1910 New York Highlanders season

The 1910 New York Highlanders season saw the team finishing with a total of 88 wins and 63 losses, coming in second in the American League.
New York was managed by George Stallings and Hal Chase. Their home games were played at Hilltop Park. The alternate and equally unofficial nickname, "Yankees", was being used more and more frequently by the media.

Regular season

August 30, 1910: Tom Hughes threw nine no-hit innings against the Cleveland Naps season|Cleveland Naps], but the game was tied 0–0, so the game went to extra innings. Hughes gave up a hit with one out in the tenth, then wound up giving up five runs in the eleventh to lose the game, 5–0. The franchise would wait another seven years for their first official no-hitter.

Notable transactions

May 26, 1910: Red Kleinow was purchased from the Highlanders by the Boston Red Sox.
August 5, 1910: Johnny Priest was purchased by the Highlanders from the Danville Red Sox.

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
C		78	215	43	.200	0	13
1B		130	524	152	.290	3	73
2B		124	432	114	.264	2	67
SS		117	414	129	.312	3	45
3B		133	432	94	.218	2	36
OF		134	467	134	.287	4	73
OF		102	351	84	.239	0	21
OF		135	479	128	.267	4	42

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
	95	356	90	.253	1	17
	86	271	66	.244	1	24
	70	220	47	.214	0	20
	68	196	45	.230	0	18
	30	83	11	.133	0	1
	27	69	13	.188	0	4
	6	22	5	.227	0	2
	6	19	6	.316	0	3
	5	13	3	.231	0	0
	6	12	5	.417	0	2
	1	4	2	.500	0	2
	1	1	0	.000	0	0
	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
	36	299.2	26	6	1.65	209
	37	243.0	14	14	3.00	75
	35	235.2	18	12	2.37	82
	30	221.2	13	11	1.83	107

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
	23	151.2	7	9	3.50	64
	17	92.1	5	3	2.92	42
	16	75.0	2	4	3.72	25
	10	48.1	2	2	4.47	27
	6	19.1	1	0	3.17	17
	3	12.1	0	2	8.03	6