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 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.Neyer, Rob and Eddie Epstein. Baseball Dynasties. The roster was basically unchanged from 1912.
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions September 15, 1913: Rule 5 draft Ben Dyer was drafted by the Giants from the Decatur Commodores.Ben Dyer page at Baseball-Reference Hank Ritter was drafted by the Giants from the Wilmington Chicks.Hank Ritter page at Baseball-Reference
Roster 1913 New York Giants roster Roster Pitchers
Catchers
Infielders Outfielders
Other batters Manager
Coaches
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 120 378 118 .312 3 47 1B 153 563 147 .261 3 69 2B 132 482 135 .280 5 73 SS 136 538 160 .297 4 71 3B 96 290 83 .286 3 31 OF 141 457 133 .291 3 49 OF 147 520 139 .267 2 59 OF 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 138 508 146 .287 5 52 57 80 22 .275 0 15 54 79 15 .190 0 8 30 75 24 .320 0 9 19 35 5 .143 1 2 27 30 9 .300 0 4 16 21 4 .190 0 1 27 20 4 .200 0 1 23 19 6 .316 0 0 7 17 3 .176 0 1 4 2 0 .000 0 0 1 0 0 ---- 0 0 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 40 306.0 25 11 2.06 93 42 288.0 23 10 2.50 151 41 282.0 22 13 2.17 167 31 199.2 13 4 2.21 76 2 13.0 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 26 112.1 11 6 4.01 50 8 41.2 2 1 2.16 30 3 12.0 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 35 4 4 6 2.86 42 17 0 0 3 1.56 25 5 0 0 0 0.75 2
1913 World Series
Game 1 October 7, 1913, at the Polo Grounds in New York City Team123456789RHEPhiladelphia0003200106111New York0010300004110W: Chief Bender (1–0) L: Rube Marquard (0–1)HR: PHI – Frank Baker (1)
Game 2 October 8, 1913, at Shibe Park in Philadelphia Team12345678910RHENew York0000000003372Philadelphia0000000000082W: Christy Mathewson (1–0) L: Eddie Plank (0–1)
Game 3 October 9, 1913, at the Polo Grounds in New York City Team123456789RHEPhiladelphia3200002108121New York000010100251W: 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 Team123456789RHENew York000000320582Philadelphia01032000x690W: 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 Team123456789RHEPhiladelphia102000000361New York000010000122W: Eddie Plank (1–1) L: Christy Mathewson (1–1)
References
External links 1913 New York Giants season at Baseball Reference