1915 Cleveland Indians season

March 2026 November 2013 Cleveland Indians 1915 American League League Park II Cleveland, Ohio 57 95 y 7th Charles Somers Joe Birmingham, Lee Fohl 1914 Cleveland Naps season 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 January 1915: Nap Lajoie was purchased from the Indians by the Philadelphia Athletics.Nap Lajoie page at Baseball Reference Regular season Season standings Cleveland Indians Record vs. opponents CLE Roster 1915 Cleveland Indians Roster Pitchers Abe Bowman Lynn Brenton Paul Carter Allan Collamore Fritz Coumbe Clarence Garrett Rip Hagerman Oscar Harstad Herbert Hill Sam Jones Ed Klepfer Willie Mitchell Guy Morton Bill Steen Roy Walker Catchers Josh Billings Ben Egan Howie Haworth Steve O'Neill Infielders Walter Barbare Ray Chapman Joe Evans Jack Hammond Tex Hoffman Jay Kirke Bill Rodgers Pete Shields Terry Turner Bill Wambsganss Roy Wood Outfielders Jim Eschen Jack Graney Joe Jackson Nemo Leibold Braggo Roth Elmer Smith Billy Southworth Denney Wilie Other positions Lee Gooch Ben Paschal Manager Joe Birmingham Lee Fohl 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 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 Elmer Smith (20th century outfielder) 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 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 Shoeless 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 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 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 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 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 1915 Cleveland Indians season at Baseball Reference Category:Cleveland Guardians seasons Cleveland Indians season Category:1915 in sports in Ohio