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.

1913 New York Giants
1913 National League Champions
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Other information
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
The Giants' opening day line-up at the Polo Grounds

Season standings
National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Giants 10151 0.664 — 54–23 47–28
Philadelphia Phillies 8863 0.583 12½ 43–33 45–30
Chicago Cubs 8865 0.575 13½ 51–25 37–40
Pittsburgh Pirates 7871 0.523 21½ 41–35 37–36
Boston Braves 6982 0.457 31½ 34–40 35–42
Brooklyn Dodgers 6584 0.436 34½ 29–47 36–37
Cincinnati Reds 6489 0.418 37½ 32–44 32–45
St. Louis Cardinals 5199 0.340 49 25–48 26–51

Record vs. opponents
1913 National League Records

Sources:
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston —10–10–19–138–148–147–15–111–1016–6–1
Brooklyn 10–10–1—9–139–138–148–13–18–14–113–7
Chicago 13–913–9—13–9–17–1413–913–916–6–1
Cincinnati 14–813–99–13–1—5–175–17–18–13–110–12
New York 14–814–814–717–5—14–8–314–8–114–7
Philadelphia 15–7–113–8–19–1317–5–18–14–3—9–11–217–5
Pittsburgh 10–1114–8–19–1313–8–18–14–111–9–2—13–8–1
St. Louis 6–16–17–136–16–112–107–145–178–13–1—

Notable transactions

Roster
1913 New York Giants roster
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting
Jim Thorpe at the Polo Grounds

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
CChief Meyers120378118.312347
1BFred Merkle153563147.261369
2BLarry Doyle132482135.280573
SSArt Fletcher136538160.297471
3BBuck Herzog9629083.286331
OFFred Snodgrass141457133.291349
OFRed Murray147520139.267259
OFGeorge Burns150605173.286254

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
Tillie Shafer138508146.287552
Art Wilson547915.19008
Moose McCormick578022.275015
Larry McLean307524.32009
Jim Thorpe19355.14312
Claude Cooper27309.30004
Josh Devore16214.19001
Eddie Grant27204.20001
Grover Hartley23196.31600
Milt Stock7173.17601
Heinie Groh420.00000
John Merritt100----00
Joe Evers100----00

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
Christy Mathewson4030625112.0693
Rube Marquard4228823102.50151
Jeff Tesreau4128222132.17167
Al Demaree31199.21342.2176
Bunny Hearn213112.778

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
Art Fromme26112.11164.0150
Red Ames841.2212.1630
Rube Schauer312017.507

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
Doc Crandall354462.8642
Hooks Wiltse170031.5625
Ferdie Schupp50000.752

1913 World Series
Main article: 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
Philadelphia 000 320 010 6111
New York 001 030 000 4110
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
New York 000 000 000 3 372
Philadelphia 000 000 000 0 082
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
Philadelphia 320 000 210 8121
New York 000 010 100 251
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
New York 000 000 320 582
Philadelphia 010 320 00x 690
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
Philadelphia 102 000 000 361
New York 000 010 000 122
W: Eddie Plank (1–1)  L: Christy Mathewson (1–1)

References
  1. Neyer, Rob and Eddie Epstein. Baseball Dynasties.
  2. Ben Dyer page at Baseball-Reference
  3. Hank Ritter page at Baseball-Reference
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