# 1907 New York Highlanders season

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

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Detroit Tigers | 92 | 58 | .613 | — | 50‍–‍27 | 42‍–‍31 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 88 | 57 | .607 | 1½ | 50‍–‍20 | 38‍–‍37 |
| Chicago White Sox | 87 | 64 | .576 | 5½ | 48‍–‍29 | 39‍–‍35 |
| Cleveland Naps | 85 | 67 | .559 | 8 | 46‍–‍31 | 39‍–‍36 |
| New York Highlanders | 70 | 78 | .473 | 21 | 32‍–‍41 | 38‍–‍37 |
| St. Louis Browns | 69 | 83 | .454 | 24 | 36‍–‍40 | 33‍–‍43 |
| Boston Americans | 59 | 90 | .396 | 32½ | 34‍–‍41 | 25‍–‍49 |
| Washington Senators | 49 | 102 | .325 | 43½ | 26‍–‍48 | 23‍–‍54 |

### Record vs. opponents

1907 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYH | PHA | SLB | WSH |
| Boston | — | 10–11–3 | 8–13 | 6–16 | 8–12–1 | 8–14–2 | 10–12 | 9–12 |
| Chicago | 11–10–3 | — | 10–11–1 | 13–9–1 | 12–10 | 10–12–1 | 16–6 | 15–6 |
| Cleveland | 13–8 | 11–10–1 | — | 11–11–1 | 15–7 | 8–14 | 12–10–2 | 15–7–2 |
| Detroit | 16–6 | 9–13–1 | 11–11–1 | — | 13–8 | 11–8–1 | 14–8 | 18–4 |
| New York | 12–8–1 | 10–12 | 7–15 | 8–13 | — | 10–9–1 | 8–14–1 | 15–7–1 |
| Philadelphia | 14–8–2 | 12–10–1 | 14–8 | 8–11–1 | 9–10–1 | — | 14–6 | 17–4 |
| St. Louis | 12–10 | 6–16 | 10–12–2 | 8–14 | 14–8–1 | 6–14 | — | 13–9 |
| Washington | 12–9 | 6–15 | 7–15–2 | 4–18 | 7–15–1 | 4–17 | 9–13 | — |

### Roster
## 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 | Red Kleinow | 90 | 269 | 71 | .264 | 0 | 26 |
| 1B | Hal Chase | 125 | 498 | 143 | .287 | 2 | 68 |
| 2B | Jimmy Williams | 139 | 504 | 136 | .270 | 2 | 63 |
| SS | Kid Elberfeld | 120 | 447 | 121 | .271 | 0 | 51 |
| 3B | George Moriarty | 126 | 437 | 121 | .277 | 0 | 43 |
| OF | Wid Conroy | 140 | 530 | 124 | .234 | 3 | 51 |
| OF | Willie Keeler | 107 | 423 | 99 | .234 | 0 | 17 |
| OF | Danny Hoffman | 136 | 517 | 131 | .253 | 5 | 46 |

#### 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 LaPorte | 130 | 470 | 127 | .270 | 0 | 48 |
| Ira Thomas | 80 | 208 | 40 | .192 | 1 | 24 |
| Branch Rickey | 52 | 137 | 25 | .182 | 0 | 15 |
| Rudy Bell | 17 | 52 | 11 | .212 | 0 | 3 |
| Neal Ball | 15 | 44 | 9 | .205 | 0 | 4 |
| Walter Blair | 7 | 22 | 4 | .182 | 0 | 1 |
| Baldy Louden | 4 | 9 | 1 | .111 | 0 | 0 |
| Deacon McGuire | 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 |
| Al Orth | 36 | 248.2 | 14 | 21 | 2.61 | 78 |
| Jack Chesbro | 30 | 206.0 | 10 | 10 | 2.53 | 78 |
| Slow Joe Doyle | 29 | 193.2 | 11 | 11 | 2.65 | 94 |
| Bill Hogg | 25 | 166.2 | 10 | 8 | 3.08 | 64 |
| Doc Newton | 19 | 133.0 | 7 | 10 | 3.18 | 70 |
| Earl Moore | 12 | 64.0 | 2 | 6 | 3.94 | 28 |
| Tacks Neuer | 7 | 54.0 | 4 | 2 | 2.17 | 22 |
| Tom Hughes | 4 | 27.0 | 2 | 0 | 2.67 | 10 |
| Rube Manning | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 3.00 | 3 |

#### 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 Kitson | 12 | 61.0 | 4 | 0 | 3.10 | 14 |
| King Brockett | 8 | 46.1 | 1 | 2 | 6.22 | 13 |
| Ray Tift | 4 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | 4.74 | 6 |
| Walter Clarkson | 5 | 17.1 | 1 | 1 | 6.23 | 3 |
| Roy Castleton | 3 | 16.0 | 1 | 1 | 2.81 | 3 |

#### 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 Keefe | 19 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2.50 | 20 |
| Clark Griffith | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.64 | 5 |
| Cy Barger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 0 |