1916 New York Yankees season
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Owners | Jacob Ruppert and Tillinghast L'Hommedieu Huston |
Managers | Bill Donovan |
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The 1916 New York Yankees season was the club's 14th season. The team finished with a record of 80–74, 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.
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.
Regular season
Season standings
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Boston Red Sox | 91 | 63 | 0.591 | — | 49–28 | 42–35 |
Chicago White Sox | 89 | 65 | 0.578 | 2 | 49–28 | 40–37 |
Detroit Tigers | 87 | 67 | 0.565 | 4 | 49–28 | 38–39 |
New York Yankees | 80 | 74 | 0.519 | 11 | 46–31 | 34–43 |
St. Louis Browns | 79 | 75 | 0.513 | 12 | 45–32 | 34–43 |
Cleveland Indians | 77 | 77 | 0.500 | 14 | 44–33 | 33–44 |
Washington Senators | 76 | 77 | 0.497 | 14½ | 49–28 | 27–49 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 36 | 117 | 0.235 | 54½ | 23–53 | 13–64 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH | |||||
Boston | — | 14–8 | 15–7 | 14–8 | 11–11 | 16–6 | 10–12–1 | 11–11–1 | |||||
Chicago | 8–14 | — | 13–9 | 13–9 | 10–12 | 18–4 | 15–7 | 12–10–1 | |||||
Cleveland | 7–15 | 9–13 | — | 11–11 | 12–10 | 18–4 | 11–11–2 | 9–13–1 | |||||
Detroit | 8–14 | 9–13 | 11–11 | — | 14–8–1 | 18–4 | 13–9 | 14–8 | |||||
New York | 11–11 | 12–10 | 10–12 | 8–14–1 | — | 15–7 | 9–13 | 15–7–1 | |||||
Philadelphia | 6–16 | 4–18 | 4–18 | 4–18 | 7–15 | — | 5–17 | 6–15–1 | |||||
St. Louis | 12–10–1 | 7–15 | 11–11–2 | 9–13 | 13–9 | 17–5 | — | 10–12–1 | |||||
Washington | 11–11–1 | 10–12–1 | 13–9–1 | 8–14 | 7–15–1 | 15–6–1 | 12–10–1 | — |
Roster
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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 |
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C | Les Nunamaker | 91 | 260 | 77 | .296 | 0 | 28 |
1B | Wally Pipp | 151 | 545 | 143 | .262 | 12 | 93 |
2B | Joe Gedeon | 122 | 435 | 92 | .211 | 0 | 27 |
SS | Roger Peckinpaugh | 145 | 552 | 141 | .255 | 4 | 58 |
3B | Home Run Baker | 100 | 360 | 97 | .269 | 10 | 52 |
OF | Lee Magee | 131 | 510 | 131 | .257 | 3 | 45 |
OF | Frank Gilhooley | 58 | 223 | 62 | .278 | 1 | 10 |
OF | Hugh High | 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 |
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Paddy Baumann | 79 | 237 | 68 | .287 | 1 | 25 |
Roxy Walters | 66 | 203 | 54 | .266 | 0 | 23 |
Fritz Maisel | 53 | 158 | 36 | .228 | 0 | 7 |
Rube Oldring | 43 | 158 | 37 | .234 | 1 | 12 |
Elmer Miller | 43 | 152 | 34 | .224 | 1 | 18 |
Charlie Mullen | 59 | 146 | 39 | .267 | 0 | 18 |
Lute Boone | 46 | 124 | 23 | .185 | 1 | 8 |
Walt Alexander | 36 | 78 | 20 | .256 | 0 | 3 |
Roy Hartzell | 33 | 64 | 12 | .188 | 0 | 7 |
Tim Hendryx | 15 | 62 | 18 | .290 | 0 | 5 |
Solly Hofman | 6 | 27 | 8 | .296 | 0 | 2 |
Ángel Aragón | 12 | 24 | 5 | .208 | 0 | 3 |
Doc Cook | 4 | 10 | 1 | .100 | 0 | 1 |
Germany Schaefer | 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 |
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Bob Shawkey | 53 | 276.2 | 24 | 14 | 2.21 | 122 |
George Mogridge | 30 | 194.2 | 6 | 12 | 2.31 | 66 |
Ray Fisher | 31 | 179.0 | 11 | 8 | 3.17 | 56 |
Nick Cullop | 28 | 167.0 | 13 | 6 | 2.05 | 77 |
Ray Caldwell | 21 | 165.2 | 5 | 12 | 2.99 | 76 |
Ray Keating | 14 | 91.0 | 5 | 6 | 3.07 | 35 |
Urban Shocker | 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 |
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Allen Russell | 34 | 171.1 | 6 | 10 | 3.20 | 104 |
Cliff Markle | 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 |
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Slim Love | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.91 | 21 |
Jess Buckles | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 2 |
Mike Cantwell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
Bill Donovan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |