The New York Highlanders

New York Yankees

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 season was their tenth in New York and their twelfth overall. It was the final season for the "Highlanders", before evolving exclusively into the "Yankees". It was also their final season playing their home games 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 team finished with a total of 50 wins and 102 losses, coming in 8th, last place in the American League

American League

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. The club was managed by Harry Wolverton

Harry Wolverton

Harry Sterling Wolverton , nicknamed "Fighting Harry", was a third baseman who played for the Chicago Orphans, Philadelphia Phillies, Washington Senators, Boston Beaneaters, and New York Highlanders.-Biography:...

. The New York franchise would not finish in last place again until the 1966 season

1966 New York Yankees season

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Logo and uniforms

For 1912, the curving "NY" migrated from the sleeve to its now-familiar spot on the left breast of the jersey (on some versions of the uniform, though not the one shown here). This was also the year the pin stripes

Pin stripes

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 were introduced.

Team nickname

By this season, the alternate nickname "Yankees" was in very common usage by the media. The New York Times for Opening Day

Opening Day

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 1912 reported that "The Yankees presented a natty appearance in their new uniforms of white with black pin stripes." The pin stripes were a one-year experiment, but they would return for good on the home uniforms in 1915.

The final game of the season, and the final game for the "Highlanders" at the Hilltop, was played on October 5, 1912. The team moved to the Polo Grounds

Polo Grounds

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 the following year. Hilltop Park was closed after the 1912 season and was demolished in 1914. It is now occupied by the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

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Notable transactions

• July 21, 1912: Del Paddock
  Del Paddock
  Delmar Harold Paddock was a Major League Baseball third baseman. He played part of the 1912 season in the majors with two different teams, the Chicago White Sox and the New York Highlanders....
  
   was purchased by the Highlanders from the Dubuque Hustlers.

Roster

1912 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
C		110	351	94	.268	0	30
1B		131	522	143	.274	4	58

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
	46	156	45	.288	1	14
	42	129	31	.240	0	10
	34	50	15	.300	0	4
	2	2	1	.500	0	1
	1	0	0	----	0	0

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	36	291.2	13	21	3.55	112
	30	183.1	8	16	4.47	95
	23	176.2	8	12	2.75	91
	17	90.1	2	8	5.88	47
	6	35.2	0	3	5.80	21

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	10	54	1	4	6.50	22
	7	32.2	0	2	6.06	15
	5	15.2	0	1	6.89	14

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
	4	0	0	0	5.40	9