1907 New York Highlanders season

Season for the Major League Baseball team the New York Highlanders (now New York Yankees)

Major League Baseball team season
1907 New York Highlanders
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkHilltop Park
CityNew York, New York
OwnersWilliam Devery and Frank Farrell
ManagersClark Griffith
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The 1907 New York Highlanders season, the team's fifth, finished with the team in fifth place in the American League with a record of 70–78. Another notable newcomer was New York's recently acquired left fielder Branch Rickey, who would become well known for integrating Jackie Robinson into the major leagues some four decades later.

Regular season

Season standings

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American League
W L Pct. GB Home Road
Detroit Tigers 92 58 0.613 50–27 42–31
Philadelphia Athletics 88 57 0.607 50–20 38–37
Chicago White Sox 87 64 0.576 48–29 39–35
Cleveland Naps 85 67 0.559 8 46–31 39–36
New York Highlanders 70 78 0.473 21 32–41 38–37
St. Louis Browns 69 83 0.454 24 36–40 33–43
Boston Americans 59 90 0.396 32½ 34–41 25–49
Washington Senators 49 102 0.325 43½ 26–48 23–54

Record vs. opponents

1907 American League record
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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYH PHA SLB WSH
Boston 10–11–3 8–13 6–16 8–12–1 8–14–2 10–12 9–12
Chicago 11–10–3 10–11–1 13–9–1 12–10 10–12–1 16–6 15–6
Cleveland 13–8 11–10–1 11–11–1 15–7 8–14 12–10–2 15–7–2
Detroit 16–6 9–13–1 11–11–1 13–8 11–8–1 14–8 18–4
New York 12–8–1 10–12 7–15 8–13 10–9–1 8–14–1 15–7–1
Philadelphia 14–8–2 12–10–1 14–8 8–11–1 9–10–1 14–6 17–4
St. Louis 12–10 6–16 10–12–2 8–14 14–8–1 6–14 13–9
Washington 12–9 6–15 7–15–2 4–18 7–15–1 4–17 9–13

Roster

1907 New York Highlanders
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 Red Kleinow 90 269 71 .264 0 26
1B Hal Chase 125 498 143 .287 2 68
2B Jimmy Williams 139 504 136 .270 2 63
SS Kid Elberfeld 120 447 121 .271 0 51
3B George Moriarty 126 437 121 .277 0 43
OF Wid Conroy 140 530 124 .234 3 51
OF Willie Keeler 107 423 99 .234 0 17
OF Danny Hoffman 136 517 131 .253 5 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
Frank LaPorte 130 470 127 .270 0 48
Ira Thomas 80 208 40 .192 1 24
Branch Rickey 52 137 25 .182 0 15
Rudy Bell 17 52 11 .212 0 3
Neal Ball 15 44 9 .205 0 4
Walter Blair 7 22 4 .182 0 1
Baldy Louden 4 9 1 .111 0 0
Deacon McGuire 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
Al Orth 36 248.2 14 21 2.61 78
Jack Chesbro 30 206.0 10 10 2.53 78
Slow Joe Doyle 29 193.2 11 11 2.65 94
Bill Hogg 25 166.2 10 8 3.08 64
Doc Newton 19 133.0 7 10 3.18 70
Earl Moore 12 64.0 2 6 3.94 28
Tacks Neuer 7 54.0 4 2 2.17 22
Tom Hughes 4 27.0 2 0 2.67 10
Rube Manning 1 9.0 0 1 3.00 3

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
Frank Kitson 12 61.0 4 0 3.10 14
King Brockett 8 46.1 1 2 6.22 13
Ray Tift 4 19.0 0 0 4.74 6
Walter Clarkson 5 17.1 1 1 6.23 3
Roy Castleton 3 16.0 1 1 2.81 3

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
Bobby Keefe 19 3 5 3 2.50 20
Clark Griffith 4 0 0 0 8.64 5
Cy Barger 1 0 0 0 3.00 0

External links

  • 1907 New York Highlanders team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
  • 1907 New York Highlanders at Baseball Reference
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