MLB 2015

Major League Baseball
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.

TEX OAK LAA SEA MIN CWS DET CLE KC TB NYY BOS GOAL BAL HOU

American League venues. Divisions: West, Central, East.

American League
East		Central		west
	Baltimore Orioles		Detroit Tigers		LA Angels of Anaheim
	New York Yankees		Kansas City Royals		Oakland Athletics
	Toronto Blue Jays		Cleveland Indians		Seattle Mariners
	Tampa Bay Rays		Chicago White Sox		Houston Astros
	Boston Red Sox		Minnesota Twins		Texas Rangers

SF SD COL LAD ARI CIN STL Mil CHC PIT PHI ATL MIA NYM WSH

National League venues. Divisions: West, Central, East.

National League
East		Central		west
	Washington Nationals		St. Louis Cardinals		Los Angeles Dodgers
	Atlanta Braves		Pittsburgh Pirates		San Francisco Giants
	New York Mets		Milwaukee Brewers		San Diego Padres
	Miami Marlins		Cincinnati Reds		Colorado Rockies
	Philadelphia Phillies		Chicago Cubs		Arizona Diamondbacks

* 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

Cactus League

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

Grapefruit League

team	W.	L.	%	GB
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
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
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		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

Alex Rodríguez reached three milestones in 2015

Max Scherzer scored two no-hitters in 2015

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	0June 7, 2015
Chris Heston	SF	1	No-hitter	0June 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	0Oct 3, 2015

honors and awards

Regular season

Award	American League	National League
MLB Most Valuable Player	Josh Donaldson	Bryce Harper
Rookie of the Year	Carlos Correa	Kris Bryant
Cy Young Award	Dallas gasp	Jake Arrieta
Comeback Player of the Year	Prince Fielder	Matt Harvey
Hank Aaron Award	Josh Donaldson	Bryce Harper
TSN Player of the Year	Josh Donaldson

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

month	American League	National League
April	Devon Travis	Alex Guerrero
May	Delino DeShields, Jr.	Kris Bryant
June	Carlos Correa	Maikel Franco
July	Andrew Heaney	Jung-ho Kang
August	Miguel Sanó	Kris Bryant
September	Francisco Lindor	Justin Bour

spectator

During the 2015 season, around 3.76 million spectators visited Dodger Stadium . More than in any other ball park.

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.

Item	▲ / ▼ *	franchise	spectator	ø home	workload	ø away
01.		LA Dodgers	3,764,815	46,479	83.0%	34,525
02.		St. Louis Cardinals	3,520,889	43,468	98.8%	31,317
03.	▲ 01	San Francisco Giants	3,375,882	41,678	99.4%	34,121
04th	▼ 01	New York Yankees	3,193,795	39,922	80.4%	31,322
05.		LA Angels of Anaheim	3,012,765	37.195	81.9%	28,958
06th	▲ 05	Chicago Cubs	2,959,812	36,541	88.8%	34,422
07th	▼ 01	Boston Red Sox	2,880,694	35,564	94.8%	32,263
08th.	▲ 09	Toronto Blue Jays	2,794,891	34,505	70.0%	27,762
09.	▼ 02	Detroit Tigers	2,726,048	33,655	81.6%	29,719
10.	▲ 15	Kansas City Royals	2,708,549	33,439	88.2%	27,681
11.	▲ 01	Washington Nationals	2,619,843	32,344	77.9%	30,230
12.	▲ 09	New York Mets	2,569,753	31,725	75.9%	30,693
13.	▼ 05	Milwaukee Brewers	2,542,558	31,390	74.9%	31,634
14th	▼ 04	Colorado Rockies	2,506,789	31,335	62.1%	30,962
15th		Pittsburgh Pirates	2,498,596	30,847	80.4%	33,049
16.	▼ 07	Texas Rangers	2,491,875	30,764	62.6%	29,073
17th	▲ 03	San Diego Padres	2,459,752	30,367	71.1%	31,721
18th	▼ 05	Cincinnati Reds	2,419,506	29,870	70.6%	32,075
19th	▼ 05	Baltimore Orioles	2,320,590	29,375	65.3%	28,714
20th	▼ 01	Minnesota Twins	2,220,054	27,408	69.4%	29,306
21st	▲ 02	Seattle Mariners	2,193,581	27,081	56.6%	29,052
22nd	▲ 04	Houston Astros	2,153,585	26,587	64.9%	28,121
23.	▼ 01	Arizona Diamondbacks	2,080,145	25,681	52.8%	32,654
24.	▼ 06	Atlanta Braves	2,001,392	25,017	50.3%	29,699
25th	▼ 09	Philadelphia Phillies	1,831,080	23,475	53.8%	30,906
26th	▲ 02	Chicago White Sox	1,755,810	21,948	54.0%	29,030
27.	▼ 03	Oakland Athletics	1,768,175	21,829	62.3%	29,526
28.	▼ 01	Miami Marlins	1,752,235	21,633	57.8%	29,215
29	▲ 01	Cleveland Indians	1,388,905	17,806	41.0%	29,150
30th	▼ 01	Tampa Bay Rays	1,247,668	15,403	45.2%	28,189
total			73.760.032	30.505	70.5%	30.505
Sources: ESPN

* ▲ / ▼ 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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