1915 Cleveland Indians
Record: 79-75
Finish: 5th in AL Division Division
Runs Scored: 563
Runs Allowed: 572
Exp W-L: 76-78
 
Ballpark: League Park
Attendance: 1,428,677
Manager: Mark Kossoff

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 70-61, 3rd in the American League
AA: 71-60, 4th in the American League
A: 63-68, 6th in the American League
 
 
 
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
RF *Al Burch 31 147 524 76 138 6 5 1 49 73 29 100 26 .263 .378 .300 .678 73.6 19.2 3.8
3B  Ray Chapman 24 141 525 61 132 18 5 2 55 27 18 49 81 .251 .317 .316 .633 50.3 10.6 6.2
1B *Dick Hoblitzel 26 132 498 53 134 19 13 5 67 8 20 44 13 .269 .329 .390 .719 58.6 14.5 4.2
CF *Johnny Bates 32 133 478 79 134 13 7 7 65 69 16 62 11 .280 .366 .381 .747 75.1 22.9 4.2
C *Jack Lapp 30 129 453 53 111 24 3 2 48 4 0 56 64 .245 .329 .325 .653 49.1 12.0 6.2
2B #Charlie Malay 36 112 374 26 79 3 1 0 27 11 3 25 32 .211 .266 .225 .490 21.0 0.0 3.3
SS  Steve Yerkes 27 100 350 27 82 17 4 0 34 4 3 29 51 .234 .295 .306 .600 30.4 5.0 3.8
1B  Bill Hinchman 32 88 251 28 50 11 3 2 22 19 6 24 26 .199 .272 .291 .563 20.0 2.5 2.3
RF *Claude Rossman 34 57 208 26 53 10 7 2 32 1 5 19 32 .255 .314 .399 .713 24.1 6.0 1.2
3B  Red Smith 25 60 211 14 50 12 1 0 26 7 4 15 46 .237 .286 .303 .590 17.7 3.1 2.5
CF  Happy Felsch 23 57 197 24 49 6 8 0 25 11 12 17 21 .249 .306 .360 .666 20.3 4.3 1.9
LF *Max Flack 25 56 181 15 34 4 2 0 11 9 7 15 8 .188 .256 .232 .488 10.1 0.0 1.3
LF *Gus Williams 27 56 142 25 36 10 1 1 17 1 4 18 21 .254 .348 .359 .707 17.4 4.4 0.8
C  Eddie Ainsmith 23 35 105 13 24 5 3 0 7 1 0 13 12 .229 .311 .333 .644 10.7 2.4 1.2
P *Charlie Shields 35 34 101 9 18 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 18 .178 .186 .188 .374 1.6 0.0 0.0
P  Lew Richie 31 34 98 5 2 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 13 .020 .040 .031 .070 -7.1 0.0 0.0
P *Lefty Tyler 25 28 94 14 24 3 1 0 9 0 0 0 32 .255 .255 .309 .564 6.7 1.0 0.0
P  Ed Reulbach 32 27 71 2 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 10 .042 .080 .042 .122 -3.3 0.0 0.0
SS  Rube Oldring 31 33 59 5 6 1 0 0 4 6 0 6 6 .102 .182 .119 .300 1.2 0.0 0.4
P *George Baumgardner 23 16 45 2 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 16 .089 .128 .133 .261 -0.8 0.0 0.0
P  Jean Dubuc 26 13 32 3 5 1 1 0 5 0 0 1 12 .156 .176 .250 .426 1.6 0.0 0.0
CF  Harry Niles 34 6 16 3 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 .125 .176 .125 .301 0.4 0.0 0.1
P #Lefty Webb 30 12 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .000 .154 .000 .154 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Chick Robitaille 36 6 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .100 .100 .100 .200 -0.3 0.0 0.0
RF *Harry Armbruster 33 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .167 .000 .167 -0.1 0.0 0.1
P  Harry Patton 31 20 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Frank Smith 35 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Tom Barry 36 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.8 1543 5043 563 1171 165 66 22 518 253 127 504 562 .232 .303 .304 .607 477.6 107.9 43.4
