| 1913 New York Giants | ||||
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| National League champions | ||||
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| League | National League | |||
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds | |||
| City | New York City | |||
| Owners | Harry Hempstead | |||
| Managers | John McGraw | |||
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The1913New York Giants season was the franchise's 31st season. It involved the Giants winning theNational Leaguepennant for the third consecutive year. Led by managerJohn McGraw, the Giants dominated the NL and finished 12½ games in front of the second placePhiladelphia Phillies. They were beaten by thePhiladelphia Athletics in theWorld Series.
Ace pitcherChristy Mathewson went 25–11 and led the NL with a 2.06 ERA.Rube Marquard andJeff Tesreau also won over 20 games, and the Giants easily allowed the fewest runs of any team in the league.
Taken together with the1911 and1912 pennant winners, this team is considered one of the greatest of all-time.[1] The roster was basically unchanged from 1912.
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| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | 101 | 51 | .664 | — | 54–23 | 47–28 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 88 | 63 | .583 | 12½ | 43–33 | 45–30 |
| Chicago Cubs | 88 | 65 | .575 | 13½ | 51–25 | 37–40 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 78 | 71 | .523 | 21½ | 41–35 | 37–36 |
| Boston Braves | 69 | 82 | .457 | 31½ | 34–40 | 35–42 |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | 65 | 84 | .436 | 34½ | 29–47 | 36–37 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 64 | 89 | .418 | 37½ | 32–44 | 32–45 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 51 | 99 | .340 | 49 | 25–48 | 26–51 |
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| Team | BSN | BRO | 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 | — | |||||
| 1913 New York Giants roster | |||||||||
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| Roster | |||||||||
| Pitchers | Catchers Infielders | Outfielders Other batters | Manager Coaches | ||||||
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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 | Chief Meyers | 120 | 378 | 118 | .312 | 3 | 47 |
| 1B | Fred Merkle | 153 | 563 | 147 | .261 | 3 | 69 |
| 2B | Larry Doyle | 132 | 482 | 135 | .280 | 5 | 73 |
| SS | Art Fletcher | 136 | 538 | 160 | .297 | 4 | 71 |
| 3B | Buck Herzog | 96 | 290 | 83 | .286 | 3 | 31 |
| OF | Fred Snodgrass | 141 | 457 | 133 | .291 | 3 | 49 |
| OF | Red Murray | 147 | 520 | 139 | .267 | 2 | 59 |
| OF | George Burns | 150 | 605 | 173 | .286 | 2 | 54 |
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 Shafer | 138 | 508 | 146 | .287 | 5 | 52 |
| Moose McCormick | 57 | 80 | 22 | .275 | 0 | 15 |
| Art Wilson | 54 | 79 | 15 | .190 | 0 | 8 |
| Larry McLean | 30 | 75 | 24 | .320 | 0 | 9 |
| Jim Thorpe | 19 | 35 | 5 | .143 | 1 | 2 |
| Claude Cooper | 27 | 30 | 9 | .300 | 0 | 4 |
| Josh Devore | 16 | 21 | 4 | .190 | 0 | 1 |
| Eddie Grant | 27 | 20 | 4 | .200 | 0 | 1 |
| Grover Hartley | 23 | 19 | 6 | .316 | 0 | 0 |
| Milt Stock | 7 | 17 | 3 | .176 | 0 | 1 |
| Heinie Groh | 4 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| John Merritt | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Evers | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 0 |
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 Mathewson | 40 | 306.0 | 25 | 11 | 2.06 | 93 |
| Rube Marquard | 42 | 288.0 | 23 | 10 | 2.50 | 151 |
| Jeff Tesreau | 41 | 282.0 | 22 | 13 | 2.17 | 167 |
| Al Demaree | 31 | 199.2 | 13 | 4 | 2.21 | 76 |
| Bunny Hearn | 2 | 13.0 | 1 | 1 | 2.77 | 8 |
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 Fromme | 26 | 112.1 | 11 | 6 | 4.01 | 50 |
| Red Ames | 8 | 41.2 | 2 | 1 | 2.16 | 30 |
| Rube Schauer | 3 | 12.0 | 0 | 1 | 7.50 | 7 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doc Crandall | 35 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2.86 | 42 |
| Hooks Wiltse | 17 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.56 | 25 |
| Ferdie Schupp | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.75 | 2 |
October 7, 1913, at thePolo 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) | ||||||||||||
October 8, 1913, atShibe Park inPhiladelphia
| 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) | |||||||||||||
October 9, 1913, at thePolo 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) | ||||||||||||
October 10, 1913, atShibe Park inPhiladelphia
| 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) | ||||||||||||
October 11, 1913, at thePolo 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) | ||||||||||||