The 1911 New York Highlanders season saw the team finishing with a total of 76 wins and 76 losses, coming in sixth in the American League.

New York was managed by Hal Chase. Home games were played at Hilltop Park. The alternate and equally unofficial nickname, "Yankees", was being used more and more frequently by the press.

Regular season Relations between the New York Highlanders and the enemy New York Giants seemed to be at a boiling point until a fateful April day when a fire destroyed the main portion of the grandstand at the Polo Grounds, the Giants' home field just a few blocks away (and downhill) from the Hilltop. The Highlanders invited the Giants to play at Hilltop Park for the remainder of the 1911 season. Although the Giants were able to return to their partially rebuilt home two months later, this good deed would be remembered and returned to the Highlanders two years later.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster 1911 New York Highlanders Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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 83 229 53 .231 0 18 1B 133 527 166 .315 3 62 2B Earle Gardner 102 357 94 .263 0 39 SS John Knight 132 470 126 .268 3 62 3B Roy Hartzell 144 527 156 .296 3 91 OF Birdie Cree 137 520 181 .348 4 88 OF Bert Daniels 131 462 132 .286 2 31 OF Harry Wolter 122 434 132 .304 4 36

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 Walter Blair 85 222 43 .194 0 26 Otis Johnson 71 209 49 .234 3 36 Charlie Hemphill 69 201 57 .284 1 15 Cozy Dolan 19 69 21 .304 0 6 Bob Williams 20 47 9 .191 0 8 Roxey Roach 13 40 10 .250 0 2 Mike Fitzgerald 16 37 10 .270 0 6 Stubby Magner 13 33 7 .212 0 4 Guy Zinn 9 27 4 .148 0 1 8 21 3 .143 0 2 Mike Handiboe 5 15 1 .067 0 0 Gene Elliott 5 13 1 .077 0 1 Ed Wilkinson 10 13 3 .231 0 1 Jim Curry 4 11 2 .182 0 0 4 9 2 .222 0 0 5 9 1 .111 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 Russ Ford 37 281.1 22 11 2.27 158 41 255.0 14 14 3.35 145 Jack Warhop 31 209.2 12 13 4.16 71 Ray Fisher 29 171.2 10 11 3.25 99 Hippo Vaughn 26 145.2 8 10 4.39 74

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 Jack Quinn 40 174.2 8 10 3.76 71 16 75.1 2 4 4.66 25 Red Hoff 5 20.2 0 1 2.18 10 2 11.2 0 1 5.40 4 3 11.0 0 1 9.82 6

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 Ed Klepfer 2 0 0 0 6.75 4

External links

1911 New York Highlanders team page at www.baseball-almanac.com 1911 New York Highlanders at Baseball Reference