1913 New York Giants season
{{Short description|Major League Baseball season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2013}}
{{Infobox baseball team season
| name = New York Giants
| season = 1913
| misc = National League Champions
| image = New York Giants MLB Primary Logo (1913 to 1914, 1916).svg
| league = National League
| ballpark = Polo Grounds
| city = New York City
| owners = Harry Hempstead
| managers = John McGraw
| television =
| radio =
| season_list = List of San Francisco Giants seasons
|}}
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 World Series.
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.Neyer, Rob and Eddie Epstein. Baseball Dynasties. The roster was basically unchanged from 1912.
Regular season
= Season standings =
{{1913 National League standings|highlight=New York Giants}}
= Record vs. opponents =
{{1913 NL Record vs. opponents|team=NYG}}
= Notable transactions =
- September 15, 1913: Rule 5 draft
- Ben Dyer was drafted by the Giants from the Decatur Commodores.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/dyerbe01.shtml Ben Dyer page at Baseball-Reference]
- Hank Ritter was drafted by the Giants from the Wilmington Chicks.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/ritteha01.shtml Hank Ritter page at Baseball-Reference]
= Roster =
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| colspan="10" style="background-color: black; color: #FFFDD0; text-align: center;" | 1913 New York Giants roster | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| colspan="10" style="background-color: #fd5a1e; color: #FFFDD0; text-align: center;" | Roster | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| valign="top" | Pitchers
{{MLBplayer | Red Ames}}
{{MLBplayer | Doc Crandall}}
{{MLBplayer | Al Demaree}}
{{MLBplayer | Art Fromme}}
{{MLBplayer | Bunny Hearn}}
{{MLBplayer | Rube Marquard}}
{{MLBplayer | Christy Mathewson}}
{{MLBplayer | Rube Schauer}}
{{MLBplayer | Ferdie Schupp}}
{{MLBplayer | Jeff Tesreau}}
{{MLBplayer | Hooks Wiltse}}
| width="25px" | | valign="top" | Catchers {{MLBplayer | Grover Hartley}}
{{MLBplayer | Larry McLean}}
{{MLBplayer | Chief Meyers}}
{{MLBplayer | Art Wilson}}
Infielders {{MLBplayer | Larry Doyle}}
{{MLBplayer | Art Fletcher}}
{{MLBplayer | Eddie Grant}}
{{MLBplayer | Heinie Groh}}
{{MLBplayer | Buck Herzog}}
{{MLBplayer | Fred Merkle}}
{{MLBplayer | Tillie Shafer}}
{{MLBplayer | Milt Stock}}
| width="25px" | | valign="top" | Outfielders {{MLBplayer | George Burns}}
{{MLBplayer | Claude Cooper}}
{{MLBplayer | Josh Devore}}
{{MLBplayer | Moose McCormick}}
{{MLBplayer | John Merritt}}
{{MLBplayer | Red Murray}}
{{MLBplayer | Fred Snodgrass}}
{{MLBplayer | Jim Thorpe}}
Other batters {{MLBplayer | Joe Evers}}
| width="25px" | | valign="top" | Manager {{MLBplayer | John McGraw}}
Coaches {{MLBplayer | Wilbert Robinson}} |
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
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| bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | Pos
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" | Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | AB ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | H ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | Avg. ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | HR ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | RBI | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align="center"
| C | {{sortname|Chief|Meyers}} | 120 | 378 | 118 | .312 | 3 | 47 |
| align="center"
| 1B | {{sortname|Fred|Merkle}} | 153 | 563 | 147 | .261 | 3 | 69 |
| align="center"
| 2B | {{sortname|Larry|Doyle|Larry Doyle (baseball)}} | 132 | 482 | 135 | .280 | 5 | 73 |
| align="center"
| SS | {{sortname|Art|Fletcher}} | 136 | 538 | 160 | .297 | 4 | 71 |
| align="center"
| 3B | {{sortname|Buck|Herzog}} | 96 | 290 | 83 | .286 | 3 | 31 |
| align="center"
| OF | {{sortname|Fred|Snodgrass}} | 141 | 457 | 133 | .291 | 3 | 49 |
