1923 New York Yankees Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 98-54
Finished 1st in the AL
Attendance: 1,007,066, Avg. 20,655
Ballpark: Yankee Stadium I
Won World Series
World Series - Defeated New York Giants 4-2
Manager: Miller Huggins (98-54)
Location: New York, New York

1923 New York Yankees Roster
1923 New York Yankees Results

The New York Yankees of the American League ended the 1923 season with a record of 98 wins and 54 losses, finishing first in the AL.

The Yankees paced the league with just 622 runs allowed. New York scored 823 runs. Babe Ruth walloped 41 home runs for the team and recorded 131 runs batted in, while leading hitters with significant playing time by hitting .393. Sad Sam Jones topped the squad with 21 wins, and Bob Shawkey, Bullet Joe Bush, Waite Hoyt and Herb Pennock each added 15 or more victories also Waite Hoyt recorded a 3.02 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Miller Huggins coached the team. The 1923 New York Yankees won the World Series.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF
Sad Sam Jones	21	8	.724	3.63	39	27	8	18	3	4	243.0	239	114	98	11	69	68	6	3	1025
Herb Pennock	19	6	.760	3.13	35	27	5	21	1	3	238.3	235	86	83	11	68	93	2	1	991
Bullet Joe Bush	19	15	.559	3.43	37	30	5	22	3	0	275.7	263	115	105	7	117	125	5	12	1173
Waite Hoyt	17	9	.654	3.02	37	28	7	19	1	1	238.7	227	97	80	9	66	60	4	1	993
Bob Shawkey	16	11	.593	3.51	36	31	3	17	1	1	258.7	232	114	101	17	102	125	4	8	1076
Carl Mays	5	2	.714	6.20	23	7	11	2	0	0	81.3	119	59	56	8	32	16	4	1	383
George Pipgras	1	3	.250	5.94	8	2	6	2	0	0	33.3	34	22	22	2	25	12	1	4	153
Oscar Roettger	0	0		8.49	5	0	5	0	0	1	11.7	16	15	11	3	12	7	0	2	61
Totals	98	54	.645	3.62	220	152	50	101	9	10	1380.7	1365	622	556	68	491	506	26	32	5855

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH
Babe Ruth	152	699	522	151	205	45	13	41	131	17	21	170	93	.393	.545	.764	1.309	399	4	3
Whitey Witt	146	685	596	113	187	18	10	6	56	2	7	67	42	.314	.386	.408	.794	243	3	19
Joe Dugan	146	684	644	111	182	30	7	7	67	4	2	25	41	.283	.311	.384	.695	247	2	13
Wally Pipp	144	634	569	79	173	19	8	6	108	6	13	36	28	.304	.352	.397	.749	226	6	23
Aaron Ward	152	640	567	79	161	26	11	10	82	8	8	56	65	.284	.351	.422	.773	239	3	14
Bob Meusel	132	503	460	59	144	29	10	9	91	13	15	31	52	.313	.359	.478	.837	220	2	10
Everett Scott	152	568	533	48	131	16	4	6	60	1	3	13	19	.246	.266	.325	.591	173	2	20
Wally Schang	84	315	272	39	75	8	2	2	29	5	2	27	17	.276	.360	.342	.702	93	9	7
Fred Hofmann	72	263	238	24	69	10	4	3	26	2	1	18	27	.290	.350	.403	.753	96	4	3
Elmer Smith	70	208	183	30	56	6	2	7	35	3	1	21	21	.306	.377	.475	.853	87	0	4
Bullet Joe Bush	38	116	113	12	31	5	3	2	19	0	0	3	8	.274	.293	.425	.718	48	0	0
Bob Shawkey	36	102	99	8	20	1	1	0	10	0	0	0	15	.202	.202	.232	.434	23	0	3
Sad Sam Jones	39	98	85	13	19	3	0	0	6	0	0	10	28	.224	.305	.259	.564	22	0	3
Harvey Hendrick	37	69	66	9	18	3	1	3	12	3	0	2	8	.273	.294	.485	.779	32	0	1
Ernie Johnson	19	40	38	6	17	1	1	1	8	0	0	1	1	.447	.462	.605	1.067	23	0	1
Herb Pennock	35	100	83	11	16	3	0	0	7	0	0	9	8	.193	.272	.229	.501	19	0	8
Waite Hoyt	37	93	84	7	16	0	1	0	4	0	0	3	15	.190	.218	.214	.433	18	0	6
Lou Gehrig	13	29	26	6	11	4	1	1	9	0	0	2	5	.423	.464	.769	1.234	20	0	1
Mike McNally	30	44	38	5	8	0	0	0	1	2	0	3	4	.211	.268	.211	.479	8	0	3
Benny Bengough	19	58	53	1	7	2	0	0	3	0	0	4	2	.132	.193	.170	.363	9	0	1
Hinkey Haines	28	30	25	9	4	2	0	0	3	3	1	4	5	.160	.276	.240	.516	6	0	1
Carl Mays	23	31	27	2	4	0	1	1	3	0	0	3	4	.148	.233	.333	.567	9	0	1
Mike Gazella	8	15	13	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	.077	.200	.077	.277	1	0	0
Oscar Roettger	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
George Pipgras	8	10	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.100	.000	.100	0	0	0
Totals	1625	6036	5345	824	1555	231	80	105	771	69	74	511	515	.291	.357	.423	.780	2261	35	145

