1919 New York Yankees season
The 1919 New York Yankees season was the team's 17th season. The team finished with a record of 80–59, 7½ games behind the American League champion Chicago White Sox. New York was managed by Miller Huggins. Their home games were played at the Polo Grounds.
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Owners | Jacob Ruppert and Tillinghast L'Hommedieu Huston |
Managers | Miller Huggins |
Local television | none |
Local radio | none |
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Offseason
- December 18, 1918: Future Chicago Bears football coach George Halas was signed as a free agent by the Yankees.[1]
Regular season
Season standings
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Chicago White Sox | 88 | 52 | 0.629 | — | 48–22 | 40–30 |
Cleveland Indians | 84 | 55 | 0.604 | 3½ | 44–25 | 40–30 |
New York Yankees | 80 | 59 | 0.576 | 7½ | 46–25 | 34–34 |
Detroit Tigers | 80 | 60 | 0.571 | 8 | 46–24 | 34–36 |
St. Louis Browns | 67 | 72 | 0.482 | 20½ | 40–30 | 27–42 |
Boston Red Sox | 66 | 71 | 0.482 | 20½ | 35–30 | 31–41 |
Washington Senators | 56 | 84 | 0.400 | 32 | 32–40 | 24–44 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 36 | 104 | 0.257 | 52 | 21–49 | 15–55 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH | |||||
Boston | — | 9–11 | 4–15 | 9–11 | 10–9 | 14–6 | 9–10–1 | 11–9 | |||||
Chicago | 11–9 | — | 12–8 | 11–9 | 12–8 | 17–3 | 11–9 | 14–6 | |||||
Cleveland | 15–4 | 8–12 | — | 8–12 | 13–7 | 16–4 | 11–9 | 13–7 | |||||
Detroit | 11–9 | 9–11 | 12–8 | — | 8–12 | 14–6 | 14–6 | 12–8 | |||||
New York | 9–10 | 8–12 | 7–13 | 12–8 | — | 18–2 | 12–8 | 14–6–2 | |||||
Philadelphia | 6–14 | 3–17 | 4–16 | 6–14 | 2–18 | — | 7–13 | 8–12 | |||||
St. Louis | 10–9–1 | 9–11 | 9–11 | 6–14 | 8–12 | 13–7 | — | 12–8 | |||||
Washington | 9–11 | 6–14 | 7–13 | 8–12 | 6–14–2 | 12–8 | 8–12 | — |
Roster
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Player stats
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 | Muddy Ruel | 79 | 233 | 56 | .240 | 0 | 31 |
1B | Wally Pipp | 138 | 523 | 144 | .275 | 7 | 50 |
2B | Del Pratt | 140 | 527 | 154 | .292 | 4 | 56 |
SS | Roger Peckinpaugh | 122 | 453 | 138 | .305 | 7 | 33 |
3B | Frank Baker | 141 | 567 | 166 | .293 | 10 | 83 |
OF | Ping Bodie | 134 | 475 | 132 | .278 | 6 | 59 |
OF | Duffy Lewis | 141 | 559 | 152 | .272 | 7 | 89 |
OF | Sammy Vick | 106 | 407 | 101 | .248 | 2 | 27 |
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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Chick Fewster | 81 | 244 | 69 | .283 | 1 | 15 |
Truck Hannah | 75 | 227 | 54 | .238 | 1 | 20 |
Al Wickland | 26 | 46 | 7 | .152 | 0 | 1 |
Aaron Ward | 27 | 34 | 7 | .206 | 0 | 2 |
George Halas | 12 | 22 | 2 | .091 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Lamar | 11 | 16 | 3 | .188 | 0 | 0 |
Frank Gleich | 5 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 1 |
Curt Walker | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Fred Hofmann | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Frank Kane | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
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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Jack Quinn | 38 | 266.0 | 15 | 14 | 2.61 | 97 |
Bob Shawkey | 41 | 261.1 | 20 | 11 | 2.72 | 122 |
Hank Thormahlen | 30 | 188.2 | 12 | 8 | 2.62 | 62 |
Carl Mays | 13 | 120.0 | 9 | 3 | 1.65 | 54 |
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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George Mogridge | 35 | 169.0 | 10 | 9 | 2.77 | 58 |
Ernie Shore | 20 | 95.0 | 5 | 8 | 4.17 | 24 |
Allen Russell | 23 | 90.2 | 5 | 5 | 3.47 | 50 |
Pete Schneider | 7 | 29.0 | 0 | 1 | 3.41 | 11 |
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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Luke Nelson | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.96 | 11 |
Walt Smallwood | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.98 | 6 |
Bob McGraw | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.31 | 3 |
Lefty O'Doul | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.60 | 2 |