1913 National League

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

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Season summary[edit]

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 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

League leaders[edit]

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting[edit]

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

Pitching[edit]

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

Postseason[edit]

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

Award winners[edit]

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.

Notable events[edit]

Umpires[edit]

Further Reading[edit]

  • Tom Ruane: "A Retro-Review of the 1910s (the 1913 edition)", Retrosheet.org [1]
  • Bryan Soderholm-Difatte: "The Stallings Platoon: The 1913 Prequel", The Baseball Research Journal, SABR, Volume 45, Number 2 (Fall 2016), pp. 15-25.