1912 New York Highlanders season

The 1912 New York Highlanders season was their tenth in New York and their twelfth overall. It was the final season for the "Highlanders", before evolving exclusively into the "Yankees". It was also their final season playing their home games at Hilltop Park. The team finished with a total of 50 wins and 102 losses, coming in 8th, last place in the American League. The club was managed by Harry Wolverton. The New York franchise would not finish in last place again until the 1966 season. To date, this remains the only 100-loss season in Yankees history.

1912 New York Highlanders
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)William Devery and Frank Farrell
Manager(s)Harry Wolverton
< Previous season     Next season >

Regular season

Logo and uniforms

For 1912, the curving "NY" migrated from the sleeve to its now-familiar spot on the left breast of the jersey (on some versions of the uniform, though not the one shown here). This was also the year the pinstripes were introduced.

Team nickname

By this season, the alternate nickname "Yankees" was in very common usage by the media. The New York Times for Opening Day 1912 reported that "The Yankees presented a natty appearance in their new uniforms of white with black pinstripes." The pinstripes were a one-year experiment, but they would return for good on the home uniforms in 1915.

The final game of the season, and the final game for the "Highlanders" at the Hilltop, was played on October 5, 1912. The team moved to the Polo Grounds the following year. Hilltop Park was closed after the 1912 season and was demolished in 1914. It is now occupied by the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.

Season standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 10547 0.691 — 57–20 48–27
Washington Senators 9161 0.599 14 45–32 46–29
Philadelphia Athletics 9062 0.592 15 45–31 45–31
Chicago White Sox 7876 0.506 28 34–43 44–33
Cleveland Naps 7578 0.490 30½ 41–35 34–43
Detroit Tigers 6984 0.451 36½ 37–39 32–45
St. Louis Browns 53101 0.344 53 27–50 26–51
New York Highlanders 50102 0.329 55 31–44 19–58

Record vs. opponents
1912 American League Records

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NY PHI STL WSH
Boston —16–6–111–11–115–619–215–717–512–10
Chicago 6–16–1—11–1114–8–113–912–1013–9–29–13
Cleveland 11–11–111–11—13–913–8–18–1415–74–18
Detroit 6–158–14–19–13—16–69–1313–98–14
New York 2–199–138–13–16–16—5–1713–97–15
Philadelphia 7–1510–1214–813–917–5—16–613–7–1
St. Louis 5–179–13–27–159–139–136–16—8–14–1
Washington 10–1213–918–414–815–77–13–114–8–1—

Notable transactions

Roster
1912 New York Highlanders
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 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
CEd Sweeney11035194.268030
1BHal Chase131522143.274458

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
Del Paddock4615645.288114
Bill Stumpf4212931.240010
Harry Wolverton345015.30004
Johnny Priest221.50001
Homer Thompson100----00

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Russ Ford36291.213213.55112
Ray Caldwell30183.18164.4795
George McConnell23176.28122.7591
Ray Fisher1790.1285.8847
Ray Keating635.2035.8021

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
George Davis1054146.5022
Tommy Thompson732.2026.0615
Chet Hoff515.2016.8914

Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO
George Shears40005.409

References
  1. Del Paddock page at Baseball Reference


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.