# 1913 Chicago White Sox season

The 1913 Chicago White Sox season was a season in Major League Baseball. The team finished fifth in the American League with a record of 78–74, 17½ games behind the Philadelphia Athletics

## 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 | Ray Schalk | 129 | 401 | 98 | .244 | 1 | 38 |
| 1B | Hal Chase | 102 | 384 | 110 | .286 | 2 | 39 |
| 2B | Morrie Rath | 92 | 295 | 59 | .200 | 0 | 12 |
| SS | Buck Weaver | 151 | 533 | 145 | .272 | 4 | 52 |
| 3B | Harry Lord | 150 | 547 | 144 | .263 | 1 | 42 |
| OF | Ping Bodie | 127 | 406 | 107 | .264 | 8 | 48 |
| OF | Shano Collins | 148 | 535 | 128 | .239 | 1 | 47 |
| OF | Wally Mattick | 71 | 207 | 39 | .188 | 0 | 11 |

#### 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 |
| Joe Berger | 79 | 223 | 48 | .215 | 2 | 20 |
| Larry Chappell | 60 | 208 | 48 | .231 | 0 | 15 |
| Jack Fournier | 68 | 172 | 40 | .233 | 1 | 23 |
| Ted Easterly | 60 | 97 | 23 | .237 | 0 | 8 |
| Biff Schaller | 36 | 96 | 21 | .219 | 0 | 4 |
| Babe Borton | 28 | 80 | 22 | .275 | 0 | 13 |
| Johnny Beall | 17 | 60 | 16 | .267 | 2 | 3 |
| Walt Kuhn | 26 | 50 | 8 | .160 | 0 | 5 |
| Jim Breton | 12 | 30 | 5 | .167 | 0 | 2 |
| Davy Jones | 12 | 21 | 6 | .286 | 0 | 0 |
| Rollie Zeider | 16 | 20 | 7 | .350 | 0 | 2 |
| Edd Roush | 9 | 10 | 1 | .100 | 0 | 0 |
| Nixey Callahan | 6 | 9 | 2 | .222 | 0 | 1 |
| Tom Daly | 1 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Rader | 4 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Meyer | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 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 |
| Reb Russell | 52 | 316.2 | 22 | 16 | 1.90 | 122 |
| Jim Scott | 48 | 312.1 | 20 | 20 | 1.90 | 158 |
| Eddie Cicotte | 41 | 268.0 | 18 | 12 | 1.58 | 121 |
| Ed Walsh | 16 | 97.2 | 8 | 3 | 2.58 | 34 |
| Frank Miller | 1 | 1.2 | 0 | 1 | 27.00 | 2 |
| Jim Scoggins | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | --- | 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 |
| Joe Benz | 33 | 151.0 | 7 | 10 | 2.74 | 79 |
| Doc White | 19 | 103.0 | 2 | 4 | 3.50 | 39 |
| Frank Lange | 12 | 40.2 | 1 | 3 | 4.87 | 20 |
| Buck O'Brien | 6 | 18.1 | 0 | 2 | 3.93 | 4 |

#### 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 |
| Pop-Boy Smith | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.38 | 13 |
| Bill Lathrop | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.24 | 9 |
| Bob Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 1 |