1915 Buffalo Blues season

1915 Buffalo Blues
4th place, Federal League
Major League affiliations
Location
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 Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

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

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