1919 New York Yankees season

Season for the Major League Baseball team the New York Yankees March 2026 November 2013 New York Yankees 1919 American League Polo Grounds New York City, New York 80 59 y 3rd Jacob Ruppert and Tillinghast L'Hommedieu Huston Miller Huggins The 1919 New York Yankees season was the team's 17th season. The team finished with a record of 80–59, 7½ games behind the American League champion Chicago White Sox. New York was managed by Miller Huggins. Their home games were played at the Polo Grounds. Offseason December 18, 1918: Future Chicago Bears football coach George Halas was signed as a free agent by the Yankees.George Halas page at Baseball Reference Regular season Season standings New York Yankees Record vs. opponents NYY Roster 1919 New York Yankees Roster Pitchers Carl Mays Bob McGraw George Mogridge Luke Nelson Lefty O'Doul Jack Quinn Allen Russell Pete Schneider Bob Shawkey Ernie Shore Walt Smallwood Hank Thormahlen Catchers Truck Hannah Fred Hofmann Muddy Ruel Infielders Frank Baker Roger Peckinpaugh Wally Pipp Del Pratt Aaron Ward Outfielders Ping Bodie Chick Fewster Frank Gleich George Halas Bill Lamar Duffy Lewis Sammy Vick Al Wickland Other batters Frank Kane Curt Walker Manager Miller Huggins Coaches Paddy O'Connor 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 Muddy Ruel 79 233 56 .240 0 31 1B Wally Pipp 138 523 144 .275 7 50 2B Del Pratt 140 527 154 .292 4 56 SS Roger Peckinpaugh 122 453 138 .305 7 33 3B Frank Baker Home Run Baker 141 567 166 .293 10 83 OF Ping Bodie 134 475 132 .278 6 59 OF Duffy Lewis 141 559 152 .272 7 89 OF Sammy Vick 106 407 101 .248 2 27 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 Chick Fewster 81 244 69 .283 1 15 Truck Hannah 75 227 54 .238 1 20 Al Wickland 26 46 7 .152 0 1 Aaron Ward Aaron Ward (baseball) 27 34 7 .206 0 2 George Halas 12 22 2 .091 0 0 Bill Lamar 11 16 3 .188 0 0 Frank Gleich 5 4 1 .250 0 1 Curt Walker 1 1 0 .000 0 0 Fred Hofmann 1 1 0 .000 0 0 Frank Kane Frank Kane (baseball) 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 Jack Quinn Jack Quinn (baseball) 38 266.0 15 14 2.61 97 Bob Shawkey 41 261.1 20 11 2.72 122 Hank Thormahlen 30 188.2 12 8 2.62 62 Carl Mays 13 120.0 9 3 1.65 54 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 George Mogridge 35 169.0 10 9 2.77 58 Ernie Shore 20 95.0 5 8 4.17 24 Allen Russell 23 90.2 5 5 3.47 50 Pete Schneider 7 29.0 0 1 3.41 11 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 Luke Nelson Luke Nelson (baseball) 9 3 0 0 2.96 11 Walt Smallwood 6 0 0 0 4.98 6 Bob McGraw 6 1 0 0 3.31 3 Lefty O'Doul 3 0 0 0 3.60 2 Notes 2 References 1919 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com 1919 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference Category:New York Yankees seasons New York Yankees New York Yankees Category:1910s in Washington Heights, Manhattan