  Rank among 8 AL teams 8 5 6 7 6 6 6 2 7 3 4 6 4 7 5 5  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
*Charlie Shields 35 15 15 .500 34 34 0 288.7 289 108 20 52 110 3.37 14.4
 Lew Richie 31 13 16 .448 34 34 0 282.0 260 81 0 41 90 2.59 18.7
*Lefty Tyler 25 18 9 .667 28 28 0 246.0 194 73 3 77 102 2.67 23.4
 Ed Reulbach 32 10 13 .435 27 23 0 207.0 185 77 5 86 87 3.35 10.1
 George Baumgardner 23 8 6 .571 16 16 0 137.0 130 53 3 29 48 3.48 7.0
 Jean Dubuc 26 5 6 .455 13 13 0 102.0 87 43 2 54 58 3.79 3.8
*Lefty Webb 30 4 1 .800 12 2 0 39.0 27 9 0 9 13 2.08 4.1
 Chick Robitaille 36 1 3 .250 6 4 0 29.3 43 24 0 11 7 7.36 0.0
 Harry Patton 31 5 5 .500 20 0 3 23.0 19 6 0 23 9 2.35 3.0
 Elijah Jones 33 0 1 .000 9 0 5 6.3 8 1 0 0 1 1.42 1.1
 Frank Smith 35 0 0 .000 6 0 0 5.3 9 6 0 9 3 10.13 0.0
 Tom Barry 36 0 0 .000 3 0 0 5.3 4 5 0 5 2 8.44 0.0
Team Totals 31.1 79 75 .513 208 154 8 1371.0 1255 486 33 396 530 3.19 85.6
Rank among 8 AL teams 5 5 6 5 7 6 6 5 1 7 6  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 33.3
J.Lapp 1102.7 124 128 460 97 8 1 .986 27.2
E.Ainsmith 268.3 30 32 93 20 2 0 .983 22.4
Team Total 1371.0 154 160 553 117 10 1 .985 26.4
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 12.69
D.Hoblitzel 1126.0 126 127 1456 115 8 100 .995 12.56
B.Hinchman 245.0 28 29 304 24 3 24 .991 12.05
Team Total 1371.0 154 156 1760 139 11 124 .994 12.47
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 6.43
C.Malay 730.3 82 82 171 309 21 44 .958 5.92
R.Chapman 548.7 62 62 142 250 14 39 .966 6.43
R.Oldring 92.0 10 14 32 25 2 5 .966 5.58
Team Total 1371.0 154 158 345 584 37 88 .962 6.10
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .946 2.82
R.Smith 517.7 59 60 30 124 9 8 .945 2.68
R.Chapman 487.7 55 56 42 121 3 6 .982 3.01
B.Hinchman 320.7 35 42 19 76 7 7 .931 2.67
D.Hoblitzel 45.0 5 5 6 7 0 0 1.000 2.60
Team Total 1371.0 154 163 97 328 19 21 .957 2.79
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .949 5.33
S.Yerkes 878.7 100 100 139 342 28 59 .945 4.93
C.Malay 248.0 28 29 33 102 7 16 .951 4.90
R.Chapman 211.0 23 25 32 88 3 12 .976 5.12
R.Oldring 33.3 3 7 3 14 1 1 .944 4.59
Team Total 1371.0 154 161 207 546 39 88 .951 4.94
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 1.80
J.Bates 641.3 72 73 152 7 10 3 .941 2.23
M.Flack 322.0 37 40 79 1 3 1 .964 2.24
G.Williams 308.7 34 35 64 1 2 0 .970 1.90
H.Felsch 68.0 8 9 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.99
H.Niles 27.0 3 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
B.Hinchman 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1371.0 154 162 313 9 15 4 .955 2.11
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .948 2.34
A.Burch 513.3 57 59 144 4 11 2 .931 2.59
J.Bates 475.7 54 54 146 10 6 4 .963 2.95
H.Felsch 296.0 34 34 88 3 3 0 .968 2.77
C.Rossman 48.0 5 8 18 0 0 0 1.000 3.38
H.Niles 20.0 2 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
