1915 Cleveland Indians season

1915 Cleveland Indians
League	American League
Ballpark	League Park II
City	Cleveland, Ohio
Owners	Charles Somers
Managers	Joe Birmingham, Lee Fohl
Seasons

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

• January 1915: Nap Lajoie was purchased from the Indians by the Philadelphia Athletics.

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

1915 American League record 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	—

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

• 1915 Cleveland Indians season at Baseball Reference