1915 New York Yankees

The final standing	5th in AL (Did not qualify for World Series)
Regular season record	69-83 (.454)
Post-season record	(Not played)
AL rank	5th
World Series record and opponent	(Not played)
Manager	Bill Donovan
Captain	Roger Peckinpaugh
Top batter	Home runs: Luke Boone, Roger Peckinpaugh (5), Wally Pip, Fritz Maisel, Ray Caldwell (4), Roy Hartzell (3) BA: Fritz Maisel (.281), Doc Cook (.271), Hugh High (.258) Runs: Fritz Maisel (77), Doc Cook (70), Roger Peckinpaugh (67)  RBI: Wally Pip, Roy Hartzell (60), Fritz Maisel (46), Roger Peckinpaugh (44)
Top pitcher/ (W-L, ERA)	Ray Fisher: 18-11, 2.11 Ray Caldwell: 19-16, 2.89
Attendance record	256,035 (4th of 8)

1915 New York Yankees season: A brief summary

The 1915 New York Yankees season, marking the team’s 13th season and 15th in total, was a year of significant transition and challenge. Under new ownership and management, the Yankees endeavored to establish a stronger foothold in the American League, yet faced considerable obstacles along the way.

Managed by Bill Donovan, the team showed potential but struggled to maintain consistency. The Yankees finished the season with a 69–83 record, a clear indication of the challenges they faced on the field. This record placed them a significant 32½ games behind the American League champions, the Boston Red Sox, highlighting the gap the Yankees needed to bridge to become contenders.

Playing their home games at the Polo Grounds, a historic venue shared with the New York Giants, the Yankees had the advantage of a familiar and prominent stage. However, the team’s performance did not always rise to the grandeur of their surroundings. The season was marred by a lack of cohesion and a series of underwhelming performances, both from the pitching staff and the batting lineup.

Despite these struggles, the 1915 season was not without its highlights. Individual players showed flashes of brilliance, and there were moments where the team’s potential for future success was evident. The season also served as a learning experience for both the management and the players, laying the groundwork for the development and future achievements that the Yankees would eventually be known for.

In retrospect, the 1915 New York Yankees season can be seen as a period of growing pains. While the team’s record was disappointing, the experiences of that year contributed to the evolution of the franchise. The lessons learned during this transitional phase were crucial in shaping the future of the Yankees, leading them toward becoming one of the most successful and iconic teams in baseball history.

An unprecedented day on the mound: Bruno Haas’ record-setting 16 walks against the Yankees on June 23, 1915

The game on June 23, 1915, between the New York Yankees and the Philadelphia Athletics is notable in baseball history, primarily for the remarkable, albeit dubious, record set by Athletics pitcher Bruno Haas. In this match, Haas astonishingly walked 16 Yankees hitters, setting an American League record for the most walks issued in a single game.

This game was a clear display of Haas’ struggles with control on the mound. Walking 16 batters in a single game is an indicator of significant difficulties in pitching accuracy and consistency. It’s important to understand that issuing so many walks not only reflects the pitcher’s challenges but also dramatically affects the pace and dynamics of the game. For the Yankees, these walks presented numerous opportunities to advance runners and score runs without the need for hits.

Bruno Haas’ record is a unique one in the annals of baseball. While walks are a common part of the game, and every pitcher experiences off days, issuing 16 walks in a game is exceptionally rare. This feat is indicative of a particularly rough performance, one where a pitcher is unable to find the strike zone with consistency.

The game would have been frustrating for Haas and the Athletics, but it was also likely frustrating for the Yankees’ hitters. While walks are advantageous, batters typically prefer to hit and play a more active role in the game. A game with so many walks can be unusually slow-paced and lacking in the usual rhythm of baseball.

This extraordinary event in baseball history is a reminder of the unpredictable and sometimes erratic nature of the sport. It underscores how a single player’s performance, in this case, a struggling pitcher, can significantly impact the game’s outcome and etch an unusual record in the sports annals. Bruno Haas’ record from the game on June 23, 1915, stands as a testament to this unpredictability and the varied challenges athletes face in their careers.