C.Malay 9.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
H.Armbruster 9.0 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1371.0 154 160 407 17 20 6 .955 2.78
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 1.87
A.Burch 770.7 87 87 170 3 12 0 .935 2.02
C.Rossman 425.0 48 48 80 5 6 0 .934 1.80
H.Felsch 103.0 11 11 25 2 0 0 1.000 2.36
M.Flack 64.3 7 9 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.52
H.Armbruster 8.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1371.0 154 156 295 10 18 0 .944 2.00
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 2.61
C.Shields 288.7 34 34 13 73 6 4 .935 2.68
L.Richie 282.0 34 34 26 57 0 3 1.000 2.65
L.Tyler 246.0 28 28 23 65 0 3 1.000 3.22
E.Reulbach 207.0 23 27 16 42 1 3 .983 2.52
G.Baumgardner 137.0 16 16 15 30 0 2 1.000 2.96
J.Dubuc 102.0 13 13 10 25 1 1 .972 3.09
L.Webb 39.0 2 12 1 7 0 0 1.000 1.85
C.Robitaille 29.3 4 6 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.23
H.Patton 23.0 0 20 3 5 0 0 1.000 3.13
E.Jones 6.3 0 9 0 1 0 1 1.000 1.42
F.Smith 5.3 0 6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Barry 5.3 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.69
Team Total 1371.0 154 208 109 308 8 17 .981 2.74
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Bates .280
On-Base Pct Burch .378
Slugging Pct Hoblitzel .390
OPS Bates .747
XR Bates 75.1
Games Burch 147
At-Bats Chapman 525
Runs Bates 79
Hits Burch 138
Total Bases Hoblitzel 194
Singles Burch 126
Doubles Lapp 24
Triples Hoblitzel 13
Homeruns Bates 7
RBIs Hoblitzel 67
Stolen Bases Burch 73
Caught Stealing Burch 29
Walks Burch 100
Strikeouts Chapman 81
ERA Richie 2.59
Wins Tyler 18
Losses Richie 16
Winning Pct Tyler .667
Saves Jones 5
Games Pitched Richie, Shields 34
Games Started Richie, Shields 34
Complete Games Richie 28
Shutouts Tyler 5
Innings Pitched Shields 288.7
Hits Allowed Shields 289
Homeruns Allowed Shields 20
Strikeouts Shields 110
Walks Allowed Reulbach 86
Walks per 9IP Richie 1.3
Hits per 9IP Tyler 7.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Reulbach 3.8
WHiP Richie 1.07
OAVG Tyler .219
OOBP Richie .273
OSLG Tyler .290
OOPS Tyler .570
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Johnny Bates $ 9,110,235
Ed Reulbach $ 7,990,000
Rube Oldring $ 7,890,000
Charlie Shields $ 6,840,000
Al Burch $ 5,700,000
Lew Richie $ 4,790,000
Dick Hoblitzel $ 4,164,286
Lefty Tyler $ 3,592,857
Chick Robitaille $ 3,400,000
Bill Hinchman $ 2,500,000
Elijah Jones $ 2,030,000
Jack Lapp $ 1,240,714
Eddie Ainsmith $ 1,015,000
Claude Rossman $ 920,000
Tom Barry $ 537,143
Lefty Webb $ 517,143
John McDonald $ 510,000
Charlie Malay $ 380,000
Steve Yerkes $ 300,000
Harry Niles $ 300,000
Max Flack $ 300,000
Happy Felsch $ 300,000
Jean Dubuc $ 300,000
Ray Chapman $ 300,000
Harry Patton $ 300,000
George Baumgardner $ 300,000
Red Smith $ 300,000
Gus Williams $ 300,000
Harry Armbruster $ 300,000
Marty Kavanagh $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
10/10 Released Frank Smith