The 1907 New York Highlanders season, the team's fifth, finished with the team in fifth 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

Record vs. opponents

Roster 1907 New York Highlanders Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

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 Red Kleinow 90 269 71 .264 0 26 1B Hal Chase 125 498 143 .287 2 68 2B Jimmy Williams 139 504 136 .270 2 63 SS Kid Elberfeld 120 447 121 .271 0 51 3B George Moriarty 126 437 121 .277 0 43 OF Wid Conroy 140 530 124 .234 3 51 OF Willie Keeler 107 423 99 .234 0 17 OF Danny Hoffman 136 517 131 .253 5 46

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 Frank LaPorte 130 470 127 .270 0 48 Ira Thomas 80 208 40 .192 1 24 52 137 25 .182 0 15 Rudy Bell 17 52 11 .212 0 3 Neal Ball 15 44 9 .205 0 4 Walter Blair 7 22 4 .182 0 1 Baldy Louden 4 9 1 .111 0 0 Deacon McGuire 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 Al Orth 36 248.2 14 21 2.61 78 Jack Chesbro 30 206.0 10 10 2.53 78 Slow Joe Doyle 29 193.2 11 11 2.65 94 Bill Hogg 25 166.2 10 8 3.08 64 Doc Newton 19 133.0 7 10 3.18 70 Earl Moore 12 64.0 2 6 3.94 28 Tacks Neuer 7 54.0 4 2 2.17 22 4 27.0 2 0 2.67 10 Rube Manning 1 9.0 0 1 3.00 3

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 Frank Kitson 12 61.0 4 0 3.10 14 8 46.1 1 2 6.22 13 Ray Tift 4 19.0 0 0 4.74 6 Walter Clarkson 5 17.1 1 1 6.23 3 Roy Castleton 3 16.0 1 1 2.81 3

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 19 3 5 3 2.50 20 4 0 0 0 8.64 5 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