# 1919 New York Yankees season

The 1919 New York Yankees season was the team's 17th season. The team finished with a record of 80–59, 7½ games behind the American League champion Chicago White Sox. New York was managed by Miller Huggins. Their home games were played at the Polo Grounds.

## Offseason

* December 18, 1918: Future Chicago Bears football coach George Halas was signed as a free agent by the Yankees.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Chicago White Sox | 88 | 52 | .629 | — | 48‍–‍22 | 40‍–‍30 |
| Cleveland Indians | 84 | 55 | .604 | 3½ | 44‍–‍25 | 40‍–‍30 |
| New York Yankees | 80 | 59 | .576 | 7½ | 46‍–‍25 | 34‍–‍34 |
| Detroit Tigers | 80 | 60 | .571 | 8 | 46‍–‍24 | 34‍–‍36 |
| St. Louis Browns | 67 | 72 | .482 | 20½ | 40‍–‍30 | 27‍–‍42 |
| Boston Red Sox | 66 | 71 | .482 | 20½ | 35‍–‍30 | 31‍–‍41 |
| Washington Senators | 56 | 84 | .400 | 32 | 32‍–‍40 | 24‍–‍44 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 36 | 104 | .257 | 52 | 21‍–‍49 | 15‍–‍55 |

### Record vs. opponents

1919 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH |
| Boston | — | 9–11 | 4–15 | 9–11 | 10–9 | 14–6 | 9–10–1 | 11–9 |
| Chicago | 11–9 | — | 12–8 | 11–9 | 12–8 | 17–3 | 11–9 | 14–6 |
| Cleveland | 15–4 | 8–12 | — | 8–12 | 13–7 | 16–4 | 11–9 | 13–7 |
| Detroit | 11–9 | 9–11 | 12–8 | — | 8–12 | 14–6 | 14–6 | 12–8 |
| New York | 9–10 | 8–12 | 7–13 | 12–8 | — | 18–2 | 12–8 | 14–6–2 |
| Philadelphia | 6–14 | 3–17 | 4–16 | 6–14 | 2–18 | — | 7–13 | 8–12 |
| St. Louis | 10–9–1 | 9–11 | 9–11 | 6–14 | 8–12 | 13–7 | — | 12–8 |
| Washington | 9–11 | 6–14 | 7–13 | 8–12 | 6–14–2 | 12–8 | 8–12 | — |

### 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 | Muddy Ruel | 79 | 233 | 56 | .240 | 0 | 31 |
| 1B | Wally Pipp | 138 | 523 | 144 | .275 | 7 | 50 |
| 2B | Del Pratt | 140 | 527 | 154 | .292 | 4 | 56 |
| SS | Roger Peckinpaugh | 122 | 453 | 138 | .305 | 7 | 33 |
| 3B | Frank Baker | 141 | 567 | 166 | .293 | 10 | 83 |
| OF | Ping Bodie | 134 | 475 | 132 | .278 | 6 | 59 |
| OF | Duffy Lewis | 141 | 559 | 152 | .272 | 7 | 89 |
| OF | Sammy Vick | 106 | 407 | 101 | .248 | 2 | 27 |

#### 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 |
| Chick Fewster | 81 | 244 | 69 | .283 | 1 | 15 |
| Truck Hannah | 75 | 227 | 54 | .238 | 1 | 20 |
| Al Wickland | 26 | 46 | 7 | .152 | 0 | 1 |
| Aaron Ward | 27 | 34 | 7 | .206 | 0 | 2 |
| George Halas | 12 | 22 | 2 | .091 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Lamar | 11 | 16 | 3 | .188 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Gleich | 5 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 1 |
| Curt Walker | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Hofmann | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Kane | 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 |
| Jack Quinn | 38 | 266.0 | 15 | 14 | 2.61 | 97 |
| Bob Shawkey | 41 | 261.1 | 20 | 11 | 2.72 | 122 |
| Hank Thormahlen | 30 | 188.2 | 12 | 8 | 2.62 | 62 |
| Carl Mays | 13 | 120.0 | 9 | 3 | 1.65 | 54 |

#### 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 |
| George Mogridge | 35 | 169.0 | 10 | 9 | 2.77 | 58 |
| Ernie Shore | 20 | 95.0 | 5 | 8 | 4.17 | 24 |
| Allen Russell | 23 | 90.2 | 5 | 5 | 3.47 | 50 |
| Pete Schneider | 7 | 29.0 | 0 | 1 | 3.41 | 11 |

#### 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 |
| Luke Nelson | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.96 | 11 |
| Walt Smallwood | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.98 | 6 |
| Bob McGraw | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.31 | 3 |
| Lefty O'Doul | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.60 | 2 |