# 1913 New York Yankees season

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.
* December 1912: Guy Zinn was purchased from the Yankees by the Boston Braves.

## 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

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 96 | 57 | .627 | — | 50‍–‍26 | 46‍–‍31 |
| Washington Senators | 90 | 64 | .584 | 6½ | 42‍–‍35 | 48‍–‍29 |
| Cleveland Naps | 86 | 66 | .566 | 9½ | 45‍–‍32 | 41‍–‍34 |
| Boston Red Sox | 79 | 71 | .527 | 15½ | 41‍–‍34 | 38‍–‍37 |
| Chicago White Sox | 78 | 74 | .513 | 17½ | 40‍–‍37 | 38‍–‍37 |
| Detroit Tigers | 66 | 87 | .431 | 30 | 34‍–‍42 | 32‍–‍45 |
| New York Yankees | 57 | 94 | .377 | 38 | 27‍–‍47 | 30‍–‍47 |
| St. Louis Browns | 57 | 96 | .373 | 39 | 31‍–‍46 | 26‍–‍50 |

### Record vs. opponents

1913 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH |
| Boston | — | 10–11 | 8–13 | 13–9 | 14–6–1 | 11–11 | 17–5 | 6–16 |
| Chicago | 11–10 | — | 9–13–1 | 13–9 | 11–10 | 11–11 | 12–10 | 11–11 |
| Cleveland | 13–8 | 13–9–1 | — | 14–7 | 14–8–1 | 9–13 | 16–6–1 | 7–15 |
| Detroit | 9–13 | 9–13 | 7–14 | — | 11–11 | 7–15 | 11–11 | 12–10 |
| New York | 6–14–1 | 10–11 | 8–14–1 | 11–11 | — | 5–17 | 11–11 | 6–16 |
| Philadelphia | 11–11 | 11–11 | 13–9 | 15–7 | 17–5 | — | 15–6 | 14–8 |
| St. Louis | 5–17 | 10–12 | 6–16–1 | 11–11 | 11–11 | 6–15 | — | 8–14–1 |
| Washington | 16–6 | 11–11 | 15–7 | 10–12 | 16–6 | 8–14 | 14–8–1 | — |

### 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 | Ed Sweeney | 117 | 351 | 93 | .265 | 2 | 40 |
| 1B | John Knight | 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 |
| Frank Chance | 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 |
| Bill Reynolds | 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 |
| Ray Fisher | 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 |
| Ray Caldwell | 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 |
| George Clark | 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 |