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Babe Ruth	1B	4	41	1	1	2	.977	1.500	0
Wally Pipp	1B	144	1461	81	12	97	.992	1.708	0
Lou Gehrig	1B	9	53	3	4	4	.933	6.222	0
Aaron Ward	2B	152	387	493	18	86	.980	5.789	0
Mike McNally	2B	5	2	5	0	0	1.000	1.400	0
Mike Gazella	2B	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Mike McNally	3B	7	5	12	2	0	.895	2.429	0
Ernie Johnson	3B	1	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Mike Gazella	3B	2	1	4	0	0	1.000	2.500	0
Joe Dugan	3B	146	155	300	12	28	.974	3.116	0
Wally Schang	C	81	292	60	11	6	.970	4.346	9
Fred Hofmann	C	70	292	34	7	7	.979	4.657	12
Benny Bengough	C	19	58	14	2	2	.973	3.789	0
Whitey Witt	OF	144	357	14	8	4	.979	2.576	0
Elmer Smith	OF	47	86	5	5	2	.948	1.936	0
Babe Ruth	OF	148	378	20	11	2	.973	2.689	0
Bob Meusel	OF	121	206	17	11	2	.953	1.843	0
Harvey Hendrick	OF	13	16	2	1	0	.947	1.385	0
Hinkey Haines	OF	14	17	1	0	0	1.000	1.286	0
Bob Shawkey	P	36	9	61	2	3	.972	1.944	0
Oscar Roettger	P	5	3	2	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
George Pipgras	P	8	0	8	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Herb Pennock	P	35	4	66	1	4	.986	2.000	0
Carl Mays	P	23	8	32	1	2	.976	1.739	0
Sad Sam Jones	P	39	7	68	1	5	.987	1.923	0
Waite Hoyt	P	37	17	58	3	1	.962	2.027	0
Bullet Joe Bush	P	37	15	74	3	3	.967	2.405	0
Everett Scott	SS	152	245	414	27	65	.961	4.336	0
Mike McNally	SS	13	3	10	0	1	1.000	1.000	0
Ernie Johnson	SS	15	21	22	1	4	.977	2.867	0
Mike Gazella	SS	4	1	5	0	0	1.000	1.500	0
Totals		1533	4143	1887	144	330	.977	3.933	21

Postseason - Pitching:

