1907 New York Highlanders season

The 1907 New York Highlanders season, its fifth in New York and its seventh overall, finished with the team in 5th place in the American League with a record of 70–78. Another notable newcomer was New York's recently acquired left fielder Branch Rickey, who would become well known for integrating Jackie Robinson into the major leagues some four decades later.

1907 New York Highlanders
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)William Devery and Frank Farrell
Manager(s)Clark Griffith
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Regular season

Season standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Detroit Tigers 9258 0.613 — 50–27 42–31
Philadelphia Athletics 8857 0.607 1½ 50–20 38–37
Chicago White Sox 8764 0.576 5½ 48–29 39–35
Cleveland Naps 8567 0.559 8 46–31 39–36
New York Highlanders 7078 0.473 21 32–41 38–37
St. Louis Browns 6983 0.454 24 36–40 33–43
Boston Americans 5990 0.396 32½ 34–41 25–49
Washington Senators 49102 0.325 43½ 26–48 23–54

Record vs. opponents
1907 American League Records

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NY PHI STL WSH
Boston —10–11–38–136–168–12–18–14–210–129–12
Chicago 11–10–3—10–11–113–9–112–1010–12–116–615–6
Cleveland 13–811–10–1—11–11–115–78–1412–10–215–7–2
Detroit 16–69–13–111–11–1—13–811–8–114–818–4
New York 12–8–110–127–158–13—10–9–18–14–115–7–1
Philadelphia 14–8–212–10–114–88–11–19–10–1—14–617–4
St. Louis 12–106–1610–12–28–1414–8–16–14—13–9
Washington 12–96–157–15–24–187–15–14–179–13—

Roster
1907 New York Highlanders
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Player stats

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
CRed Kleinow9026971.264026
1BHal Chase125498143.287268
2BJimmy Williams139504136.270263
SSKid Elberfeld120447121.271051
3BGeorge Moriarty126437121.277043
OFWid Conroy140530124.234351
OFWillie Keeler10742399.234017
OFDanny Hoffman136517131.253546

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
Frank LaPorte130470127.270048
Ira Thomas8020840.192124
Branch Rickey5213725.182015
Rudy Bell175211.21203
Neal Ball15449.20504
Walter Blair7224.18201
Baldy Louden491.11100
Deacon McGuire110.00000

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
Al Orth36248.214212.6178
Jack Chesbro3020610102.5378
Slow Joe Doyle29193.211112.6594
Bill Hogg25166.21083.0864
Doc Newton191337103.1870
Earl Moore1264263.9428
Tacks Neuer754422.1722
Tom Hughes427202.6710
Rube Manning19013.003

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
Frank Kitson1261403.1014
Lew Brockett846.1126.2213
Ray Tift419004.746
Walter Clarkson517.1116.233
Roy Castleton316112.813

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
Bobby Keefe193532.5020
Clark Griffith40008.645
Cy Barger10003.000


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