1912 New York Highlanders season

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1912  New York Highlanders
League American League
Ballpark Hilltop Park
City New York City, New York
Owners William Devery and Frank Farrell
Managers Harry Wolverton
  1911
1913  

The 1912 New York Highlanders season was the team's tenth. It was the final season for the "Highlanders" nickname, before officially adopting the already more common "Yankees" name. 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 second and last 100-loss season in Yankees history, the other being a few years prior in 1908. After previously appearing on the team's caps, jackets, and even the sleeves of the uniform, this was the first season that the famous "NY" logo would appear on the front of the jerseys.

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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 that pinstripes were introduced.[ citation needed ]

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 New York-Presbyterian Hospital.

Season standings

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 10547.69157204827
Washington Senators 9161.5991445324629
Philadelphia Athletics 9062.5921545314531
Chicago White Sox 7876.5062834434433
Cleveland Naps 7578.49030½41353443
Detroit Tigers 6984.45136½37393245
St. Louis Browns 53101.3445327502651
New York Highlanders 50102.3295531441958

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBOSCWSCLEDETNYHPHASLBWSH
Boston 16–6–111–11–115–619–215–717–512–10
Chicago 6–16–111–1114–8–113–912–1013–9–29–13
Cleveland 11–11–111–1113–913–8–18–1415–74–18
Detroit 6–158–14–19–1316–69–1313–98–14
New York 2–199–138–13–16–165–1713–97–15
Philadelphia 7–1510–1214–813–917–516–613–7–1
St. Louis 5–179–13–27–159–139–136–168–14–1
Washington 10–1213–918–414–815–77–13–114–8–1

Notable transactions

Roster

1912 New York Highlanders
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Ed Sweeney 11035194.268030
1B Hal Chase 131522143.274458
2B Hack Simmons 11040196.239041
SS Jack Martin 7123152.225017
3B Del Paddock 4615645.288114
OF Roy Hartzell 125416113.272138
OF Bert Daniels 135496136.274241
OF Guy Zinn 106401105.262655

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Dutch Sterrett 6623061.265132
Birdie Cree 5019063.332022
Earle Gardner 4316045.281026
Tommy McMillan 4114934.228012
Jack Lelivelt 3614954.362223
Bill Stumpf 4212931.240010
Gabby Street 298816.18206
Ezra Midkiff 218621.24409
Pat Maloney 257917.21504
Cozy Dolan 186012.200011
Harry Wolverton 345015.30004
Bob Williams 20446.13603
Curt Coleman 12379.24304
Harry Wolter 123211.34401
John Dowd 10316.19400
Klondike Smith 7275.18500
Bill Otis 4171.05902
Jack Little 3123.25000
Benny Kauff 5113.27302
Gus Fisher 4101.10000
George Batten 130.00000
Johnny Priest 221.50001
Homer Thompson 100----00

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Russ Ford 36291.213213.55112
Ray Caldwell 30183.18164.4795
George McConnell 23176.28122.7591
Ray Fisher 1790.1285.8847
Ray Keating 635.2035.8021

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Jack Warhop 39258.010192.86110
Jack Quinn 18102.2575.7947
Hippo Vaughn 1563.0285.1446
George Davis 1054.0146.5022
Tommy Thompson 732.2026.0615
Al Schulz 316.1112.208
Chet Hoff 515.2016.8914

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
George Shears 40005.409

References