The 1915 New York Yankees season was the 13th season for the Yankees and their 15th overall. The team was under new ownership and new management.
1915 New York Yankees | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Polo Grounds | |
City | New York City | |
Owners | Jacob Ruppert and Tillinghast L'Hommedieu Huston | |
Managers | Bill Donovan | |
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The team finished with a record of 69–83, 32½ games behind the American League champion Boston Red Sox. New York was managed by Bill Donovan. Home games were played at the Polo Grounds.
Opening day game
editOpening day was an away game at Griffith Stadium against the Washington Senators. The Yankee opening day starting pitcher was Jack Warhop.
The first game of the season on the home field was April 22, 1915, against the Washington Senators at the Polo Grounds with 7,000 attending. Mayor John Purroy Mitchel threw the ceremonial first pitch.[1][2]
Regular season
edit- June 23, 1915: Philadelphia Athletics pitcher Bruno Haas set an American League record by walking 16 Yankees in one game.[3]
Season standings
editTeam | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Boston Red Sox | 101 | 50 | .669 | — | 55–20 | 46–30 |
Detroit Tigers | 100 | 54 | .649 | 2½ | 51–26 | 49–28 |
Chicago White Sox | 93 | 61 | .604 | 9½ | 54–24 | 39–37 |
Washington Senators | 85 | 68 | .556 | 17 | 50–29 | 35–39 |
New York Yankees | 69 | 83 | .454 | 32½ | 37–43 | 32–40 |
St. Louis Browns | 63 | 91 | .409 | 39½ | 35–38 | 28–53 |
Cleveland Indians | 57 | 95 | .375 | 44½ | 27–50 | 30–45 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 43 | 109 | .283 | 58½ | 19–53 | 24–56 |
Record vs. opponents
editSources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH | |||||
Boston | — | 12–10 | 16–4 | 14–8 | 10–12 | 17–5–1 | 17–5–2 | 15–6–1 | |||||
Chicago | 10–12 | — | 16–6 | 7–15 | 15–7 | 19–3 | 18–4 | 8–14–1 | |||||
Cleveland | 4–16 | 6–16 | — | 5–17 | 9–13–1 | 15–7–1 | 12–10 | 6–16 | |||||
Detroit | 8–14 | 15–7 | 17–5 | — | 17–5 | 17–5 | 13–9–2 | 13–9 | |||||
New York | 12–10 | 7–15 | 13–9–1 | 5–17 | — | 11–9 | 12–10–1 | 9–13 | |||||
Philadelphia | 5–17–1 | 3–19 | 7–15–1 | 5–17 | 9–11 | — | 6–16 | 8–14 | |||||
St. Louis | 5–17–2 | 4–18 | 10–12 | 9–13–2 | 10–12–1 | 16–6 | — | 9–13 | |||||
Washington | 6–15–1 | 14–8–1 | 16–6 | 9–13 | 13–9 | 14–8 | 13–9 | — |
Roster
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Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders | Manager
Coaches |
Player stats
editBatting
editStarters by position
editNote: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Les Nunamaker | 87 | 249 | 56 | .225 | 0 | 17 |
1B | Wally Pipp | 136 | 479 | 118 | .246 | 4 | 60 |
2B | Lute Boone | 130 | 431 | 88 | .204 | 5 | 43 |
SS | Roger Peckinpaugh | 142 | 540 | 119 | .220 | 5 | 44 |
3B | Fritz Maisel | 135 | 530 | 149 | .281 | 4 | 46 |
OF | Roy Hartzell | 119 | 387 | 97 | .251 | 3 | 60 |
OF | Doc Cook | 132 | 476 | 129 | .271 | 2 | 33 |
OF | Hugh High | 119 | 427 | 110 | .258 | 1 | 43 |
Other batters
editNote: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Paddy Baumann | 76 | 219 | 64 | .292 | 2 | 28 |
Birdie Cree | 74 | 196 | 42 | .214 | 0 | 15 |
Ed Sweeney | 53 | 137 | 26 | .190 | 0 | 5 |
Charlie Mullen | 40 | 90 | 24 | .267 | 0 | 7 |
Elmer Miller | 26 | 83 | 12 | .145 | 0 | 3 |
Walt Alexander | 25 | 68 | 17 | .250 | 1 | 5 |
Tim Hendryx | 13 | 40 | 8 | .200 | 0 | 1 |
Skeeter Shelton | 10 | 40 | 1 | .025 | 0 | 0 |
Ed Barney | 11 | 36 | 7 | .194 | 0 | 8 |
Ernie Krueger | 10 | 29 | 5 | .172 | 0 | 0 |
Pi Schwert | 9 | 18 | 5 | .278 | 0 | 6 |
Tom Daley | 10 | 8 | 2 | .250 | 0 | 1 |
Gene Layden | 3 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 0 | 0 |
Frank Gilhooley | 1 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Roxy Walters | 2 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
editStarting pitchers
editNote: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Ray Caldwell | 36 | 305.0 | 19 | 16 | 2.89 | 130 |
Ray Fisher | 30 | 247.2 | 18 | 11 | 2.11 | 97 |
Jack Warhop | 21 | 143.1 | 7 | 9 | 3.96 | 34 |
Ray Keating | 11 | 79.1 | 3 | 6 | 3.63 | 37 |
Marty McHale | 13 | 78.1 | 3 | 7 | .4.25 | 25 |
George Mogridge | 6 | 41.0 | 2 | 3 | 1.76 | 11 |
Other pitchers
editNote: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Boardwalk Brown | 19 | 96.2 | 3 | 6 | 4.10 | 34 |
Cy Pieh | 21 | 94.0 | 4 | 5 | 2.87 | 46 |
Bob Shawkey | 16 | 85.2 | 4 | 7 | 3.26 | 31 |
King Cole | 10 | 51.0 | 2 | 3 | 3.18 | 19 |
Bill Donovan | 9 | 33.2 | 0 | 3 | 4.81 | 17 |
Dazzy Vance | 8 | 28.0 | 0 | 3 | 3.54 | 18 |
Allen Russell | 5 | 27.0 | 1 | 2 | 2.67 | 21 |
Cliff Markle | 3 | 23.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.39 | 12 |
Dan Tipple | 3 | 19.0 | 1 | 1 | 0.95 | 14 |
Neal Brady | 2 | 8.2 | 0 | 0 | 3.12 | 6 |
Relief pitchers
editNote: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Ensign Cottrell | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.38 | 7 |
Notes
edit- ^ "Two Openings Today. Yankees at Polo Grounds and Giants at Brooklyn" (PDF). The New York Times. April 22, 1915. Retrieved December 25, 2013.
New York baseball fans will have their first chance to see the Yankees, under new ownership and management, when the club opens its home season today at the Polo Grounds with Washington. The Brooklyn Club will also open the home season at Ebbets Field against the Giants. ...
- ^ "Shivering 7,000 See Yanks Lose. Coldest Day of Baseball Season Greets American League Opening Here" (PDF). The New York Times. April 23, 1915. Retrieved December 25, 2013.
Yesterday at the Yankees' opening at the Polo Grounds it was this same old trapper's descendant, Daniel Boone, second baseman of the Yankees, who showed ...
- ^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.25, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0