1907 New York Highlanders
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkHilltop Park
CityNew York, New York
OwnersWilliam Devery and Frank Farrell
ManagersClark Griffith

The 1907 New York Highlanders season, the team's fifth, finished with the team in fifth place in the American League with a record of 70–78. Another notable newcomer was New York's recently acquired left fielder Branch Rickey, who would become well known for integrating Jackie Robinson into the major leagues some four decades later.

Regular season

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Detroit Tigers 9258 0.613 — 50–27 42–31
Philadelphia Athletics 8857 0.607 1½ 50–20 38–37
Chicago White Sox 8764 0.576 5½ 48–29 39–35
Cleveland Naps 8567 0.559 8 46–31 39–36
New York Highlanders 7078 0.473 21 32–41 38–37
St. Louis Browns 6983 0.454 24 36–40 33–43
Boston Americans 5990 0.396 32½ 34–41 25–49
Washington Senators 49102 0.325 43½ 26–48 23–54

Record vs. opponents

1907 American League record

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYH PHA SLB WSH
Boston —10–11–38–136–168–12–18–14–210–129–12
Chicago 11–10–3—10–11–113–9–112–1010–12–116–615–6
Cleveland 13–811–10–1—11–11–115–78–1412–10–215–7–2
Detroit 16–69–13–111–11–1—13–811–8–114–818–4
New York 12–8–110–127–158–13—10–9–18–14–115–7–1
Philadelphia 14–8–212–10–114–88–11–19–10–1—14–617–4
St. Louis 12–106–1610–12–28–1414–8–16–14—13–9
Washington 12–96–157–15–24–187–15–14–179–13—

Roster

1907 New York Highlanders
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders 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
CRed Kleinow9026971.264026
1BHal Chase125498143.287268
2BJimmy Williams139504136.270263
SSKid Elberfeld120447121.271051
3BGeorge Moriarty126437121.277043
OFWid Conroy140530124.234351
OFWillie Keeler10742399.234017
OFDanny Hoffman136517131.253546

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
Frank LaPorte130470127.270048
Ira Thomas8020840.192124
Branch Rickey5213725.182015
Rudy Bell175211.21203
Neal Ball15449.20504
Walter Blair7224.18201
Baldy Louden491.11100
Deacon McGuire110.00000

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
Al Orth36248.214212.6178
Jack Chesbro30206.010102.5378
Slow Joe Doyle29193.211112.6594
Bill Hogg25166.21083.0864
Doc Newton19133.07103.1870
Earl Moore1264.0263.9428
Tacks Neuer754.0422.1722
Tom Hughes427.0202.6710
Rube Manning19.0013.003

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
Frank Kitson1261.0403.1014
King Brockett846.1126.2213
Ray Tift419.0004.746
Walter Clarkson517.1116.233
Roy Castleton316.0112.813

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
Bobby Keefe193532.5020
Clark Griffith40008.645
Cy Barger10003.000


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