1913 New York Giants season

1913 New York Giants
1913 National League Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
  • New York, New York (since 1883)
Other information
Owner(s) Harry Hempstead
Manager(s) John McGraw
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The 1913 New York Giants season was a season in American baseball. 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

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
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

Main article: 1913 World Series

Game 1

October 7, 1913 at the Polo Grounds in New York, New York

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, Pennsylvania

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, New York

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, Pennsylvania

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, New York

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)

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