1919 New York Yankees season

1919 New York Yankees
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkPolo Grounds
CityNew York City, New York
OwnersJacob Ruppert and Tillinghast L'Hommedieu Huston
ManagersMiller Huggins
← 1918 Seasons 1920 →

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.

Offseason

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Regular season

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Season standings

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American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Sox 88 52 .629 48‍–‍22 40‍–‍30
Cleveland Indians 84 55 .604 44‍–‍25 40‍–‍30
New York Yankees 80 59 .576 46‍–‍25 34‍–‍34
Detroit Tigers 80 60 .571 8 46‍–‍24 34‍–‍36
St. Louis Browns 67 72 .482 20½ 40‍–‍30 27‍–‍42
Boston Red Sox 66 71 .482 20½ 35‍–‍30 31‍–‍41
Washington Senators 56 84 .400 32 32‍–‍40 24‍–‍44
Philadelphia Athletics 36 104 .257 52 21‍–‍49 15‍–‍55

Record vs. opponents

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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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1919 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

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Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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 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

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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
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

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
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

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
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

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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
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

Notes

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References

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