2013 Major League Baseball

The 2013 Major League Baseball season was the fourteenth season in which the two major leagues, the National League and the American League, were consolidated into a single entity under the authority of the Commissioner, Bud Selig.

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Events

Before the 2013 season, Major League Baseball proceeded with a realignment of its six divisions by moving the Houston Astros from the National League Central to the American League West. This gave the major leagues six divisions of five teams each, permitting a more balanced schedule, but also forcing the playing of interleague games during the entire season (they had previously been limited to specific periods of time). The postseason format also changed, with the addition of a second wild card team; the two wild card teams in each league would now play a single Wild Card Game to determine which team would play the team with the best regular season record in each league in the Division Series.

The 2013 World Baseball Classic was held during spring training. The Dominican Republic was the winner of the third edition of the tournament, going undefeated and beating Puerto Rico in the finale.

The use of instant replay was also expanded prior to the 2013 season, with the areas open to review wider than only home run calls, as had been the case since the introduction of the system in 2008. The decision to request a video review was still the purview of the umpiring crew, however.

Umpires

• Jordan Baker
• Lance Barksdale
• Lance Barrett
• Ted Barrett
• Scott Barry
• Toby Basner
• Wally Bell
• Dan Bellino
• Cory Blaser
• CB Bucknor
• Vic Carapazza
• Mark Carlson
• Gary Cederstrom
• Chris Conroy
• Eric Cooper
• Fieldin Culbreth
• Phil Cuzzi
• Kerwin Danley
• Gary Darling
• Bob Davidson
• Gerry Davis
• Dana DeMuth
• Laz Diaz
• Mike DiMuro
• Rob Drake
• Bruce Dreckman
• Doug Eddings
• Paul Emmel
• Mike Estabrook
• Mike Everitt
• Clint Fagan
• Chad Fairchild
• Andy Fletcher
• Marty Foster
• Bruce Froemming
• Greg Gibson
• Tripp Gibson
• Manny Gonzalez
• Brian Gorman
• Chris Guccione
• Tom Hallion
• Adam Hamari
• Angel Hernandez
• Ed Hickox
• John Hirschbeck
• Sam Holbrook
• James Hoye
• Marvin Hudson
• Dan Iassogna
• Adrian Johnson
• Jim Joyce
• Jeff Kellogg
• Brian Knight
• Ron Kulpa
• Jerry Layne
• Will Little
• Alfonso Marquez
• Tim McClelland
• Jerry Meals
• Bill Miller
• Mike Muchlinski
• Paul Nauert
• Jeff Nelson
• Brian O'Nora
• Alan Porter
• David Rackley
• Tony Randazzo
• D.J. Reyburn
• Jim Reynolds
• Mark Ripperger
• Paul Schrieber
• Dale Scott
• Todd Tichenor
• Tim Timmons
• John Tumpane
• Larry Vanover
• Mark Wegner
• Bill Welke
• Tim Welke
• Hunter Wendelstedt
• Joe West
• Mike Winters
• Quinn Wolcott
• Jim Wolf

See also

• 2013 American League
• 2013 National League
• 2013 Postseason

2013 MLB season by team