1919 New York Yankees season

1919 New York Yankees
1919 New York Yankees
League	American League
Ballpark	Polo Grounds
City	New York City, New York
Owners	Jacob Ruppert and Tillinghast L'Hommedieu Huston
Managers	Miller Huggins
	Seasons
	Seasons

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

December 18, 1918: Future Chicago Bears football coach George Halas was signed as a free agent by the Yankees.^[1]

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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

1919 American League record Sources:
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	—

1919 New York Yankees

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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

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

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

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

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

Player	G	W	ERA	SO
Luke Nelson	9	3	2.96	11
Walt Smallwood	6	0	4.98	6
Bob McGraw	6	1	3.31	3
Lefty O'Doul	3	0	3.60	2

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