1923 New York Yankees
World Series Champions
American League Champions
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkYankee Stadium
CityNew York City, New York
OwnersJacob Ruppert and Tillinghast L'Hommedieu Huston
General managersEd Barrow
ManagersMiller Huggins
Seasons

The 1923 New York Yankees season was the 23rd season for the American League franchise. Manager Miller Huggins led the team to their third straight pennant with a 98–54 record, 16 games ahead of the second place Detroit Tigers. The Yankees moved into the now-famous Yankee Stadium. In the 1923 World Series, they avenged their 1921 and 1922 losses by defeating the New York Giants in 6 games, 4 games to 2, and won their first World Series title.

Regular season

Yankee Stadium in 1923, about 2 weeks before opening.

The Yankees began their first World Championship Season on April 18 as they opened Yankee Stadium. Babe Ruth christened the new stadium, with a home run in the Yankees' 4–1 victory over the Boston Red Sox. The stadium would later be called "the House that Ruth Built".

On May 5, the Yankees beat the Philadelphia Athletics 7–2 at Yankee Stadium to regain first place, the Yankees would never fall back in the standings for the rest of the season.

Babe Ruth set a Yankees record for highest batting average in one season by hitting .393. Ruth also finished the season with 41 home runs and 131 RBIs. Ruth's average was not enough to win the batting title, as Ruth finished in second place to Detroit's Harry Heilmann who batted .403. Ruth reached base safely 379 times during the season.[1]

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 9854 0.645 — 46–30 52–24
Detroit Tigers 8371 0.539 16 45–32 38–39
Cleveland Indians 8271 0.536 16½ 42–36 40–35
Washington Senators 7578 0.490 23½ 43–34 32–44
St. Louis Browns 7478 0.487 24 40–36 34–42
Philadelphia Athletics 6983 0.454 29 34–41 35–42
Chicago White Sox 6985 0.448 30 30–45 39–40
Boston Red Sox 6191 0.401 37 37–40 24–51

Record vs. opponents

1923 American League record

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB WSH
Boston —9–1310–1210–12–18–1413–74–18–17–15
Chicago 13–9—9–139–137–1510–1211–11–110–12–1
Cleveland 12–1013–9—9–1312–1012–1014–810–11
Detroit 12–10–113–913–9—10–1212–1012–1011–11
New York 14–815–710–1212–10—16–615–516–6
Philadelphia 7–1312–1010–1210–126–16—9–1315–7–1
St. Louis 18–4–111–11–18–1410–125–1513–9—9–13
Washington 15–712–10–111–1011–116–167–15–113–9—

Roster

1923 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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
CWally Schang8427275.276229
1BWally Pipp144569173.3046108
2BAaron Ward152567161.2841082
3BJoe Dugan146644182.283767
SSEverett Scott152533131.246660
OFBabe Ruth152522205.39341131
OFWhitey Witt146596187.314656
OFBob Meusel132460144.314991

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
Fred Hofmann7223869.290326
Elmer Smith7018356.306735
Harvey Hendrick376618.273312
Benny Bengough19537.13203
Ernie Johnson193817.44818
Mike McNally30388.21101
Lou Gehrig132611.42319
Hinkey Haines28254.16003
Mike Gazella8131.07701

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
Joe Bush37275.219153.43125
Bob Shawkey36258.216113.51125
Sam Jones34243.02183.6368
Waite Hoyt37238.21793.0260
Herb Pennock35238.11963.1393

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
Carl Mays2381.1526.2016
George Pipgras833.1135.9412

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
Oscar Roettger50018.497

1923 World Series

Game Date Visitor Score Home Score Record

(NYY-NYG)

 Attendance
1 October 10 New York Giants 5 New York Yankees 4 0–1 55,307
2 October 11 New York Yankees 4 New York Giants 2 1–1 40,402
3 October 12 New York Giants 1 New York Yankees 0 1–2 62,430
4 October 13 ‡ New York Yankees 8 New York Giants 4 2–2 46,302
5 October 14 ‡ New York Giants 1 New York Yankees 8 3–2 62,817
6 October 15 ‡ New York Yankees 6 New York Giants 4 4–2 34,172
New York Yankees win 4–2

Awards and honors

Franchise records

  • Babe Ruth, club record, highest single-season batting average, (.393)

Notes

  1. ↑ Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p.36, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, ISBN 978-1-55365-507-7

References

Further reading

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