# 1915 New York Giants season

The 1915 New York Giants season was the franchise's 33rd season. The team finished eighth in the eight-team National League with a record of 69–83, 21 games behind the Philadelphia Phillies.

## Opening day game

Opening day was April 14, 1915, at the Polo Grounds against the Brooklyn Dodgers with 20,000 attendees. Mayor John Purroy Mitchel threw the ceremonial first pitch. The New York Giants Opening Day starting pitcher was Jeff Tesreau. The Giants won 16 to 3.

## Regular season

After finishing first in 1911, 1912, and 1913 and second in 1914, the Giants fell to last place in the National League in 1915. Much of the collapse was due to the pitching staff. Hall of Famers Christy Mathewson and Rube Marquard both struggled through subpar seasons. Marquard would be placed on waivers in August and claimed by the Brooklyn Robins.

### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 90 | 62 | .592 | — | 49‍–‍27 | 41‍–‍35 |
| Boston Braves | 83 | 69 | .546 | 7 | 49‍–‍27 | 34‍–‍42 |
| Brooklyn Robins | 80 | 72 | .526 | 10 | 51‍–‍26 | 29‍–‍46 |
| Chicago Cubs | 73 | 80 | .477 | 17½ | 42‍–‍34 | 31‍–‍46 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 73 | 81 | .474 | 18 | 40‍–‍37 | 33‍–‍44 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 72 | 81 | .471 | 18½ | 42‍–‍36 | 30‍–‍45 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 71 | 83 | .461 | 20 | 39‍–‍37 | 32‍–‍46 |
| New York Giants | 69 | 83 | .454 | 21 | 37‍–‍38 | 32‍–‍45 |

### Record vs. opponents

1915 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL |
| Boston | — | 14–8–1 | 10–12–1 | 15–7 | 13–9–1 | 7–14 | 15–7 | 9–12–2 |
| Brooklyn | 8–14–1 | — | 14–8 | 11–11–1 | 12–8 | 13–9 | 11–11 | 11–11 |
| Chicago | 12–10–1 | 8–14 | — | 13–9–2 | 8–14 | 7–14 | 13–9 | 12–10 |
| Cincinnati | 7–15 | 11–11–1 | 9–13–2 | — | 9–13–1 | 9–13 | 12–10–1 | 14–8–1 |
| New York | 9–13–1 | 8–12 | 14–8 | 13–9–1 | — | 7–15–1 | 8–14 | 10–12 |
| Philadelphia | 14–7 | 9–13 | 14–7 | 13–9 | 15–7–1 | — | 10–12 | 15–7 |
| Pittsburgh | 7–15 | 11–11 | 9–13 | 10–12–1 | 14–8 | 12–10 | — | 10–12–1 |
| St. Louis | 12–9–2 | 11–11 | 10–12 | 8–14–1 | 12–10 | 7–15 | 12–10–1 | — |

### Roster
## 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 | Chief Meyers | 110 | 289 | 67 | .232 | 1 | 26 |
| 1B | Fred Merkle | 140 | 505 | 151 | .299 | 4 | 62 |
| 2B | Larry Doyle | 150 | 591 | 189 | .320 | 4 | 70 |
| SS | Art Fletcher | 149 | 562 | 143 | .254 | 3 | 74 |
| 3B | Hans Lobert | 106 | 386 | 97 | .251 | 0 | 38 |
| OF | Fred Snodgrass | 80 | 252 | 49 | .194 | 0 | 20 |
| OF | Dave Robertson | 141 | 544 | 160 | .294 | 3 | 58 |
| OF | George Burns | 155 | 622 | 169 | .272 | 3 | 51 |

#### 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 |
| Fred Brainard | 91 | 249 | 50 | .201 | 1 | 21 |
| Eddie Grant | 87 | 192 | 40 | .208 | 0 | 10 |
| Red Murray | 45 | 127 | 28 | .220 | 3 | 11 |
| Red Dooin | 46 | 124 | 27 | .218 | 0 | 9 |
| Marty Becker | 17 | 52 | 13 | .250 | 0 | 3 |
| Jim Thorpe | 17 | 52 | 12 | .231 | 0 | 1 |
| High Pockets Kelly | 17 | 38 | 6 | .158 | 1 | 4 |
| Lew Wendell | 20 | 36 | 8 | .222 | 0 | 5 |
| Charlie Babington | 28 | 33 | 8 | .242 | 0 | 2 |
| Larry McLean | 13 | 33 | 5 | .152 | 0 | 4 |
| Harry Smith | 21 | 32 | 4 | .125 | 0 | 3 |
| Merwin Jacobson | 8 | 24 | 2 | .083 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Schang | 12 | 21 | 3 | .143 | 0 | 1 |
| Ben Dyer | 7 | 19 | 4 | .211 | 0 | 0 |
| Brad Kocher | 4 | 11 | 5 | .455 | 0 | 2 |
| Howard Baker | 1 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 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 |
| Jeff Tesreau | 43 | 306.0 | 19 | 16 | 2.29 | 176 |
| Pol Perritt | 35 | 220.0 | 12 | 18 | 2.66 | 91 |
| Christy Mathewson | 27 | 186.0 | 8 | 14 | 3.58 | 57 |
| Sailor Stroud | 32 | 184.0 | 12 | 9 | 2.79 | 62 |
| Rube Marquard | 27 | 169.0 | 9 | 8 | 3.73 | 79 |
| Fred Herbert | 2 | 17.0 | 1 | 1 | 1.06 | 6 |

#### 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 |
| Rube Schauer | 32 | 105.1 | 2 | 8 | 3.50 | 65 |
| Rube Benton | 10 | 60.2 | 3 | 5 | 2.82 | 26 |
| Art Fromme | 4 | 12.1 | 0 | 1 | 5.84 | 4 |
| Emilio Palmero | 3 | 11.2 | 0 | 2 | 3.09 | 8 |

#### 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 |
| Ferdie Schupp | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.10 | 28 |
| Hank Ritter | 22 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4.63 | 35 |

## Awards and honors
### League top five finishers

George Burns
* #4 in NL in runs scored (83)
Larry Doyle
* NL leader in batting average (.320)
* #2 in NL in runs scored (86)
Pol Perritt
* #3 in NL in losses (18)
Jeff Tesreau
* #2 in NL in strikeouts (176)