1915 Buffalo Blues
4th place, Federal League
1915 Buffalo Blues team photo
1915 Buffalo Blues team photo
LeagueFederal League
BallparkInternational Fair Association Grounds
CityBuffalo, New York
OwnersWalter Mullen, Laurens Enos, Oliver Cabana and William E. Robertson
ManagersLarry Schlafly, Walter Blair and Harry Lord
← 1914
Team portrait from August 1915

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 were also known as the Buffalo Federals or Buffalo Feds. 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. It would be 105 more years—when the Toronto Blue Jays temporarily moved to Buffalo to play the pandemic-shortened 2020 season and avoid border restrictions—before Buffalo hosted Major League Baseball again.

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 record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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 Walter Blair 98 290 65 .224 2 20
1B Hal Chase 145 567 165 .291 17 89
2B Baldy Louden 141 469 132 .281 4 48
SS Roxey Roach 92 346 93 .269 2 31
3B Harry Lord 97 359 97 .270 1 21
OF Jack Dalton 132 437 138 .293 2 46
OF Clyde Engle 141 501 131 .261 3 71
OF Benny Meyer 93 333 77 .231 1 29

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
Solly Hofman 109 346 81 .234 0 27
Tom Downey 92 282 56 .199 1 19
Tex McDonald 87 251 68 .271 6 39
Nick Allen 84 215 44 .205 0 17
Fred Smith 35 114 27 .237 0 11
Joe Agler 25 73 13 .178 0 2
Art Watson 22 30 14 .467 1 13
Del Young 12 15 2 .133 0 0
Ed Gagnier 1 2 0 .000 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
Al Schulz 42 309.2 21 14 3.08 160
Fred Anderson 36 240.0 19 13 2.51 142
Gene Krapp 38 231.0 9 19 3.51 93
Russ 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
Hugh Bedient 53 269.1 16 18 3.17 106
Rube Marshall 21 59.1 2 1 3.94 21
Ed Lafitte 14 50.1 2 2 3.40 17
Dan 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
Howard Ehmke 18 0 2 0 5.53 18
George LeClair 1 0 0 0 6.00 2
Bob Smith 1 0 0 0 18.00 0

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