1907 New York Highlanders season

1907 New York Highlanders
Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1901)
Location
Hilltop Park (Since 1903) New York, New York (Since 1903)
1907 Information
Owner(s)	William Devery and Frank Farrell
Manager(s)	Clark Griffith
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The 1907 New York Highlanders season, its fifth in New York and its seventh overall, finished with the team in 5th 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

American League	W	L	T	GB	Pct.
Detroit Tigers	92	58	3	--	.613
Philadelphia Athletics	88	57	5	1½	.607
Chicago White Sox	85	67	6	5½	.576
Cleveland Naps	85	67	6	8	.559
New York Highlanders	70	78	4	21	.473
St. Louis Browns	69	83	3	24	.454
Boston Americans	59	90	6	32½	.396
Washington Senators	49	102	3	43½	.325

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

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
Rickey, BranchBranch Rickey	52	137	25	.182	0	15

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
Hughes, TomTom Hughes	4	27	2	0	2.67	10

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
Brockett, LewLew Brockett	8	46.1	1	2	6.22	13

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
Keefe, BobbyBobby Keefe	19	3	5	3	2.50	20
Griffith, ClarkClark Griffith	4	0	0	0	8.64	5
Barger, CyCy Barger	1	0	0	0	3.00	0

External links

• 1907 New York Highlanders team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
• 1907 New York Highlanders at Baseball Reference