1913 American League

The 1913 season of the American League was the thirteenth season of the league.

Season summary[edit]

1913 World Series champion Philadelphia Athletics

Bold indicates league champion, Italics indicates World Series champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
1	Philadelphia Athletics	153	96	57	0	.627	-.-	794 (5.19)	592 (3.87)	0.280	0.349	0.375	3.19	0.966
2	Washington Senators	155	90	64	1	.581	6.5	596 (3.85)	561 (3.62)	0.252	0.312	0.326	2.73	0.960
3	Cleveland Naps	155	86	66	3	.555	9.5	633 (4.08)	536 (3.46)	0.268	0.325	0.348	2.54	0.962
4	Boston Red Sox	151	79	71	1	.523	15.5	631 (4.18)	610 (4.04)	0.269	0.331	0.364	2.94	0.961
5	Chicago White Sox	153	78	74	1	.510	17.5	488 (3.19)	498 (3.25)	0.236	0.294	0.311	2.33	0.960
6	Detroit Tigers	153	66	87	0	.431	30.0	624 (4.08)	716 (4.68)	0.265	0.331	0.355	3.38	0.954
7	New York Yankees	153	57	94	2	.373	38.0	529 (3.46)	668 (4.37)	0.237	0.312	0.292	3.27	0.953
8	St. Louis Browns	155	57	96	2	.368	39.0	528 (3.41)	642 (4.14)	0.237	0.300	0.312	3.06	0.954

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Del Pratt	St. Louis Browns	155
At Bats	Sam Crawford	Detroit Tigers	609
Runs Scored	Eddie Collins	Philadelphia Athletics	125
Hits	Joe Jackson	Cleveland Naps	197
Doubles	Joe Jackson	Cleveland Naps	39
Triples	Sam Crawford	Detroit Tigers	23
Home Runs	Frank Baker	Philadelphia Athletics	12
Total Bases	Sam Crawford	Detroit Tigers	298
Runs Batted In	Frank Baker	Philadelphia Athletics	117
Stolen Bases	Clyde Milan	Washington Senators	75
Walks	Burt Shotton	St. Louis Browns	99
Hit by Pitch	Bert Daniels	New York Yankees	18
Strikeouts	Danny Moeller	Washington Senators	103
Sacrifice Hits	Ray Chapman	Cleveland Naps	45
Batting Average	Ty Cobb	Detroit Tigers	0.390
On-Base Percentage	Ty Cobb	Detroit Tigers	0.467
Slugging Percentage	Joe Jackson	Cleveland Naps	0.551
On-Base plus Slugging	Joe Jackson	Cleveland Naps	1.011
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Ty Cobb	Detroit Tigers	194

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Walter Johnson	Washington Senators	36
Losses	Jim Scott Carl Weilman	Chicago White Sox St. Louis Browns	20
Win-Loss Percentage	Walter Johnson	Washington Senators	0.837
Appearances	Reb Russell	Chicago White Sox	52
Games Started	Jim Scott	Chicago White Sox	38
Complete Games	Walter Johnson	Washington Senators	29
Shutouts	Walter Johnson	Washington Senators	11
Games Finished	Charley Hall	Boston Red Sox	22
Saves	Chief Bender	Philadelphia Athletics	13
Innings Pitched	Walter Johnson	Washington Senators	346.0
Batters Faced	Walter Johnson	Washington Senators	1305
Hits Allowed	George Baumgardner	St. Louis Browns	267
Home Runs Allowed	Russ Ford Walter Johnson	New York Yankees Washington Senators	9
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Vean Gregg	Cleveland Naps	124
Hit Batsmen	Vean Gregg Tom Hughes	Cleveland Naps Washington Senators	14
Strikeouts	Walter Johnson	Washington Senators	243
Wild Pitches	Cy Falkenberg	Cleveland Naps	13
Balks	Joe Engel Reb Russell	Washington Senators Chicago White Sox	4
Runs Allowed	Carl Weilman	St. Louis Browns	122
Earned Runs Allowed	Bob Groom Carl Weilman	Washington Senators St. Louis Browns	95
Earned Run Average	Walter Johnson	Washington Senators	1.14
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Walter Johnson	Washington Senators	0.780

In the World Series, the American League champion Philadelphia Athletics defeated the National League's New York Giants, 4 games to 1.

The winner of the league's Chalmers Award, given its Most Valuable Player, was Walter Johnson, a pitcher with the Washington Senators. In the award's voting, he had 54 out of a possible 64 points.