# 1910 New York Highlanders season

The 1910 New York Highlanders season saw the team finishing with a total of 88 wins and 63 losses, coming in second in the American League.
New York was managed by George Stallings and Hal Chase. Their home games were played at Hilltop Park. The alternate and equally unofficial nickname, "Yankees", was being used more and more frequently by the media.

## Regular season

* August 30, 1910: Tom Hughes threw nine no-hit innings against the Cleveland Naps, but the game was tied 0–0, so the game went to extra innings. Hughes gave up a hit with one out in the tenth, then wound up giving up five runs in the eleventh to lose the game, 5–0. The franchise would wait another seven years for their first official no-hitter.

### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 102 | 48 | .680 | — | 57‍–‍19 | 45‍–‍29 |
| New York Highlanders | 88 | 63 | .583 | 14½ | 49‍–‍25 | 39‍–‍38 |
| Detroit Tigers | 86 | 68 | .558 | 18 | 46‍–‍31 | 40‍–‍37 |
| Boston Red Sox | 81 | 72 | .529 | 22½ | 51‍–‍28 | 30‍–‍44 |
| Cleveland Naps | 71 | 81 | .467 | 32 | 39‍–‍36 | 32‍–‍45 |
| Chicago White Sox | 68 | 85 | .444 | 35½ | 41‍–‍37 | 27‍–‍48 |
| Washington Senators | 66 | 85 | .437 | 36½ | 38‍–‍35 | 28‍–‍50 |
| St. Louis Browns | 47 | 107 | .305 | 57 | 26‍–‍51 | 21‍–‍56 |

### Record vs. opponents

1910 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYH | PHA | SLB | WSH |
| Boston | — | 10–12 | 14–8–3 | 12–10 | 9–13–1 | 4–18 | 16–6 | 16–5–1 |
| Chicago | 12–10 | — | 10–12 | 9–13 | 8–13–2 | 8–14–1 | 12–10 | 9–13 |
| Cleveland | 8–14–3 | 12–10 | — | 9–13 | 8–13 | 7–14–4 | 18–4–1 | 9–13–1 |
| Detroit | 10–12 | 13–9 | 13–9 | — | 13–9 | 9–13 | 15–7 | 13–9–1 |
| New York | 13–9–1 | 13–8–2 | 13–8 | 9–13 | — | 9–12 | 16–6–1 | 15–7–1 |
| Philadelphia | 18–4 | 14–8–1 | 14–7–4 | 13–9 | 12–9 | — | 17–5 | 14–6 |
| St. Louis | 6–16 | 10–12 | 4–18–1 | 7–15 | 6–16–1 | 5–17 | — | 9–13–2 |
| Washington | 5–16–1 | 13–9 | 13–9–1 | 9–13–1 | 7–15–1 | 6–14 | 13–9–2 | — |

### Notable transactions

* May 26, 1910: Red Kleinow was purchased from the Highlanders by the Boston Red Sox.
* August 5, 1910: Johnny Priest was purchased by the Highlanders from the Danville Red Sox.

### 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 | 78 | 215 | 43 | .200 | 0 | 13 |
| 1B | Hal Chase | 130 | 524 | 152 | .290 | 3 | 73 |
| 2B | Frank LaPorte | 124 | 432 | 114 | .264 | 2 | 67 |
| SS | John Knight | 117 | 414 | 129 | .312 | 3 | 45 |
| 3B | Jimmy Austin | 133 | 432 | 94 | .218 | 2 | 36 |
| OF | Birdie Cree | 134 | 467 | 134 | .287 | 4 | 73 |
| OF | Charlie Hemphill | 102 | 351 | 84 | .239 | 0 | 21 |
| OF | Harry Wolter | 135 | 479 | 128 | .267 | 4 | 42 |

#### 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 |
| Bert Daniels | 95 | 356 | 90 | .253 | 1 | 17 |
| Earle Gardner | 86 | 271 | 66 | .244 | 1 | 24 |
| Roxey Roach | 70 | 220 | 47 | .214 | 0 | 20 |
| Fred Mitchell | 68 | 196 | 45 | .230 | 0 | 18 |
| Eddie Foster | 30 | 83 | 11 | .133 | 0 | 1 |
| Lou Criger | 27 | 69 | 13 | .188 | 0 | 4 |
| Walter Blair | 6 | 22 | 5 | .227 | 0 | 2 |
| Les Channell | 6 | 19 | 6 | .316 | 0 | 3 |
| Clyde Engle | 5 | 13 | 3 | .231 | 0 | 0 |
| Red Kleinow | 6 | 12 | 5 | .417 | 0 | 2 |
| Joe Walsh | 1 | 4 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 2 |
| Tommy Madden | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry McClure | 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 |
| Russ Ford | 36 | 299.2 | 26 | 6 | 1.65 | 209 |
| Jack Warhop | 37 | 243.0 | 14 | 14 | 3.00 | 75 |
| Jack Quinn | 35 | 235.2 | 18 | 12 | 2.37 | 82 |
| Hippo Vaughn | 30 | 221.2 | 13 | 11 | 1.83 | 107 |

#### 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 |
| Tom Hughes | 23 | 151.2 | 7 | 9 | 3.50 | 64 |
| Ray Fisher | 17 | 92.1 | 5 | 3 | 2.92 | 42 |
| Rube Manning | 16 | 75.0 | 2 | 4 | 3.72 | 25 |
| John Frill | 10 | 48.1 | 2 | 2 | 4.47 | 27 |
| Ray Caldwell | 6 | 19.1 | 1 | 0 | 3.17 | 17 |
| Slow Joe Doyle | 3 | 12.1 | 0 | 2 | 8.03 | 6 |