41 | SV | Mark Melancon | 51 |
Career milestones
Batter
player | team | milestone | category | date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Adrián Beltré | TEX | 400 | Home Run | May 15, 2015 |
Miguel Cabrera | DET | 400 | Home Run | May 16, 2015 |
Alex Rodríguez | NYY | 2,000 | RBI | June 13, 2015 |
Alex Rodríguez | NYY | 3,000 | hit | 19th June 2015 |
Albert Pujols | LAA | 550 | Home Run | July 29, 2015 |
Jimmy Rollins | LAD | 500 | Double | 22 Aug 2015 |
Carlos Beltran | NYY | 500 | Double | Aug 30, 2015 |
David Ortiz | BOS | 500 | Home Run | Sep 12 2015 |
Torii Hunter | MIN | 350 | Home Run | 13 Sep 2015 |
Alex Rodríguez | NYY | 2,000 | run | Sep 24 2015 |
Pitcher
player | team | milestone | category | date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mark Buehrle | GOAL | 200 | Win | Apr 10, 2015 |
Craig Kimbrel | SD | 200 | Save | 23 Apr 2015 |
Francisco Rodríguez | Mil | 350 | Save | May 10, 2015 |
Félix Hernández | SEA | 2,000 | Strikeout | May 10, 2015 |
CC Sabathia | NYY | 2,500 | Strikeout | June 7, 2015 |
Chris Heston | SF | 1 | No-hitter | June 9, 2015 |
Max Scherzer | WHAT | 1 | No-hitter | 20th June 2015 |
Joakim Soria | PIT | 200 | Save | July 22, 2015 |
Huston Street | LAA | 300 | Save | July 22, 2015 |
Cole Hamels | TEX | 1 | No-hitter | July 25, 2015 |
Hisashi Iwakuma | SEA | 1 | No-hitter | Aug 12, 2015 |
Mike Fiers | HOU | 1 | No-hitter | Aug 21, 2015 |
Jake Arrieta | CHC | 1 | No-hitter | Aug 30, 2015 |
Dan Haren | CHC | 2,000 | Strikeout | 13 Sep 2015 |
AJ Burnett | PIT | 2,500 | Strikeout | 27 Sep 2015 |
Max Scherzer | WHAT | 2 | No-hitter | Oct 3, 2015 |
honors and awards
Regular season
Player of the month
month | American League | National League |
---|---|---|
April | Nelson Cruz | Adrian Gonzalez |
May | Jason Kipnis | Bryce Harper |
June | Albert Pujols | Giancarlo Stanton |
July | Mike Trout | Carlos González |
August | Edwin Encarnación | Andrew McCutchen |
September | Shin-Soo Choo | Nolan Arenado |
Pitcher of the month
month | American League | National League |
---|---|---|
April | Dallas gasp | Gerrit Cole |
May | Dallas gasp | Max Scherzer |
June | Chris Sale | Max Scherzer |
July | Scott Kazmir | Clayton Kershaw |
August | Dallas gasp | Jake Arrieta |
September | Cody Anderson | Jake Arrieta |
Rookie of the month
spectator
A total of 73.76 million spectators came to the stadiums in the regular season. The greatest total number of spectators (3.76 million) and therefore the largest average attendance (46,479) were at Dodger Stadium at the home games of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Busch Stadium of the St. Louis Cardinals and AT&T Park of the San Francisco Giants followed in second and third place . For the fourth time in a row, the Tampa Bay Rays came in last at home games, with an average of 15,403 spectators at Tropicana Field . The Dodgers also attracted the most spectators on average (34,525). The least interest in away games came from appearances by the World Series winner Kansas City Royals (27,681). The San Francisco Giants had the highest occupancy rate in the stadium, their AT&T Park was 99.4% full on average, while the Cleveland Indians only managed 41% of the progressive field and were at the bottom of this statistic.
* ▲ / ▼ shows the change in placement in relation to the total number of viewers compared to the 2014 season . Green arrows ( ▲ ) show an improvement, red arrows ( ▼ ) a deterioration compared to 2014. The number behind the arrows indicates how many positions the team has moved in the ranking.
Trivia
In the 1989 science fiction comedy film Back to the Future II , the Chicago Cubs win the 2015 World Series 107 years after winning their last title with a win on October 21 against a team from Miami. In fact, on that very date, the Cubs were eliminated from the post season after losing the 2015 NLCS against the New York Mets. The Cubs were able to win the 2016 World Series a year later than forecast in the film after waiting 108 years for the title.
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