1915 New York Yankees season

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
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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John Purroy Mitchel and Jacob Ruppert, Jr. and William Edward Donovan at a Yankee game on April 22, 1915

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

• June 23, 1915: Philadelphia Athletics pitcher Bruno Haas set an American League record by walking 16 Yankees in one game.^[3]

Season standings

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American League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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

1915 American League record v t e Sources:
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

1915 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers Neal Brady Boardwalk Brown Ray Caldwell King Cole Ensign Cottrell Bill Donovan Ray Fisher Ray Keating Cliff Markle Marty McHale George Mogridge Cy Pieh Allen Russell Bob Shawkey Dan Tipple Dazzy Vance Jack Warhop		Catchers Walt Alexander Ernie Krueger Les Nunamaker Pius Schwert Ed Sweeney Roxy Walters Infielders Paddy Baumann Lute Boone Fritz Maisel Charlie Mullen Roger Peckinpaugh Wally Pipp		Outfielders Ed Barney Doc Cook Birdie Cree Tom Daley Frank Gilhooley Roy Hartzell Tim Hendryx Hugh High Gene Layden Elmer Miller Skeeter Shelton		Manager Bill Donovan Coaches Duke Farrell

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
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

Note: 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
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

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
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

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
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

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Ensign Cottrell	7	0	1	0	3.38	7

Notes

1. "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. ...
2. "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 ...
3. 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

References

• 1915 New York Yankees team page at Baseball Reference
• 1915 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com