1913 New York Giants season

1913 New York Giants
1913 National League Champions
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1883)
Location
Polo Grounds (since 1911)
New York City (since 1883)
Other information
Owner(s)	Harry Hempstead
Manager(s)	John McGraw
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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.

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	101	51	0.664	—	54–23	47–28
Philadelphia Phillies	88	63	0.583	12½	43–33	45–30
Chicago Cubs	88	65	0.575	13½	51–25	37–40
Pittsburgh Pirates	78	71	0.523	21½	41–35	37–36
Boston Braves	69	82	0.457	31½	34–40	35–42
Brooklyn Dodgers	65	84	0.436	34½	29–47	36–37
Cincinnati Reds	64	89	0.418	37½	32–44	32–45
St. Louis Cardinals	51	99	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	—	10–10–1	9–13	8–14	8–14	7–15–1	11–10	16–6–1
Brooklyn	10–10–1	—	9–13	9–13	8–14	8–13–1	8–14–1	13–7
Chicago	13–9	13–9	—	13–9–1	7–14	13–9	13–9	16–6–1
Cincinnati	14–8	13–9	9–13–1	—	5–17	5–17–1	8–13–1	10–12
New York	14–8	14–8	14–7	17–5	—	14–8–3	14–8–1	14–7
Philadelphia	15–7–1	13–8–1	9–13	17–5–1	8–14–3	—	9–11–2	17–5
Pittsburgh	10–11	14–8–1	9–13	13–8–1	8–14–1	11–9–2	—	13–8–1
St. Louis	6–16–1	7–13	6–16–1	12–10	7–14	5–17	8–13–1	—

Notable transactions

• September 15, 1913: Rule 5 draft
  • Ben Dyer was drafted by the Giants from the Decatur Commodores.^[2]
  • Hank Ritter was drafted by the Giants from the Wilmington Chicks.^[3]

Roster

1913 New York Giants roster
Roster
Pitchers Red Ames Doc Crandall Al Demaree Art Fromme Bunny Hearn Rube Marquard Christy Mathewson Rube Schauer Ferdie Schupp Jeff Tesreau Hooks Wiltse		Catchers Grover Hartley Larry McLean Chief Meyers Art Wilson Infielders Larry Doyle Art Fletcher Eddie Grant Heinie Groh Buck Herzog Fred Merkle Tillie Shafer Milt Stock		Outfielders George Burns Claude Cooper Josh Devore Moose McCormick John Merritt Red Murray Fred Snodgrass Jim Thorpe Other batters Joe Evers		Manager John McGraw Coaches Wilbert Robinson

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
C	Meyers, ChiefChief Meyers	120	378	118	.312	3	47
1B	Merkle, FredFred Merkle	153	563	147	.261	3	69
2B	Doyle, LarryLarry Doyle	132	482	135	.280	5	73
OF	Snodgrass, FredFred Snodgrass	141	457	133	.291	3	49
OF	Burns, GeorgeGeorge Burns	150	605	173	.286	2	54

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
Thorpe, JimJim Thorpe	19	35	5	.143	1	2
Grant, EddieEddie Grant	27	20	4	.200	0	1
Groh, HeinieHeinie Groh	4	2	0	.000	0	0
Merritt, JohnJohn Merritt	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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Mathewson, ChristyChristy Mathewson	40	306	25	11	2.06	93
Marquard, RubeRube Marquard	42	288	23	10	2.50	151
Tesreau, JeffJeff Tesreau	41	282	22	13	2.17	167
Demaree, AlAl Demaree	31	199.2	13	4	2.21	76
Hearn, BunnyBunny Hearn	2	13	1	1	2.77	8

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
Fromme, ArtArt Fromme	26	112.1	11	6	4.01	50
Ames, RedRed Ames	8	41.2	2	1	2.16	30
Schauer, RubeRube Schauer	3	12	0	1	7.50	7

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
Crandall, DocDoc Crandall	35	4	4	6	2.86	42
Wiltse, HooksHooks Wiltse	17	0	0	3	1.56	25

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	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	1	0	6	11	1
New York	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	4	11	0
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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	7	2
Philadelphia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	2
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	3	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	8	12	1
New York	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	5	1
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	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	5	8	2
Philadelphia	0	1	0	3	2	0	0	0	x	6	9	0
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	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	1
New York	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	2
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

External links

• 1913 New York Giants season at Baseball Reference