1913 American League

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

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Season summary[edit]

1913 World Series champion Philadelphia Athletics

Standings[edit]

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

League leaders[edit]

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting[edit]

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

Pitching[edit]

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

Postseason[edit]

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

Award winners[edit]

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.

Notable events[edit]

Umpires[edit]

Further Reading[edit]

  • Tom Ruane: "A Retro-Review of the 1910s (the 1913 edition)", Retrosheet.org [1]