1916 New York Yankees season

1916 New York Yankees
League	American League
Ballpark	Polo Grounds
City	New York City, New York
Owners	Jacob Ruppert and Tillinghast L'Hommedieu Huston
Managers	Bill Donovan
Seasons

The 1916 New York Yankees season was the club's 14th season. The team finished with a record of 80–74 for their first winning season as the Yankees (and their first in 6 years when they were still officially known as the Highlanders) 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. This would be the final season that the famous "NY" logo would appear on the front of the jerseys until 1936.

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

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Red Sox	91	63	.591	—	49‍–‍28	42‍–‍35
Chicago White Sox	89	65	.578	2	49‍–‍28	40‍–‍37
Detroit Tigers	87	67	.565	4	49‍–‍28	38‍–‍39
New York Yankees	80	74	.519	11	46‍–‍31	34‍–‍43
St. Louis Browns	79	75	.513	12	45‍–‍32	34‍–‍43
Cleveland Indians	77	77	.500	14	44‍–‍33	33‍–‍44
Washington Senators	76	77	.497	14½	49‍–‍28	27‍–‍49
Philadelphia Athletics	36	117	.235	54½	23‍–‍53	13‍–‍64

Record vs. opponents

1916 American League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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	—

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
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
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
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
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
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

Further reading

• 1916 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
• 1916 New York Yankees page at Baseball Reference