1911 New York Highlanders season

1911 New York Highlanders
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Hilltop Park (since 1903)
New York City, New York (since 1903)
Other information
Owner(s)	William Devery and Frank Farrell
Manager(s)	Hal Chase
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The 1911 New York Highlanders season saw the team finishing with a total of 76 wins and 76 losses, coming in 6th 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

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Philadelphia Athletics	101	50	0.669	—	54–20	47–30
Detroit Tigers	89	65	0.578	13½	51–25	38–40
Cleveland Naps	80	73	0.523	22	46–30	34–43
Boston Red Sox	78	75	0.510	24	39–37	39–38
Chicago White Sox	77	74	0.510	24	40–37	37–37
New York Highlanders	76	76	0.500	25½	36–40	40–36
Washington Senators	64	90	0.416	38½	39–38	25–52
St. Louis Browns	45	107	0.296	56½	25–53	20–54

Record vs. opponents

1911 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NY	PHI	STL	WSH
Boston	—	11–11	11–11	10–12	12–10	9–13	12–9	13–9
Chicago	11–11	—	6–15–2	8–14	13–9	9–11–1	17–5	13–9
Cleveland	11–11	15–6–2	—	6–16	14–8–1	5–17	15–7	14–8
Detroit	12–10	14–8	16–6	—	7–15	12–10	14–8	14–8
New York	10–12	9–13	8–14–1	15–7	—	6–15	16–5	12–10
Philadelphia	13–9	11–9–1	17–5	10–12	15–6	—	20–2	15–7
St. Louis	9–12	5–17	7–15	8–14	5–16	2–20	—	9–13
Washington	9–13	9–13	8–14	8–14	10–12	7–15	13–9	—

Roster

1911 New York Highlanders
Roster
Pitchers Harry Ables Lew Brockett Ray Caldwell Andy Coakley Ray Fisher Russ Ford Chet Hoff Ed Klepfer Jack Quinn Hippo Vaughn Jack Warhop		Catchers Walter Blair Ed Sweeney Joe Walsh Bob Williams Infielders Hal Chase Jim Curry Cozy Dolan Earle Gardner Roy Hartzell Otis Johnson John Knight Stubby Magner Johnny Priest Roxey Roach		Outfielders Bill Bailey Birdie Cree Bert Daniels Gene Elliott Mike Fitzgerald Mike Handiboe Charlie Hemphill Ed Wilkinson Harry Wolter Guy Zinn		Manager Hal Chase Coaches Duke Farrell

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
1B	Chase, HalHal Chase	133	527	166	.315	3	62

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
Priest, JohnnyJohnny Priest	8	21	3	.143	0	2
Walsh, JoeJoe Walsh	4	9	2	.222	0	0
Bailey, BillBill Bailey	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
Caldwell, RayRay Caldwell	41	255	14	14	3.35	145

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
Brockett, LewLew Brockett	16	75.1	2	4	4.66	25
Coakley, AndyAndy Coakley	2	11.2	0	1	5.40	4
Ables, HarryHarry Ables	3	11	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

External links

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