Postseason result

(Did not qualify – Eliminated in Regular Season)

1915 New York Yankees roster

Name	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	WAR	Salary
Walt Alexander	24	R	R	5′ 10″	165	Mar 5, 1891	3	25	23	1.1	$2,400
Ed Barney	25	L	R	5′ 10″	178	Jan 23, 1890	1st	11	10	-0.2	$2,100
Paddy Baumann	29	R	R	5′ 9″	160	Dec 20, 1885	5	77	60	2	$2,400
Luke Boone	25	R	R	5′ 9″	160	May 6, 1890	3	130	124	1.7	$3,500
Neal Brady	18	R	R	6′ 0″	197	Mar 4, 1897	1st	2	1	0.1	$1,500
Carroll Brown	26	R	R	6′ 1″	178	Feb 20, 1889	5	21	11	-0.2	$3,500
Ray Caldwell	27	L	R	6′ 2″	190	Apr 26, 1888	6	72	35	5.7	$8,000
King Cole	29	R	R	6′ 1″	170	Apr 15, 1886	6	10	6	-0.1	$3,800
Doc Cook	29	L	R	6′ 0″	170	Jun 24, 1886	3	132	131	2.2	$3,750
Ensign Cottrell	26	L	L	5′ 9″	173	Aug 29, 1888	5	7	0	-0.1
Birdie Cree	32	R	R	5′ 6″	150	Oct 23, 1882	8	74	49	0.3	$6,000
Tom Daley	30	L	R	5′ 5″	168	Nov 13, 1884	4	10	0	0.1	$3,250
Bill Donovan	38	B	R	5′ 11″	190	Oct 13, 1876	16	10	1	-0.1
Ray Fisher	27	R	R	5′ 11″	180	Oct 4, 1887	6	30	28	4.4	$6,333
Frank Gilhooley	23	L	R	5′ 8″	155	Jun 10, 1892	5	1	1	-0.1	$3,600
Roy Hartzell	33	L	R	5′ 8″	155	Jul 6, 1881	10	119	110	0.7	$4,000
Tim Hendryx	24	R	R	5′ 9″	170	Jan 31, 1891	3	13	12	-0.2	$1,800
Hugh High	27	L	L	5′ 7″	155	Oct 24, 1887	3	119	115	2.3	$3,000
Ray Keating	21	R	R	5′ 11″	185	Jul 21, 1893	4	11	10	0.1	$5,000
Ernie Krueger	24	R	R	5′ 10″	185	Dec 27, 1890	2	10	8	-0.5
Gene Layden	21	L	L	5′ 10″	160	Mar 14, 1894	1st	3	2	-0.1	$990
Fritz Maisel	25	R	R	5′ 7″	170	Dec 23, 1889	3	136	133	3.5	$4,800
Cliff Markle	21	R	R	5′ 9″	163	May 3, 1894	1st	3	2	1.1	$1,200
Marty McHale	28	R	R	5′ 11″	174	Oct 30, 1886	5	13	11	-0.4	$3,600
Elmer Miller	24	R	R	6′ 0″	175	Jul 28, 1890	2	26	25	-1.1	$1,800
George Mogridge	26	L	L	6′ 2″	165	Feb 18, 1889	3	6	5	1.3	$2,100
Charlie Mullen	26	R	R	5′ 10″	155	Mar 15, 1889	4	40	18	0.3	$3,000
Les Nunamaker	26	R	R	6′ 2″	190	Jan 25, 1889	5	87	69	0.9	$5,000
Roger Peckinpaugh	24	R	R	5′ 10″	165	Feb 5, 1891	5	142	142	2.5	$6,000
Cy Pieh	28	R	R	6′ 2″	190	Sep 29, 1886	3	21	8	0.7	$1,800
Wally Pipp	22	L	L	6′ 1″	180	Feb 17, 1893	2	136	134	3.3	$3,300
Allen Russell	21	B	R	5′ 11″	165	Jul 31, 1893	1st	5	3	0.4	$1,800
Pi Schwert	22	R	R	5′ 10″	160	Nov 22, 1892	2	9	4	0.1	$1,800
Bob Shawkey	24	R	R	5′ 11″	168	Dec 4, 1890	3	16	9	1.2	$3,250
Skeeter Shelton	27	R	R	5′ 11″	175	Jun 29, 1888	1st	10	10	-0.9
Ed Sweeney	26	R	R	6′ 1″	200	Jul 19, 1888	8	53	51	0.1	$8,000
Dan Tipple	25	R	R	6′ 0″	176	Feb 13, 1890	1st	3	2	0.3	$2,500
Dazzy Vance	24	R	R	6′ 2″	200	Mar 4, 1891	1st	8	3	0.3
Roxy Walters	22	R	R	5′ 8″	160	Nov 5, 1892	1st	2	1	0	$1,200
Jack Warhop	30	R	R	5′ 9″	168	Jul 4, 1884	8	21	19	-0.3	$4,500

1915 New York Yankees player additions, transactions, and trades

February 1915:

• February 4: Purchased Hugh High and Wally Pipp from the Detroit Tigers.

