1913 Major League Baseball season

1913 MLB season
1913 MLB season
League	Major League Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Duration	April 9 – October 11, 1913
Number of games	154
Number of teams	16
Regular Season
Season MVP	AL: Walter Johnson (WSH); NL: Jake Daubert (BKN)
AL champions	Philadelphia Athletics
AL runners-up	Boston Red Sox
NL champions	New York Giants
NL runners-up	Philadelphia Phillies
World Series
Champions	Philadelphia Athletics
Runners-up	New York Giants

The 1913 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 9 to October 11, 1913. The New York Giants and Philadelphia Athletics were the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The Athletics then defeated the Giants in the World Series, four games to one.

This was the third of four seasons that the Chalmers Award, a precursor to the Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award (introduced in 1931), was given to a player in each league.

Awards and honors

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Philadelphia Athletics	96	57	0.627	—	50–26	46–31
Washington Senators	90	64	0.584	6½	42–35	48–29
Cleveland Naps	86	66	0.566	9½	45–32	41–34
Boston Red Sox	79	71	0.527	15½	41–34	38–37
Chicago White Sox	78	74	0.513	17½	40–37	38–37
Detroit Tigers	66	87	0.431	30	34–42	32–45
New York Yankees	57	94	0.377	38	27–47	30–47
St. Louis Browns	57	96	0.373	39	31–46	26–50

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

Team	Manager	Comments
Boston Red Sox	Jake Stahl and Bill Carrigan
Chicago White Sox	Nixey Callahan
Cleveland Naps	Joe Birmingham	Finished 3rd
Detroit Tigers	Hughie Jennings
New York Yankees	Frank Chance
Philadelphia Athletics	Connie Mack	Won World Series
St. Louis Browns	George Stovall, Jimmy Austin, and Branch Rickey
Washington Senators	Clark Griffith	Finished 2nd

May 30 – Harry Hooper of the Boston Red Sox becomes the first player to hit a home run as the lead-off hitter in both games of a doubleheader, against the Washington Senators.^[1]
October 4 – Against the Boston Red Sox, the Washington Senators use eight pitchers including infielder Germany Schaefer, catcher Eddie Ainsmith, outfielder Joe Gedeon and manager Clark Griffith. Despite the use of these non-pitchers, the Senators win the game 10–9.^[2]

↑ Mackin, Bob (2004). The Unofficial Guide to Baseball's Most Unusual Records. Canada: Greystone Books. p. 240. ISBN 9781553650386..
↑ Snyder, John (2009). 365 Oddball Days in Red Sox History. United States: Clerisy Press. p. 384. ISBN 978-1578603442..

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1913 MLB season by team
American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington
National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
1913 World Series