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.

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