1915 Buffalo Blues 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 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.

1915 Buffalo Blues
4th place, Federal League
1915 Buffalo Blues team photo
League	Federal League
Ballpark	International Fair Association Grounds
City	Buffalo, New York
Owners	Walter Mullen, Laurens Enos, Oliver Cabana and William E. Robertson
Managers	Larry Schlafly, Walter Blair and Harry Lord

Team portrait from August 1915

Regular season

Season standings

Federal League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Whales	86	66	.566	—	44‍–‍32	42‍–‍34
St. Louis Terriers	87	67	.565	—	43‍–‍34	44‍–‍33
Pittsburgh Rebels	86	67	.562	½	45‍–‍31	41‍–‍36
Kansas City Packers	81	72	.529	5½	46‍–‍31	35‍–‍41
Newark Peppers	80	72	.526	6	40‍–‍39	40‍–‍33
Buffalo Blues	74	78	.487	12	37‍–‍40	37‍–‍38
Brooklyn Tip-Tops	70	82	.461	16	34‍–‍40	36‍–‍42
Baltimore Terrapins	47	107	.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	—

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

References

• 1915 Buffalo Blues at Baseball Reference