The New York Highlanders

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 season saw the team finishing with a total of 88 wins and 63 losses, coming in 2nd in the American League

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New York was managed by George Stallings

George Stallings

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 and Hal Chase

Hal Chase

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. Their home games were played at Hilltop Park

Hilltop Park

Hilltop Park was the nickname of a baseball park that formerly stood in the Washington Heights neighborhood of New York City. It was the home of the New York Yankees Major League Baseball club during 1903-1912 when they were known more often as the "Highlanders"...

. The alternate and equally unofficial nickname, "Yankees", was being used more and more frequently by the media.

Regular season

• August 30, 1910: Tom Hughes threw nine no-hit innings against the Cleveland Naps
  1910 Cleveland Naps season
  The Cleveland Naps season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Cleveland Naps finishing fifth in the American League.- Regular season :...
  
  , but the game was tied 0-0, so the game went to extra innings. Hughes gave up a hit with one out in the tenth, then wound up giving up five runs in the eleventh to lose the game, 5-0. The franchise would wait another seven years for their first official no-hitter
  No-hitter
  A no-hitter is a baseball game in which one team has no hits. In Major League Baseball, the team must be without hits during the entire game, and the game must be at least nine innings. A pitcher who prevents the opposing team from achieving a hit is said to have "thrown a no-hitter"...
  
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Notable transactions

• May 26, 1910: Red Kleinow
  Red Kleinow
  John Peter Kleinow was a reserve catcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1904 through 1911 for the New York Highlanders , Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Phillies . Listed at 5' 10", 165 lb., Kleinow batted and threw right-handed...
  
   was purchased from the Highlanders by the Boston Red Sox
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• August 5, 1910: Johnny Priest
  Johnny Priest
  John Gooding Priest was a Major League Baseball infielder. He played in 10 games for the New York Highlanders over two seasons , five of them at second base.-Sources:...
  
   was purchased by the Highlanders from the Danville Red Sox.

Roster

1910 New York Highlanders
Roster
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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
1B		130	524	152	.290	3	73
SS		117	414	129	.312	3	45

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
	1	4	2	.500	0	2
	1	1	0	.000	0	0

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

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
	23	151.2	7	9	3.50	64
	6	19.1	1	0	3.17	17
	3	12.1	0	2	8.03	6

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