1913 National League

The 1913 season of the National League was the thirty-eighth season of the league.

Season summary[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	New York Giants	156	101	51	4	.647	-.-	684 (4.38)	515 (3.30)	0.273	0.330	0.361	2.42	0.961
2	Philadelphia Phillies	159	88	63	8	.553	12.5	693 (4.36)	636 (4.00)	0.265	0.314	0.382	3.15	0.968
3	Chicago Cubs	155	88	65	2	.568	13.5	720 (4.65)	630 (4.06)	0.257	0.331	0.369	3.13	0.959
4	Pittsburgh Pirates	155	78	71	6	.503	21.5	673 (4.34)	585 (3.77)	0.263	0.314	0.356	2.90	0.964
5	Boston Braves	154	69	82	3	.448	31.5	641 (4.16)	690 (4.48)	0.256	0.321	0.335	3.19	0.957
6	Brooklyn Superbas	152	65	84	3	.428	34.5	595 (3.91)	613 (4.03)	0.270	0.318	0.363	3.13	0.961
7	Cincinnati Reds	156	64	89	3	.410	37.5	607 (3.89)	717 (4.60)	0.261	0.321	0.347	3.46	0.961
8	St. Louis Cardinals	153	51	99	3	.333	49.0	528 (3.45)	755 (4.93)	0.247	0.310	0.316	4.23	0.965

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Fred Luderus Chief Wilson	Philadelphia Phillies Pittsburgh Pirates	155
At Bats	Max Carey	Pittsburgh Pirates	620
Runs Scored	Max Carey Tommy Leach	Pittsburgh Pirates Chicago Cubs	99
Hits	Gavvy Cravath	Philadelphia Phillies	179
Doubles	Red Smith	Brooklyn Superbas	40
Triples	Vic Saier	Chicago Cubs	21
Home Runs	Gavvy Cravath	Philadelphia Phillies	19
Total Bases	Gavvy Cravath	Philadelphia Phillies	298
Runs Batted In	Gavvy Cravath	Philadelphia Phillies	128
Stolen Bases	Max Carey	Pittsburgh Pirates	61
Walks	Bob Bescher	Cincinnati Reds	94
Hit by Pitch	Art Fletcher	New York Giants	15
Strikeouts	George Burns	New York Giants	74
Sacrifice Hits	Otto Knabe	Philadelphia Phillies	41
Batting Average	Jake Daubert	Brooklyn Superbas	0.350
On-Base Percentage	Miller Huggins	St. Louis Cardinals	0.432
Slugging Percentage	Gavvy Cravath	Philadelphia Phillies	0.568
On-Base plus Slugging	Gavvy Cravath	Philadelphia Phillies	0.974
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Gavvy Cravath	Philadelphia Phillies	173

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Tom Seaton	Philadelphia Phillies	27
Losses	Dan Griner	St. Louis Cardinals	22
Win-Loss Percentage	Bert Humphries	Chicago Cubs	0.800
Appearances	Larry Cheney	Chicago Cubs	54
Games Started	Jeff Tesreau	New York Giants	38
Complete Games	Lefty Tyler	Boston Braves	28
Shutouts	Pete Alexander	Philadelphia Phillies	9
Games Finished	Doc Crandall	New York Giants/St. Louis Cardinals/New York Giants	27
Saves	Larry Cheney	Chicago Cubs	11
Innings Pitched	Tom Seaton	Philadelphia Phillies	322.1
Batters Faced	Tom Seaton	Philadelphia Phillies	1324
Hits Allowed	Bob Harmon Christy Mathewson	St. Louis Cardinals New York Giants	291
Home Runs Allowed	Otto Hess	Boston Braves	13
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Tom Seaton	Philadelphia Phillies	136
Hit Batsmen	Jimmy Lavender	Chicago Cubs	13
Strikeouts	Tom Seaton	Philadelphia Phillies	168
Wild Pitches	Larry Cheney	Chicago Cubs	19
Balks	Pol Perritt George Suggs	St. Louis Cardinals Cincinnati Reds	3
Runs Allowed	Dan Griner	St. Louis Cardinals	150
Earned Runs Allowed	Dan Griner	St. Louis Cardinals	127
Earned Run Average	Christy Mathewson	New York Giants	2.06
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Christy Mathewson	New York Giants	1.020

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

The winner of the league's Chalmers Award, given its Most Valuable Player, was Jake Daubert, a first baseman with the Brooklyn Superbas. In the award's voting, he had 50 out of a possible 64 points.