1913 World Series

1913 World Series
Philadelphia Athletics 96 - 57 in the AL	4 - 1 Series Summary	New York Giants 101 - 51 in the NL

Introduction

In the 1913 World Series, the Philadelphia Athletics beat the New York Giants four games to one.

The A's pitching gave the edge to a closer-than-it-looked Series in 1913. The great Christy Mathewson lost his Series swan song in the final game to an old college rival and eventual fellow Hall of Fame member, Eddie Plank.

The Giants thus became the first National League team since the Chicago Cubs (1906-1908) to win three consecutive pennants. They were also the second club (following the Detroit Tigers (1907-1909) to lose three consecutive World Series; and, as of 2012, the last to do so.

Records: Philadelphia Athletics (W: 96, L: 57, Pct: .627, GA: 6 ½) - New York Giants (W: 101, L: 51, Pct: .664, GA: 12 ½)

Managers: Connie Mack (Philadelphia), John McGraw (New York)

Umpires: Bill Klem (NL), Tom Connolly (AL), Cy Rigler (NL), Rip Egan (AL)

Summary

AL Philadelphia Athletics (4) vs. NL New York Giants (1)

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Athletics - 6, Giants - 4,	October 7	Polo Grounds	36,291
2	Giants - 3, Athletics - 0 (10 innings)	October 8	Shibe Park	20,563
3	Athletics - 8, Giants - 2	October 9	Polo Grounds	36,896
4	Giants - 5, Athletics - 6	October 10	Shibe Park	20,568
5	Athletics - 3, Giants - 1	October 11	Polo Grounds	36,682

Matchups

Game 1

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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
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, Pennsylvania

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
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, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
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, Pennsylvania

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
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, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
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)

Composite Box

1913 World Series (4-1): Philadelphia Athletics (A.L.) over New York Giants (N.L.)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Philadelphia Athletics	4	3	2	6	4	0	2	2	0	0	23	46	5
New York Giants	0	0	1	0	5	0	4	2	0	3	15	33	7
Total Attendance: 150,992   Average Attendance: 30,198
Winning Player’s Share: – $3,246   Losing Player’s Share – $2,164

1913 World Series champion Philadelphia Athletics

Further Reading

• Richard Adler: Mack, McGraw and the 1913 Baseball Season, McFarland, Jefferson, NC, 2008.
• Lew Freedman: Connie Mack's First Dynasty: The Philadelphia Athletics, 1910–1914, McFarland, Jefferson, NC, 2017. ISBN 978-0-7864-9627-3
• David S. Neft and Richard M. Cohen: The World Series, 1st ed. St. Martins Press, New York, NY, 1990, pp. 48-51

External links

• 1913 World Series at Baseball-Reference.com
• 1913 World Series at WorldSeries.com (MLB.com)
• 1913 World Series at Baseball-Almanac.com
• 1913 World Series box scores and play-by-play at Retrosheet.org

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