1913 Philadelphia Phillies season

1913  Philadelphia Phillies
League	National League
Ballpark	National League Park
City	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Owners	William H. Locke William F. Baker
Managers	Red Dooin
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The 1913 Philadelphia Phillies season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Phillies competing in the National League and finishing in second place.

Off season

On January 15, 1913 it was announced that Pittsburgh Pirates secretary William H. Locke had purchased the Phillies. Locke became the new team president, his cousin, former New York City Police Commissioner William F. Baker assumed the role of Vice President, and his father-in-law Daniel C. Snyder became the club's secretary-treasurer. ^[1]

Regular season

The 1913 Philadelphia Phillies

The Phillies started out with high hopes. They led the National League on June 25 with a 38–17 record. As the Athletics were dominating the American League, the two teams appeared well on their way to meeting in the World Series. But the Phillies lost 13 of their next 16 games to fall into second place, and never recovered. 1913 would mark the closest that the A's and Phillies ever got to meeting in the World Series before the former team moved west. On August 14, 1913, owner William H. Locke died in Ventnor, New Jersey after a long illness. ^[2] Two months later his widow would sell her shares to William F. Baker, who became the new team president. ^[3]

Season standings

v t e 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

Record vs. opponents

1913 National League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	10–10–1	9–13	8–14	8–14	7–15–1	11–10	16–6–1
Brooklyn	10–10–1	—	9–13	9–13	8–14	8–13–1	8–14–1	13–7
Chicago	13–9	13–9	—	13–9–1	7–14	13–9	13–9	16–6–1
Cincinnati	14–8	13–9	9–13–1	—	5–17	5–17–1	8–13–1	10–12
New York	14–8	14–8	14–7	17–5	—	14–8–3	14–8–1	14–7
Philadelphia	15–7–1	13–8–1	9–13	17–5–1	8–14–3	—	9–11–2	17–5
Pittsburgh	10–11	14–8–1	9–13	13–8–1	8–14–1	11–9–2	—	13–8–1
St. Louis	6–16–1	7–13	6–16–1	12–10	7–14	5–17	8–13–1	—

Notable transactions

• August 29, 1913: Dan Howley and $10,000 were traded by the Phillies to the Montreal Royals for Ed Burns. ^[4]

Roster

1913 Philadelphia Phillies
Roster
Pitchers Pete Alexander Ad Brennan Howie Camnitz George Chalmers Happy Finneran Jim Haislip Ray Hartranft Doc Imlay Rube Marshall Erskine Mayer Earl Moore Red Nelson Eppa Rixey Tom Seaton		Catchers Ed Burns Red Dooin Dan Howley Bill Killefer Infielders Bobby Byrne John Dodge Mickey Doolan Otto Knabe Hans Lobert Fred Luderus Milt Reed Jimmy Walsh		Outfielders Beals Becker Ralph Capron Gavvy Cravath Josh Devore Cozy Dolan Vern Duncan Sherry Magee Doc Miller Dode Paskert Other batters Pat Moran		Manager Red Dooin

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
C	Bill Killefer	120	360	88	.244	0	24
1B	Fred Luderus	155	588	154	.262	18	86
2B	Otto Knabe	148	571	150	.263	2	53
SS	Mickey Doolin	151	518	113	.218	1	43
3B	Hans Lobert	150	573	172	.300	7	55
OF	Sherry Magee	138	470	144	.306	11	70
OF	Dode Paskert	124	454	119	.262	4	29
OF	Gavvy Cravath	147	525	179	.341	19	128

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
Beals Becker	88	306	99	.324	9	44
Red Dooin	55	129	33	.256	0	13
Cozy Dolan	55	126	33	.262	0	8
Doc Miller	69	87	30	.345	0	11
Bobby Byrne	19	58	13	.224	1	4
Josh Devore	23	39	11	.282	0	5
Dan Howley	26	32	4	.125	0	2
Jimmy Walsh	26	30	10	.333	0	5
Ed Burns	17	30	6	.200	0	3
Milt Reed	13	24	6	.250	0	0
Vern Duncan	8	12	5	.417	0	1
John Dodge	3	3	1	.333	0	0
Pat Moran	1	1	0	.000	0	0
Ralph Capron	1	1	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
Tom Seaton	52	322.1	27	12	2.60	168
Pete Alexander	47	306.1	22	8	2.79	159

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
Ad Brennan	40	207.0	14	12	2.39	94
Erskine Mayer	39	170.2	9	9	3.11	51
Eppa Rixey	35	155.2	9	5	3.12	75
George Chalmers	26	116.0	3	10	4.81	18
Earl Moore	12	52.0	1	3	5.02	24
Howie Camnitz	9	49.0	3	3	3.67	21

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
Rube Marshall	14	0	1	1	4.57	18
Doc Imlay	9	0	0	0	7.24	7
Happy Finneran	3	0	0	0	7.20	0
Red Nelson	2	0	0	0	2.16	3
Jim Haislip	1	0	0	0	6.00	0
Ray Hartranft	1	0	0	0	9.00	1

Post-season

In a postseason exhibition game against the Chicago Leland Giants, Cyclone Joe Williams defeated Grover Cleveland Alexander and the Phillies. ^[5]

Notes

1. "Locke Now in Full Control". The Boston Daily Globe. January 16, 1913.
2. "William H. Locke Dead". The Boston Daily Globe. August 15, 1913.
3. Tourtellotte, Shane (January 15, 2013). "The William Locke centennial". The Hardball Times. Fangraphs. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
4. Ed Burns page at Baseball Reference
5. Palmer, Pete, ed. (2006), "Black Baseball/Negro League Season Synopses, 1910–1950", The 2006 ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia, Sterling Publishing Company, Inc., p. 1646

References

• 1913 Philadelphia Phillies season at Baseball Reference