1907_New_York_Highlanders_season

1907 New York Highlanders
1907 New York Highlanders
League	American League
Ballpark	Hilltop Park
City	New York, New York
Owners	William Devery and Frank Farrell
Managers	Clark Griffith
	← 1906 1908 →

1907 New York Highlanders season

Major League Baseball team season

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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v t e American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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

1907 American League record v t e Sources:
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	—

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
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

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
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

1907_New_York_Highlanders_season

1907 New York Highlanders season

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Other batters

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Other pitchers

Relief pitchers

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Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
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