1915 Washington Senators season
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.
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Owners | Thomas C. Noyes |
Managers | Clark Griffith |
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Regular season
Season standings
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Boston Red Sox | 101 | 50 | 0.669 | — | 55–20 | 46–30 |
Detroit Tigers | 100 | 54 | 0.649 | 2½ | 51–26 | 49–28 |
Chicago White Sox | 93 | 61 | 0.604 | 9½ | 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
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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
- July 29, 1915: Merlin Kopp was purchased by the Senators from the St. Thomas Saints.[1]
Roster
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Player stats
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 |
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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
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 |
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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 |
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 |
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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
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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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
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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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 |