1913 New York Yankees season

The 1913 New York Yankees season was the club's eleventh in New York and thirteenth overall. This was their first season exclusively using the "Yankees" name. The team finished with a record of 57–94, coming in 7th place in the American League. The team also moved into the Polo Grounds which they would share with the New York Giants until 1923.

1913 New York Yankees
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)William Devery and Frank Farrell
Manager(s)Frank Chance
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Offseason
  • December 20, 1912: Del Paddock was purchased from the Yankees by the Rochester Hustlers.[1]
  • December 1912: Guy Zinn was purchased from the Yankees by the Boston Braves.[2]

Regular season

Season summary

With an otherwise lackluster season, the most noteworthy event for the 1913 Yankees was switching their home field from Hilltop Park to the Polo Grounds. The Yankees had lent their home to the National League's Giants during the rebuilding of the Polo Grounds following its disastrous fire in 1911. The Giants returned the favor in 1913, subleasing to their American League rivals after the Highlanders' agreement to play at the aging, and wooden, Hilltop ballpark had ended.

At that time, the Giants were one of the strongest teams in baseball, winners of two consecutive league championships, and they would win their third in a row in 1913. The Yankees were seen as no threat to their status, and would provide additional revenue. Little did the Giants suspect what the future held for the respective clubs' status in the city and in baseball.

Team name

The nickname "Yankees" was now in frequent popular usage, and with the move of just a few blocks from the Hilltop to the bottomland of Coogan's Hollow next to the Harlem River, the alternate nickname "Highlanders" no longer made logical sense, and was dropped. Thus "Yankees" became the exclusive nickname of the New York American League franchise.

Season standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Athletics 9657 0.627 — 50–26 46–31
Washington Senators 9064 0.584 6½ 42–35 48–29
Cleveland Naps 8666 0.566 9½ 45–32 41–34
Boston Red Sox 7971 0.527 15½ 41–34 38–37
Chicago White Sox 7874 0.513 17½ 40–37 38–37
Detroit Tigers 6687 0.431 30 34–42 32–45
New York Yankees 5794 0.377 38 27–47 30–47
St. Louis Browns 5796 0.373 39 31–46 26–50

Record vs. opponents
1913 American League Records

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHI STL WSH
Boston —10–118–1313–914–6–111–1117–56–16
Chicago 11–10—9–13–113–911–1011–1112–1011–11
Cleveland 13–813–9–1—14–714–8–19–1316–6–17–15
Detroit 9–139–137–14—11–117–1511–1112–10
New York 6–14–110–118–14–111–11—5–1711–116–16
Philadelphia 11–1111–1113–915–717–5—15–614–8
St. Louis 5–1710–126–16–111–1111–116–15—8–14–1
Washington 16–611–1115–710–1216–68–1414–8–1—

Roster
1913 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers
  • Chet Hoff
 Catchers

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

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
1BJohn Knight7025059.236024

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 Chance12245.20806
Bill Reynolds550.00000

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
Ray Fisher43246.112163.1892

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
Ray Caldwell27164.1982.4187

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
George Clark110109.005

Notes
  1. Del Paddock page at Baseball Reference
  2. Guy Zinn page at Baseball-Reference
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