1913 New York Giants season
The 1913 New York Giants season was the franchise's 31st season. It involved the Giants winning the National League pennant for the third consecutive year. Led by manager John McGraw, the Giants dominated the NL and finished 12½ games in front of the second place Philadelphia Phillies. They were beaten by the Philadelphia Athletics in the 1913 World Series.
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Owner(s) | Harry Hempstead |
Manager(s) | John McGraw |
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Ace pitcher Christy Mathewson went 25–11 and led the NL with a 2.06 ERA. Rube Marquard and Jeff Tesreau also won over 20 games, and the Giants easily allowed the fewest runs of any team in the league.
Taken together with the 1911 and 1912 pennant winners, this team is considered one of the greatest of all-time.[1] The roster was basically unchanged from 1912.
Regular season
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Season standings
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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
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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
- September 15, 1913: Rule 5 draft
- Ben Dyer was drafted by the Giants from the Decatur Commodores.[2]
- Hank Ritter was drafted by the Giants from the Wilmington Chicks.[3]
Roster
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Player stats
Batting
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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 |
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C | Chief Meyers | 120 | 378 | 118 | .312 | 3 | 47 |
1B | Fred Merkle | 153 | 563 | 147 | .261 | 3 | 69 |
2B | Larry Doyle | 132 | 482 | 135 | .280 | 5 | 73 |
SS | Art Fletcher | 136 | 538 | 160 | .297 | 4 | 71 |
3B | Buck Herzog | 96 | 290 | 83 | .286 | 3 | 31 |
OF | Fred Snodgrass | 141 | 457 | 133 | .291 | 3 | 49 |
OF | Red Murray | 147 | 520 | 139 | .267 | 2 | 59 |
OF | George Burns | 150 | 605 | 173 | .286 | 2 | 54 |
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 |
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Tillie Shafer | 138 | 508 | 146 | .287 | 5 | 52 |
Art Wilson | 54 | 79 | 15 | .190 | 0 | 8 |
Moose McCormick | 57 | 80 | 22 | .275 | 0 | 15 |
Larry McLean | 30 | 75 | 24 | .320 | 0 | 9 |
Jim Thorpe | 19 | 35 | 5 | .143 | 1 | 2 |
Claude Cooper | 27 | 30 | 9 | .300 | 0 | 4 |
Josh Devore | 16 | 21 | 4 | .190 | 0 | 1 |
Eddie Grant | 27 | 20 | 4 | .200 | 0 | 1 |
Grover Hartley | 23 | 19 | 6 | .316 | 0 | 0 |
Milt Stock | 7 | 17 | 3 | .176 | 0 | 1 |
Heinie Groh | 4 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
John Merritt | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 0 |
Joe Evers | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 0 |
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 |
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Christy Mathewson | 40 | 306 | 25 | 11 | 2.06 | 93 |
Rube Marquard | 42 | 288 | 23 | 10 | 2.50 | 151 |
Jeff Tesreau | 41 | 282 | 22 | 13 | 2.17 | 167 |
Al Demaree | 31 | 199.2 | 13 | 4 | 2.21 | 76 |
Bunny Hearn | 2 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2.77 | 8 |
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 |
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Art Fromme | 26 | 112.1 | 11 | 6 | 4.01 | 50 |
Red Ames | 8 | 41.2 | 2 | 1 | 2.16 | 30 |
Rube Schauer | 3 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 7.50 | 7 |
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 |
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Doc Crandall | 35 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2.86 | 42 |
Hooks Wiltse | 17 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.56 | 25 |
Ferdie Schupp | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.75 | 2 |
1913 World Series
Game 1
October 7, 1913, at the Polo Grounds in New York City
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Philadelphia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 1 |
New York | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 0 |
W: Chief Bender (1–0) L: Rube Marquard (0–1) | ||||||||||||
HR: PHI – Frank Baker (1) |
Game 2
October 8, 1913, at Shibe Park in Philadelphia
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E |
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New York | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 |
Philadelphia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
W: Christy Mathewson (1–0) L: Eddie Plank (0–1) |
Game 3
October 9, 1913, at the Polo Grounds in New York City
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Philadelphia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 1 |
New York | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
W: Bullet Joe Bush (1–0) L: Jeff Tesreau (0–1) | ||||||||||||
HR: PHI – Wally Schang (1) |
Game 4
October 10, 1913, at Shibe Park in Philadelphia
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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New York | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 2 |
Philadelphia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | x | 6 | 9 | 0 |
W: Chief Bender (2–0) L: Al Demaree (0–1) | ||||||||||||
HR: NYG – Fred Merkle (1) |
Game 5
October 11, 1913, at the Polo Grounds in New York City
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Philadelphia | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
New York | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
W: Eddie Plank (1–1) L: Christy Mathewson (1–1) |
References
- Neyer, Rob and Eddie Epstein. Baseball Dynasties.
- Ben Dyer page at Baseball-Reference
- Hank Ritter page at Baseball-Reference