1913 New York Yankees season

The 1913 New York Yankees season was the club's eleventh. This was their first season exclusively using the "Yankees" name. The team finished with a record of 57–94, coming in seventh place in the American League. The team also moved into the Polo Grounds which they would share with the [New York New York Giants (NL)|Giants (NL)|New York Giants] until 1923.

Offseason

December 20, 1912: Del Paddock was purchased from the Yankees by the Rochester Hustlers.
December 1912: Guy Zinn was purchased from the Yankees by the Boston Braves.

Regular season

Season summary

With an otherwise lackluster season, the most noteworthy event for the 1913 Yankees was switching their home field from Hilltop Park to the Polo Grounds. The Yankees had lent their home to the National League's Giants during the rebuilding of the Polo Grounds following its disastrous fire in 1911. The Giants returned the favor in 1913, subleasing to their American League rivals after the Highlanders' agreement to play at the aging, and wooden, Hilltop ballpark had ended.
At that time, the Giants were one of the strongest teams in baseball, winners of two consecutive league championships, and they would win their third in a row in 1913. The Yankees were seen as no threat to their status, and would provide additional revenue. Little did the Giants suspect what the future held for the respective clubs' status in the city and in baseball.

Team name

The nickname "Yankees" was now in frequent popular usage, and with the move of just a few blocks from the Hilltop to the bottomland of Coogan's Hollow next to the Harlem River, the alternate nickname "Highlanders" no longer made logical sense, and was dropped. Thus "Yankees" became the exclusive nickname of the New York American League franchise.

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	Ed Sweeney	117	351	93	.265	2	40
1B		70	250	59	.236	0	24
2B	Roy Hartzell	141	490	127	.259	0	38
SS	Roger Peckinpaugh	95	340	91	.268	1	32
3B	Ezra Midkiff	83	284	56	.197	0	14
OF	Birdie Cree	145	534	145	.272	1	63
OF	Bert Daniels	94	320	69	.216	0	22
OF	Harry Wolter	127	425	108	.254	2	43

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
Fritz Maisel	51	187	48	.257	0	12
Rollie Zeider	50	159	37	.233	0	12
Hal Chase	39	146	31	.212	0	9
Bill McKechnie	45	112	15	.134	0	8
Babe Borton	33	108	14	.130	0	11
Dick Gossett	39	105	17	.162	0	9
Frank Gilhooley	24	85	29	.341	0	14
Harry Williams	27	82	21	.256	1	12
Doc Cook	20	72	19	.264	0	1
Claud Derrick	23	65	19	.292	1	7
Bill Holden	18	53	16	.302	0	8
Dutch Sterrett	21	35	6	.171	0	3
George Whiteman	11	32	11	.344	0	2
Joe Smith	14	32	5	.156	0	2
Bill Stumpf	12	29	6	.207	0	1
Jack Lelivelt	18	28	6	.214	0	4
	12	24	5	.208	0	6
Bob Williams	6	19	3	.158	0	0
Ralph Young	7	15	1	.067	0	0
Luke Boone	6	12	4	.333	0	1
	5	5	0	.000	0	0
Harry Hanson	1	2	0	.000	0	0
Dan Costello	2	2	1	.500	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
	43	246.1	12	16	3.18	92
Russ Ford	33	237.0	13	18	2.66	72
Ray Keating	28	151.1	6	12	3.21	83
Marty McHale	7	48.2	2	4	2.96	11

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
Al Schulz	38	193.0	7	14	3.73	77
George McConnell	35	180.0	4	15	3.20	72
	27	164.1	9	8	2.41	87
Jack Warhop	15	62.1	3	5	3.75	11
Ed Klepfer	8	24.2	0	1	7.66	10

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
	11	0	1	0	9.00	5
Cy Pieh	4	1	0	0	4.35	6
Red Hoff	2	0	0	0	0.00	2
Jim Hanley	1	0	0	0	6.75	2