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1915 Cleveland Indians season

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1915 Cleveland Indians
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkLeague Park II
CityCleveland, Ohio
OwnersCharles Somers
ManagersJoe Birmingham, Lee Fohl
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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

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Regular season

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Season standings

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American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 101 50 .669 55‍–‍20 46‍–‍30
Detroit Tigers 100 54 .649 51‍–‍26 49‍–‍28
Chicago White Sox 93 61 .604 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

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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

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1915 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other positions

Manager

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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

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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

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Starting pitchers

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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

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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

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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

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