1913 MLB season | |
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League | American League (AL) National League (NL) |
Sport | Baseball |
Duration | Regular season:
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Number of games | 154 |
Number of teams | 16 (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 |
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.
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.
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.
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Philadelphia Athletics | 96 | 57 | .627 | — | 50–26 | 46–31 |
Washington Senators | 90 | 64 | .584 | 6½ | 42–35 | 48–29 |
Cleveland Naps | 86 | 66 | .566 | 9½ | 45–32 | 41–34 |
Boston Red Sox | 79 | 71 | .527 | 15½ | 41–34 | 38–37 |
Chicago White Sox | 78 | 74 | .513 | 17½ | 40–37 | 38–37 |
Detroit Tigers | 66 | 87 | .431 | 30 | 34–42 | 32–45 |
New York Yankees | 57 | 94 | .377 | 38 | 27–47 | 30–47 |
St. Louis Browns | 57 | 96 | .373 | 39 | 31–46 | 26–50 |
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Giants | 101 | 51 | .664 | — | 54–23 | 47–28 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 88 | 63 | .583 | 12½ | 43–33 | 45–30 |
Chicago Cubs | 88 | 65 | .575 | 13½ | 51–25 | 37–40 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 78 | 71 | .523 | 21½ | 41–35 | 37–36 |
Boston Braves | 69 | 82 | .457 | 31½ | 34–40 | 35–42 |
Brooklyn Dodgers | 65 | 84 | .436 | 34½ | 29–47 | 36–37 |
Cincinnati Reds | 64 | 89 | .418 | 37½ | 32–44 | 32–45 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 51 | 99 | .340 | 49 | 25–48 | 26–51 |
World Series | ||||
AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 4 | ||
NL | New York Giants | 1 |
Team | Former Manager | New Manager |
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Boston Red Sox | Jake Stahl | Bill Carrigan |
St. Louis Browns | George Stovall | Jimmy Austin |
St. Louis Browns | Jimmy Austin | Branch Rickey |
1 American League Triple Crown pitching winner |
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Team name | Wins | %± | Home attendance | %± | Per game |
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Chicago White Sox [1] | 78 | 1.3% | 602,241 | 3.3% | 7,721 |
New York Giants [2] | 103 | 4.0% | 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] | 105 | 34.6% | 597,096 | 18.5% | 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] | 91 | 42.2% | 350,663 | 43.2% | 4,496 |
Pittsburgh Pirates [12] | 93 | 9.4% | 384,000 | -11.1% | 5,120 |
Cincinnati Reds [13] | 75 | 7.1% | 344,000 | 14.7% | 4,468 |
St. Louis Browns [14] | 53 | 17.8% | 214,070 | 2.9% | 2,710 |
Boston Braves [15] | 52 | 18.2% | 121,000 | 4.3% | 1,532 |
St. Louis Cardinals [16] | 63 | -16.0% | 241,759 | -46.0% | 3,140 |
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