1915 New York Yankees season explained

New York Yankees
Season:	1915
League:	American League
Ballpark:	Polo Grounds
City:	New York City
Owners:	Jacob Ruppert and Tillinghast L'Hommedieu Huston
Managers:	Bill Donovan

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.

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]

Roster

1915 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches

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		87	249	56	.225	0	17
1B		136	479	118	.246	4	60
2B		130	431	88	.204	5	43
SS		142	540	119	.220	5	44
3B		135	530	149	.281	4	46
OF		119	387	97	.251	3	60
OF		132	476	129	.271	2	33
OF		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
	76	219	64	.292	2	28
	74	196	42	.214	0	15
	53	137	26	.190	0	5
	40	90	24	.267	0	7
	26	83	12	.145	0	3
	25	68	17	.250	1	5
	13	40	8	.200	0	1
	10	40	1	.025	0	0
	11	36	7	.194	0	8
	10	29	5	.172	0	0
	9	18	5	.278	0	6
	10	8	2	.250	0	1
	3	7	2	.286	0	0
	1	4	0	.000	0	0
	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
	36	305.0	19	16	2.89	130
	30	247.2	18	11	2.11	97
	21	143.1	7	9	3.96	34
	11	79.1	3	6	3.63	37
	13	78.1	3	7	.4.25	25
	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
	19	96.2	3	6	4.10	34
	21	94.0	4	5	2.87	46
	16	85.2	4	7	3.26	31
	10	51.0	2	3	3.18	19
	9	33.2	0	3	4.81	17
	8	28.0	0	3	3.54	18
	5	27.0	1	2	2.67	21
	3	23.0	2	0	0.39	12
	3	19.0	1	1	0.95	14
	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

References

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

Notes and References

1. News: Two Openings Today. Yankees at Polo Grounds and Giants at Brooklyn . 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. ... . . April 22, 1915 . 2013-12-25 .
2. News: Shivering 7,000 See Yanks Lose. Coldest Day of Baseball Season Greets American League Opening Here . 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 ... . . April 23, 1915 . 2013-12-25 .
3. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.25, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York,