1923 New York Yankees season

The 1923 New York Yankees season was the 21st season for the American League franchise. Manager Miller Huggins led the team to their third straight pennant with a 98–54 record, 16 games ahead of the second place Detroit Tigers. The Yankees moved into the now-famous Yankee Stadium. In the 1923 World Series, they avenged their 1921 and 1922 losses by defeating the New York Giants in 6 games, 4 games to 2, and won their first World Series title.

Regular season

The Yankees began their first World Championship Season on April 18 as they opened Yankee Stadium. Babe Ruth christened the new stadium with a home run in the Yankees' 4–1 victory over the Boston Red Sox. The stadium would later be called "the House that Ruth Built".
On May 5, the Yankees beat the Philadelphia Athletics 7–2 at Yankee Stadium to regain first place, the Yankees would never fall back in the standings for the rest of the season.
Babe Ruth set a Yankees record for highest batting average in one season by hitting.393. Ruth also finished the season with 41 home runs and 131 RBIs. Ruth's average was not enough to win the batting title, as Ruth finished in second place to Detroit's Harry Heilmann who batted.403. Ruth reached base safely 379 times during the season.

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		84	272	75	.276	2	29
1B		144	569	173	.304	6	108
2B		152	567	161	.284	10	82
3B		146	644	182	.283	7	67
SS		152	533	131	.246	6	60
OF		152	522	205	.393	41	131
OF		146	596	187	.314	6	56
OF		132	460	144	.314	9	91

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
	72	238	69	.290	3	26
	70	183	56	.306	7	35
	37	66	18	.273	3	12
	19	53	7	.132	0	3
	19	38	17	.448	1	8
	30	38	8	.211	0	1
	13	26	11	.423	1	9
	28	25	4	.160	0	3
	8	13	1	.077	0	1

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
	37	275.2	19	15	3.43	125
	36	258.2	16	11	3.51	125
	34	243.0	21	8	3.63	68
	37	238.2	17	9	3.02	60
	35	238.1	19	6	3.13	93

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	81.1	5	2	6.20	16
	8	33.1	1	3	5.94	12

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
	5	0	0	1	8.49	7

Awards and honors

Babe Ruth, AL MVP Award

Franchise records

Babe Ruth, club record, highest single-season batting average,