1913 in baseball

The following are the baseball events of the year 1913 throughout the world.

Champions

World Series: Philadelphia Athletics over New York Giants (4-1)

Awards and honors

Chalmers Award
- Walter Johnson, Washington Senators, P
- Jake Daubert, Brooklyn Dodgers, 1B

MLB statistical leaders

Ty Cobb in 1913.

	American League			National League
AVG	Ty Cobb	DET	.390	Jake Daubert	BKN	.350
HR	Frank Baker	PHA	12	Gavvy Cravath	PHP	19
RBI	Frank Baker	PHA	113	Gavvy Cravath	PHP	128
Wins	Walter Johnson¹	WSH	36	Tom Seaton	PHP	27
ERA	Walter Johnson¹	WSH	1.14	Christy Mathewson	NYG	2.06
K	Walter Johnson¹	WSH	243	Tom Seaton	PHP	168

¹MLB Triple Crown Winner for Pitching

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

Events

Ty Cobb and Joe Jackson

April 9 – Ebbets Field opens.
October 11 – The Philadelphia Athletics defeat the New York Giants, 3-1, in Game 5 of the World Series to win the World Championship, four games to one. The Giants thus become the second club, following the Detroit Tigers of 1907–1909, to lose three consecutive World Series; and, to date, the last to do so.
November 2 – George Stovall, former St. Louis Browns player-manager, became the first Major Leaguer to jump to the outlaw Federal League after signing a contract to manage the Kansas City Packers.

Births

January–February

January 7 – Johnny Mize
January 19 – Andy Pilney
January 20 – Jimmy Outlaw
January 21 – Fern Bell
January 27 – Stew Hofferth
January 27 – Floyd Speer
February 6 – Ken Weafer
February 7 – Mel Almada
February 9 – Tony Robello
February 11 – Jim Hayes
February 13 – Hack Miller
February 14 – Mel Allen
February 20 – Tommy Henrich
February 21 – Pedro Pagés

March–April

March 2 – Mort Cooper
March 4 – Bill Hart
March 16 – Ken O'Dea
March 21 – Bucky Jacobs
March 22 – Hank Steinbacher
March 25 – Buster Maynard
March 26 – Bill Zuber
April 1 – Buster Bray
April 10 – Lloyd Russell
April 14 – Jack Radtke
April 21 – Bert Hogg
April 24 – Herb Harris
April 25 – Woody Davis
April 26 – Packy Rogers

May–June

May 7 – Art Doll
May 10 – Al Rubeling
May 14 – Johnny Babich
May 14 – Howie Gorman
May 20 – Lou Scoffic
May 22 – Bill Lohrman
May 24 – Joe Abreu
May 27 – Hal Spindel
June 3 – Jim Sheehan
June 4 – Amby Murray
June 4 – Joe Holden
June 8 – Art Mahan
June 8 – Earl Reid
June 10 – Cal Dorsett
June 11 – Tom Baker
June 13 – Hal Luby
June 16 – Pete Coscarart
June 16 – Skeeter Scalzi
June 23 – Bill Cox
June 26 – Russ Lyon

July–August

July 1 – Frank Barrett
July 1 – Wedo Martini
July 12 – Tom Hafey
July 13 – Lee Handley
July 14 – Don Hendrickson
July 14 – Gene Schott
July 17 – Papa Williams
July 31 – Bill Fleming
July 31 – Joe Mulligan
August 5 – Fabian Gaffke
August 8 – Cecil Travis
August 11 – Bob Scheffing
August 13 – Wes Flowers
August 16 – Tiny Bonham
August 16 – Lew Carpenter
August 17 – Rudy York
August 18 – Tommy Heath
August 25 – Sam Narron
August 25 – Bernie Snyder
August 26 – Hank Helf
August 31 – Mays Copeland
August 31 – Ray Dandridge

September–October

September 1 – Joe Marty
September 3 – Kerby Farrell
September 4 – Clarence Fieber
September 8 – Slick Castleman
September 9 – Hugh Mulcahy
September 13 – Booker McDaniels
September 17 – Bob Uhl
September 18 – Max Marshall
September 19 – Nick Etten
September 23 – Pete Sivess
September 30 – Nate Andrews
October 3 – Dom Dallessandro
October 6 – Ken Chase
October 11 – Silvio García
October 14 – Hugh Casey
October 30 – Dave Barnhill

November–December

November 4 – Joe Kracher
November 12 – Gene Lillard
November 15 – Lyle Judy
November 15 – Swede Larsen
November 17 – Lee Stine
November 18 – Charlie Fuchs
November 23 – Les Scarsella
November 24 – Walter Wilson
November 26 – Garton Del Savio
November 30 – Wally Holborow
December 2 – Glenn Crawford
December 6 – Bill Kerksieck
December 12 – Bill Webb
December 13 – Scat Metha
December 14 – Eddie Smith
December 21 – Heinie Heltzel
December 24 – George Jeffcoat
December 24 – Owen Scheetz
December 26 – Al Milnar
December 27 – Red Lynn

