1913 Major League Baseball season

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The 1913 Major League Baseball season.

Statistical leaders

	American League			National League
AVG	Ty Cobb	DET	.390	Jake Daubert	BRO	.350
HR	Home Run Baker	PHA	12	Gavvy Cravath	PHI	19
RBI	Home Run Baker	PHA	117	Gavvy Cravath	PHI	128
Wins	Walter Johnson	WSH	36	Tom Seaton	PHI	27
ERA	Walter Johnson	WSH	1.14	Christy Mathewson	NYG	2.06
SO	Walter Johnson	WSH	243	Tom Seaton	PHI	168
SV	Chief Bender	PHA	13	Larry Cheney	CHC	11
SB	Clyde Milan	WSH	75	Max Carey	PIT	61

Major league baseball final standings

American League final standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Philadelphia Athletics	96	57	0.627	—	50–26	46–31
Washington Senators	90	64	0.584	6½	42–35	48–29
Cleveland Naps	86	66	0.566	9½	45–32	41–34
Boston Red Sox	79	71	0.527	15½	41–34	38–37
Chicago White Sox	78	74	0.513	17½	40–37	38–37
Detroit Tigers	66	87	0.431	30	34–42	32–45
New York Yankees	57	94	0.377	38	27–47	30–47
St. Louis Browns	57	96	0.373	39	31–46	26–50

National League final standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Giants	101	51	0.664	—	54–23	47–28
Philadelphia Phillies	88	63	0.583	12½	43–33	45–30
Chicago Cubs	88	65	0.575	13½	51–25	37–40
Pittsburgh Pirates	78	71	0.523	21½	41–35	37–36
Boston Braves	69	82	0.457	31½	34–40	35–42
Brooklyn Dodgers	65	84	0.436	34½	29–47	36–37
Cincinnati Reds	64	89	0.418	37½	32–44	32–45
St. Louis Cardinals	51	99	0.340	49	25–48	26–51

1913 World Series

Main article: 1913 World Series

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Philadelphia Athletics – 6, New York Giants – 4	October 7	Polo Grounds	36,291
2	New York Giants – 3, Philadelphia Athletics – 0 (10 innings)	October 8	Shibe Park	20,563
3	Philadelphia Athletics – 8, New York Giants – 2	October 9	Polo Grounds	36,896
4	New York Giants – 5, Philadelphia Athletics – 6	October 10	Shibe Park	20,568
5	Philadelphia Athletics – 3, New York Giants – 1	October 11	Polo Grounds	36,632

Events

May 30 – Harry Hooper of the Boston Red Sox becomes the first player to hit a home run as the lead-off hitter in both games of a doubleheader, against the Washington Senators.^[1]
October 4 – Against the Boston Red Sox, the Washington Senators use eight pitchers including infielder Germany Schaefer, catcher Eddie Ainsmith, outfielder Joe Gedeon and manager Clark Griffith. Despite the use of these non-pitchers, the Senators win the game 10–9.^[2]

References

↑ Mackin, Bob (2004). The Unofficial Guide to Baseball's Most Unusual Records. Canada: Greystone Books. p. 240. ISBN 9781553650386. .
↑ Snyder, John (2009). 365 Oddball Days in Red Sox History. United States: Clerisy Press. p. 384. ISBN 1578603447. .

External links

1913 season at Baseball-reference.com Fetched July 2, 2012

1913 MLB season by team

American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington

National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

1913 World Series

Major League Baseball seasons

Pre-modern era

Beginnings	1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881

Competition	1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891

NL monopoly	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900

Modern era

Deadball era	1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920

Liveball era	1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941

World War II	1942 1943 1944 1945

Postwar	1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960

First expansion	1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968

Birth of division play	1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993

Wildcard begins	1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Wildcard expansion	2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

See also

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