1913 Philadelphia Athletics
World Series Champions
American League Champions
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkShibe Park
CityPhiladelphia
OwnersConnie Mack, Benjamin Shibe, Tom Shibe and John Shibe
ManagersConnie 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, and 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 record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB 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
C Jack Lapp 82 238 54 .227 1 20
1B Stuffy McInnis 148 543 176 .324 4 90
2B Eddie Collins 148 534 184 .345 3 73
3B Frank Baker 149 564 190 .337 12 117
SS Jack Barry 134 455 125 .275 3 85
OF Rube Oldring 137 538 152 .283 5 71
OF Eddie Murphy 137 508 150 .295 1 30
OF Jimmy Walsh 97 303 77 .254 0 27

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
Amos Strunk 94 292 89 .305 0 46
Wally Schang 79 207 55 .266 3 30
Tom Daley 62 141 36 .255 0 11
Billy Orr 30 67 13 .194 0 7
Danny Murphy 40 59 19 .322 0 6
Ira Thomas 22 53 15 .283 0 6
Harry Davis 7 17 6 .353 0 4
Doc Lavan 5 14 1 .071 0 1
Harry Fritz 5 13 0 .000 0 0
Press Cruthers 3 12 3 .250 0 0
George Brickley 5 12 2 .167 0 0
Wickey McAvoy 4 9 1 .111 0 0
Monte Pfeffer 1 3 0 .000 0 0
Joe Giebel 1 3 1 .333 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
Eddie Plank 41 242.2 18 10 2.60 151
Boardwalk Brown 43 235.1 17 11 2.94 70
Bob Shawkey 18 111.1 6 5 2.34 52
Charlie Boardman 2 9.0 0 2 2.00 4
Pat Bohen 1 8.0 0 1 1.13 5
Jack Coombs 2 5.1 0 0 10.13 0

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
Chief Bender 48 236.2 21 10 2.21 135
Bullet Joe Bush 39 200.1 15 6 3.82 81
Byron Houck 41 176.0 14 6 4.14 71
Weldon Wyckoff 17 61.2 2 4 4.38 31
Herb Pennock 14 33.1 2 1 5.13 17
John Taff 7 17.2 0 1 6.62 9
Ensign Cottrell 2 10.0 1 0 5.40 3

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
Dave Morey 2 0 0 0 4.50 1

1913 World Series

Main article: 1913 World Series
The World Series team

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

Game Score Date Location Attendance
1 Athletics – 6, Giants – 4, October 7 Polo Grounds 36,291
2 Giants – 3, Athletics – 0 (10 innings) October 8 Shibe Park 20,563
3 Athletics – 8, Giants – 2 October 9 Polo Grounds 36,896
4 Giants – 5, Athletics – 6 October 10 Shibe Park 20,568
5 Athletics – 3, Giants – 1 October 11 Polo Grounds 36,682

References

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

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