1913 Major League Baseball season

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1913 MLB season
League American League (AL)
National League (NL)
Sport Baseball
DurationRegular season:
  • April 10 – October 5, 1913 (AL)
  • April 9 – October 5, 1913 (NL)
World Series:
  • October 7 – October 11, 1913
Number of games154
Number of teams16 (8 per league)
Regular Season
Season MVP AL: Walter Johnson (WSH)
NL: Jake Daubert (BKN)
AL champions Philadelphia Athletics
  AL runners-up Boston Red Sox
NL champions New York Giants
  NL runners-up Philadelphia Phillies
World Series
Champions Philadelphia Athletics
  Runners-up New York Giants
MLB seasons
Locations of teams for the 1913–1914 American League seasons
ButtonRed.svg American League

The 1913 major league baseball season began on April 9, 1913. The regular season ended on October 5, with the New York Giants and Philadelphia Athletics as the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The postseason began with Game 1 of the tenth World Series on October 7 and ended with Game 5 on October 11. The Athletics defeated the Giants, four games to one.

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This was the third of four seasons that the Chalmers Award, a precursor to the Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award (introduced in 1931), was given to a player in each league.

The Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers shortened its name to the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Highlanders renamed as the New York Yankees.

Schedule

The 1913 schedule consisted of 154 games for all teams in the American League and National League, each of which had eight teams. Each team was scheduled to play 22 games against the other seven teams of their respective league. This continued the format put in place for the 1904 season. This format would last until 1919.

National League Opening Day took place on April 9 with a game between the Philadelphia Phillies and Brooklyn Dodgers, while American League Opening Day took place the following day, with all AL teams but the Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Naps, playing. The final day of the regular season was on October 5. The World Series took place between October 7 and October 11.

Teams

LeagueTeamCityStadiumCapacityManager
American League Boston Red Sox Boston, Massachusetts Fenway Park 35,000 Jake Stahl, Bill Carrigan
Chicago White Sox Chicago, Illinois Comiskey Park 28,000 Jimmy Callahan
Cleveland Naps Cleveland, Ohio League Park 21,414 Joe Birmingham
Detroit Tigers Detroit, Michigan Navin Field 23,000 Hughie Jennings
New York Yankees New York, New York Brush Stadium 34,000 Frank Chance
Philadelphia Athletics Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Shibe Park 23,000 Connie Mack
St. Louis Browns St. Louis, Missouri Sportsman's Park 18,000 George Stovall, Jimmy Austin, Branch Rickey
Washington Senators Washington, D.C. Griffith Stadium 27,000 Clark Griffith
National League Boston Braves Boston, Massachusetts South End Grounds 11,000 George Stallings
Brooklyn Dodgers New York, New York Ebbets Field 18,000 Bill Dahlen
Chicago Cubs Chicago, Illinois West Side Park 16,000 Johnny Evers
Cincinnati Reds Cincinnati, Ohio Redland Field 20,696 Joe Tinker
New York Giants New York, New York Brush Stadium 34,000 John McGraw
Philadelphia Phillies Philadelphia, Pennsylvania National League Park 18,000 Red Dooin
Pittsburgh Pirates Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Forbes Field 23,000 Fred Clarke
St. Louis Cardinals St. Louis, Missouri Robison Field 21,000 Miller Huggins

Standings

American League

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Athletics 9657.62750264631
Washington Senators 9064.58442354829
Cleveland Naps 8666.56645324134
Boston Red Sox 7971.52715½41343837
Chicago White Sox 7874.51317½40373837
Detroit Tigers 6687.4313034423245
New York Yankees 5794.3773827473047
St. Louis Browns 5796.3733931462650

National League

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Giants 10151.66454234728
Philadelphia Phillies 8863.58312½43334530
Chicago Cubs 8865.57513½51253740
Pittsburgh Pirates 7871.52321½41353736
Boston Braves 6982.45731½34403542
Brooklyn Dodgers 6584.43634½29473637
Cincinnati Reds 6489.41837½32443245
St. Louis Cardinals 5199.3404925482651

Postseason

Bracket

World Series
   
AL Philadelphia Athletics 4
NL New York Giants 1

Managerial changes

Off-season

TeamFormer ManagerNew Manager
Boston Braves Johnny Kling George Stallings
Chicago Cubs Frank Chance Johnny Evers
Cincinnati Reds Hank O'Day Joe Tinker
New York Yankees Harry Wolverton Frank Chance
St. Louis Cardinals Roger Bresnahan Miller Huggins

In-season

TeamFormer ManagerNew Manager
Boston Red Sox Jake Stahl Bill Carrigan
St. Louis Browns George Stovall Jimmy Austin
St. Louis Browns Jimmy Austin Branch Rickey

League leaders

American League

National League

Awards and honors

Home field attendance

Team nameWinsHome attendancePer game
Chicago White Sox [1] 781.3%602,2413.3%7,721
New York Giants [2] 1034.0%638,000-5.5%8,395
Philadelphia Athletics [3] 90-10.9%517,653-14.5%6,723
Cleveland Naps [4] 75-6.3%336,844-17.1%4,375
Philadelphia Phillies [5] 73-7.6%250,000-39.9%3,333
Boston Red Sox [6] 10534.6%597,09618.5%7,655
Chicago Cubs [7] 91-1.1%514,000-10.8%6,590
Detroit Tigers [8] 69-22.5%402,870-16.9%5,301
New York Yankees [9] 50-34.2%242,194-19.9%3,187
Brooklyn Dodgers [10] 58-9.4%243,000-9.7%3,197
Washington Senators [11] 9142.2%350,66343.2%4,496
Pittsburgh Pirates [12] 939.4%384,000-11.1%5,120
Cincinnati Reds [13] 757.1%344,00014.7%4,468
St. Louis Browns [14] 5317.8%214,0702.9%2,710
Boston Braves [15] 5218.2%121,0004.3%1,532
St. Louis Cardinals [16] 63-16.0%241,759-46.0%3,140

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