1915 Cleveland Indians season

1915 Cleveland Indians
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkLeague Park II
CityCleveland, Ohio
Record57–95 (.375)
League place7th
OwnersCharles Somers
ManagersJoe Birmingham, Lee Fohl

The 1915 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball, and the club's first under the new name "Indians". The team finished seventh in the American League with a record of 57–95, 44½ games behind the Boston Red Sox.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

American 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


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 —

Roster

1915 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other positions

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 Steve O'Neill 121 386 91 .236 2 34
1B Jay Kirke 87 339 105 .310 2 40
2B Bill Wambsganss 121 375 73 .195 0 21
SS Ray Chapman 154 570 154 .270 3 67
3B Walter Barbare 77 246 47 .191 0 11
OF Elmer Smith 144 476 118 .248 3 67
OF Jack Graney 116 404 105 .260 1 56
OF Nemo Leibold 57 207 53 .256 0 4

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
Joe Jackson 83 303 99 .327 3 45
Terry Turner 75 262 66 .252 0 14
Billy Southworth 60 177 39 .220 0 8
Braggo Roth 39 144 43 .299 4 20
Denney Wilie 45 131 33 .252 2 10
Ben Egan 42 120 13 .108 0 6
Joe Evans 42 109 28 .257 0 11
Jack Hammond 35 84 18 .214 0 4
Ron Wood 33 78 15 .192 0 3
Pete Shields 23 72 15 .208 0 6
Bill Rodgers 16 45 14 .311 0 7
Jim Eschen 15 42 10 .238 0 2
Josh Billings 8 21 4 .190 0 0
Tex Hoffman 9 13 2 .154 0 2
Ben Paschal 9 9 1 .111 0 0
Howie Haworth 7 7 1 .143 0 1
Lee Gooch 2 2 1 .500 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
Guy Morton 34 240.0 16 15 2.14 134
Willie Mitchell 36 236.0 11 14 2.82 149
Rip Hagerman 29 151.0 6 14 3.52 69
Ed Klepfer 8 43.0 1 6 2.09 13
Clarence Garrett 4 23.1 2 2 2.31 5

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
Sad Sam Jones 48 145.2 4 9 3.65 42
Roy Walker 25 131.0 4 9 3.98 57
Fritz Coumbe 30 114.0 4 7 3.47 37
Oscar Harstad 32 82.0 3 5 3.40 35
Allan Collamore 11 64.1 2 5 2.38 15
Lynn Brenton 11 51.0 2 3 3.35 18
Bill Steen 10 45.1 1 4 4.96 22
Paul Carter 11 42.0 1 1 3.21 14
Abe Bowman 2 1.1 0 1 20.25 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
Herbert Hill 1 0 0 0 0.00 0

References