# 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.
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.

## Regular season

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

### Season standings

vteAmerican 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 recordvte 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
## 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 |