# 1913 Philadelphia Athletics season

The 1913 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing first in the American League with a record of 96 wins and 57 losses. The team then defeated the New York Giants in the 1913 World Series, 4 games to 1. In 2001, baseball historian Bill James ranked the 1913 incarnation of the Athletics' famous "$100,000 infield" as the best of all time in major league history (first baseman Stuffy McInnis, second baseman Eddie Collins, third baseman Frank "Home Run" Baker, and shortstop Jack Barry).

## 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 | — |

### 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 | Jack Lapp | 82 | 238 | 54 | .227 | 1 | 20 |
| 1B | Stuffy McInnis | 148 | 543 | 176 | .324 | 4 | 90 |
| 2B | Eddie Collins | 148 | 534 | 184 | .345 | 3 | 73 |
| 3B | Frank Baker | 149 | 564 | 190 | .337 | 12 | 117 |
| SS | Jack Barry | 134 | 455 | 125 | .275 | 3 | 85 |
| OF | Rube Oldring | 137 | 538 | 152 | .283 | 5 | 71 |
| OF | Eddie Murphy | 137 | 508 | 150 | .295 | 1 | 30 |
| OF | Jimmy Walsh | 97 | 303 | 77 | .254 | 0 | 27 |

#### 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 |
| Amos Strunk | 94 | 292 | 89 | .305 | 0 | 46 |
| Wally Schang | 79 | 207 | 55 | .266 | 3 | 30 |
| Tom Daley | 62 | 141 | 36 | .255 | 0 | 11 |
| Billy Orr | 30 | 67 | 13 | .194 | 0 | 7 |
| Danny Murphy | 40 | 59 | 19 | .322 | 0 | 6 |
| Ira Thomas | 22 | 53 | 15 | .283 | 0 | 6 |
| Harry Davis | 7 | 17 | 6 | .353 | 0 | 4 |
| Doc Lavan | 5 | 14 | 1 | .071 | 0 | 1 |
| Harry Fritz | 5 | 13 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Press Cruthers | 3 | 12 | 3 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
| George Brickley | 5 | 12 | 2 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
| Wickey McAvoy | 4 | 9 | 1 | .111 | 0 | 0 |
| Monte Pfeffer | 1 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Giebel | 1 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 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 |
| Eddie Plank | 41 | 242.2 | 18 | 10 | 2.60 | 151 |
| Boardwalk Brown | 43 | 235.1 | 17 | 11 | 2.94 | 70 |
| Bob Shawkey | 18 | 111.1 | 6 | 5 | 2.34 | 52 |
| Charlie Boardman | 2 | 9.0 | 0 | 2 | 2.00 | 4 |
| Pat Bohen | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 1.13 | 5 |
| Jack Coombs | 2 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 10.13 | 0 |

#### 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 |
| Chief Bender | 48 | 236.2 | 21 | 10 | 2.21 | 135 |
| Bullet Joe Bush | 39 | 200.1 | 15 | 6 | 3.82 | 81 |
| Byron Houck | 41 | 176.0 | 14 | 6 | 4.14 | 71 |
| Weldon Wyckoff | 17 | 61.2 | 2 | 4 | 4.38 | 31 |
| Herb Pennock | 14 | 33.1 | 2 | 1 | 5.13 | 17 |
| John Taff | 7 | 17.2 | 0 | 1 | 6.62 | 9 |
| Ensign Cottrell | 2 | 10.0 | 1 | 0 | 5.40 | 3 |

#### 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 |
| Dave Morey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 |

## 1913 World Series

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 |