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1913 New York Yankees season

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1913 New York Yankees
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkPolo Grounds
CityNew York City, New York
OwnersWilliam Devery and Frank Farrell
ManagersFrank Chance
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The 1913 New York Yankees

The 1913 New York Yankees season was the club's eleventh. This was their first season exclusively using the "Yankees" name. The team finished with a record of 57–94, coming in seventh place in the American League. The team also moved into the Polo Grounds which they would share with the New York Giants until 1923.

Offseason

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Regular season

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Season summary

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With an otherwise lackluster season, the most noteworthy event for the 1913 Yankees was switching their home field from Hilltop Park to the Polo Grounds. The Yankees had lent their home to the National League's Giants during the rebuilding of the Polo Grounds following its disastrous fire in 1911. The Giants returned the favor in 1913, subleasing to their American League rivals after the Highlanders' agreement to play at the aging, and wooden, Hilltop ballpark had ended.

At that time, the Giants were one of the strongest teams in baseball, winners of two consecutive league championships, and they would win their third in a row in 1913. The Yankees were seen as no threat to their status, and would provide additional revenue. Little did the Giants suspect what the future held for the respective clubs' status in the city and in baseball.

Team name

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The nickname "Yankees" was now in frequent popular usage, and with the move of just a few blocks from the Hilltop to the bottomland of Coogan's Hollow next to the Harlem River, the alternate nickname "Highlanders" no longer made logical sense, and was dropped. Thus "Yankees" became the exclusive nickname of the New York American League franchise.

Season standings

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American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Athletics 96 57 .627 50‍–‍26 46‍–‍31
Washington Senators 90 64 .584 42‍–‍35 48‍–‍29
Cleveland Naps 86 66 .566 45‍–‍32 41‍–‍34
Boston Red Sox 79 71 .527 15½ 41‍–‍34 38‍–‍37
Chicago White Sox 78 74 .513 17½ 40‍–‍37 38‍–‍37
Detroit Tigers 66 87 .431 30 34‍–‍42 32‍–‍45
New York Yankees 57 94 .377 38 27‍–‍47 30‍–‍47
St. Louis Browns 57 96 .373 39 31‍–‍46 26‍–‍50

Record vs. opponents

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB WSH
Boston 10–11 8–13 13–9 14–6–1 11–11 17–5 6–16
Chicago 11–10 9–13–1 13–9 11–10 11–11 12–10 11–11
Cleveland 13–8 13–9–1 14–7 14–8–1 9–13 16–6–1 7–15
Detroit 9–13 9–13 7–14 11–11 7–15 11–11 12–10
New York 6–14–1 10–11 8–14–1 11–11 5–17 11–11 6–16
Philadelphia 11–11 11–11 13–9 15–7 17–5 15–6 14–8
St. Louis 5–17 10–12 6–16–1 11–11 11–11 6–15 8–14–1
Washington 16–6 11–11 15–7 10–12 16–6 8–14 14–8–1


Roster

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1913 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

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Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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 Ed Sweeney 117 351 93 .265 2 40
1B John Knight 70 250 59 .236 0 24
2B Roy Hartzell 141 490 127 .259 0 38
SS Roger Peckinpaugh 95 340 91 .268 1 32
3B Ezra Midkiff 83 284 56 .197 0 14
OF Birdie Cree 145 534 145 .272 1 63
OF Bert Daniels 94 320 69 .216 0 22
OF Harry Wolter 127 425 108 .254 2 43

Other batters

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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
Fritz Maisel 51 187 48 .257 0 12
Rollie Zeider 50 159 37 .233 0 12
Hal Chase 39 146 31 .212 0 9
Bill McKechnie 45 112 15 .134 0 8
Babe Borton 33 108 14 .130 0 11
Dick Gossett 39 105 17 .162 0 9
Frank Gilhooley 24 85 29 .341 0 14
Harry Williams 27 82 21 .256 1 12
Doc Cook 20 72 19 .264 0 1
Claud Derrick 23 65 19 .292 1 7
Bill Holden 18 53 16 .302 0 8
Dutch Sterrett 21 35 6 .171 0 3
George Whiteman 11 32 11 .344 0 2
Joe Smith 14 32 5 .156 0 2
Bill Stumpf 12 29 6 .207 0 1
Jack Lelivelt 18 28 6 .214 0 4
Frank Chance 12 24 5 .208 0 6
Bob Williams 6 19 3 .158 0 0
Ralph Young 7 15 1 .067 0 0
Luke Boone 6 12 4 .333 0 1
Bill Reynolds 5 5 0 .000 0 0
Harry Hanson 1 2 0 .000 0 0
Dan Costello 2 2 1 .500 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Ray Fisher 43 246.1 12 16 3.18 92
Russ Ford 33 237.0 13 18 2.66 72
Ray Keating 28 151.1 6 12 3.21 83
Marty McHale 7 48.2 2 4 2.96 11

Other pitchers

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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 38 193.0 7 14 3.73 77
George McConnell 35 180.0 4 15 3.20 72
Ray Caldwell 27 164.1 9 8 2.41 87
Jack Warhop 15 62.1 3 5 3.75 11
Ed Klepfer 8 24.2 0 1 7.66 10

Relief pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
George Clark 11 0 1 0 9.00 5
Cy Pieh 4 1 0 0 4.35 6
Red Hoff 2 0 0 0 0.00 2
Jim Hanley 1 0 0 0 6.75 2

Notes

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References

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