The 1912 New York Highlanders season was the team's tenth. It was the final season for the "Highlanders", before officially adopting the already more common "Yankees". It was also their final season playing their home games at Hilltop Park. The team finished with a total of 50 wins and 102 losses, coming in 8th, last place in the American League. The club was managed by Harry Wolverton. The New York franchise would not finish in last place again until 1966. To date, this remains the second and last 100-loss season in Yankees history, the other being a few years prior in 1908. After previously appearing on the team's caps, jackets, and even the sleeves of the uniform, this was the first season that the famous "NY" logo would appear on the front of the jerseys.

Regular season

Logo and uniforms For 1912, the curving "NY" migrated from the sleeve to its now-familiar spot on the left breast of the jersey (on some versions of the uniform, though not the one shown here). This was also the year that pinstripes were introduced.

Team nickname By this season, the alternate nickname "Yankees" was in very common usage by the media. The New York Times for Opening Day 1912 reported that "The Yankees presented a natty appearance in their new uniforms of white with black pinstripes." The pinstripes were a one-year experiment, but they would return for good on the home uniforms in 1915.

The final game of the season, and the final game for the "Highlanders" at the Hilltop, was played on October 5, 1912. The team moved to the Polo Grounds the following year. Hilltop Park was closed after the 1912 season and was demolished in 1914. It is now occupied by the New York-Presbyterian Hospital.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions July 21, 1912: Del Paddock was purchased by the Highlanders from the Dubuque Hustlers.Del Paddock page at Baseball Reference

Roster 1912 New York Highlanders Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters Manager

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 110 351 94 .268 0 30 1B 131 522 143 .274 4 58 2B Hack Simmons 110 401 96 .239 0 41 SS Jack Martin 71 231 52 .225 0 17 3B Del Paddock 46 156 45 .288 1 14 OF Roy Hartzell 125 416 113 .272 1 38 OF Bert Daniels 135 496 136 .274 2 41 OF Guy Zinn 106 401 105 .262 6 55

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 Dutch Sterrett 66 230 61 .265 1 32 Birdie Cree 50 190 63 .332 0 22 Earle Gardner 43 160 45 .281 0 26 Tommy McMillan 41 149 34 .228 0 12 Jack Lelivelt 36 149 54 .362 2 23 42 129 31 .240 0 10 Gabby Street 29 88 16 .182 0 6 Ezra Midkiff 21 86 21 .244 0 9 Pat Maloney 25 79 17 .215 0 4 Cozy Dolan 18 60 12 .200 0 11 34 50 15 .300 0 4 Bob Williams 20 44 6 .136 0 3 Curt Coleman 12 37 9 .243 0 4 Harry Wolter 12 32 11 .344 0 1 John Dowd 10 31 6 .194 0 0 Klondike Smith 7 27 5 .185 0 0 Bill Otis 4 17 1 .059 0 2 Jack Little 3 12 3 .250 0 0 Benny Kauff 5 11 3 .273 0 2 Gus Fisher 4 10 1 .100 0 0 George Batten 1 3 0 .000 0 0 2 2 1 .500 0 1 1 0 0 ---- 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 36 291.2 13 21 3.55 112 30 183.1 8 16 4.47 95 23 176.2 8 12 2.75 91 17 90.1 2 8 5.88 47 6 35.2 0 3 5.80 21

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 Warhop 39 258.0 10 19 2.86 110 Jack Quinn 18 102.2 5 7 5.79 47 Hippo Vaughn 15 63.0 2 8 5.14 46 10 54.0 1 4 6.50 22 7 32.2 0 2 6.06 15 Al Schulz 3 16.1 1 1 2.20 8 5 15.2 0 1 6.89 14

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 4 0 0 0 5.40 9

References

External links

1912 New York Highlanders team page at www.baseball-almanac.com 1912 New York Highlanders at Baseball Reference