1907 New York Highlanders season
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Owner(s) | William Devery and Frank Farrell |
Manager(s) | Clark Griffith |
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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.
Regular season[]
Season standings[]
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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[]
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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[]
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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 |
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C | Red Kleinow | 90 | 269 | 71 | .264 | 0 | 26 |
1B | Hal Chase | 125 | 498 | 143 | .287 | 2 | 68 |
2B | Jimmy Williams | 139 | 504 | 136 | .270 | 2 | 63 |
SS | Kid Elberfeld | 120 | 447 | 121 | .271 | 0 | 51 |
3B | George Moriarty | 126 | 437 | 121 | .277 | 0 | 43 |
OF | Wid Conroy | 140 | 530 | 124 | .234 | 3 | 51 |
OF | Willie Keeler | 107 | 423 | 99 | .234 | 0 | 17 |
OF | Danny Hoffman | 136 | 517 | 131 | .253 | 5 | 46 |
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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Frank LaPorte | 130 | 470 | 127 | .270 | 0 | 48 |
Ira Thomas | 80 | 208 | 40 | .192 | 1 | 24 |
Branch Rickey | 52 | 137 | 25 | .182 | 0 | 15 |
Rudy Bell | 17 | 52 | 11 | .212 | 0 | 3 |
Neal Ball | 15 | 44 | 9 | .205 | 0 | 4 |
Walter Blair | 7 | 22 | 4 | .182 | 0 | 1 |
Baldy Louden | 4 | 9 | 1 | .111 | 0 | 0 |
Deacon McGuire | 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 |
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Al Orth | 36 | 248.2 | 14 | 21 | 2.61 | 78 |
Jack Chesbro | 30 | 206 | 10 | 10 | 2.53 | 78 |
Slow Joe Doyle | 29 | 193.2 | 11 | 11 | 2.65 | 94 |
Bill Hogg | 25 | 166.2 | 10 | 8 | 3.08 | 64 |
Doc Newton | 19 | 133 | 7 | 10 | 3.18 | 70 |
Earl Moore | 12 | 64 | 2 | 6 | 3.94 | 28 |
Tacks Neuer | 7 | 54 | 4 | 2 | 2.17 | 22 |
Tom Hughes | 4 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 2.67 | 10 |
Rube Manning | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 3.00 | 3 |
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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Frank Kitson | 12 | 61 | 4 | 0 | 3.10 | 14 |
Lew Brockett | 8 | 46.1 | 1 | 2 | 6.22 | 13 |
Ray Tift | 4 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 4.74 | 6 |
Walter Clarkson | 5 | 17.1 | 1 | 1 | 6.23 | 3 |
Roy Castleton | 3 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2.81 | 3 |
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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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
- New York Yankees seasons
- 1907 Major League Baseball season
- 1907 in sports in New York City
- 20th century in Manhattan
- Washington Heights, Manhattan
- Baseball season stubs
- New York City sport stubs