1915 New York Yankees season

1915 New York Yankees
Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1901)
Location
Polo Grounds (Since 1913) New York City, New York (Since 1903)
1915 Information
Owner(s)	Jacob Ruppert and Tillinghast L'Hommedieu Huston
Manager(s)	Bill Donovan
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The 1915 New York Yankees season was the 13th season for the Yankees and their 15th overall. 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.

Regular season

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

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
Boston Red Sox	101	50	.669	--
Detroit Tigers	100	54	.649	2½
Chicago White Sox	93	61	.604	9½
Washington Senators	85	68	.556	17
New York Yankees	69	83	.454	32½
St. Louis Browns	63	91	.409	39½
Cleveland Indians	57	95	.375	44½
Philadelphia Athletics	43	109	.283	58½

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
OF	Cook, DocDoc Cook	132	476	129	.271	2	33

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
Miller, ElmerElmer Miller	26	83	12	.145	0	3
Schwert, PiPi Schwert	9	18	5	.278	0	6

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
Caldwell, RayRay Caldwell	36	305	19	16	2.89	130

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
Brown, BoardwalkBoardwalk Brown	19	96.2	3	6	4.10	34
Brady, NealNeal 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
Donovan, BillBill Donovan	9	0	3	0	4.81	17

References

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