March 1915:

• March 3: Paddy Baumann received from Providence (International) in an unknown transaction. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

April 1915:

• April: Purchased Dazzy Vance from the Pittsburgh Pirates.
• April 7: Purchased Ensign Cottrell from the Boston Braves.

June 1915:

• June 28: Purchased Bob Shawkey from the Philadelphia Athletics for $3,000.

July 1915:

• July 14: Ensign Cottrell player rights sold to Richmond (International).
• July 20: Purchased Ed Barney from Jersey City (International).
• Purchased Gene Layden from Columbia (South Atlantic).
• July 23: Purchased Elmer Miller from the St. Louis Cardinals.
• Purchased Roxy Walters from Waco (Texas).
• July 30: Purchased Walt Alexander from Kansas City (American Association).

August 1915:

• August: Purchased George Mogridge from Minneapolis (American Association).
• August 17: Purchased Tim Hendryx from New Orleans (Southern Association).
• Released Jack Warhop.
• August 19: Ed Barney selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates off waivers.

September 1915

• September 15: Drafted Jim Brown from Topeka (Western Association) in the 1915 rule 5 draft.
• Drafted Urban Shocker from Guelph (Canadian) in the 1915 rule 5 draft.

1915 New York Yankees player debuts

• Ed Barney – 07-22-1915 – 25 years old
• Neal Brady – 09-25-1915 – 18 years old
• Gene Layden – 07-29-1915 – 21 years old
• Cliff Markle – 09-18-1915 – 21 years old
• Allen Russell – 09-13-1915 – 22 years old
• Skeeter Shelton – 08-25-1915 – 27 years old
• Dan Tipple – 09-18-1915 – 25 years old
• Roxy Walters – 09-16-1915 – 22 years old

1915 New York Yankees team stats (batting)

Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA
C	Les Nunamaker	26	87	277	249	24	56	6	3	0	17	3	2	23	24	0.225
1B	Wally Pipp	22	136	561	479	59	118	20	13	4	60	18	7	66	81	0.246
2B	Luke Boone	25	130	494	431	44	88	12	2	5	43	14	17	41	53	0.204
SS	Roger Peckinpaugh	24	142	626	540	67	119	18	7	5	44	19	12	49	72	0.22
3B	Fritz Maisel	25	135	592	530	77	149	16	6	4	46	51	12	48	35	0.281
OF	Roy Hartzell	33	119	467	387	39	97	11	2	3	60	7	19	57	37	0.251
OF	Doc Cook	29	132	554	476	70	129	16	5	2	33	29	18	62	43	0.271
OF	Hugh High	27	119	505	427	51	110	19	7	1	43	22	13	62	47	0.258
IF	Paddy Baumann	29	76	260	219	30	64	13	1	2	28	9	10	28	32	0.292
OF	Birdie Cree	32	74	246	196	23	42	8	2	0	15	7	8	36	22	0.214
C	Ed Sweeney	26	53	173	137	12	26	2	0	0	5	3	3	25	12	0.19
1B	Charlie Mullen	26	40	102	90	11	24	1	0	0	7	5	2	10	12	0.267
OF	Elmer Miller	24	26	90	83	4	12	1	0	0	3	0	0	4	14	0.145
C	Walt Alexander	24	25	85	68	7	17	4	0	1	5	2	1	13	16	0.25
OF	Tim Hendryx	24	13	46	40	4	8	2	0	0	1	0	3	4	2	0.2
OF	Skeeter Shelton	27	10	43	40	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	10	0.025
OF	Ed Barney	25	11	40	36	1	7	0	0	0	8	2	1	3	6	0.194
C	Ernie Krueger	24	10	31	29	3	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0.172
C	Pi Schwert	22	9	19	18	6	5	3	0	0	6	0	0	1	6	0.278
OF	Tom Daley	30	10	10	8	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	2	0.25
OF	Gene Layden	21	3	7	7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.286
OF	Frank Gilhooley	23	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
C	Roxy Walters	22	2	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.333
P	Ray Caldwell	27	72	155	144	27	35	4	1	4	20	4	3	9	32	0.243
P	Ray Fisher	27	30	93	83	5	9	2	0	0	7	0	0	4	20	0.108
P	Jack Warhop	30	21	54	51	3	7	3	0	0	2	1	0	3	9	0.137
P	Carroll Brown	26	21	33	32	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	0.188
P	Cy Pieh	28	21	30	30	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	12	0.067
P	Marty McHale	28	13	29	21	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	7	0.143
P	Bob Shawkey	24	16	29	29	3	7	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	10	0.241
P	Ray Keating	21	11	29	26	3	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	8	0.154
P	King Cole	29	10	16	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0.077
P	George Mogridge	26	6	14	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	0.083
P	Bill Donovan	38	10	13	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0.083
P	Allen Russell	21	5	9	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.25
P	Cliff Markle	21	3	7	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0
P	Dazzy Vance	24	8	7	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0.667
P	Ensign Cottrell	26	7	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
P	Dan Tipple	25	3	6	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
P	Neal Brady	18	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	Team Totals	26.6	154	5770	4982	583	1162	167	50	31	459	198	133	570	669	0.233
	Rank in 8 AL teams				7	4	8	5	8	1		4	5	3	6	8
	Non-Pitcher Totals	26.6	154	5235	4497	537	1082	153	48	27	425	192	130	536	533	0.241
	Pitcher Totals	26.9	154	535	485	46	80	14	2	4	34	6	3	34	136	0.165

