The New York Yankees

New York Yankees

The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the The Bronx, New York. They compete in Major League Baseball in the American League's East Division...

 season was the 23rd season for this American League

American League

The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the American League , is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in the United States and Canada. It developed from the Western League, a minor league based in the Great Lakes states, which eventually aspired to major...

 franchise and its 21st season in New York. Manager Miller Huggins

Miller Huggins

Miller James Huggins , nicknamed "Mighty Mite", was a baseball player and manager. He managed the powerhouse New York Yankee teams of the 1920s and won six American League pennants and three World Series championships....

 led the team to their third straight pennant with a 98-54 record, 16 games ahead of the second place Detroit Tigers

1923 Detroit Tigers season

The Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished second in the American League with a record of 83-71, 16 games behind the New York Yankees.- Roster :- Starters by position :...

. The Yankees moved into the now famous Yankee Stadium. In the 1923 World Series

1923 World Series

In the 1923 World Series, the New York Yankees beat the New York Giants in six games. This would be the first of the Yankees' 27 World Series championships...

, they avenged their 1921

1921 World Series

In the 1921 World Series, the New York Giants beat the New York Yankees five games to three. This was the last of the experimental best-five-of-nine series....

 and 1922

1922 World Series

In the 1922 World Series, the New York Giants beat the New York Yankees in five games...

 losses by defeating the New York Giants

1923 New York Giants season

-Offseason:- Roster:- Starters by position:Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in-Other batters:Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg...

 in 6 games, 4 games to 2.

Regular season

The Yankees began their first World Championship Season on April 18 as they opened Yankee Stadium. Babe Ruth

Babe Ruth

George Herman Ruth, Jr. , best known as "Babe" Ruth and nicknamed "the Bambino" and "the Sultan of Swat", was an American Major League baseball player from 1914–1935...

 christened the new stadium, with a home run in the Yankees' 4-1 victory over the Boston Red Sox

1923 Boston Red Sox season

The 1923 Boston Red Sox season involved the Red Sox finishing 8th in the American League with a record of 61 wins and 91 losses.- Regular season :* September 14, 1923: George Burns of the Red Sox executed an unassisted triple play...

. The stadium would later be called "the House that Ruth Built".

On May 5, the Yankees beat the Philadelphia Athletics

1923 Philadelphia Athletics season

The Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing 6th in the American League with a record of 69 wins and 83 losses.- Roster :- Starters by position :...

 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

Detroit Tigers

The Detroit Tigers are a Major League Baseball team located in Detroit, Michigan. One of the American League's eight charter franchises, the club was founded in Detroit in as part of the Western League. The Tigers have won four World Series championships and have won the American League pennant...

’s Harry Heilmann

Harry Heilmann

Harry Edwin Heilmann , nicknamed “Slug,” was a Major League Baseball player who played 17 seasons with the Detroit Tigers and Cincinnati Reds . He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1952.Heilmann was a line drive hitter who won four American League batting crowns: in 1921, 1923, 1925 and...

 who batted .403. Ruth reached base safely 379 times during the season.

Roster

1923 New York Yankees
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		84	272	75	.276	2	29
1B		144	569	173	.304	6	108
2B		152	567	161	.284	10	82
3B		146	644	182	.283	7	67
SS		152	533	131	.246	6	60
OF		152	522	205	.393	41	131
OF		146	596	187	.314	6	56
OF		132	460	144	.314	9	91

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
	72	238	69	.290	3	26
	70	183	56	.306	7	35
	37	66	18	.273	3	12
	19	53	7	.132	0	3
	19	38	17	.448	1	8
	30	38	8	.211	0	1
	13	26	11	.423	1	9
	28	25	4	.160	0	3
	8	13	1	.077	0	1

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	37	275.2	19	15	3.43	125
	36	258.2	16	11	3.51	125
	34	243	21	8	3.63	68
	37	238.2	17	9	3.02	60
	35	238.1	19	6	3.13	93

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	23	81.1	5	2	6.20	16
	8	33.1	1	3	5.94	12

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
	5	0	0	1	8.49	7

1923 World Series

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Score	Record (NYY-NYG)	Attendance
1	October 10	New York Giants 1923 New York Giants season -Offseason:- Roster:- Starters by position:Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in-Other batters:Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg...	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 San Francisco Giants The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the National League West Division....	4	4-2	34,172
New York Yankees win 4-2

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