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

Record vs. opponents

Roster 1915 New York Giants Roster Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

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 150 591 189 .320 4 70 SS Art Fletcher 149 562 143 .254 3 74 3B 106 386 97 .251 0 38 OF 80 252 49 .194 0 20 OF Dave Robertson 141 544 160 .294 3 58 OF 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 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 43 306.0 19 16 2.29 176 35 220.0 12 18 2.66 91 27 186.0 8 14 3.58 57 Sailor Stroud 32 184.0 12 9 2.79 62 27 169.0 9 8 3.73 79 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 32 105.1 2 8 3.50 65 10 60.2 3 5 2.82 26 4 12.1 0 1 5.84 4 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 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)

External links 1915 New York Giants season at Baseball Reference

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