1911 New York Highlanders season

Baseball team season March 2026 November 2013 New York Highlanders 1911 American League Hilltop Park New York City, New York 76 76 y 6th William Devery and Frank Farrell Hal Chase The 1911 New York Highlanders season saw the team finishing with a total of 76 wins and 76 losses, coming in sixth in the American League. New York was managed by Hal Chase. Home games were played at Hilltop Park. The alternate and equally unofficial nickname, "Yankees", was being used more and more frequently by the press. Regular season Relations between the New York Highlanders and the enemy New York Giants seemed to be at a boiling point until a fateful April day when a fire destroyed the main portion of the grandstand at the Polo Grounds, the Giants' home field just a few blocks away (and downhill) from the Hilltop. The Highlanders invited the Giants to play at Hilltop Park for the remainder of the 1911 season. Although the Giants were able to return to their partially rebuilt home two months later, this good deed would be remembered and returned to the Highlanders two years later. Season standings New York Highlanders Record vs. opponents NYH Roster 1911 New York Highlanders Roster Pitchers Harry Ables King Brockett Ray Caldwell Andy Coakley Ray Fisher Russ Ford Chet Hoff Ed Klepfer Jack Quinn Hippo Vaughn Jack Warhop Catchers Walter Blair Ed Sweeney Joe Walsh Bob Williams Infielders Hal Chase Jim Curry Cozy Dolan Earle Gardner Roy Hartzell Otis Johnson John Knight Stubby Magner Johnny Priest Roxey Roach Outfielders Bill Bailey Birdie Cree Bert Daniels Gene Elliott Mike Fitzgerald Mike Handiboe Charlie Hemphill Ed Wilkinson Harry Wolter Guy Zinn Manager Hal Chase Coaches Duke Farrell 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 Ed Sweeney 83 229 53 .231 0 18 1B Hal Chase 133 527 166 .315 3 62 2B Earle Gardner 102 357 94 .263 0 39 SS John Knight 132 470 126 .268 3 62 3B Roy Hartzell 144 527 156 .296 3 91 OF Birdie Cree 137 520 181 .348 4 88 OF Bert Daniels 131 462 132 .286 2 31 OF Harry Wolter 122 434 132 .304 4 36 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 Walter Blair 85 222 43 .194 0 26 Otis Johnson 71 209 49 .234 3 36 Charlie Hemphill 69 201 57 .284 1 15 Cozy Dolan 19 69 21 .304 0 6 Bob Williams 20 47 9 .191 0 8 Roxey Roach 13 40 10 .250 0 2 Mike Fitzgerald 16 37 10 .270 0 6 Stubby Magner 13 33 7 .212 0 4 Guy Zinn 9 27 4 .148 0 1 Johnny Priest 8 21 3 .143 0 2 Mike Handiboe 5 15 1 .067 0 0 Gene Elliott 5 13 1 .077 0 1 Ed Wilkinson 10 13 3 .231 0 1 Jim Curry 4 11 2 .182 0 0 Joe Walsh Joe Walsh (catcher) 4 9 2 .222 0 0 Bill Bailey Bill Bailey (outfielder) 5 9 1 .111 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 Russ Ford 37 281.1 22 11 2.27 158 Ray Caldwell 41 255.0 14 14 3.35 145 Jack Warhop 31 209.2 12 13 4.16 71 Ray Fisher 29 171.2 10 11 3.25 99 Hippo Vaughn 26 145.2 8 10 4.39 74 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 Jack Quinn 40 174.2 8 10 3.76 71 King Brockett 16 75.1 2 4 4.66 25 Red Hoff 5 20.2 0 1 2.18 10 Andy Coakley 2 11.2 0 1 5.40 4 Harry Ables 3 11.0 0 1 9.82 6 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 Ed Klepfer 2 0 0 0 6.75 4 External links 1911 New York Highlanders team page at www.baseball-almanac.com 1911 New York Highlanders at Baseball Reference Category:New York Yankees seasons New York Highlanders New York Highlanders Category:1910s in Manhattan Category:Washington Heights, Manhattan