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
American League (since 1901)
Location
Hilltop Park (since 1903) New York, New York (since 1903)
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	92	58	0.613	—	50–27	42–31
Philadelphia Athletics	88	57	0.607	1½	50–20	38–37
Chicago White Sox	87	64	0.576	5½	48–29	39–35
Cleveland Naps	85	67	0.559	8	46–31	39–36
New York Highlanders	70	78	0.473	21	32–41	38–37
St. Louis Browns	69	83	0.454	24	36–40	33–43
Boston Americans	59	90	0.396	32½	34–41	25–49
Washington Senators	49	102	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	—	10–11–3	8–13	6–16	8–12–1	8–14–2	10–12	9–12
Chicago	11–10–3	—	10–11–1	13–9–1	12–10	10–12–1	16–6	15–6
Cleveland	13–8	11–10–1	—	11–11–1	15–7	8–14	12–10–2	15–7–2
Detroit	16–6	9–13–1	11–11–1	—	13–8	11–8–1	14–8	18–4
New York	12–8–1	10–12	7–15	8–13	—	10–9–1	8–14–1	15–7–1
Philadelphia	14–8–2	12–10–1	14–8	8–11–1	9–10–1	—	14–6	17–4
St. Louis	12–10	6–16	10–12–2	8–14	14–8–1	6–14	—	13–9
Washington	12–9	6–15	7–15–2	4–18	7–15–1	4–17	9–13	—

Roster

1907 New York Highlanders
Roster
Pitchers Cy Barger Lew Brockett Roy Castleton Jack Chesbro Walter Clarkson Slow Joe Doyle Clark Griffith Bill Hogg Tom Hughes Bobby Keefe Frank Kitson Rube Manning Earl Moore Tacks Neuer Doc Newton Al Orth Ray Tift		Catchers Walter Blair Red Kleinow Deacon McGuire Ira Thomas Infielders Neal Ball Hal Chase Kid Elberfeld Frank LaPorte Baldy Louden George Moriarty Jimmy Williams		Outfielders Rudy Bell Wid Conroy Danny Hoffman Willie Keeler Branch Rickey		Manager Clark Griffith

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

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
Branch Rickey	52	137	25	.182	0	15

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
Tom Hughes	4	27	2	0	2.67	10

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
Lew Brockett	8	46.1	1	2	6.22	13

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 Keefe	19	3	5	3	2.50	20
Clark Griffith	4	0	0	0	8.64	5
Cy Barger	1	0	0	0	3.00	0

External links

• 1907 New York Highlanders team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
• 1907 New York Highlanders at Baseball Reference