ny yankees best record after first 36 games played in a single season

The New York Highlanders had their best record with >0 games played in a season in their first 36 games in 1903, with a record of 15-21.

	TEAM	REC	G	DATE	SEASON	TM		OPP	RESULT	W%	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Highlanders	0-1	1	4/22/1903	1903	NYH	@	WSH	L 1-3	.000	34	1	8	1	0	0	1	3	0	2	0	-10	37	9	1	0	-10	-10	.235	.297	.265	.562
2	Highlanders	1-0	1	4/23/1903	1903	NYH	@	WSH	W 7-2	1.000	39	7	11	2	1	0	4	2	0	2	0	-10	43	15	3	2	-10	-10	.282	.317	.385	.702
3	Highlanders	0-1	1	4/24/1903	1903	NYH	@	WSH	L 1-7	.000	31	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	-11	31	4	1	0	-11	-11	.097	.097	.129	.226
4	Highlanders	1-0	1	4/25/1903	1903	NYH	@	WSH	W 11-1	1.000	39	11	11	6	3	0	8	1	2	2	3	-9	42	23	9	0	-9	-9	.282	.333	.590	.923
5	Highlanders	0-1	1	4/27/1903	1903	NYH	@	PHA	L 0-6	.000	29	0	4	0	0	0	0	3	2	3	0	-9	34	4	0	0	-9	-9	.138	.265	.138	.403
6	Highlanders	0-1	1	4/28/1903	1903	NYH	@	PHA	L 3-7	.000	27	3	5	1	0	0	3	5	0	7	0	-10	32	6	1	0	-10	-10	.185	.313	.222	.535
7	Highlanders	1-0	1	4/29/1903	1903	NYH	@	PHA	W 5-4	1.000	29	5	10	2	2	0	5	4	1	4	3	-9	37	16	4	3	-9	-9	.345	.441	.552	.993
8	Highlanders	1-0	1	4/30/1903	1903	NYH	vs	WSH	W 6-2	1.000	31	6	10	6	0	0	6	3	1	4	1	-9	37	16	6	2	-9	-9	.323	.400	.516	.916
9	Highlanders	1-0	1	5/1/1903	1903	NYH	vs	WSH	W 8-3	1.000	40	8	15	4	2	0	5	0	0	2	1	-9	40	23	6	0	-9	-9	.375	.375	.575	.950
10	Highlanders	0-1	1	5/2/1903	1903	NYH	vs	WSH	L 3-4	.000	38	3	8	1	1	0	1	0	2	3	1	-11	40	11	2	0	-11	-11	.211	.250	.289	.539
11	Highlanders	1-0	1	5/4/1903	1903	NYH	vs	PHA	W 4-3	1.000	32	4	6	2	0	0	3	1	1	6	1	-9	34	8	2	0	-9	-9	.188	.235	.250	.485
12	Highlanders	1-0	1	5/5/1903	1903	NYH	vs	PHA	W 11-3	1.000	37	11	12	0	0	0	7	6	0	0	4	-11	43	12	0	0	-11	-11	.324	.419	.324	.743
13	Highlanders	0-1	1	5/6/1903	1903	NYH	vs	PHA	L 1-6	.000	32	1	6	1	1	0	0	1	0	4	0	-10	34	9	2	1	-10	-10	.188	.212	.281	.493
14	Highlanders	0-1	1	5/7/1903	1903	NYH	@	BSA	L 2-6	.000	31	2	6	1	0	0	2	1	0	5	0	-9	33	7	1	1	-9	-9	.194	.219	.226	.445
15	Highlanders	1-0	1	5/8/1903	1903	NYH	@	BSA	W 6-1	1.000	38	6	13	2	0	0	6	2	1	5	0	-9	42	15	2	1	-9	-9	.342	.390	.395	.785
16	Highlanders	0-1	1	5/9/1903	1903	NYH	@	BSA	L 5-12	.000	37	5	8	1	2	0	4	1	0	7	0	-12	38	13	3	0	-12	-12	.216	.237	.351	.588
17	Highlanders	1-0	1	5/11/1903	1903	NYH	@	DET	W 8-2	1.000	37	8	15	0	1	2	8	4	0	4	1	-9	43	23	3	2	-9	-9	.405	.463	.622	1.085
18	Highlanders	0-1	1	5/12/1903	1903	NYH	@	DET	L 4-8	.000	36	4	8	0	2	0	3	5	0	6	0	-10	41	12	2	0	-10	-10	.222	.317	.333	.650
19	Highlanders	0-1	1	5/13/1903	1903	NYH	@	DET	L 1-7	.000	30	1	4	1	0	0	1	3	0	2	2	-9	33	5	1	0	-9	-9	.133	.212	.167	.379
20	Highlanders	0-1	1	5/14/1903	1903	NYH	@	DET	L 6-9	.000	37	6	9	1	0	0	5	5	1	5	1	-10	44	10	1	1	-10	-10	.243	.349	.270	.619
21	Highlanders	0-1	1	5/15/1903	1903	NYH	@	CLE	L 3-5	.000	33	3	9	2	1	0	3	2	0	5	1	-9	36	13	3	1	-9	-9	.273	.314	.394	.708
22	Highlanders	1-0	1	5/16/1903	1903	NYH	@	CLE	W 3-2	1.000	31	3	5	1	1	0	3	2	0	3	1	-9	35	8	2	2	-9	-9	.161	.212	.258	.470
23	Highlanders	0-1	1	5/17/1903	1903	NYH	@	CLE	L 2-9	.000	33	2	8	0	1	0	2	0	1	-9	1	-9	35	10	1	1	-9	-9	.242	.265	.303	.568
24	Highlanders	0-1	1	5/18/1903	1903	NYH	@	CLE	L 3-7	.000	33	3	3	0	0	0	2	2	0	3	2	-10	35	3	0	0	-10	-10	.091	.143	.091	.234
25	Highlanders	1-0	1	5/20/1903	1903	NYH	@	CWS	W 5-2	1.000	34	5	9	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	-9	36	9	0	1	-9	-9	.265	.286	.265	.550
	Total	15-21	36							.417	1,206	134	278	45	23	4	106	86	18	86	45		1,337	381	72	27			.231	.292	.316	.608

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