# 1916 New York Yankees season

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

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Boston Red Sox | 91 | 63 | .591 | — | 49‍–‍28 | 42‍–‍35 |
| Chicago White Sox | 89 | 65 | .578 | 2 | 49‍–‍28 | 40‍–‍37 |
| Detroit Tigers | 87 | 67 | .565 | 4 | 49‍–‍28 | 38‍–‍39 |
| New York Yankees | 80 | 74 | .519 | 11 | 46‍–‍31 | 34‍–‍43 |
| St. Louis Browns | 79 | 75 | .513 | 12 | 45‍–‍32 | 34‍–‍43 |
| Cleveland Indians | 77 | 77 | .500 | 14 | 44‍–‍33 | 33‍–‍44 |
| Washington Senators | 76 | 77 | .497 | 14½ | 49‍–‍28 | 27‍–‍49 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 36 | 117 | .235 | 54½ | 23‍–‍53 | 13‍–‍64 |

### Record vs. opponents

1916 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH |
| Boston | — | 14–8 | 15–7 | 14–8 | 11–11 | 16–6 | 10–12–1 | 11–11–1 |
| Chicago | 8–14 | — | 13–9 | 13–9 | 10–12 | 18–4 | 15–7 | 12–10–1 |
| Cleveland | 7–15 | 9–13 | — | 11–11 | 12–10 | 18–4 | 11–11–2 | 9–13–1 |
| Detroit | 8–14 | 9–13 | 11–11 | — | 14–8–1 | 18–4 | 13–9 | 14–8 |
| New York | 11–11 | 12–10 | 10–12 | 8–14–1 | — | 15–7 | 9–13 | 15–7–1 |
| Philadelphia | 6–16 | 4–18 | 4–18 | 4–18 | 7–15 | — | 5–17 | 6–15–1 |
| St. Louis | 12–10–1 | 7–15 | 11–11–2 | 9–13 | 13–9 | 17–5 | — | 10–12–1 |
| Washington | 11–11–1 | 10–12–1 | 13–9–1 | 8–14 | 7–15–1 | 15–6–1 | 12–10–1 | — |

### 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 | 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 | Home Run Baker | 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 |
| Germany Schaefer | 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 |
| Ray Caldwell | 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 |
| Jess Buckles | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 2 |
| Mike Cantwell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Bill Donovan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |