# 1915 Washington Senators season

The 1915 Washington Senators won 85 games, lost 68, and finished in fourth place in the American League. They were managed by Clark Griffith and played home games at National Park.

## Regular season
### 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 | — |

### Notable transactions

* July 29, 1915: Merlin Kopp was purchased by the Senators from the St. Thomas Saints.

### 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 | John Henry | 95 | 277 | 61 | .220 | 1 | 22 |
| 1B | Chick Gandil | 136 | 485 | 141 | .291 | 2 | 64 |
| 2B | Ray Morgan | 62 | 193 | 45 | .233 | 0 | 21 |
| SS | George McBride | 146 | 476 | 97 | .204 | 1 | 30 |
| 3B | Eddie Foster | 154 | 618 | 170 | .275 | 0 | 52 |
| OF | Clyde Milan | 153 | 573 | 165 | .288 | 2 | 66 |
| OF | Danny Moeller | 118 | 438 | 99 | .226 | 2 | 23 |
| OF | Howie Shanks | 141 | 492 | 123 | .250 | 0 | 47 |

#### 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 |
| Rip Williams | 91 | 197 | 48 | .244 | 0 | 31 |
| Merito Acosta | 72 | 163 | 34 | .209 | 0 | 18 |
| Tom Connolly | 50 | 141 | 26 | .184 | 0 | 7 |
| Eddie Ainsmith | 47 | 120 | 24 | .200 | 0 | 6 |
| Charlie Jamieson | 17 | 68 | 19 | .279 | 0 | 7 |
| Doug Neff | 30 | 60 | 10 | .167 | 0 | 4 |
| Turner Barber | 20 | 53 | 16 | .302 | 0 | 6 |
| Joe Judge | 12 | 41 | 17 | .415 | 0 | 9 |
| Henri Rondeau | 14 | 40 | 7 | .175 | 0 | 4 |
| Merlin Kopp | 16 | 32 | 8 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
| Carl Sawyer | 10 | 32 | 8 | .250 | 0 | 3 |
| Sam Mayer | 11 | 29 | 7 | .241 | 1 | 4 |
| Horace Milan | 11 | 27 | 11 | .407 | 0 | 7 |
| Charlie Pick | 3 | 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 |
| Walter Johnson | 47 | 336.2 | 27 | 13 | 1.55 | 203 |
| Bert Gallia | 43 | 259.2 | 17 | 11 | 2.29 | 130 |
| Joe Boehling | 40 | 229.1 | 14 | 13 | 3.22 | 108 |
| Jim Shaw | 25 | 133.0 | 6 | 11 | 2.50 | 78 |
| George Dumont | 6 | 40.0 | 2 | 1 | 2.03 | 18 |

#### 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 |
| Doc Ayers | 40 | 211.1 | 14 | 9 | 2.21 | 96 |
| Harry Harper | 19 | 86.1 | 4 | 4 | 1.77 | 54 |
| Joe Engel | 11 | 33.2 | 0 | 3 | 3.21 | 9 |
| Sam Rice | 4 | 18.0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 | 9 |
| Jack Bentley | 4 | 11.1 | 0 | 2 | 0.79 | 0 |

#### 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 |
| Bill Hopper | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4.60 | 8 |
| Nick Altrock | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | 2 |
| Sam Mayer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 |