# 1913 Boston Red Sox season

The 1913 Boston Red Sox season was the 13th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished fourth in the American League (AL) with a record of 79 wins and 71 losses, 15+1⁄2 games behind the Philadelphia Athletics, who went on to win the 1913 World Series. The team played its home games at Fenway Park.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 96 | 57 | .627 | — | 50‍–‍26 | 46‍–‍31 |
| Washington Senators | 90 | 64 | .584 | 6½ | 42‍–‍35 | 48‍–‍29 |
| Cleveland Naps | 86 | 66 | .566 | 9½ | 45‍–‍32 | 41‍–‍34 |
| Boston Red Sox | 79 | 71 | .527 | 15½ | 41‍–‍34 | 38‍–‍37 |
| Chicago White Sox | 78 | 74 | .513 | 17½ | 40‍–‍37 | 38‍–‍37 |
| Detroit Tigers | 66 | 87 | .431 | 30 | 34‍–‍42 | 32‍–‍45 |
| New York Yankees | 57 | 94 | .377 | 38 | 27‍–‍47 | 30‍–‍47 |
| St. Louis Browns | 57 | 96 | .373 | 39 | 31‍–‍46 | 26‍–‍50 |

### Record vs. opponents

1913 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH |
| Boston | — | 10–11 | 8–13 | 13–9 | 14–6–1 | 11–11 | 17–5 | 6–16 |
| Chicago | 11–10 | — | 9–13–1 | 13–9 | 11–10 | 11–11 | 12–10 | 11–11 |
| Cleveland | 13–8 | 13–9–1 | — | 14–7 | 14–8–1 | 9–13 | 16–6–1 | 7–15 |
| Detroit | 9–13 | 9–13 | 7–14 | — | 11–11 | 7–15 | 11–11 | 12–10 |
| New York | 6–14–1 | 10–11 | 8–14–1 | 11–11 | — | 5–17 | 11–11 | 6–16 |
| Philadelphia | 11–11 | 11–11 | 13–9 | 15–7 | 17–5 | — | 15–6 | 14–8 |
| St. Louis | 5–17 | 10–12 | 6–16–1 | 11–11 | 11–11 | 6–15 | — | 8–14–1 |
| Washington | 16–6 | 11–11 | 15–7 | 10–12 | 16–6 | 8–14 | 14–8–1 | — |

### Opening Day lineup

| Harry Hooper | RF |
| Steve Yerkes | 2B |
| Tris Speaker | CF |
| Duffy Lewis | LF |
| Larry Gardner | 3B |
| Hal Janvrin | 1B |
| Heinie Wagner | SS |
| Hick Cady | C |
| Smoky Joe Wood | P |
Source:

### Roster
## Player stats
### Batting
#### Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| C | Bill Carrigan | 87 | 256 | 62 | .242 | 0 | 28 |
| 1B | Clyde Engle | 143 | 498 | 144 | .289 | 2 | 50 |
| 2B | Steve Yerkes | 137 | 483 | 129 | .267 | 1 | 48 |
| SS | Heinie Wagner | 110 | 365 | 83 | .227 | 2 | 34 |
| 3B | Larry Gardner | 131 | 473 | 133 | .281 | 0 | 63 |
| OF | Duffy Lewis | 149 | 551 | 164 | .298 | 0 | 90 |
| OF | Harry Hooper | 148 | 586 | 169 | .288 | 4 | 40 |
| OF | Tris Speaker | 141 | 520 | 189 | .363 | 3 | 71 |

#### Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| Hal Janvrin | 87 | 276 | 57 | .207 | 3 | 25 |
| Wally Rehg | 30 | 101 | 28 | .277 | 0 | 9 |
| Hick Cady | 40 | 96 | 24 | .250 | 0 | 6 |
| Pinch Thomas | 38 | 91 | 26 | .286 | 1 | 15 |
| Les Nunamaker | 29 | 65 | 14 | .215 | 0 | 9 |
| Neal Ball | 23 | 58 | 10 | .172 | 0 | 4 |
| Bill Mundy | 16 | 47 | 12 | .255 | 0 | 4 |
| Olaf Henriksen | 31 | 40 | 15 | .375 | 0 | 2 |
| Wally Snell | 6 | 12 | 3 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Stahl | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |

### Pitching
#### Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Dutch Leonard | 42 | 259.1 | 14 | 17 | 2.39 | 144 |
| Hugh Bedient | 43 | 259.0 | 16 | 14 | 2.78 | 122 |
| Ray Collins | 30 | 246.2 | 19 | 8 | 2.63 | 88 |
| Joe Wood | 23 | 145.2 | 11 | 5 | 2.29 | 123 |
| Earl Moseley | 24 | 120.2 | 8 | 5 | 3.13 | 62 |
| Buck O'Brien | 15 | 90.1 | 3 | 9 | 3.69 | 54 |
| Fred Anderson | 10 | 57.1 | 0 | 6 | 5.97 | 32 |

#### Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Rube Foster | 19 | 68.1 | 3 | 3 | 3.16 | 36 |

#### Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| Charley Hall | 35 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3.43 | 48 |
| Paul Maloy | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 |
| Harry Hooper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Duffy Lewis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 |
| Esty Chaney | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 |