Dead Ball Baseball League (DBBL) - 1915
Actual 1915 Events
| April 14 | The Athletics' Herb Pennock comes within one out of pitching the first Opening Day no-hitter. A scratch single by Harry Hooper is the only Red Sox hit in a 5-0 loss. |
| April 22 | Pinstripes first appeared on the Yankees uniforms. |
| May 6 | As a pitcher for Boston, Babe Ruth had three hits, including his first major league home run when he connected off Jack Warhop of the New York Yankees at the Polo Grounds. |
| May 17 | George "Zip" Zabel comes out of the Cubs bullpen with two outs in the first and winds up with a 4-3 19-inning win over Brooklyn in the longest relief job ever. |
| July 29 | At 41, Honus Wagner becomes the oldest player in this century to hit a grand slam. It is inside the park against Jeff Pfeffer of Brooklyn in an 8-2 win. The record will stand until Tony Perez hits a grand slam on May 13, 1985, one day short of his 43rd birthday. |
| August 7 | As Brooklyn's rookie pitcher Ed Appleton steps to the mound, St. Louis manager Miller Huggins, coaching at third base, calls for the ball. The rookie tosses the ball to him, Huggins steps aside, and the Cardinal runner scores. A change in the rules will prevent such trickery in the future. |
| August 8 | Philadelphia's Gavvy Cravath hit four doubles and drove in eight runs in a 14-7 victory over the Reds at Cincinnati. |
| August 18 | The new Braves Field opens in Boston. An estimated 46,500 jam the park to see the Braves beat the Cards 3-1. |
| August 20 | The White Sox obtain Joe Jackson from Cleveland in exchange for outfielder Braggo Roth, outfielder Larry Chappell, pitcher Ed Klepfer, and $31,500. |
| September 29 | The Philadelphia Phillies clinched their first National League pennant, beating the Boston Braves 5-0 behind Grover Alexander's one-hitter. |
| October 8 | The Phillies win their first-ever World Series game behind Grover Cleveland Alexander, 3-1. Red Sox rookie Babe Ruth grounds out as a pinch hitter in the ninth inning of the opener and will sit out the rest of the Series. |
| October 13 | The Phillies get four runs early off Red Sox hurler Rube Foster in Game Five. The Red Sox break a tie in the ninth inning for the third time in the World Series, as reliever Eppa Rixey gives up Harry Hooper's second home run of the game and Boston wins 5-4 to take the Series in five. |
| December 22 | Organized baseball and the Federal League sign a peace treaty at Cincinnati, ending their two-year war. The Feds agree to go out of existence, but the major leagues pay an enormous price: $600,000 for distribution to FL owners, the amalgamation of two Fed franchises, one each into the NL and AL, recognition of Fed players' eligibility, and agreement to bid for them in a Fed-controlled auction. |
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Recent Birthdays:
 | Charlie Boardman Born: 1893 Mar 27 Died: 1968 Aug 10 Age: 75 Debut: 1913 Sep 26 Last G: 1915 Sep 21 |
 | Chick Brandom Born: 1887 Mar 31 Died: 1958 Oct 07 Age: 71 Debut: 1908 Sep 03 Last G: 1915 Sep 07 |
 | Herman Bronkie Born: 1885 Mar 30 Died: 1968 May 27 Age: 83 Debut: 1910 Sep 20 Last G: 1922 Aug 15 |
 | Jim Brown Born: 1891 Mar 31 Died: 1944 Oct 22 Age: 53 Debut: 1915 Sep 13 Last G: 1916 Sep 22 |
 | Brad Hogg Born: 1889 Mar 26 Died: 1935 Apr 02 Age: 46 Debut: 1911 Sep 01 Last G: 1919 Sep 27 |
 | Miller Huggins Born: 1878 Mar 27 Died: 1929 Sep 25 Age: 51 Debut: 1904 Apr 15 Last G: 1916 Sep 13 |
| George Johnson Born: 1886 Mar 30 Died: 1922 Jun 12 Age: 36 Debut: 1913 Apr 16 Last G: 1915 Sep 30 |
 | Jimmy Lavender Born: 1884 Mar 26 Died: 1960 Jan 12 Age: 75 Debut: 1912 Apr 23 Last G: 1917 Oct 03 |
| Harry McCluskey Born: 1892 Mar 29 Died: 1962 Jun 07 Age: 70 Debut: 1915 Jul 29 Last G: 1915 Aug 20 |
 | Polly McLarry Born: 1891 Mar 25 Died: 1971 Nov 04 Age: 80 Debut: 1912 Sep 02 Last G: 1915 Sep 24 |
 | Clyde Milan Born: 1887 Mar 25 Died: 1953 Mar 03 Age: 65 Debut: 1907 Aug 19 Last G: 1922 Sep 22 |
| William Rumler Born: 1891 Mar 27 Died: 1966 May 26 Age: 75 Debut: 1914 May 04 Last G: 1917 Sep 29 |
 | Tom Sheehan Born: 1894 Mar 31 Died: 1982 Oct 29 Age: 88 Debut: 1915 Jul 14 Last G: 1926 May 27 |
| Frank Truesdale Born: 1884 Mar 31 Died: 1943 Aug 27 Age: 59 Debut: 1910 Apr 27 Last G: 1918 Jul 30 |
 | Dee Walsh Born: 1890 Mar 28 Died: 1971 Jul 14 Age: 81 Debut: 1913 Apr 10 Last G: 1915 Aug 24 |
 | Jimmy Walsh Born: 1886 Mar 25 Died: 1947 Jan 21 Age: 60 Debut: 1910 Apr 25 Last G: 1915 Oct 02 |