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 Giants until 1923.

Offseason December 20, 1912: Del Paddock was purchased from the Yankees by the Rochester Hustlers.Del Paddock page at Baseball Reference December 1912: Guy Zinn was purchased from the Yankees by the Boston Braves.Guy Zinn page at Baseball-Reference

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.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster 1913 New York Yankees 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 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

Notes

References

New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com 1913 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference