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.Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.25, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York,

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster 1915 New York Yankees Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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 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 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 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 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 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 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

Notes

References 1915 New York Yankees team page at Baseball Reference 1915 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com