Baseball America Top 100 Prospects List Published
Wednesday, April 14th, 1915: The season is about to start, so it's time for Baseball America to publish the annual Top 100 Prospects list. This year 18-year-old third baseman Rogers Hornsby of the St. Louis Browns is the #1 prospect overall.
Here is the top 10:
1) 3B Rogers Hornsby, 18, St. Louis Browns
2) LF Ken Williams, 24, Chicago White Sox
3) SP Guy Morton, 21, New York Yankees
4) MR Erv Kantlehner, 22, St. Louis Browns
5) SP Lee Meadows, 20, Chicago Cubs
6) SP Lefty Williams, 22, Cleveland Indians
7) MR Mellie Wolfgang, 25, Cleveland Indians
8) 1B George Sisler, 22, Pittsburgh Pirates
9) MR Harry Harper, 19, New York Giants
10) 1B Joe Judge, 20, Detroit Tigers
NABL News: Opening Day
Wednesday, April 14th, 1915: The baseball season is here! After months of offseason maneuvering, the NABL is set to kickoff the 1915 campaign with a host of competitive match-ups, including:
Cleveland Indians @ Detroit Tigers
Boston Red Sox @ Philadelphia Athletics
Chicago White Sox @ St. Louis Browns
New York Yankees @ Washington Senators
Philadelphia Phillies @ Boston Braves
St. Louis Cardinals @ Chicago Cubs
Pittsburgh Pirates @ Cincinnati Reds
Brooklyn Robins @ New York Giants
New York Yankees at Washington Senators
3 game series
Wednesday 4/14
Guy Morton vs Jim St Vrain
Washington 3 NY 0:
St Vrain starts off 1915 Season with a one hit shut out.
Thursday 4/15
Phil Douglas vs Walter Johnson
Washington 8 NY 3:
Tris Speaker 2-4, 2 RBIs. Art Fletcher 3-4, RBI.
Friday 4/16
Bill Steen vs Christy Mathewson
Washington 4 NY 1:
Ty Cobb 2-2, RBI. Bobby Veach 2-4, RBI.
Boston Red Sox at Washington Senators
4 game series
Saturday 4/17
Joe Bush vs Jim St Vrain (1-0, 0.00)
Boston 5 Washington 3:
Palmer Hildebrand 2 RBIs. Clyde Milan 2-5.
Monday 4/19
Dave Davenport (0-1, 0.00) vs Walter Johnson (1-0, 3.00)
Washington 4 Boston 3 (11):
Ernie Johnson 2-5, 3 RBIs. Relief pitcher Chick Robitaille scores on a 11th inning error.
Tuesday 4/20
Pete Alexander vs Christy Mathewson (1-0, 1.00)
Washington 5 Boston 4:
Dave Rowan 2-4, 2 RBIs. Tris Speaker scores winning run in the 8th.
Wednesday 4/21
Doc Ayers (0-0, 4.50) vs Jim St Vrain (1-1, 2.60)
Washington 3 Boston 0:
Another shut out for Jim St Vrain and his 250th win. Eddie Grant 2 RBIs.
Washington (6-1) at New York (2-5)
4 game series
Thursday 4/22
Walter Johnson (1-0, 1.50) vs Sailor Stroud (1-0, 3.38)
NY 1 Washington 0:
Babe Borton RBI.
Friday 4/23
Christy Mathewson (2-0, 1.00) vs Guy Morton (1-1, 2.65)
Washington 3 NY 2:
Ty Cobb and Claude Cooper 2-4, 2 RBIs,
Saturday 4/24
Jim St Vrain (2-1, 1.71) vs Phil Douglas (0-2, 5.14)
Washington 4 NY 3 (10):
Tris Speaker scores in the 10th on a fly out by Solly Hofman.
Monday 4/26
Walter Johnson (1-1, 1.38) vs Bill Steen (0-2, 3.94)
Washington 7 NY 5:
Tris Speaker 3-3, 4 RBIs. tY Cobb 4-5, RBI.
Philadelphia Athletics (6-5) at Washington (9-2)
4 game series
Tuesday 4/27
Rube Benton (0-1, 2.40) vs Christy Mathewson (3-0, 2.00)
Washington 3 Philadelphia 1:
Ty Cobb 2-4, RBI. Les Mann RBI.
Wednesday 4/28
Joe Wood (2-1, 3.09) vs Jim St Vrain (2-1, 2.10)
Washington 2 Philadelphia 1 (10):
Art Fletcher 4-5, 2 RBIs.
