1913 in baseball

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The following are the baseball events of the year 1913 throughout the world.  

This year in baseball

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1939 • 1938 • 1937 • 1936 • 1935 1934 • 1933 • 1932 • 1931 • 1930

1920s

1929 • 1928 • 1927 • 1926 • 1925 1924 • 1923 • 1922 • 1921 • 1920

1910s

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1900s

1909 • 1908 • 1907 • 1906 • 1905 1904 • 1903 • 1902 • 1901 • 1900

1890s

1899 • 1898 • 1897 • 1896 • 1895 1894 • 1893 • 1892 • 1891 • 1890

1880s

1889 • 1888 • 1887 • 1886 • 1885 1884 • 1883 • 1882 • 1881 • 1880

1870s

1879 • 1878 • 1877 • 1876 • 1875 1874 • 1873 • 1872 • 1871 • 1870

Early Years

1845-1868 • 1869

See also

Baseball Major League Baseball Minor league baseball Negro league baseball Nippon Professional Baseball 1913 in sports

Sources

Baseball Hall of Fame Baseball Almanac Baseball Library Baseball Reference National Pastime The Deadball Era

Contents 1 Champions 2 Awards and honors 3 MLB Statistical Leaders 4 Major League Baseball final standings 4.1 American League final standings 4.2 National League final standings 5 Events 6 Births 7 Deaths

[edit] Champions

• World Series: Philadelphia Athletics over New York Giants (4-1)

[edit] Awards and honors

• Chalmers Award
  • Walter Johnson, Washington Senators, P
  • Jake Daubert, Brooklyn Dodgers, 1B

[edit] MLB Statistical Leaders

	American League		National League
AVG	Ty Cobb DET	.390	Jake Daubert BRO	.350
HR	Frank Baker PHA	12	Gavvy Cravath PHI	19
RBIs	Frank Baker PHA	113	Gavvy Cravath PHI	128
Wins	Walter Johnson1 WSH	36	Tom Seaton PHI	27
ERA	Walter Johnson1 WSH	1.14	Christy Mathewson NYG	2.06
Ks	Walter Johnson1 WSH	243	Tom Seaton PHI	168

¹MLB Triple Crown Winner for Pitching

[edit] Major League Baseball final standings

[edit] American League final standings

American League
Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
Philadelphia Athletics	96	57	.627	--
Washington Senators	90	64	.584	6.5
Cleveland Naps	86	66	.566	9.5
Boston Red Sox	79	71	527	15.5
Chicago White Sox	78	74	.513	17.5
Detroit Tigers	66	87	.431	30
New York Yankees	57	94	.377	38
St. Louis Browns	57	96	.373	39

[edit] National League final standings

National League
Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
New York Giants	101	51	.664	--
Philadelphia Phillies	88	63	.583	12.5
Chicago Cubs	88	65	.575	13.5
Pittsburgh Pirates	78	71	.523	21.5
Boston Braves	69	82	.457	31.5
Brooklyn Dodgers	65	84	.436	34.5
Cincinnati Reds	64	89	.418	37.5
St. Louis Cardinals	51	99	.340	49

[edit] Events

[edit] Births

• January 7 - Johnny Mize
• February 14 - Mel Allen
• February 20 - Tommy Henrich
• March 2 - Mort Cooper
• June 8 - Art Mahan
• July 13 - Lee Handley
• July 31 - Joe Mulligan
• August 8 - Cecil Travis
• August 14 - Paul Dean
• August 17 - Rudy York
• August 31 - Ray Dandridge
• October 3 - Dom Dallessandro
• October 6 - Ken Chase
• October 19 - Al Brazle
• October 25 - Gene Corbett
• December 26 - Al Milnar

[edit] Deaths

• April 23 - Charlie Pabor, 66, Player-manager for several teams in the National Association from 1871 through 1875.
• June 5 - Chris von der Ahe, 61, owner of the St. Louis Browns from 1882 to 1898 who greatly developed the entertainment aspect of the sport with fan-friendly promotions and ballpark attractions; presided over first team to win four straight pennants (1885-1888)
• June 30 - George "Roger" Tidden, 56, sports editor in New York since 1895
• August 8 - John Gaffney, 58, the sport's first great umpire, officiating for twelve seasons in three leagues between 1884 and 1900; managed Washington team in 1886-87, and officiated in 1887-88-89 championship series, pioneering use of multiple umpires in games
• August 25 - Red Donahue, 40, pitcher who won 20 games three times with the Phillies and Browns, led NL in complete games in 1897; 164 wins included 1898 no-hitter
• September 3 - Charlie Householder, 59, First baseman/Catcher who played in two Major League seasons, 1882 and 1884.
• September 15 - Frank Hough, 56, sports editor in Philadelphia who helped organize Athletics franchise in 1901
• October 24 - Dan Shannon, 48, player and manager during his 3 year career from 1889-1891.
• December 24 - Louis Sockalexis, 42, right fielder for the 1897-99 Cleveland Spiders who was the first Native American to play in the major leagues