1915 New York Yankees team stats (pitching)

Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER
SP	Ray Caldwell	27	19	16	0.543	2.89	36	35	1	31	3	0	305	266	115	98
SP	Ray Fisher	27	18	11	0.621	2.11	30	28	2	20	4	0	247.2	219	82	58
SP	Jack Warhop	30	7	9	0.438	3.96	21	19	2	12	0	0	143.1	164	74	63
SP	Carroll Brown	26	3	6	0.333	4.1	19	11	5	5	0	0	96.2	95	49	44
SP	Ray Keating	21	3	6	0.333	3.63	11	10	1	8	1	0	79.1	66	41	32
SP	Marty McHale	28	3	7	0.3	4.25	13	11	1	6	0	0	78.1	86	45	37
RP	Cy Pieh	28	4	5	0.444	2.87	21	8	9	3	2	0	94	78	40	30
RP	Bob Shawkey	24	4	7	0.364	3.26	16	9	6	5	1	0	85.2	78	38	31
RP	Bill Donovan	38	0	3	0	4.81	9	1	7	0	0	0	33.2	35	18	18
RP	Dazzy Vance	24	0	3	0	3.54	8	3	4	1	0	0	28	23	14	11
	King Cole	29	2	3	0.4	3.18	10	6	4	2	0	1	51	41	27	18
	George Mogridge	26	2	3	0.4	1.76	6	5	1	3	1	0	41	33	11	8
	Allen Russell	21	1	2	0.333	2.67	5	3	2	1	0	0	27	21	10	8
	Cliff Markle	21	2	0	1	0.39	3	2	1	2	0	0	23	15	3	1
	Ensign Cottrell	26	0	1	0	3.38	7	0	6	0	0	0	21.1	29	12	8
	Dan Tipple	25	1	1	0.5	0.95	3	2	1	2	0	0	19	14	6	2
	Neal Brady	18	0	0		3.12	2	1	0	0	0	0	8.2	9	3	3
	Team Totals	26.8	69	83	0.454	3.06	154	154	53	101	12	1	1382.2	1272	588	470
	Rank in 8 AL teams		5	4		6				1	4	8	6	6	4	5

1915 New York Yankees record vs. opponents/ Team splits

Opponent (Games)	Won	Lost	WP
Boston Red Sox (22)	12	10	0.545
Chicago White Sox (22)	7	15	0.318
Cleveland Indians (23)	13	9	0.591
Detroit Tigers (22)	5	17	0.227
Philadelphia Athletics (20)	11	9	0.550
St. Louis Browns (23)	12	10	0.545
Washington Senators (22)	9	13	0.409

1915 New York Yankees monthly Record

Month (Games)	Won	Lost	WP
April (12)	8	4	0.667
May (22)	11	11	0.500
June (29)	14	15	0.483
July (28)	11	17	0.393
August (28)	11	15	0.423
September (30)	11	19	0.367
October (5)	3	2	0.600

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