| align="center"
| OF | {{sortname|Red|Murray}} | 147 | 520 | 139 | .267 | 2 | 59 |
| align="center"
| OF | {{sortname|George|Burns|George Burns (outfielder)}} | 150 | 605 | 173 | .286 | 2 | 54 |
| align="center" |
== Other batters ==
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
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| bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" | Player
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | AB ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | H ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | Avg. ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | HR ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | RBI | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align="center"
| {{sortname|Tillie|Shafer}} | 138 | 508 | 146 | .287 | 5 | 52 |
| align="center" | ||||||
| align="center"
| {{sortname|Moose|McCormick}} | 57 | 80 | 22 | .275 | 0 | 15 |
| align="center"
| {{sortname|Art|Wilson}} | 54 | 79 | 15 | .190 | 0 | 8 |
| align=center
| {{sortname|Larry|McLean}} | 30 | 75 | 24 | .320 | 0 | 9 |
| align="center"
| {{sortname|Jim|Thorpe}} | 19 | 35 | 5 | .143 | 1 | 2 |
| align="center"
| {{sortname|Claude|Cooper|Claude Cooper (baseball)}} | 27 | 30 | 9 | .300 | 0 | 4 |
| align="center"
| {{sortname|Josh|Devore}} | 16 | 21 | 4 | .190 | 0 | 1 |
| align="center"
| {{sortname|Eddie|Grant|Eddie Grant (baseball)}} | 27 | 20 | 4 | .200 | 0 | 1 |
| align="center"
| {{sortname|Grover|Hartley}} | 23 | 19 | 6 | .316 | 0 | 0 |
| align="center"
| {{sortname|Milt|Stock}} | 7 | 17 | 3 | .176 | 0 | 1 |
| align="center"
| {{sortname|Heinie|Groh}} | 4 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| align="center"
| {{sortname|John|Merritt|John Merritt (baseball)}} | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 0 |
| align="center"
| {{sortname|Joe|Evers}} | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 0 |
= Pitching =
== Starting pitchers ==
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| class="wikitable sortable" | ||||||
| bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" | Player
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | IP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | SO | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align="center"
| {{sortname|Christy|Mathewson}} | 40 | 306.0 | 25 | 11 | 2.06 | 93 |
| align="center"
| {{sortname|Rube|Marquard}} | 42 | 288.0 | 23 | 10 | 2.50 | 151 |
| align="center"
| {{sortname|Jeff|Tesreau}} | 41 | 282.0 | 22 | 13 | 2.17 | 167 |
| align="center"
| {{sortname|Al|Demaree}} | 31 | 199.2 | 13 | 4 | 2.21 | 76 |
| align="center"
| {{sortname|Bunny|Hearn}} | 2 | 13.0 | 1 | 1 | 2.77 | 8 |
== Other pitchers ==
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| class="wikitable sortable" | ||||||
| bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" | Player
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | IP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | SO | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align="center"
| {{sortname|Art|Fromme}} | 26 | 112.1 | 11 | 6 | 4.01 | 50 |
| align="center"
| {{sortname|Red|Ames}} | 8 | 41.2 | 2 | 1 | 2.16 | 30 |
| align="center"
| {{sortname|Rube|Schauer}} | 3 | 12.0 | 0 | 1 | 7.50 | 7 |
| align="center" |
== Relief pitchers ==
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| class="wikitable sortable" | ||||||
| bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" | Player
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | SV ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | SO | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align="center"
| {{sortname|Doc|Crandall}} | 35 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2.86 | 42 |
| align="center"
| {{sortname|Hooks|Wiltse}} | 17 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.56 | 25 |
| align="center"
| {{sortname|Ferdie|Schupp}} | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.75 | 2 |
