1915 Buffalo Blues season

1915 Buffalo Blues
4th place, Federal League
Major League affiliations
Federal League (since 1914)
Location
International Fair Association Grounds (since 1914)
Buffalo, New York (since 1914)
Other information
Owner(s)	Walter Mullen, Laurens Enos, Oliver Cabana and William E. Robertson
Manager(s)	Larry Schlafly, Walter Blair and Harry Lord
Previous season

The 1915 Buffalo Blues season was a season in American baseball. The team, which did not have an official nickname but was generally known as the Buffeds the previous year, adopted the "Blues" nickname for the 1915 season. They finished 74–78, good for 6th place in the Federal League, 12 games behind the Chicago Whales. After the season, both the team and the league folded. Buffalo has not hosted a major league baseball team since.

Regular season

Season standings

Federal League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Whales	86	66	0.566	—	44–32	42–34
St. Louis Terriers	87	67	0.565	—	43–34	44–33
Pittsburgh Rebels	86	67	0.562	½	45–31	41–36
Kansas City Packers	81	72	0.529	5½	46–31	35–41
Newark Peppers	80	72	0.526	6	40–39	40–33
Buffalo Blues	74	78	0.487	12	37–40	37–38
Brooklyn Tip-Tops	70	82	0.461	16	34–40	36–42
Baltimore Terrapins	47	107	0.305	40	24–51	23–56

Record vs. opponents

1915 Federal League Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BR	BUF	CHI	KC	NEW	PIT	STL
Baltimore	—	7–15	8–14	9–13	4–18	6–16	5–17	8–14
Brooklyn	15–7	—	9–11	7–15	11–11	12–10	9–13	7–15–1
Buffalo	14–8	11–9	—	8–14	11–11	11–11	9–13	10–12–1
Chicago	13–9	15–7	14–8	—	11–11	10–10–1	12–10–1	11–11–1
Kansas City	18–4	11–11	11–11	11–11	—	11–11	8–13	11–11
Newark	16–6	10–12	11–11	10–10–1	11–11	—	12–10–1	10–12–1
Pittsburgh	17–5	13–9	13–9	10–12–1	13–8	10–12–1	—	10–12–1
St. Louis	14–8	15–7–1	12–10–1	11–11–1	11–11	12–10–1	12–10–1	—

Roster

1915 Buffalo Blues
Roster
Pitchers Fred Anderson Hugh Bedient Howard Ehmke Russ Ford Gene Krapp Ed Lafitte George LeClair Rube Marshall Al Schulz Bob Smith Dan Woodman		Catchers Nick Allen Walter Blair Art Watson Infielders Hal Chase Tom Downey Ed Gagnier Harry Lord Baldy Louden Roxey Roach Fred Smith		Outfielders Joe Agler Jack Dalton Clyde Engle Solly Hofman Tex McDonald Benny Meyer Del Young		Manager Walter Blair Harry Lord Larry Schlafly

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	Blair, WalterWalter Blair	98	290	65	.224	2	20
3B	Lord, HarryHarry Lord	97	359	97	.270	1	21
OF	Dalton, JackJack Dalton	132	437	138	.293	2	46

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
Smith, FredFred Smith	35	114	27	.237	0	11
Agler, JoeJoe Agler	25	73	13	.178	0	2
Young, DelDel Young	12	15	2	.133	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
Anderson, FredFred Anderson	36	240	19	13	2.51	142
Krapp, GeneGene Krapp	38	231	9	19	3.51	93
Ford, RussRuss Ford	21	127.1	5	9	4.52	34

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
Bedient, HughHugh Bedient	53	269.1	16	18	3.17	106
Marshall, RubeRube Marshall	21	59.1	2	1	3.94	21
Woodman, DanDan Woodman	5	15.1	0	0	4.11	1

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
Ehmke, HowardHoward Ehmke	18	0	2	0	5.53	18
LeClair, GeorgeGeorge LeClair	1	0	0	0	6.00	2
Smith, BobBob Smith	1	0	0	0	18.00	0

References

• 1915 Buffalo Blues at Baseball Reference