Thursday 4/29
Rube Foster (1-2, 3.52) vs Walter Johnson (2-1, 1.80)
Washington 6 Philadelphia 1:
Art Fletcher 2-3, 2 RBIs. Walter fires a four hitter.
Friday 4/30
Chief Bender (2-1, 2.77) vs Christy Mathewson (4-0, 1.75)
Washington 8 Philadelphia 2:
Senators score 8 in the second.
Standings
| American League Standings |
| W | L | PCT | GB |
| Washington Senators | 13 | 2 | .867 | - |
| Detroit Tigers | 10 | 7 | .588 | 4.0 |
| Cleveland Indians | 10 | 7 | .588 | 4.0 |
| Chicago White Sox | 8 | 9 | .471 | 6.0 |
| Boston Red Sox | 7 | 8 | .467 | 6.0 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 6 | 9 | .400 | 7.0 |
| St. Louis Browns | 6 | 11 | .353 | 8.0 |
| New York Yankees | 4 | 11 | .267 | 9.0 |
| National League Standings |
| W | L | PCT | GB |
| Cincinnati Reds | 12 | 5 | .706 | - |
| Brooklyn Robins | 9 | 7 | .563 | 2.5 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 8 | 7 | .533 | 3.0 |
| New York Giants | 8 | 7 | .533 | 3.0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 9 | 8 | .529 | 3.0 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 7 | 9 | .438 | 4.5 |
| Boston Braves | 6 | 10 | .375 | 5.5 |
| Chicago Cubs | 5 | 11 | .313 | 6.5 |
Leaders
| League Leaders AVG | | | 2 | L. Doyle | CIN | .412 | | 3 | D. Bancroft | CLE | .400 | | 4 | F. Foutz | CHA | .396 | | 5 | B. Kauff | CLE | .375 |
| | League Leaders HR | | | 1 | T. Walker | CIN | 3 | | 1 | C. Williams | DET | 3 | | 3 | J. Connolly | DET | 2 | | 3 | 10 more tied with | | 2 |
| | League Leaders RBI | | | 1 | L. Doyle | CIN | 15 | | 1 | C. Meyers | CHA | 15 | | 3 | R. Hornsby | SLA | 14 | | 3 | B. Kenworthy | CLE | 14 |
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| League Leaders W | | | 2 | B. Grahame | NY1 | 4 | | 2 | R. Marquard | CIN | 4 | | 2 | H. Vaughn | DET | 4 | | 5 | 7 tied with | | 3 |
| | League Leaders ERA | | | 2 | E. Yingling | SLN | 0.50 | | 3 | C. Weilman | CIN | 0.51 | | 4 | J. Bush | BOS | 0.62 | | 5 | H. Bedient | PIT | 0.64 |
| | League Leaders K | | | 2 | J. St.Vrain | WS1 | 29 | | 3 | S. Frock | CIN | 27 | | 4 | B. Ruth | BRO | 25 | | 5 | 2 tied with | | 24 |
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Shut outs
4/14 Jim St Vrain (Washington) 3-0 over Yankees.
4/14 Ralph Caldwell (Braves) 1-0 over Phillies.
4/16 Jimmy Lavender (Red Sox) 3-0 over Athletics.
4/16 Sam Frock (Cincinnati) 10-0 over Pittsburgh.
4/16 Bill Grahame (Giants) 1-0 over Brooklyn.
4/17 Russ Ford (Giants) 4-0 over Phillies.
4/17 Hippo Vaughn (Detroit) 3-0 over Cleveland.
4.19 Babe Ruth (Brooklyn) 5-0 over Braves.
And homers too.
4/21 Jim St Vrain (Washington) 3-0 over Red Sox.
4/21 Ed Yingling (Cardinals) 5-0 over Cincinnati.
4/22 Sailor Stroud (Yankees) 1-0 over Senators.
4/22 Willie Mitchell (Cubs) 7-0 over Cardinals.
4/23 Jim Scott (Cubs) 2-0 over Cardinals.
4/24 Chief Johnson (Cardinals) 2-0 over Cubs.
4/25 Carl Weilman (Cincinnati) 3-0 over Cubs.
4/27 Joe Bush (Red Sox) 2-0 over Yankees.
4/27 Pol Perritt (Phillies) 8-0 over Brooklyn.
4/30 Fred Anderson (Cardinals) 4-0 over Cincinnati.