1916 New York Yankees season explained

New York Yankees
Season:	1916
League:	American League
Ballpark:	Polo Grounds
City:	New York City, New York
Owners:	Jacob Ruppert and Tillinghast L'Hommedieu Huston
Managers:	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.^[1]

Regular season

Roster

1916 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches

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		91	260	77	.296	0	28
1B		151	545	143	.262	12	93
2B		122	435	92	.211	0	27
SS		145	552	141	.255	4	58
3B		100	360	97	.269	10	52
OF		131	510	131	.257	3	45
OF		58	223	62	.278	1	10
OF		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
	79	237	68	.287	1	25
	66	203	54	.266	0	23
	53	158	36	.228	0	7
	43	158	37	.234	1	12
	43	152	34	.224	1	18
	59	146	39	.267	0	18
	46	124	23	.185	1	8
	36	78	20	.256	0	3
	33	64	12	.188	0	7
	15	62	18	.290	0	5
	6	27	8	.296	0	2
	12	24	5	.208	0	3
	4	10	1	.100	0	1
	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
	53	276.2	24	14	2.21	122
	30	194.2	6	12	2.31	66
	31	179.0	11	8	3.17	56
	28	167.0	13	6	2.05	77
	21	165.2	5	12	2.99	76
	14	91.0	5	6	3.07	35
	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
	34	171.1	6	10	3.20	104
	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
	20	2	0	0	4.91	21
	2	0	0	0	2.25	2
	1	0	0	0	0.00	0
	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Further reading

• 1916 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
• 1916 New York Yankees page at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

1. News: Yankees Open Season in Washington with Inglorious Defeat. Keating Batted Out of Box . 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. ... . . April 21, 1916 . 2013-12-26 .