1915 Washington Senators season

1915 Washington Senators
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
National Park (since 1911)
Washington, D.C. (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Thomas C. Noyes
Manager(s)	Clark Griffith
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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.

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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

1915 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	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

1915 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers Nick Altrock Doc Ayers Jack Bentley Joe Boehling George Dumont Joe Engel Bert Gallia Harry Harper Bill Hopper Walter Johnson Sam Rice Jim Shaw		Catchers Eddie Ainsmith John Henry Rip Williams Infielders Tom Connolly Eddie Foster Chick Gandil Joe Judge George McBride Ray Morgan Doug Neff Carl Sawyer		Outfielders Merito Acosta Turner Barber Charlie Jamieson Merlin Kopp Sam Mayer Clyde Milan Horace Milan Danny Moeller Henri Rondeau Howie Shanks Other batters Charlie Pick		Manager Clark Griffith

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	Henry, JohnJohn Henry	95	277	61	.220	1	22

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
Kopp, MerlinMerlin Kopp	16	32	8	.250	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
Johnson, WalterWalter Johnson	47	336.2	27	13	1.55	203

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
Ayers, DocDoc Ayers	40	211.1	14	9	2.21	96

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
Hopper, BillBill Hopper	13	0	1	1	4.60	8
Altrock, NickNick Altrock	1	0	0	1	9.00	2

Notes

1. Merlin Kopp page at Baseball Reference

References

• 1915 Washington Senators at Baseball-Reference
• 1915 Washington Senators team page at www.baseball-almanac.com