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1916 New York Yankees season
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Season for the Major League Baseball team the New York Yankees
March 2026
November 2013
New York Yankees The Yankees at the White House 1916_Yankees_at_White_House.jpg 300px 1916 American League Polo Grounds New York City, New York 80 74 y 4th Jacob Ruppert and Tillinghast L'Hommedieu Huston Bill Donovan
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.Yankees Open Season in Washington with Inglorious Defeat. Keating Batted Out of Box https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1916/04/21/104672508.pdf 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. ... The New York Times April 21, 1916 2013-12-26
Regular season
Season standings
New York Yankees
Record vs. opponents
NYY
Roster
1916 New York Yankees Roster Pitchers
Jess Buckles
Ray Caldwell
Mike Cantwell
Nick Cullop
Bill Donovan
Ray Fisher
Ray Keating
Slim Love
Cliff Markle
George Mogridge
Allen Russell
Bob Shawkey
Urban Shocker Catchers
Walt Alexander
Les Nunamaker
Roxy Walters
Infielders
Ángel Aragón
Home Run Baker
Lute Boone
Joe Gedeon
Charlie Mullen
Roger Peckinpaugh
Wally Pipp Outfielders
Paddy Baumann
Doc Cook
Frank Gilhooley
Roy Hartzell
Tim Hendryx
Hugh High
Solly Hofman
Lee Magee
Fritz Maisel
Elmer Miller
Rube Oldring
Germany Schaefer Manager
Bill Donovan
Coaches
Duke Farrell
Germany Schaefer
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
Further reading
1916 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
1916 New York Yankees page at Baseball Reference
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