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.

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1915 New York Yankees
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkPolo Grounds
CityNew York City
OwnersJacob Ruppert and Tillinghast L'Hommedieu Huston
ManagersBill Donovan
 1914 Seasons 1916 
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John Purroy Mitchel and Jacob Ruppert, Jr. and William Edward Donovan at a Yankee game on April 22, 1915
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John Purroy Mitchel holding his Homburg hat and Jacob Ruppert, Jr. at the opening day Yankee game at the Polo Grounds on April 22, 1915, with Mitchel getting ready to throw out the ceremonial first pitch

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

Opening 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

Season standings

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American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 10150 .669 5520 4630
Detroit Tigers 10054 .649 5126 4928
Chicago White Sox 9361 .604 5424 3937
Washington Senators 8568 .556 17 5029 3539
New York Yankees 6983 .454 32½ 3743 3240
St. Louis Browns 6391 .409 39½ 3538 2853
Cleveland Indians 5795 .375 44½ 2750 3045
Philadelphia Athletics 43109 .283 58½ 1953 2456
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Record vs. opponents

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Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB WSH
Boston 12–1016–414–810–1217–5–117–5–215–6–1
Chicago 10–1216–67–1515–719–318–48–14–1
Cleveland 4–166–165–179–13–115–7–112–106–16
Detroit 8–1415–717–517–517–513–9–213–9
New York 12–107–1513–9–15–1711–912–10–19–13
Philadelphia 5–17–13–197–15–15–179–116–168–14
St. Louis 5–17–24–1810–129–13–210–12–116–69–13
Washington 6–15–114–8–116–69–1313–914–813–9
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Roster

1915 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

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Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CLes Nunamaker8724956.225017
1BWally Pipp136479118.246460
2BLute Boone13043188.204543
SSRoger Peckinpaugh142540119.220544
3BFritz Maisel135530149.281446
OFRoy Hartzell11938797.251360
OFDoc Cook132476129.271233
OFHugh High119427110.258143
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Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

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Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Paddy Baumann7621964.292228
Birdie Cree7419642.214015
Ed Sweeney5313726.19005
Charlie Mullen409024.26707
Elmer Miller268312.14503
Walt Alexander256817.25015
Tim Hendryx13408.20001
Skeeter Shelton10401.02500
Ed Barney11367.19408
Ernie Krueger10295.17200
Pi Schwert9185.27806
Tom Daley1082.25001
Gene Layden372.28600
Frank Gilhooley140.00000
Roxy Walters231.33300
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Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

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Player G IP W L ERA SO
Ray Caldwell36305.019162.89130
Ray Fisher30247.218112.1197
Jack Warhop21143.1793.9634
Ray Keating1179.1363.6337
Marty McHale1378.137.4.2525
George Mogridge641.0231.7611
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Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

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Player G IP W L ERA SO
Boardwalk Brown1996.2364.1034
Cy Pieh2194.0452.8746
Bob Shawkey1685.2473.2631
King Cole1051.0233.1819
Bill Donovan933.2034.8117
Dazzy Vance828.0033.5418
Allen Russell527.0122.6721
Cliff Markle323.0200.3912
Dan Tipple319.0110.9514
Neal Brady28.2003.126
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Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

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Player G W L SV ERA SO
Ensign Cottrell70103.387
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Notes

References

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