1913 World Series
{{main article|1913 World Series}}
= Game 1 =
October 7, 1913, at the Polo Grounds in New York City
| border=1 cellspacing=0 width=425 style="margin-left:3em;" | ||||||||
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#e6e6e6;"
!align=left width=125|Team !width=25|1 !width=25|2 !width=25|3 !width=25|4 !width=25|5 !width=25|6 !width=25|7 !width=25|8 !width=25|9 !width=25|R !width=25|H !width=25|E | ||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
|align=left|Philadelphia |0 | 0 | 0
|3 | 2 | 0
|0 | 1 | 0
|6 | 11 | 1 |
| style="text-align:center;"
|align=left|New York |0 | 0 | 1
|0 | 3 | 0
|0 | 0 | 0
|4 | 11 | 0 |
| style="text-align:left;"
|colspan=13|W: Chief Bender (1–0) L: Rube Marquard (0–1) | ||||||||
| style="text-align:left;"
|colspan=13|HR: PHI – Frank Baker (1) |
= Game 2 =
October 8, 1913, at Shibe Park in Philadelphia
| border=1 cellspacing=0 width=425 style="margin-left:3em;" | ||||||||
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#e6e6e6;"
!align=left width=125|Team !width=25|1 !width=25|2 !width=25|3 !width=25|4 !width=25|5 !width=25|6 !width=25|7 !width=25|8 !width=25|9 !width=25|10 !width=25|R !width=25|H !width=25|E | ||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
|align=left|New York |0 | 0 | 0
|0 | 0 | 0
|0 | 0 | 0
|3 |3 | 7 | 2 |
| style="text-align:center;"
|align=left|Philadelphia |0 | 0 | 0
|0 | 0 | 0
|0 | 0 | 0
|0 |0 | 8 | 2 |
| style="text-align:left;"
|colspan=14|W: Christy Mathewson (1–0) L: Eddie Plank (0–1) |
= Game 3 =
October 9, 1913, at the Polo Grounds in New York City
| border=1 cellspacing=0 width=425 style="margin-left:3em;" | ||||||||
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#e6e6e6;"
!align=left width=125|Team !width=25|1 !width=25|2 !width=25|3 !width=25|4 !width=25|5 !width=25|6 !width=25|7 !width=25|8 !width=25|9 !width=25|R !width=25|H !width=25|E | ||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
|align=left|Philadelphia |3 | 2 | 0
|0 | 0 | 0
|2 | 1 | 0
|8 | 12 | 1 |
| style="text-align:center;"
|align=left|New York |0 | 0 | 0
|0 | 1 | 0
|1 | 0 | 0
|2 | 5 | 1 |
| style="text-align:left;"
|colspan=13|W: Bullet Joe Bush (1–0) L: Jeff Tesreau (0–1) | ||||||||
| style="text-align:left;"
|colspan=13|HR: PHI – Wally Schang (1) |
= Game 4 =
October 10, 1913, at Shibe Park in Philadelphia
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| style="text-align:center; background-color:#e6e6e6;"
!align=left width=125|Team !width=25|1 !width=25|2 !width=25|3 !width=25|4 !width=25|5 !width=25|6 !width=25|7 !width=25|8 !width=25|9 !width=25|R !width=25|H !width=25|E | ||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
|align=left|New York |0 | 0 | 0
|0 | 0 | 0
|3 | 2 | 0
|5 | 8 | 2 |
| style="text-align:center;"
|align=left|Philadelphia |0 | 1 | 0
|3 | 2 | 0
|0 | 0 | x
|6 | 9 | 0 |
| style="text-align:left;"
|colspan=13|W: Chief Bender (2–0) L: Al Demaree (0–1) | ||||||||
| style="text-align:left;"
|colspan=13|HR: NYG – Fred Merkle (1) |
= Game 5 =
October 11, 1913, at the Polo Grounds in New York City
| border=1 cellspacing=0 width=425 style="margin-left:3em;" | ||||||||
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#e6e6e6;"
!align=left width=125|Team !width=25|1 !width=25|2 !width=25|3 !width=25|4 !width=25|5 !width=25|6 !width=25|7 !width=25|8 !width=25|9 !width=25|R !width=25|H !width=25|E | ||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
|align=left|Philadelphia |1 | 0 | 2
|0 | 0 | 0
|0 | 0 | 0
|3 | 6 | 1 |
| style="text-align:center;"
|align=left|New York |0 | 0 | 0
|0 | 1 | 0
|0 | 0 | 0
|1 | 2 | 2 |
| style="text-align:left;"
|colspan=13|W: Eddie Plank (1–1) L: Christy Mathewson (1–1) |
References
{{Reflist|2}}
External links
- [https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYG/1913.shtml 1913 New York Giants season at Baseball Reference]
{{National League champions}}
{{1913 MLB season by team}}
{{San Francisco Giants}}
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