The 1916 New York Yankees season was the club's 14th season. The team finished with a record of 80–74 for their first winning season as the Yankees (and their first in 6 years when they were still officially known as the Highlanders) finishing 11 games behind the American League champion Boston Red Sox. New York was managed by Bill Donovan. Their home games were played at the Polo Grounds. This would be the final season that the famous "NY" logo would appear on the front of the jerseys until 1936.
Opening game The game was on April 20, 1916, at Griffith Stadium against the Washington Senators. President Woodrow Wilson threw out the ceremonial first pitch. The Senators, behind Walter Johnson, defeated New York, 12–4.
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Roster 1916 New York Yankees 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 Les Nunamaker 91 260 77 .296 0 28 1B Wally Pipp 151 545 143 .262 12 93 2B Joe Gedeon 122 435 92 .211 0 27 SS Roger Peckinpaugh 145 552 141 .255 4 58 3B 100 360 97 .269 10 52 OF Lee Magee 131 510 131 .257 3 45 OF Frank Gilhooley 58 223 62 .278 1 10 OF Hugh High 116 377 99 .263 1 28
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 Paddy Baumann 79 237 68 .287 1 25 Roxy Walters 66 203 54 .266 0 23 Fritz Maisel 53 158 36 .228 0 7 Rube Oldring 43 158 37 .234 1 12 Elmer Miller 43 152 34 .224 1 18 Charlie Mullen 59 146 39 .267 0 18 Lute Boone 46 124 23 .185 1 8 Walt Alexander 36 78 20 .256 0 3 Roy Hartzell 33 64 12 .188 0 7 Tim Hendryx 15 62 18 .290 0 5 Solly Hofman 6 27 8 .296 0 2 Ángel Aragón 12 24 5 .208 0 3 Doc Cook 4 10 1 .100 0 1 1 1 0 .000 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 Bob Shawkey 53 276.2 24 14 2.21 122 George Mogridge 30 194.2 6 12 2.31 66 Ray Fisher 31 179.0 11 8 3.17 56 Nick Cullop 28 167.0 13 6 2.05 77 21 165.2 5 12 2.99 76 Ray Keating 14 91.0 5 6 3.07 35 Urban Shocker 12 82.1 4 3 2.62 43
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 Allen Russell 34 171.1 6 10 3.20 104 Cliff Markle 11 45.2 4 3 4.53 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 Slim Love 20 2 0 0 4.91 21 2 0 0 0 2.25 2 Mike Cantwell 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 0 0 0 0.00 0
References
Further reading 1916 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com 1916 New York Yankees page at Baseball Reference