| 1913 MLB season | |
| League: | American League (AL) National League (NL) |
| Sport: | Baseball |
| Duration: | Regular season:World Series: |
| No Of Games: | 154 |
| No Of Teams: | 16 (8 per league) |
| Season: | Regular Season |
| Mvp: | AL |
| Mvp Link: | Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award#Chalmers Award |
| Conf1: | AL |
| Conf1 Champ: | Philadelphia Athletics |
| Conf1 Runner-Up: | Boston Red Sox |
| Conf2: | NL |
| Conf2 Champ: | New York Giants |
| Conf2 Runner-Up: | Philadelphia Phillies |
| Finals: | World Series |
| Finals Link: | 1913 World Series |
| Seasonslist: | List of Major League Baseball seasons |
| Seasonslistnames: | MLB |
| Prevseason Link: | 1912 Major League Baseball season |
| Prevseason Year: | 1912 |
| Nextseason Link: | 1914 Major League Baseball season |
| Nextseason Year: | 1914 |
The 1913 major league baseball season began on April 9, 1913. The regular season ended on October 5, with the New York Giants and Philadelphia Athletics as the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The postseason began with Game 1 of the tenth World Series on October 7 and ended with Game 5 on October 11. The Athletics defeated the Giants, 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.
The Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers shortened its name to the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Highlanders renamed as the New York Yankees.
See also: Major League Baseball schedule. The 1913 schedule consisted of 154 games for all teams in the American League and National League, each of which had eight teams. Each team was scheduled to play 22 games against the other seven teams of their respective league. This continued the format put in place for the season. This format would last until .
National League Opening Day took place on April 9 with a game between the Philadelphia Phillies and Brooklyn Dodgers, while American League Opening Day took place the following day, with all AL teams but the Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Naps, playing. The final day of the regular season was on October 5. The World Series took place between October 7 and October 11.
| Team | Former Manager | New Manager | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Stahl | Bill Carrigan | ||
| St. Louis Browns | George Stovall | Jimmy Austin | |
| St. Louis Browns | Jimmy Austin | Branch Rickey |
| Stat | Player | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ty Cobb (DET) | .389 | ||
| Home Run Baker (PHA) | 12 | ||
| Home Run Baker (PHA) | 117 | ||
| Eddie Collins (PHA) | 125 | ||
| Joe Jackson (CLE) | 197 | ||
| Clyde Milan (WSH) | 75 |
| Stat | Player | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walter Johnson1 (WSH) | 36 | ||
| Jim Scott (CWS) | 21 | ||
| Walter Johnson1 (WSH) | 1.14 | ||
| Walter Johnson1 (WSH) | 243 | ||
| Walter Johnson (WSH) | 346.0 | ||
| Charles Bender (PHA) | 13 |
| Stat | Player | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Daubert (BKN) | .350 | ||
| Gavvy Cravath (PHP) | 19 | ||
| Gavvy Cravath (PHP) | 128 | ||
| Max Carey (PIT) Tommy Leach (CHC) | 120 | ||
| Gavvy Cravath (PHP) | 179 | ||
| Max Carey (PIT) | 61 |
| Stat | Player | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Seaton (PHP) | 27 | ||
| Dan Griner (SLC) | 22 | ||
| Christy Mathewson (NYG) | 2.06 | ||
| Tom Seaton (PHP) | 168 | ||
| Tom Seaton (PHP) | 322.1 | ||
| Larry Cheney (CHC) | 11 |
| Team name | Wins | Home attendance | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago White Sox[1] | 78 | 1.3% | 602,241 | 3.3% | 7,721 | |
| New York Giants[2] | 103 | 4.0% | 638,000 | -5.5% | 8,395 | |
| Philadelphia Athletics[3] | 90 | -10.9% | 517,653 | -14.5% | 6,723 | |
| Cleveland Naps[4] | 75 | -6.3% | 336,844 | -17.1% | 4,375 | |
| Philadelphia Phillies[5] | 73 | -7.6% | 250,000 | -39.9% | 3,333 | |
| Boston Red Sox[6] | 105 | 34.6% | 597,096 | 18.5% | 7,655 | |
| Chicago Cubs[7] | 91 | -1.1% | 514,000 | -10.8% | 6,590 | |
| Detroit Tigers[8] | 69 | -22.5% | 402,870 | -16.9% | 5,301 | |
| New York Yankees[9] | 50 | -34.2% | 242,194 | -19.9% | 3,187 | |
| Brooklyn Dodgers[10] | 58 | -9.4% | 243,000 | -9.7% | 3,197 | |
| Washington Senators[11] | 91 | 42.2% | 350,663 | 43.2% | 4,496 | |
| Pittsburgh Pirates[12] | 93 | 9.4% | 384,000 | -11.1% | 5,120 | |
| Cincinnati Reds[13] | 75 | 7.1% | 344,000 | 14.7% | 4,468 | |
| St. Louis Browns[14] | 53 | 17.8% | 214,070 | 2.9% | 2,710 | |
| Boston Braves[15] | 52 | 18.2% | 121,000 | 4.3% | 1,532 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals[16] | 63 | -16.0% | 241,759 | -46.0% | 3,140 |