1913 Philadelphia Athletics season

1913 Philadelphia Athletics
1913 World Series Champions
1913 American League Champions
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Owner(s) Connie Mack, Benjamin Shibe, Tom Shibe and John Shibe
Manager(s) Connie Mack
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1913 Fatima baseball card of Philadelphia Athletics

The 1913 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing first in the American League with a record of 96 wins and 57 losses. The team then defeated the New York Giants in the 1913 World Series, 4 games to 1. In 2001, baseball historian Bill James ranked the 1913 incarnation of the Athletics' famous "$100,000 infield" as the best of all time in major league history (first baseman Stuffy McInnis, second baseman Eddie Collins, third baseman Frank "Home Run" Baker, shortstop Jack Barry).[1]

Regular season

Season 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

Record vs. opponents

1913 American League Records

Sources:

Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHI STL WSH
Boston — 10–11 8–13 13–9 14–6–1 11–11 17–5 6–16
Chicago 11–10 — 9–13–1 13–9 11–10 11–11 12–10 11–11
Cleveland 13–8 13–9–1 — 14–7 14–8–1 9–13 16–6–1 7–15
Detroit 9–13 9–13 7–14 — 11–11 7–15 11–11 12–10
New York 6–14–1 10–11 8–14–1 11–11 — 5–17 11–11 6–16
Philadelphia 11–11 11–11 13–9 15–7 17–5 — 15–6 14–8
St. Louis 5–17 10–12 6–16–1 11–11 11–11 6–15 — 8–14–1
Washington 16–6 11–11 15–7 10–12 16–6 8–14 14–8–1 —

Roster

1913 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Player stats

Batting

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
1B McInnis, StuffyStuffy McInnis 148 543 176 .324 4 90
2B Collins, EddieEddie Collins 148 534 184 .345 3 73
3B Baker, FrankFrank Baker 149 564 190 .337 12 117
SS Barry, JackJack Barry 134 455 125 .275 3 85

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
Orr, BillyBilly Orr 30 67 13 .194 0 7
Pfeffer, MonteMonte Pfeffer 1 3 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Brown, BoardwalkBoardwalk Brown 43 235.1 17 11 2.94 70
Boardman, CharlieCharlie Boardman 2 9 0 2 2.00 4
Bohen, PatPat Bohen 1 8 0 1 1.13 5

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Bender, ChiefChief Bender 48 236.2 21 10 2.21 135

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO

1913 World Series

Main article: 1913 World Series
The World Series team

AL Philadelphia Athletics (4) vs. NL New York Giants (1)

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1Athletics – 6, Giants – 4, October 7Polo Grounds36,291
2Giants – 3, Athletics – 0 (10 innings)October 8Shibe Park20,563
3Athletics – 8, Giants – 2October 9Polo Grounds36,896
4Giants – 5, Athletics – 6October 10Shibe Park20,568
5Athletics – 3, Giants – 1October 11Polo Grounds36,682

References

  1. ↑ Bill James, "The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract" (2001), pp. 548–550

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