1923 New York Yankees season

Season for the Major League Baseball team the New York Yankees March 2026 November 2013 New York Yankees 1923 Ny yankees team 1923.jpg 250 World Series championsAmerican League Tri champions American League Yankee Stadium New York City, New York 98 54 y 1st Jacob Ruppert and Tillinghast L'Hommedieu Huston Ed Barrow Miller Huggins The 1923 New York Yankees season was the 21st season for the American League franchise. Manager Miller Huggins led the team to their third straight pennant with a 98–54 record, 16 games ahead of the second place Detroit Tigers. The Yankees moved into the now-famous Yankee Stadium. In the 1923 World Series, they avenged their 1921 and 1922 losses by defeating the New York Giants in 6 games, 4 games to 2, and won their first World Series title. Regular season thumb|250px|Yankee Stadium in 1923, about 2 weeks before opening. The Yankees began their first World Championship season on April 18 as they opened Yankee Stadium. Babe Ruth christened the new stadium with a home run in the Yankees' 4–1 victory over the Boston Red Sox. The stadium would later be called "the House that Ruth Built". On May 5, the Yankees beat the Philadelphia Athletics 7–2 at Yankee Stadium to regain first place, the Yankees would never fall back in the standings for the rest of the season. Babe Ruth set a Yankees record for highest batting average in one season by hitting .393. Ruth also finished the season with 41 home runs and 130 RBIs. Ruth's average was not enough to win the batting title, as Ruth finished in second place to Detroit's Harry Heilmann who batted .403. Ruth reached base safely 379 times during the season.Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p.36, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, 978-1-55365-507-7 Season standings New York Yankees Record vs. opponents NYY Roster 1923 New York Yankees Roster Pitchers Joe Bush Waite Hoyt Sam Jones Carl Mays Herb Pennock George Pipgras Oscar Roettger Bob Shawkey Catchers Benny Bengough Fred Hofmann Wally Schang Infielders Joe Dugan Mike Gazella Lou Gehrig Ernie Johnson Mike McNally Wally Pipp Everett Scott Aaron Ward Outfielders Hinkey Haines Harvey Hendrick Bob Meusel Babe Ruth Elmer Smith Whitey Witt Manager Miller Huggins Coaches Charley O'Leary Player stats = Indicates team leader = Indicates league leader 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 Wally Schang 84 272 75 .276 2 29 1B Wally Pipp 144 569 173 .304 6 108 2B Aaron Ward Aaron Ward (baseball) 152 567 161 .284 10 82 3B Joe Dugan 146 644 182 .283 7 67 SS Everett Scott 152 533 131 .246 6 60 OF Babe Ruth 152 522 205 .393 41 130 OF Whitey Witt 146 596 187 .314 6 56 OF Bob Meusel 132 460 144 .314 9 91 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 Fred Hofmann 72 238 69 .290 3 26 Elmer Smith Elmer Smith (20th century outfielder) 70 183 56 .306 7 35 Harvey Hendrick 37 66 18 .273 3 12 Benny Bengough 19 53 7 .132 0 3 Ernie Johnson Ernie Johnson (shortstop) 19 38 17 .448 1 8 Mike McNally 30 38 8 .211 0 1 Lou Gehrig 13 26 11 .423 1 9 Hinkey Haines 28 25 4 .160 0 3 Mike Gazella 8 13 1 .077 0 1 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 Joe Bush Bullet Joe Bush 37 275.2 19 15 3.43 125 Bob Shawkey 36 258.2 16 11 3.51 125 Sam Jones Sad Sam Jones 34 243.0 21 8 3.63 68 Waite Hoyt 37 238.2 17 9 3.02 60 Herb Pennock 35 238.1 19 6 3.13 93 Note: Jones was team leader in saves with 4. 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 Carl Mays 23 81.1 5 2 6.20 16 George Pipgras 8 33.1 1 3 5.94 12 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 Oscar Roettger 5 0 0 1 8.49 7 1923 World Series 1923 World Series GameDateVisitorScoreHomeScoreRecord (NYY-NYG)Attendance1October 10New York Giants5New York Yankees40–155,3072October 11New York Yankees4New York Giants21–140,4023October 12New York Giants1New York Yankees01–262,4304October 13 ‡New York Yankees8New York Giants42–246,3025October 14 ‡New York Giants1New York Yankees83–262,8176October 15 ‡New York Yankees6New York Giants44–234,172 New York Yankees win 4–2 Awards and honors Babe Ruth, AL MVP Award Franchise records Babe Ruth, club record, highest single-season batting average, (.393) References External links 1923 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference 1923 World Series 1923 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Further reading Weintraub Robert 2011 The House That Ruth Built: A New Stadium, the First Yankees Championship, and the Redemption of 1923 Little, Brown and Company 978-0-316-08607-3 registration https://archive.org/details/housethatruthbui0000wein Category:New York Yankees seasons New York Yankees New York Yankees Category:1920s in the Bronx Category:American League champion seasons Category:World Series champion seasons