Deaths

January–March

January 6 – Jack Boyle, 46, catcher/first baseman who hit .253 with 23 home runs and 570 RBI for five different teams in three leagues from 1886 to 1898.
January 9 – George Crosby, 55, pitcher for the 1884 Chicago White Stockings of the National League.
January 14 – Hal O'Hagan, 43, first baseman for the 1892 Chicago Orphans and for the New York Giants, Cleveland Bronchos and Washington Senators in the 1902 season.
January 15 – Icicle Reeder, 55, outfielder who played in 1884 with the AA Cincinnati Red Stockings and the UA Washington Nationals.
January 16 – Tom Dolan, 58, catcher who hit .242 for five teams in three leagues between 1879 and 1888.
February 9 – Joe Stewart, 33, pitcher for the Boston Beaneaters of the National League.
February 26 – Mike Drissel, 48, catcher in six games for the St. Louis Browns 1885 American Association champions.
March 3 – Jack Fee, 45, pitcher for the 1889 Indianapolis Hoosiers of the National League.
March 28 – Clare Patterson, 25, left fielder for the 1909 Cincinnati Reds of the National League.

April–June

April 16 – Jerry Harrington, 45, National League catcher who hit .227 in 189 games with the Cincinnati Reds (1890-'92) and Louisville Colonels (1893).
April 18 – Roscoe Miller, 36, pitcher for the Detroit Tigers (1901-'02), New York Giants (1902-'03) and Pittsburgh Pirates (1904), who became the first 20-game winner in Tigers history.
April 23 – Charlie Pabor, 66, player-manager for four teams of the National Association from 1871 through 1875.
May 1 – Charlie Reynolds, 55, pitcher for the 1882 Philadelphia Athletics of the American Association.
May 13 – John O'Brien, 46, Canadian second baseman who hit .256 in 501 games for six National League teams from 1891 to 1899.
May 14 – Dennis Coughlin, 69, outfielder for the 1872 Washington Nationals of the National Association; best remembered as the only major leaguer who was wounded in combat during the Civil War.
May 18 – The Only Nolan, 55, pitcher who posted a 23-52 record and a 2.98 ERA in 79 games with four teams between 1878 and 1875.
May 18 – Charlie Robinson, 56, American Association catcher who played for the Indianapolis Hoosiers (1884) and Brooklyn Grays (1885).
June 5 – Chris von der Ahe, 61, owner of the St. Louis Browns from 1882 to 1898, who greatly developed the entertainment aspect of the sport with fan-friendly promotions and ballpark attractions, and also presided over first team to win four straight pennants (1885–1888).
June 13 – Eddie Quick, 31, pitcher for the 1903 New York Highlanders of the American League.
June 30 – George Tidden, 56, sports editor in New York since 1895.

July–September

July 13 – Dan Sweeney, 45, outfielder for the 1895 Louisville Colonels of the National League.
July 17 – Pat Scanlon, Canadian outfielder who played in 1884 with the Boston Reds of the Union Association.
July 19 – Jiggs Donahue, 34, a standout at first base in the early years of the American League, and a key member of the 1906 White Sox that won their cross-town rival Cubs in the only all-Chicago World Series ever played.
July 28 – John Greenig, 65, pitcher for the 1888 Washington Nationals of the National League.
August 8 – John Gaffney, 58, the sport's first great umpire, officiating for twelve seasons in three leagues between 1884 and 1900; managed Washington team in 1886-87, and officiated in 1887-88-89 championship series, pioneering use of multiple umpires in games.
August 14 – Chummy Gray, 40, pitcher who posted a 3-3 record and a 3.44 ERA for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1899.
August 25 – Red Donahue, 40, pitcher who won 20 games three times with the Phillies and Browns and led the National League in complete games (1897), while collecting 164 career wins and a no-hitter (1898).
September 3 – Charlie Householder, 59, first baseman/catcher who played in two Major League seasons, 1882 and 1884.
September 15 – Frank Hough, 56, sports editor in Philadelphia who helped organize the Athletics American League franchise in 1901
September 24 – Fred Roat, 45, National League third baseman for the Pittsburg Alleghenys (1890) and Chicago Colts (1892).

October–December

October 8 – Elmer Cleveland, 51, third baseman who hit .255 in 80 games with four clubs in three different leagues between 1884 and 1891.
October 13 – Mike Heydon, 39, catcher who played from 1898 through 1907 for the Senators, Cardinals, WhiteSox and Orioles.
October 24 – Dan Shannon, 48, player and manager during his three-year career with the Colonels/Giants/Statesmen/Athletics from 1889 to 1891.
November 15 – Monte McFarland, 41, pitcher who played for the National League Chicago Colts in 1895 and 1896.
December 24 – Chief Sockalexis, 42, right fielder for the 1897-99 Cleveland Spiders, who was the first Native American to play in the major leagues.
December 26 – Frank O'Connor, 46, pitcher for the 1893 Philadelphia Phillies.
December 30 – Joe Neale, 47, American Association pitcher for the St. Louis Browns (1886-'87) and Louisville Colonels (1890-'91).

History of baseball

1845 to 1868 1869

1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889

1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909

1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929

1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949

1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 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 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

See also Baseball Major League Baseball Minor league baseball Negro league baseball Nippon Professional Baseball

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