1916 New York Yankees season

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1916 New York Yankees
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkPolo Grounds
CityNew York City, New York
OwnersJacob Ruppert and Tillinghast L'Hommedieu Huston
ManagersBill Donovan
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The 1916 New York Yankees season was the club's 14th season. The team finished with a record of 80–74 for their first winning season as the Yankees (and their first in 6 years when they were still officially known as the Highlanders) finishing 11 games behind the American League champion Boston Red Sox. New York was managed by Bill Donovan. Their home games were played at the Polo Grounds. This would be the final season that the famous "NY" logo would appear on the front of the jerseys until 1936.

Opening game

The game was on April 20, 1916, at Griffith Stadium against the Washington Senators. President Woodrow Wilson threw out the ceremonial first pitch. The Senators, behind Walter Johnson, defeated New York, 12-4.[1]

Regular season

Season standings

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 91 63 .591 — 49‍–‍28 42‍–‍35
Chicago White Sox 89 65 .578 2 49‍–‍28 40‍–‍37
Detroit Tigers 87 67 .565 4 49‍–‍28 38‍–‍39
New York Yankees 80 74 .519 11 46‍–‍31 34‍–‍43
St. Louis Browns 79 75 .513 12 45‍–‍32 34‍–‍43
Cleveland Indians 77 77 .500 14 44‍–‍33 33‍–‍44
Washington Senators 76 77 .497 14½ 49‍–‍28 27‍–‍49
Philadelphia Athletics 36 117 .235 54½ 23‍–‍53 13‍–‍64

Record vs. opponents

1916 American League record

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB WSH
Boston — 14–8 15–7 14–8 11–11 16–6 10–12–1 11–11–1
Chicago 8–14 — 13–9 13–9 10–12 18–4 15–7 12–10–1
Cleveland 7–15 9–13 — 11–11 12–10 18–4 11–11–2 9–13–1
Detroit 8–14 9–13 11–11 — 14–8–1 18–4 13–9 14–8
New York 11–11 12–10 10–12 8–14–1 — 15–7 9–13 15–7–1
Philadelphia 6–16 4–18 4–18 4–18 7–15 — 5–17 6–15–1
St. Louis 12–10–1 7–15 11–11–2 9–13 13–9 17–5 — 10–12–1
Washington 11–11–1 10–12–1 13–9–1 8–14 7–15–1 15–6–1 12–10–1 —


Roster

1916 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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 Les Nunamaker 91 260 77 .296 0 28
1B Wally Pipp 151 545 143 .262 12 93
2B Joe Gedeon 122 435 92 .211 0 27
SS Roger Peckinpaugh 145 552 141 .255 4 58
3B Home Run Baker 100 360 97 .269 10 52
OF Lee Magee 131 510 131 .257 3 45
OF Frank Gilhooley 58 223 62 .278 1 10
OF Hugh High 116 377 99 .263 1 28

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
Paddy Baumann 79 237 68 .287 1 25
Roxy Walters 66 203 54 .266 0 23
Fritz Maisel 53 158 36 .228 0 7
Rube Oldring 43 158 37 .234 1 12
Elmer Miller 43 152 34 .224 1 18
Charlie Mullen 59 146 39 .267 0 18
Lute Boone 46 124 23 .185 1 8
Walt Alexander 36 78 20 .256 0 3
Roy Hartzell 33 64 12 .188 0 7
Tim Hendryx 15 62 18 .290 0 5
Solly Hofman 6 27 8 .296 0 2
Ángel Aragón 12 24 5 .208 0 3
Doc Cook 4 10 1 .100 0 1
Germany Schaefer 1 1 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
Bob Shawkey 53 276.2 24 14 2.21 122
George Mogridge 30 194.2 6 12 2.31 66
Ray Fisher 31 179.0 11 8 3.17 56
Nick Cullop 28 167.0 13 6 2.05 77
Ray Caldwell 21 165.2 5 12 2.99 76
Ray Keating 14 91.0 5 6 3.07 35
Urban Shocker 12 82.1 4 3 2.62 43

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
Allen Russell 34 171.1 6 10 3.20 104
Cliff Markle 11 45.2 4 3 4.53 14

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
Slim Love 20 2 0 0 4.91 21
Jess Buckles 2 0 0 0 2.25 2
Mike Cantwell 1 0 0 0 0.00 0
Bill Donovan 1 0 0 0 0.00 0

References

  1. ^ "Yankees Open Season in Washington with Inglorious Defeat. Keating Batted Out of Box" (PDF). The New York Times. April 21, 1916. Retrieved December 26, 2013. President Wilson opened the local baseball season, here today when he threw out the first ball in the game between Washington and New York. The President was greeted with enthusiastic cheers from a capacity crowd when he tossed the ball to Umpire Connolly. ...

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