1915 Washington Senators season

Summary

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.

1915 Washington Senators
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkNational Park
CityWashington, D.C.
OwnersThomas C. Noyes
ManagersClark Griffith
← 1914 Seasons 1916 →

Regular season edit

Season standings edit

American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 101 50 0.669 55–20 46–30
Detroit Tigers 100 54 0.649 51–26 49–28
Chicago White Sox 93 61 0.604 54–24 39–37
Washington Senators 85 68 0.556 17 50–29 35–39
New York Yankees 69 83 0.454 32½ 37–43 32–40
St. Louis Browns 63 91 0.409 39½ 35–38 28–53
Cleveland Indians 57 95 0.375 44½ 27–50 30–45
Philadelphia Athletics 43 109 0.283 58½ 19–53 24–56

Record vs. opponents edit


Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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 edit
  • July 29, 1915: Merlin Kopp was purchased by the Senators from the St. Thomas Saints.[1]

Roster edit

1915 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Player stats edit

Batting edit

Starters by position edit

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 edit

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 edit

Starting pitchers edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

Notes edit

  1. ^ Merlin Kopp page at Baseball Reference

References edit

  • 1915 Washington Senators at Baseball-Reference
  • 1915 Washington Senators team page at www.baseball-almanac.com