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
American League (since 1901)
Location
Polo Grounds (since 1913) New York City, New York (since 1903)
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	96	57	0.627	—	50–26	46–31
Washington Senators	90	64	0.584	6½	42–35	48–29
Cleveland Naps	86	66	0.566	9½	45–32	41–34
Boston Red Sox	79	71	0.527	15½	41–34	38–37
Chicago White Sox	78	74	0.513	17½	40–37	38–37
Detroit Tigers	66	87	0.431	30	34–42	32–45
New York Yankees	57	94	0.377	38	27–47	30–47
St. Louis Browns	57	96	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	—	10–11	8–13	13–9	14–6–1	11–11	17–5	6–16
Chicago	11–10	—	9–13–1	13–9	11–10	11–11	12–10	11–11
Cleveland	13–8	13–9–1	—	14–7	14–8–1	9–13	16–6–1	7–15
Detroit	9–13	9–13	7–14	—	11–11	7–15	11–11	12–10
New York	6–14–1	10–11	8–14–1	11–11	—	5–17	11–11	6–16
Philadelphia	11–11	11–11	13–9	15–7	17–5	—	15–6	14–8
St. Louis	5–17	10–12	6–16–1	11–11	11–11	6–15	—	8–14–1
Washington	16–6	11–11	15–7	10–12	16–6	8–14	14–8–1	—

Roster

1913 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers Ray Caldwell George Clark Ray Fisher Russ Ford Jim Hanley Chet Hoff Ray Keating Ed Klepfer George McConnell Marty McHale Cy Pieh Al Schulz Jack Warhop		Catchers Dick Gossett Harry Hanson Bill Reynolds Joe Smith Ed Sweeney Bob Williams Infielders Lute Boone Babe Borton Frank Chance Hal Chase Claud Derrick Roy Hartzell John Knight Fritz Maisel Bill McKechnie Ezra Midkiff Roger Peckinpaugh Dutch Sterrett Bill Stumpf Harry Williams Ralph Young Rollie Zeider		Outfielders Doc Cook Birdie Cree Bert Daniels Frank Gilhooley Bill Holden Jack Lelivelt George Whiteman Harry Wolter Other batters Dan Costello		Manager Frank Chance

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
1B	John Knight	70	250	59	.236	0	24

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 Chance	12	24	5	.208	0	6
Bill Reynolds	5	5	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
Ray Fisher	43	246.1	12	16	3.18	92

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 Caldwell	27	164.1	9	8	2.41	87

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 Clark	11	0	1	0	9.00	5

Notes

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

References

• New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
• 1913 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference