1913 New York Giants season explained

New York Giants
Season:	1913
Misc:	National League Champions
League:	National League
Ballpark:	Polo Grounds
City:	New York City
Owners:	Harry Hempstead
Managers:	John McGraw
Season List:	List of San Francisco Giants seasons

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.^[1] The roster was basically unchanged from 1912.

Regular season

Notable transactions

• September 15, 1913: Rule 5 draft
  • Ben Dyer was drafted by the Giants from the Decatur Commodores.^[2]
  • Hank Ritter was drafted by the Giants from the Wilmington Chicks.^[3]

Roster

1913 New York Giants roster
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches

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

See main article: article and 1913 World Series.

Game 1

October 7, 1913, at the Polo Grounds in New York City

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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)

Game 2

October 8, 1913, at Shibe Park in Philadelphia

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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)

Game 3

October 9, 1913, at the Polo Grounds in New York City

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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)

Game 4

October 10, 1913, at Shibe Park in Philadelphia

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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)

Game 5

October 11, 1913, at the Polo Grounds in New York City

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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)

External links

• 1913 New York Giants season at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

1. Neyer, Rob and Eddie Epstein. Baseball Dynasties.
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/dyerbe01.shtml Ben Dyer page at Baseball-Reference
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/ritteha01.shtml Hank Ritter page at Baseball-Reference