1915 World Series 1915 World Series In the 1915 World Series, the Boston Red Sox beat the Philadelphia Phillies four games to one. In their only World Series before , the Phillies won Game 1 before being swept the rest of the way. It was 65 years before the Phillies won their next Series game. The Red Sox pitching was so strong in the 1915 series that the young Babe Ruth was not used on the mound and only made a single pinch-hitting appearance. Arrangements for the Series were made on October 2, 1915, in a meeting of the team owners, league presidents
1923 World Series Grounds the same year, the 1923 Series was the first to eclipse 300,000 in total attendance (301,430), averaging over 50,000 per game (50,238), with gate receipts over $1 million ($1,063,815.00). This was the third time that a team had inaugurated a new stadium with a World Series win, and would be the last until the St. Louis Cardinals victory in their new ballpark in , and the New York Yankees again won the World Series in in their new Yankee Stadium. Babe Ruth had a great series, his first great one as a Yankee, batting .368 and hitting three home