# 1913 Washington Senators season

The 1913 Washington Senators won 90 games, lost 64, and finished in second place in the American League. They were managed by Clark Griffith and played home games at National Park.

## Regular season

This was a very good season for a team that was considered perennial losers. The nucleus was still ace pitcher Walter Johnson. He won each category of the pitching triple crown by wide margins and was voted league MVP, in perhaps his best season. Clyde Milan, Johnson's best friend, set a modern-day stolen base record, with 75. The offense was led by future Black Sox ringleader Chick Gandil, who hit .318 and drove in a team-leading 72 runs. Eccentric Germany Schaefer hit .320 in limited action.

### 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 | John Henry | 96 | 273 | 61 | .223 | 1 | 26 |
| 1B | Chick Gandil | 148 | 550 | 175 | .318 | 1 | 72 |
| 2B | Ray Morgan | 138 | 481 | 131 | .272 | 0 | 57 |
| SS | George McBride | 150 | 499 | 107 | .214 | 1 | 52 |
| 3B | Eddie Foster | 106 | 409 | 101 | .247 | 1 | 41 |
| OF | Clyde Milan | 154 | 579 | 174 | .301 | 3 | 54 |
| OF | Danny Moeller | 153 | 589 | 139 | .236 | 5 | 42 |
| OF | Howie Shanks | 109 | 390 | 99 | .254 | 1 | 37 |

#### 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 |
| Eddie Ainsmith | 79 | 242 | 61 | .252 | 0 | 18 |
| Rip Williams | 66 | 106 | 30 | .283 | 1 | 12 |
| Germany Schaefer | 54 | 100 | 32 | .320 | 0 | 7 |
| Joe Gedeon | 29 | 71 | 13 | .183 | 0 | 6 |
| Jack Calvo | 17 | 33 | 8 | .242 | 1 | 2 |
| Ben Spencer | 8 | 21 | 6 | .286 | 0 | 2 |
| Merito Acosta | 12 | 20 | 6 | .300 | 0 | 1 |
| Carl Cashion | 7 | 12 | 3 | .250 | 0 | 2 |
| Bill Morley | 2 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Clark Griffith | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 1 |
| Jack Ryan | 1 | 1 | 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 |
| Walter Johnson | 48 | 346.0 | 36 | 7 | 1.14 | 243 |
| Bob Groom | 37 | 264.1 | 16 | 16 | 3.23 | 156 |
| Joe Boehling | 38 | 235.1 | 17 | 7 | 2.14 | 110 |
| George Mullin | 11 | 57.1 | 3 | 5 | 5.02 | 14 |
| Mutt Williams | 1 | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 |

#### 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 |
| Joe Engel | 36 | 164.2 | 8 | 9 | 3.06 | 70 |
| Tom Hughes | 36 | 129.2 | 4 | 12 | 4.30 | 59 |
| Doc Ayers | 4 | 17.2 | 1 | 1 | 1.53 | 17 |
| Slim Love | 5 | 16.2 | 1 | 0 | 1.62 | 5 |
| Jim Shaw | 2 | 13.0 | 0 | 1 | 2.08 | 14 |
| Jack Bentley | 3 | 11.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 5 |
| Carl Cashion | 4 | 9.0 | 1 | 1 | 6.00 | 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 |
| Bert Gallia | 31 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4.13 | 46 |
| Harry Harper | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.55 | 9 |
| Nick Altrock | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.00 | 2 |
| John Wilson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 |
| Tom Drohan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 |
| Clark Griffith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Rex Dawson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Harry Hedgpeth | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Eddie Ainsmith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54.00 | 0 |
| Germany Schaefer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54.00 | 0 |
| Joe Gedeon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0 |

## Awards and honors
### League awards

Walter Johnson
* AL Most Valuable Player

### League top five finishers

Walter Johnson
* MLB leader in wins (36)
* MLB leader in ERA (1.14)
* MLB leader in strikeouts (243)
* MLB leader in shutouts (11)
Clyde Milan
* MLB leader in stolen bases (75)
Danny Moeller
* #2 in AL in stolen bases (62)