# 1915 Buffalo Blues season

The 1915 Buffalo Blues season was a season in American baseball. The team, which did not have an official nickname but was generally known as the Buffeds the previous year, adopted the "Blues" nickname for the 1915 season. They were also known as the Buffalo Federals or Buffalo Feds. They finished 74–78, good for 6th place in the Federal League, 12 games behind the Chicago Whales. After the season, both the team and the league folded. It would be 105 more years—when the Toronto Blue Jays temporarily moved to Buffalo to play the pandemic-shortened 2020 season and avoid border restrictions—before Buffalo hosted Major League Baseball again.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteFederal League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Chicago Whales | 86 | 66 | .566 | — | 44‍–‍32 | 42‍–‍34 |
| St. Louis Terriers | 87 | 67 | .565 | — | 43‍–‍34 | 44‍–‍33 |
| Pittsburgh Rebels | 86 | 67 | .562 | ½ | 45‍–‍31 | 41‍–‍36 |
| Kansas City Packers | 81 | 72 | .529 | 5½ | 46‍–‍31 | 35‍–‍41 |
| Newark Peppers | 80 | 72 | .526 | 6 | 40‍–‍39 | 40‍–‍33 |
| Buffalo Blues | 74 | 78 | .487 | 12 | 37‍–‍40 | 37‍–‍38 |
| Brooklyn Tip-Tops | 70 | 82 | .461 | 16 | 34‍–‍40 | 36‍–‍42 |
| Baltimore Terrapins | 47 | 107 | .305 | 40 | 24‍–‍51 | 23‍–‍56 |

### Record vs. opponents

1915 Federal League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BAL | BR | BUF | CHI | KC | NEW | PIT | STL |
| Baltimore | — | 7–15 | 8–14 | 9–13 | 4–18 | 6–16 | 5–17 | 8–14 |
| Brooklyn | 15–7 | — | 9–11 | 7–15 | 11–11 | 12–10 | 9–13 | 7–15–1 |
| Buffalo | 14–8 | 11–9 | — | 8–14 | 11–11 | 11–11 | 9–13 | 10–12–1 |
| Chicago | 13–9 | 15–7 | 14–8 | — | 11–11 | 10–10–1 | 12–10–1 | 11–11–1 |
| Kansas City | 18–4 | 11–11 | 11–11 | 11–11 | — | 11–11 | 8–13 | 11–11 |
| Newark | 16–6 | 10–12 | 11–11 | 10–10–1 | 11–11 | — | 12–10–1 | 10–12–1 |
| Pittsburgh | 17–5 | 13–9 | 13–9 | 10–12–1 | 13–8 | 10–12–1 | — | 10–12–1 |
| St. Louis | 14–8 | 15–7–1 | 12–10–1 | 11–11–1 | 11–11 | 12–10–1 | 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 | Walter Blair | 98 | 290 | 65 | .224 | 2 | 20 |
| 1B | Hal Chase | 145 | 567 | 165 | .291 | 17 | 89 |
| 2B | Baldy Louden | 141 | 469 | 132 | .281 | 4 | 48 |
| SS | Roxey Roach | 92 | 346 | 93 | .269 | 2 | 31 |
| 3B | Harry Lord | 97 | 359 | 97 | .270 | 1 | 21 |
| OF | Jack Dalton | 132 | 437 | 138 | .293 | 2 | 46 |
| OF | Clyde Engle | 141 | 501 | 131 | .261 | 3 | 71 |
| OF | Benny Meyer | 93 | 333 | 77 | .231 | 1 | 29 |

#### 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 |
| Solly Hofman | 109 | 346 | 81 | .234 | 0 | 27 |
| Tom Downey | 92 | 282 | 56 | .199 | 1 | 19 |
| Tex McDonald | 87 | 251 | 68 | .271 | 6 | 39 |
| Nick Allen | 84 | 215 | 44 | .205 | 0 | 17 |
| Fred Smith | 35 | 114 | 27 | .237 | 0 | 11 |
| Joe Agler | 25 | 73 | 13 | .178 | 0 | 2 |
| Art Watson | 22 | 30 | 14 | .467 | 1 | 13 |
| Del Young | 12 | 15 | 2 | .133 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Gagnier | 1 | 2 | 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 |
| Al Schulz | 42 | 309.2 | 21 | 14 | 3.08 | 160 |
| Fred Anderson | 36 | 240.0 | 19 | 13 | 2.51 | 142 |
| Gene Krapp | 38 | 231.0 | 9 | 19 | 3.51 | 93 |
| Russ Ford | 21 | 127.1 | 5 | 9 | 4.52 | 34 |

#### 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 |
| Hugh Bedient | 53 | 269.1 | 16 | 18 | 3.17 | 106 |
| Rube Marshall | 21 | 59.1 | 2 | 1 | 3.94 | 21 |
| Ed Lafitte | 14 | 50.1 | 2 | 2 | 3.40 | 17 |
| Dan Woodman | 5 | 15.1 | 0 | 0 | 4.11 | 1 |

#### 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 |
| Howard Ehmke | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.53 | 18 |
| George LeClair | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 2 |
| Bob Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 0 |