1907 New York Highlanders | |
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League | American League |
Ballpark | Hilltop Park |
City | New York, New York |
Owners | William Devery and Frank Farrell |
Managers | Clark Griffith |
The 1907 New York Highlanders season, the team's fifth, finished with the team in fifth 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.
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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 | NYH | PHA | SLB | 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
1907 New York Highlanders | |||||||||
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Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders | Manager |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | 206.0 | 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 | 133.0 | 7 | 10 | 3.18 | 70 |
Earl Moore | 12 | 64.0 | 2 | 6 | 3.94 | 28 |
Tacks Neuer | 7 | 54.0 | 4 | 2 | 2.17 | 22 |
Tom Hughes | 4 | 27.0 | 2 | 0 | 2.67 | 10 |
Rube Manning | 1 | 9.0 | 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 | 61.0 | 4 | 0 | 3.10 | 14 |
King Brockett | 8 | 46.1 | 1 | 2 | 6.22 | 13 |
Ray Tift | 4 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | 4.74 | 6 |
Walter Clarkson | 5 | 17.1 | 1 | 1 | 6.23 | 3 |
Roy Castleton | 3 | 16.0 | 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