2015 Major League Baseball season
| 2015 MLB season | |
|---|---|
| League | Major League Baseball |
| Sport | Baseball |
| Duration | April 5, 2015 – November 1, 2015 |
| Number of games | 162 |
| Number of teams | 30 |
| Regular season | |
| Season MVP |
AL: Josh Donaldson (TOR) NL: Bryce Harper (WSH) |
| League Postseason | |
| AL champions | Kansas City Royals |
| AL runners-up | Toronto Blue Jays |
| NL champions | New York Mets |
| NL runners-up | Chicago Cubs |
| World Series | |
| Champions | Kansas City Royals |
| Runners-up | New York Mets |
The 2015 Major League Baseball season began on April 5 with a Sunday night game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field, and ended on November 1 with the Kansas City Royals winning the World Series. This was Rob Manfred's first season serving as Commissioner of Baseball.
The Major League Baseball All-Star Game's 86th edition was held on Tuesday, July 14 at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati, Ohio, home of the Cincinnati Reds. The American League won the game 6–3, to give the American League home-field advantage in the World Series. The series was won by the Kansas City Royals.
As was the case in 2014, teams are scheduled to play 19 games against each division opponent for a total of 76 games, and six or seven games against each team from the other two divisions in its league for a total of 66 games.
All teams are scheduled to play 20 interleague games throughout the season. For 2015, the interleague matchups will be AL East vs. NL East, AL Central vs. NL Central, and AL West vs. NL West. Since "natural rivalry" matchups will be part of the three-year divisional rotation (for the first time), the schedule format for interleague games is different from other years. The 20 interleague games each team will play consist of two three-game series (one home, one away) against its natural rival (total of six games), two two-game series (one home, one away) against each team for two other opponents (total of eight games; one of the matchups takes place back-to-back within the same week), and a single three-game series against each team for the last two (one home, one away; total of six games).
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