Player	Rnd	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BF
Herb Pennock	WS	2	0	1.000	3.63	3	2	1	1	1	17.3	19	7	7	3	1	8	0	70
Bob Shawkey	WS	1	0	1.000	3.52	1	1	0	0	0	7.7	12	3	3	0	4	2	1	38
Bullet Joe Bush	WS	1	1	.500	1.08	3	1	2	1	0	16.7	7	2	2	1	4	5	0	58
Waite Hoyt	WS	0	0		15.43	1	1	0	0	0	2.3	4	4	4	0	1	0	0	11
Sad Sam Jones	WS	0	1	.000	0.90	2	1	1	0	1	10.0	5	1	1	1	2	3	0	37
Totals		4	2	.667	2.83	10	6	4	2	2	54.0	47	17	17	5	12	18	1	214

Postseason - Batting:

Player	Rnd	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF
Aaron Ward	WS	6	25	24	4	10	0	0	1	2	1	1	3	.417	.440	.542	.982	13	0	0	0	0
Babe Ruth	WS	6	27	19	8	7	1	1	3	3	0	8	6	.368	.556	1.000	1.556	19	0	0	0	0
Wally Schang	WS	6	25	22	3	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	.318	.348	.364	.711	8	1	0	2	0
Everett Scott	WS	6	23	22	2	7	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	.318	.318	.318	.636	7	0	0	1	0
Joe Dugan	WS	6	28	25	5	7	2	1	1	5	0	3	0	.280	.357	.560	.917	14	0	0	0	0
Bob Meusel	WS	6	26	26	1	7	1	2	0	8	0	0	3	.269	.269	.462	.731	12	2	0	0	0
Whitey Witt	WS	6	27	25	1	6	2	0	0	4	0	1	1	.240	.269	.320	.589	8	0	0	1	0
Wally Pipp	WS	6	25	20	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	4	1	.250	.360	.250	.610	5	0	0	0	1
Bullet Joe Bush	WS	4	8	7	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	.429	.500	.571	1.071	4	0	0	0	0
Bob Shawkey	WS	1	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.333	.250	.333	.583	1	0	0	0	1
Hinkey Haines	WS	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Harvey Hendrick	WS	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Fred Hofmann	WS	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0
Waite Hoyt	WS	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Sad Sam Jones	WS	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0
Herb Pennock	WS	3	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	1	1	0	0
Ernie Johnson	WS	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
Totals		66	232	205	30	60	8	4	5	28	1	20	22	.293	.355	.444	.799	91	5	1	4	2

Postseason - Fielding:

Player	Rnd	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
Wally Pipp	WS	1B	6	6	52.0	63	3	0	6	1.000	11.423	11.000
Babe Ruth	WS	1B	1	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	9.000	2.000
Aaron Ward	WS	2B	6	6	54.0	11	27	0	3	1.000	6.333	6.333
Joe Dugan	WS	3B	6	6	54.0	7	13	0	2	1.000	3.333	3.333
Wally Schang	WS	C	6	6	54.0	21	2	1	0	.958	3.833	3.833
Whitey Witt	WS	CF	6	6	52.0	18	1	0	0	1.000	3.288	3.167
Hinkey Haines	WS	CF	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000
Bob Meusel	WS	LF	6	6	54.0	14	0	0	0	1.000	2.333	2.333
Herb Pennock	WS	P	3	2	17.3	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.038	.667
Bullet Joe Bush	WS	P	3	1	16.7	2	3	0	0	1.000	2.700	1.667
Sad Sam Jones	WS	P	2	1	10.0	0	3	0	1	1.000	2.700	1.500
Bob Shawkey	WS	P	1	1	7.7	1	2	0	1	1.000	3.522	3.000
Waite Hoyt	WS	P	1	1	2.3	0	0	0	0		.000	.000
Babe Ruth	WS	RF	6	6	52.0	15	0	1	0	.938	2.596	2.500
Hinkey Haines	WS	RF	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000
Everett Scott	WS	SS	6	6	53.0	8	20	1	4	.966	4.755	4.667
Ernie Johnson	WS	SS	1	0	1.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	9.000	1.000
Totals			62	54	486.0	162	77	3	17	.988	4.426	3.855

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