1913 Philadelphia Athletics season

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]

1913 Philadelphia Athletics
1913 World Series Champions 1913 American League Champions
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Shibe Park (since 1909) Philadelphia (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Connie Mack, Benjamin Shibe, Tom Shibe and John Shibe
Manager(s)	Connie Mack
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1913 Fatima baseball card of Philadelphia Athletics

Regular season

Season standings

v t e 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 Records v t e 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 Chief Bender Charlie Boardman Pat Bohen Boardwalk Brown Joe Bush Jack Coombs Ensign Cottrell Byron Houck Dave Morey Herb Pennock Eddie Plank Bob Shawkey John Taff Weldon Wyckoff		Catchers Joe Giebel Jack Lapp Wickey McAvoy Wally Schang Ira Thomas Infielders Frank Baker Jack Barry Eddie Collins Press Cruthers Harry Davis Harry Fritz Doc Lavan Stuffy McInnis Billy Orr Monte Pfeffer		Outfielders George Brickley Tom Daley Danny Murphy Eddie Murphy Rube Oldring Amos Strunk Jimmy Walsh		Manager Connie Mack

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

External links

• 1913 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
• 1913 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com