The 1913 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing first in the American League with a record of 96 wins and 57 losses. The team then defeated the New York Giants in the 1913 World Series, 4 games to 1. In 2001, baseball historian Bill James ranked the 1913 incarnation of the Athletics' famous "$100,000 infield" as the best of all time in major league history (first baseman Stuffy McInnis, second baseman Eddie Collins, third baseman Frank "Home Run" Baker, and shortstop Jack Barry).Bill James, "The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract" (2001), pp. 548–550

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster 1913 Philadelphia Athletics Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

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 Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI C 82 238 54 .227 1 20 1B 148 543 176 .324 4 90 2B 148 534 184 .345 3 73 3B 149 564 190 .337 12 117 SS 134 455 125 .275 3 85 OF 137 538 152 .283 5 71 OF 137 508 150 .295 1 30 OF 97 303 77 .254 0 27

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 94 292 89 .305 0 46 79 207 55 .266 3 30 62 141 36 .255 0 11 30 67 13 .194 0 7 40 59 19 .322 0 6 22 53 15 .283 0 6 7 17 6 .353 0 4 5 14 1 .071 0 1 5 13 0 .000 0 0 3 12 3 .250 0 0 5 12 2 .167 0 0 4 9 1 .111 0 0 1 3 0 .000 0 0 1 3 1 .333 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 41 242.2 18 10 2.60 151 43 235.1 17 11 2.94 70 18 111.1 6 5 2.34 52 2 9.0 0 2 2.00 4 1 8.0 0 1 1.13 5 2 5.1 0 0 10.13 0

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 48 236.2 21 10 2.21 135 39 200.1 15 6 3.82 81 41 176.0 14 6 4.14 71 17 61.2 2 4 4.38 31 14 33.1 2 1 5.13 17 7 17.2 0 1 6.62 9 2 10.0 1 0 5.40 3

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 2 0 0 0 4.50 1

1913 World Series

AL Philadelphia Athletics (4) vs. NL New York Giants (1) GameScoreDateLocationAttendance1Athletics – 6, Giants – 4, October 7Polo Grounds36,2912Giants – 3, Athletics – 0 (10 innings)October 8Shibe Park20,5633Athletics – 8, Giants – 2October 9Polo Grounds36,8964Giants – 5, Athletics – 6October 10Shibe Park20,5685Athletics – 3, Giants – 1October 11Polo Grounds36,682

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References

External links 1913 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference 1913 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com